With the term “Grande Torino” means the football team Torino F.C., who lived a period of splendor including in 40: Suffice it to say that the Italian national team of those years, were all 10 holders of the Grande Torino except the goalkeeper of Juventus, Sentimenti IV. That of 1941/42 It was a very competitive squad and tested, which participated in the Italy Cup and the race to the scudetto. The challenge was repeated the following year, When the Bull won the first championship of the cycle “Grande Torino”. In 1944, Despite the war, Soccer continued, but with groups divided between North, Central and South. In the first group stage, played in the North, the Grenade were in Group of Liguria and Piedmont. The team defeated for 7-1 Genoa and Biella, for 7-0 the Alexandria, for 8-2 the Novara and to 5-0 Juventus. In the second half of the semifinal., the Grenade faced derbies against teams from Lombardy, arriving a defeat for 1-3 and a tie for 3-3, but then came the victory by winning the final stage to three. The Taurus eventually lost the tournament, accomplice a unofficial meeting of the national. The La Spezia, coming from draw 1-1 against Venice, in the decisive encounter prevailed 2-1, thus making unnecessary the subsequent victory of the grenade to 5-2.
After the war, the 14 October 1945 He left the Championship, with the scudetto sewn on the jerseys of Grenade. For the bull began a March overwhelming in its group, leading him to beat all records. We must also remember the famous Grande Torino “quarter hour grenade”, that was a special moment of the match, because in 15 minutes from the end of the race, Orestes Balcha, a particular fan, sounded three blasts on the trumpet, and from here the bull changed the way you play and tactical planning. The most sensational result was in 1946 the National Stadium, Roma-Torino 0-7. In 1949, It was the last game for il Grande Torino, which went to Lisbon to play a friendly against Benfica. The teams showed a spectacle worthy of their Blazon, but unfortunately the game finished 4-3 in favor of Benfica. Upon returning from Lisbon, the 4 may 1949, the plane carrying the Toro found a thick fog that enveloped the entire city. At hours 17.05, the airplane crashed’ against the embankment of the Basilica of Superga, causing instant death to all thirty-one people who were on board. For the fame of the team, This had a great resonance on the world press. On the day of the funeral almost 1 million people participate to give a last farewell to the boys. So the bull was forced, in their last four League matches, to deploy the 11 the field of youth, and so did opponents on duty. Looking for information about the incident I was impressed to read an article that shows the words spoken by the chaplain of the Basilica right after the accident: "I heard a roar, eerily close, then a shot, an earthquake. Then silence. And a voice outside:” Fell an appliance!».
David Aimar (11 years)
