Ode to the Arturo Vidal's mohawk The Chilean returns to Serie A and brings back his iconic crest

"Tell me what hair you have and I'll tell you which football era you belong to" seems to be one of those polls that were fashionable on Facebook in 2008, when the social network registered its first boom in Italy. The hair of a football player is one of the most identifying and most representative elements, because each period corresponds to a precise trend: the rebellious mop of the 90s, the shaved hair of the beginning of the millennium alternated with a new version of long hair, up to to get to the meches and the double cut. An element that has been constant since 2000 has been the crest, which has always been a symbol of the most aggressive players.

There are many examples of footballers who have opted for the crest, declining it and adapting it to their personality. There are those who wore it with moderate sobriety like David Beckham, Raul Meireles and El Shaarawy; there are those who have decided to dare trespassing into excess: from the historical examples of Freddie Ljungberg and Kayazuki Toda, passing through the colorful Pogba, Neymar, Joe Cole and Djibrille Cisse, ending with Marek Hamsik, Mario Balotelli, Mamadou Sakho, Radja Naingollan and Brek Shea. Arturo Vidal, the new signing of Antonio Conte's Inter, also belongs to this category.

Now the crest - which has returned to Italy and to Serie A in the last few hours - is part of the character / player. Even when in 2014 he decided to marry his now ex-wife Maria Teresa Matus, Vidal didn't give up on his symbol and brought his crest to the altar - giving his best even in an electric blue dress. The celebratory decorations are the plus that he experienced with his Juventus teammate Paul Pogba, before being taken up and adapted in a thousand different ways by many other players. To carry the crest in a certain way you need personality - and that certainly is not lacking in the new Inter midfielder - and that dose of very healthy ignorance that is needed to go beyond a simple haircut.