(26 July 2016) “Heroes are always immortal in the eyes of those who believe in them. And so boys will believe that Torino is not dead: it is only ‘away’. ” The heroes mentioned by Indro Montanelli wore the maroon color when they wrote some of the most beautiful pages in the history of world football, winning five league titles between 1942-43 and 1948-49. The Superga air disaster of May 4, 1949 gave a tragic halt to the Great Torino epic history. The team was returning from the their last friendly match against Benfica in Lisbon. And in Lisbon, Tuesday, July 26, the Italian Cultural Institute celebrates the “Invincibles”, screening the documentary “Benfica-Torino 4-3” by Andrea Ragusa and Nuno Figueiredo. Among the attendees Domenico Beccaria, President Grande Torino Museum, Giampaolo Muliari, director of the Museum, Luís Lapão, Curator of the Museum of Benfica – Cosme Damião, and the two directors. The opportunity to remember the Great Turin is given by the friendly match between Benfica and Torino which will be played on the evening of July 27 at the Stadio da Luz in Lisbon for the ninth edition of the Eusebio Cup. “After the screening, the two young filmmakers will take the stage to explain the genesis of the documentary about the last days of the Great Torino, which is not a celebration of the tragedy – the IIC said in a statement – but a sport memory of one of the best teams of all time, offering a Portugues view on the matter, through various testimonies and archival documents”. (Red)
