Vittorio Pozzo: football immortal tempered in the trenches

This book extract details how Pozzo, the only manager to win two men’s World Cups, had his character shaped in an Italian Alpine regiment during the first world warVittorio Pozzo, the only manager to win two men’s World Cups, in 1934 and 1938, is often celebrated as the competition’s greatest manager. But long before he masterminded the Azzurri’s twin triumphs, Pozzo was a young officer enduring the brutal realities of the first world war. Pozzo’s experiences in the