Blocco-Juve (, Juve Block), also known as Blocco Juventus,[1][2][3] (, Juventus Block) was the nickname of the group of Juventus FC players called up to have been the backbone to the Italy national football team managed by Enzo Bearzot to win the 1982 FIFA World Cup Final and reached the semifinals of the 1978 FIFA World Cup and in the 1980 European Championship.
With this group the side managed by Giovanni Trapattoni dominated the Italian football and had one of the best teams in Europe and the world since the second half of the 1970s to the first half of the 1980s,[4] winning amongst others six national championships, two Italian Cups and all international club competitions (world record),[5] and included Dino Zoff, Claudio Gentile, Gaetano Scirea, Antonio Cabrini, Marco Tardelli, Roberto Bettega and Paolo Rossi.
Players
Notable Italy players during their careers at Juventus in this time period.
- Pietro Anastasi
- Romeo Benetti
- Roberto Bettega
- Antonio Cabrini
- Franco Causio
- Antonello Cuccureddu
- Giuseppe Furino
- Claudio Gentile
- Francesco Morini
- Paolo Rossi
- Gaetano Scirea
- Luciano Spinosi
- Marco Tardelli
- Dino Zoff
See also
- Italy national football team
- Juventus F.C. and the Italy national football team
- Juventus F.C. in European football
- Nazio-Juve
- List of players to have won all international club competitions
- List of players to have won the three main UEFA club competitions
Footnotes and references
Bibliography
References
- Mondiali Memories, Argentina 1978: Bearzot builds a reputation www.channel4.com, 3 April 2009^
- See also: Cabrini: "What I most felt was relief" www.fifa.com, 15 June 2008 Bearzot: "Football is first and foremost a game" www.fifa.com, 15 June 2008^