Father and son: Andrea and Niccolo Pirlo in the footsteps of the Gudjohnsen

The 81st minute of the Maestro’s Night is one of the most exciting moments of Andrea Pirlo ‘s farewell to football : the former midfielder, among others, of Milan and Juventus officially retires, leaving the field to his son Niccolo, born in 2003. Baby Pirlo is also a midfielder as pope and is a talent of high hopes who plays in the amateur team of Pecetto, but seems to have ended up in the crosshairs of the Juventus talent scouts.

Andrea Pirlo kendisi icin duzenlenen jubile macinda yerini Juventus’ta form giyen 15 yasindaki oglu Niccolo Pirlo’ya birakti. pic.twitter.com/RlHuX8An5L
– Tivibu Spor (@tivibuspor) May 21, 2018
Waiting to understand if the generationPirlo will be the new dynasty of Italian football, there is only one case of father and son who make the relay on the field during a football match. The previous turnover is dated April 24, 1996 .
Tallinn, Estonia, Kadrioru Staadion: Arnor Gudjohnsen is 34, almost 35 . He is now a legend of Icelandic football, and a center forward with a sense of goal. A prestigious past in Anderlecht, with the title of top scorer won in the 1986-1987 season, scoring 19 goals. Then the experience in France in Bordeaux and finally now playing in Orebro, Sweden.
Arno Gudjohnsen with Iceland in 1982
He is not the only Gudjohnsen of the match. On the bench, in the national team coached by Logi Olafsson, there ishis son Eidur Gudjohnsen . He is not even 18 years old, he does not know of the bright future that awaits him between Chelsea and Barcelona, ​​between Premier and Liga up to the Champions League . He is one of the promises of Nordic football and has among his major sponsors his father Arnor who, for years, has dreamed of leaving the field to his son Eidur. [/ Vc_column_text] [/ vc_column] [/ vc_row]

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And that moment arrives in one of the newborn nations after the dissolution of the USSR, in 1991. Estonia was included in the Euro qualification group 4 96 in England, challenging teams of the caliber of Italy and Croatia. He finishes last in the group, but that is another reason why he is preparing to make history.
In that friendly match with Iceland, among the Estonians there is also Martin Reim, still today a record holder of races with his own national team, 157 races and no World Cup to his credit . Unenviable record.
It is the 62nd minute, the game is largely directed on the tracks of the guests, leading 3-0 with the hat-trick achieved by Gunnlaugsson. We are in what the Americans would call garbage time: the result has already been decided, there is room for the coach to try new solutions.
Mister Logi Olafsson has sent the blond Eidur Gudjohnsen to warm up for a few minutes. He calls him back to himself and decides to send him to the field. The referee, Latvian Romans Lajuks, orders the change. The fourth man raises the blackboard: outside the number 9, the blond Arnor Gudjohnsen, inside his son, with the number 13 . Father and son greet each other, Arnor briefly kisses Eidur as he befits parents carrying their son to the first day of school. They were supposed to play together some time later, again in the national team, but a serious injury to the young Eidor’s ankle prevented them from seeing them both on the pitch.
This unprecedented record still remains in the hands (and feet) of the Gudjohnsen today, but who knows that the passing of the baton between Andrea and Niccolo Pirlo does not follow in the footsteps between Arnor and Eidur. Father and son .
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