Paola Ferrari: ‘Galeazzi was unique, he made fun of himself without ever losing his authority’

” ‘Galeazzi was an absolutely unconventional journalist. He is the only one who has been able to joke and make fun of himself without ever losing a thread of the authority he had as a journalist and this is very difficult in our environment. He was able to combine professionalism with the game he played, for example, at ‘Domenica In’ with Mara Venier. Nobody else did! ” This is how Paola Ferrari with Adnkronos remembers Giampiero Galeazzi, who passed away today at the age of 75. “Giampiero had a very strong character outside the cameras – says the journalist – we had a fight even recently but he was like that, he was direct and without filters. We discussed this and I was a little sorry about this, but afterwards we heard on the phone and we clarified ”. ” Having been lucky enough to have worked a lot with him – continues Ferrari – I can say that what struck me most is that he was free from any kind of banality. he did, even during the less important matches where there were less prominent characters, never to say banality. We conducted a World Cup together with Maurizio Costanzo, I called them ‘The strange couple’ – he remembers with nostalgia – and I must say that he was a unique journalist. He had a great harmony with Costanzo, they were two people so different but both brilliant. ” What was the program Galeazzi was most attached to? “Surely ’90th minute’ – replies Ferrari – I remember that when they took it off he was very upset but then when he came back years later I said to him: ‘See? Eventually things return to their place. ” ‘ Ferrari then recalls a funny anecdote: ” One evening they threw a water balloon at us. It was a final of the Italian Cup, he had won Inter and Materazzi got behind us and threw a water balloon, he (Galeazzi, ed) poor thing got very cold ”. The journalist finally concludes: “Even if he hadn’t been well for some time, every time he participated in some program, I always noticed in him that lucidity in expressing his concepts and that his never being banal. He was always able to give points for discussion. and reflection. He was lucid and acute to the end, he never complained about his illness, with him we lose a unique journalist. ” (by Alisa Toaff)