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Vittorio Pozzo was an Italian football manager born in Turin on the 2nd of March 1886. He is the only manager in men's international football history to lead a single national team to two FIFA World Cup titles, guiding Italy to victory in 1934 and 1938. He also won a gold medal at the 1936 Olympic football tournament, making him the only manager to win both the Olympics and the World Cup.
The Metodo, co-developed by Pozzo and Austrian manager Hugo Meisl, reorganised the traditional 2-3-5 pyramid formation into a 2-3-2-3 shape. Its key innovation was a central figure called the centromediano metodista, placed between the two half-backs, who both defended and started attacking plays, serving as a forerunner of the modern deep-lying playmaker or regista role. The system favoured possession, patient build-up, and short passing.
Pozzo finished his Italy tenure with 63 wins, 17 draws, and 16 defeats across 95 matches. He holds the record for the longest reign of any European men's senior national team coach. His final match was a 5-3 defeat to Denmark at Highbury Stadium in London at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Oriundi were foreign-born players of Italian descent who could represent Italy. Pozzo selected players including Argentine midfielder Luis Monti, who had played for Argentina in the 1930 World Cup final, and Raimundo Orsi from Buenos Aires, who scored in the 1934 final. Pozzo defended the selections by saying: "If they can die for Italy, they can also play for Italy", referring to those players' service in the Italian army.
Italy defeated Czechoslovakia 2-1 in extra time in the final on the 10th of June at the Stadio Nazionale PNF in Rome, with temperatures surpassing 40 degrees Celsius. Italy came from behind to win the title. Pozzo was awarded the title of Commendatore for the achievement.
Pozzo was not a member of the National Fascist Party, and documents showed he collaborated with the National Liberation Committee from September 1943. Journalist Brian Glanville stated he was not a fascist, while writer Giorgio Bocca described him as a reluctant fascist of the regime by association. After the Second World War, Pozzo was excluded from Italian football due to accusations of cooperating with the fascist government.