Argentine former professional footballer, longtime Inter Milan captain, celebrated for consistency, leadership and for wearing the number 4 jersey that Inter retired.

Long-serving Inter Milan captain (20 years at the club as noted in the review), widely known as 'The Tractor' and praised for professionalism; has a charitable foundation and Inter retired his number 4.

A sardonic, admiring appraisal of Javier Zanetti focusing on his long, disciplined career at Inter, his retired number 4 and his non‑theatrical philanthropy. The reviewer frames Zanetti as exemplary normality and a paradox for his club.

For:Football fans, readers of sports culture and critical essays, Inter Milan supporters

 Let's clear the field right away, especially the playing field, from rhetoric: football, that thing with televisions and broadcasts and sponsors and sports newspapers (sports? come on...) with rich and very rich men and little men, and idiots, often very poor, who idolize them, what it is, in fact, football today, does not allow anyone with a minimal dose of decency (alas no longer common, like the unfortunate sense it once was), the unlikely and graceful images that certain sports journalists (journalists? come on...) feel compelled to spread over the air or on paper.

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