The Maracanã hosted a Brazil versus Italy match, one of the biggest classics in world football, “different” this Friday (10).The charity event “Partida do Coração” featured former players f...
The Maracanã hosted a Brazil versus Italy match, one of the biggest classics in world football, “different” this Friday (10).
The charity event “Partida do Coração” featured former players from both countries.
And Brazil won 8–3 with shows from Romário and Edilson.
The Little One secured a hat-trick. Edilson scored two. Cafu, Materazzi (own goal), and Maicon scored Brazil’s other goals.
The idea—besides celebrating the friendship between the countries—was to promote social inclusion and access to sports for children and adolescents in vulnerable situations—who were part of the audience present.
Brazil featured on the field Romário, Maestro Júnior, Cafu, Aldair, Jorginho, Careca, Edinho, Edmilson, Luizão, Edilson Capetinha, Zinho, Anderson Polga, Júnior, Viola, Maicon, Juninho Paulista, Amaral, Válber, and Grafite.
Italy had, for example, Materazzi, Marco Amelia, Panucci, Zaccardo, Perrotta, Bruno Giordano, Pablo Osvaldo, Borriello, Amoruso, Éder, and Alessandro Altobelli, scorer of one of Italy’s goals in the 1982 World Cup final.
Roberto Baggio, one of the greatest names in Italian football in the ’90s, took part in the event but did not play.
The same was true for Gérson “Canhotinha de Ouro,” a three-time champion with Brazil in ’70, Zico, and Ricardo Rocha.
Que imagem! 👏🇧🇷🇮🇹 Lendas do futebol brasileiro e italiano reunidas para disputar a "Partida do Coração" no Maracanã!#futebol#seleçãobrasileira#zico#baggio#gepic.twitter.com/CVUNOSZSMu
— ge (@geglobo) October 10, 2025
Who opened the scoring was the Little One after a gift from Edilson.
🇧🇷 Brasil na frente! Romário abre o placar contra o time das lendas da Itália no Maracanã!
— ge (@geglobo) October 10, 2025
▶️ A bola já está rolando! sportv transmite ao vivo o jogo entre as lendas de Brasil e Itália. pic.twitter.com/1NVtHYHvEs
Capetinha remained the protagonist. And scored twice.
🇧🇷🤌 Que passe do Romário! Edilson faz o segundo do Brasil contra a Itália!
— ge (@geglobo) October 10, 2025
▶️ A bola já está rolando! sportv transmite ao vivo o jogo entre as lendas de Brasil e Itália. pic.twitter.com/7TisyXnyVB
🇧🇷 Mais um dele! Edilson amplia o placar para o Brasil contra a Itália.
— ge (@geglobo) October 10, 2025
▶️ A bola já está rolando! sportv transmite ao vivo o jogo entre as lendas de Brasil e Itália. pic.twitter.com/f3k1H8pYX7
Cafu scored Brazil’s fourth still in the first half—there were two halves of 35 minutes each.
©️🏆🇧🇷 Gol do capitão do penta! Cafu faz o quarto gol do Brasil contra a Itália.
— ge (@geglobo) October 10, 2025
▶️ A bola já está rolando! sportv transmite ao vivo o jogo entre as lendas de Brasil e Itália. pic.twitter.com/lyQSCZtglB
Pablo Osvaldo (2) and Amoruso scored for Italy before the break.
The final period saw several changes and only Brazilian goals.
There was Materazzi scoring an own goal after Cafu’s attempt.
Romário got his second by advancing from midfield to chip the goalkeeper.
🇧🇷 Que golaço do Romário no Maracanã!
— ge (@geglobo) October 10, 2025
▶️ A bola está rolando! sportv transmite ao vivo o jogo entre as lendas de Brasil e Itália. pic.twitter.com/eOz5X5OeNi
Maicon capitalizing on a deflection and Romário again rounded it off.
🇧🇷 Mais um gol do Romário! Virou goleada do Brasil contra a Itália no Maracanã! pic.twitter.com/ksWmXlGLkU
— ge (@geglobo) October 10, 2025
🇮🇹 Will they be back?
Four-time world champions (1934, 1938, 1982, and 2006), Italy exited at the group stage in 2010 and 2014 and missed the World Cups in Russia and Qatar.
The mission to secure a direct spot at the 2026 World Cup is not simple, since only the leader of each group advances directly.
Norway leads Group I with 100% after five games.
Italy has played four matches and has nine. The same points as Israel, which has one more game.
They will play again this Saturday (11), when they visit Estonia.
The other match of the round will be Norway vs. Israel.
The runner-up in each group will play the European playoffs for four more spots along with four spots
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.
Category: General Sports
