The forgotten story of … Sampdoria's only scudetto
The forgotten story of … Sampdoria's only scudetto https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2009/jun/25/sampdoria-1991-rob-smyth?CMP=share_btn_tw In 1990-91, a side containing Vialli, Mancini and Lombardo were the subject of one of football’s great modern fairytales Rob Smyth Thu 25 Jun 2009 13.28 BST First published on Thu 25 Jun 2009 13.28 BST Shares 83 Comments 95 Gianluca Vialli scored 19 goals in 26 games as Sampdoria won the title in 1991. Photograph: Neal Simpson/Empics Sport A domestic league has surely never been as superior as Serie A in the late 80s and early 90s. It was so seductively chic and suffused with gravitas that the world's best players were drawn to Italy like VIPs to the coolest afterparty. Goals may have been at a premium but the entertainment was of a subtler kind. Serie A wowed its disciples with an intimidatingly high technical and tactical quality. The whole business – and it was business, not pleasure – was so otherworl...
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