Oronzo Canà is called to coach Longobarda, the football team of a small town of Northern Italy, newly promoted to the First Division. His only task is not to be relegated, but Longobarda's owner plots against him, finding the team's current ranking far too expensive, and his top Brazilian striker is affected by a deep saudade.
Lino Banfi
Camillo Milli
Andrea Roncato
Gigi Sammarchi
Giuliana Calandra
Stefania Spugnini
Viviana Larice
Licinia Lentini
Franco Caracciolo
Stefano Davanzati
Urs Althaus
Antonio Zambito
Maurizio Faraoni
Carmine Faraco
Antonio Soldati
Luigi Soldati
Gino Pagnani
Dino Cassio
Gila Golan
Luciano Foti
Mario Castaldi
Pietro De Silva
Sergio Martino
Tonino Tommasi
Michela Zampa
Tracy Freeman
Antonio Di Maria
Piero Vitali
Sergio Guidi
Luigi Soldati
Ennio Antonelli
Aldo Biscardi
Carlo Ancelotti
Odoacre Chierico
Oscar Damiani
Giancarlo De Sisti
Giampiero Galeazzi
Gianfranco Giubilo
Francesco Graziani
Nils Liedholm
Fabrizio Maffei
Nando Martellini
Roberto Pruzzo
Luciano Spinosi
Fulvio Stinchelli
Zico