Gianni RIVERA | 1967-1968 | PES Stats Database (Golden Era Backup)

RIVERA PES STATS | 1967-1968

Brezza Name: Gianni Rivera 'Goldenboy' Gianni RIVERA | 1967-1968 Club: AC Milan Number: 10 Position: *AM Nationality: Italian Foot: R Side: B Length: 175 Weight: 68 Attack: 80 Defence: 55 Balance: 76 Stamina: 84 Top Speed: 78 Acceleration: 79 Response: 85 Agility: 85 Dribble Accuracy: 91 Dribble Speed: 82 Short Pass Accuracy: 95 Short Pass Speed: 83 Long Pass Acc.: 93 Long Pass Speed: 84 Shot Accuracy: 80 Shot Power: 82 Shot Technique: 85 Free Kick Accuracy: 88 Curling: 93 Header: 80 Jump: 76 Technique: 94 Aggression: 79 Mentality: 82 Keeper Skills: 50 Team Work: 90 Injury Tolerance: B Condition/Fitness: 7 Weak Foot Accuracy: 7 Weak Foot frequency: 7 Consistency: 7 * Tactical Dribble * Playmaking * Passing * Penalties * 1-touch pass Videos: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpty5-YuQ8k[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqcQJgb8_gg[/youtube] Giovanni Rivera is a former Italian football player who was awarded the European Footballer of the Year prize in 1969. During his playing days, he was renowned for his passing range, vision and dribbling ability Nicknamed il golden boy of Italian football, Rivera was bought by AC Milan to replace Juan Schiaffino with a record transfer fee for that time, $200,000; he was only sixteen years old. In 1962 he won the first scudetto with AC Milan and on May 13, 1962, at eighteen, he played his first match for the Italian national team against West Germany at the World Cup in Chile. In the 1967/1968 season, Rivera won with AC Milan both the title and the Cup Winners' Cup. In 1968, he played for Italy as they won at the European Championship. Sadly, he missed the Final match against Yugoslavia through injury he received at the semi-final against Soviet Union. Next season, Rivera took AC Milan to win the Champions Cup as he finally got the Ballon d'or award. He played with the Squadra Azzurra (Italian national team) in the 1970 FIFA World Cup hosted by Mexico, where they reached the final, losing against Brazil, 4-1. The Italian coach at the 1970 World Cup Final, Ferruccio Valcareggi, believed that Gianni Rivera and his teammate Sandro Mazzola could not co-exist on the same field. Although Gianni Rivera was the most famous of the two, Valcareggi elected to start Mazzola. However, by 2nd round, the Italian offense failed to sparkle. Valcareggi devised a solution he called ''staffetta'' (relay) to play both players. Mazzola would start in the first half while Rivera would come in at halftime. With this strategy, Rivera helped to beat the host Mexico in the quarterfinal and West Germany in the semifinal, in which Rivera played a major role in one of the best matches in World Cup history, scoring the goal of the success of Italy (4- 3). However, in the final against Brazil, Valcareggi did not use Rivera until there were only 8 minutes left in the game, despite Rivera being the hero of the past two matches. Rivera won the last scudetto of his playing career in 1979 with AC Milan, this also being the tenth title for ''The Devils''. In total, he played for AC Milan in 501 Serie A matches and scored 160 goals. _________________ I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered. - George Best Gianni RIVERA | 1967-1968 | PES Stats Database (Golden Era Backup)