He passed away at the age of 80 Aldo Agroppiformer footballer and coach, who for years was also a commentator on the frequencies before TMW Radio and then say RMC Sports. The radio commentators themselves remember this.
Marco Piccari: “He was with us for a long time, I always appreciated his frankness and unpredictability. You could go into any topic with him. He was sincere and genuine in every topic. He had strong opinions and criticisms, he had a different way of communicating , direct. Perhaps he was the first truly great commentator”.
Paolo Paganini: “I was lucky enough to know him at Rai but also off the field, he was always outspoken and uncomfortable, he was a real and competent man. He was unmanageable but for this very reason he never said banal things. He never said obvious things, he was a truly incredible commentator.”
Paolo Pacchioni: “I remember at Italia ’90 and he was a commentator on the radio. As a boy I was struck by this competent character, never banal, he was someone who even then broke the mold. He was always a polemicist and that’s why he sparked discussions , but it was sincere, spontaneous, true.”
Antonio Sabato: “I had him for 6 months in Ascoli in Serie A. I had a great relationship with him, he was a charismatic character. He was outspoken, he always called us to the stadium at 9 for training, otherwise he told us we were asleep on the pitch. I have excellent memories of him as a person. He wasn’t a malleable coach. I remember against Cremonese, an important match, I got a double yellow card and was sent off, he told me all kinds of things their trap, but he was right. He had to say something, whether it was to the doctor or the president, he said it bluntly.”
Luciano Castellini: “I lived important years in Turin with Aldo. He was almost like an older brother. He had a profound knowledge of football, he was an incredible teammate. I truly lost a brother and a teammate. The blood was grenade. I remember many episodes with him. Every defeat was a tragedy, every victory was a celebration, there was no middle ground. We won the Italian Cup with Milan and the prize was beer and sandwich in Autogrill with him. He always knew that I was his squire. he would never argue with me. It wasn’t inconvenient, he was telling the truth. He wasn’t anti-Juventus, he was a Granata but it was a sporting rivalry and nothing more. Agroppi suffered only one thing, the victory of the Scudetto after he left Turin. He would have deserved it too . A second Aldo Agroppi will never be born. It was a week-long tragedy if you lost. His wife was a saint to him (laughs, ed.).
Walter Novellino: “When I arrived at Torino he helped me a lot, then also at Perugia. He was my wedding godfather, Aldo had everything, he was direct, frank, he was like an older brother. He always gave me a hand in many moments. I heard from him last week, he told me that he wanted to be at my first lesson in Coverciano as a teacher. He told me ‘I don’t want to miss this one’. I had discussions about it with Aldo but in the end he was always right I remember once he told me all sorts of things about a heel in a very important match. Aldo was a direct one, with a good character, but I don’t know how much it matters today to be so frank. It was an uncomfortable frankness, because he always said what he thought , he wasn’t one to go around, he wasn’t rigid, he left a lot of room for imagination in his 3-5-2. He liked what the man was aiming for and who created opportunities the same”.