November 9th, 1999
In Padova the «Golden shutter» awards

Toldo wins the Kamikaze '99 award

by Vito Schembari

PADOVA - Standing there, on stage, it seems like they have nothing in common. Different in age
and experience, but they all convey a particular charm: the charm of the goalkeeper, a player
who is often extraordinary. At the ceremony for the «Golden shutter» awards, which took place in
Padova, at the San Lazzaro Palasport, there were men who made the history of European soccer
between the posts, from Lucidio «Cochi» Sentimenti IV (Golden shutter for the career), to Yan 
Tomaszewski (Poland's goalkeeper in the 70s) and young colleagues such as Francesco Toldo 
(Kamikaze '99) and Luca Marchegiani, who got the Saracinesca '99 award. The only one missing was
AC Milan's Christian Abbiati (young shutter), busy with the Under 21 national team, but the
spotlight was all for him, Luca Marchegiani, who was awarded as the goalkeeper who got the least
goals against last season.<br>
Then it was Francesco Toldo's turn, who was celebrated twice: he was receiving the award in his 
birthplace, Padova, and the reason for it, the Kamikaze award, is the kind that can really make a goalkeeper proud. «Yes, we are a bit crazy, I was unable to meet Sentimenti IV and Tomaszewski 
but I see that we have something in common. Of course this award winds me up even in Buffon will 
surely play, he is the best at the moment. They realized it abroad, too.»

Taken from La Gazzetta dello Sport
www.gazzetta.it/lagazzetta
English translation by Maddalena (www.acfiorentina.net/enricochiesa)