The Cult of Calcio
Scoring the winner in the Derby di Milano at just 19 years of age, right on the day of your Serie A debut. Can it get any better than that for a footballer?
Perhaps it cannot, as that indeed turned out to be the highest point in Giuseppe Minaudo’s career. On April 6, 1986, this Sicilian-born midfielder – a product of Inter’s youth academy – netted the only goal of the day a few minutes after setting his foot on a Serie A pitch for the first time, as the Nerazzurri prevailed over Milan in the Derby della Madonnina.
It was Minaudo’s derby, but it was also the first that Silvio Berlusconi watched from the San Siro stands, having just acquired the Rossoneri from the financially…
