In the 1980s, with the arrival of top stars such as Maradona, Van Basten, Gullit, Rijkaard, Klinsmann, Mateus, Bremer and other top stars to the Serie A arena, Serie A began to enter the golden age and had the reputation of "Small World Cup". In the 1989–90 season, Serie A teams won an astonishing number of european cups:
European Champions Cup Winner: AC Milan
AC Milan, which has stars such as Van Basten, Gullit, Rijkaard and Baresi, beat Benfica 1-0 in the final.
UEFA Cup winner: Juve
Juve, who had a combination of Skirac and Casillagy, won 3-1 on aggregate after two legs of the final, beating Fiorentina, which had Baggio and Dunga in the squad.
European Cup Winners' Cup winner: Sampdoria
Samp, who had Viali, Mancini and Palyuga in the squad, won 2-0 in the final against Anderlecht.
The 1989–90 season ended, followed by the 1990 Fifacchia in Italy. After the World Cup, another group of top stars came to serie A, and the 1990-91 season of Serie A became more star-studded.
Famous cover image: One team in Serie A in 1990-91.
First row from left: Gurlitt (AC Milan), Baggio (Juve), Maradona (Napoli), Mancini (Samp), Mateus (Inter Milan).
Second row from left: Ridel (Lazio), Lektús (Florence), De Tarry (Bologna), Waller (Rome), Mazinjo (Lecce).
Third row from left: Caniggia (Atlanta), Raduccioyo (Bari), Silas (Cesena), Skuhravi (Genoa), Vazquez (Turin).
Fourth row from left: Franciscoli (Cagliari), Simeone (Pisa), Mellie (Parma).
At that time, Serie A, even the middle and lower reaches of the team also had top stars, let's get to know these 18 stars:
Gurlitt (AC Milan): Winner of the 1987 European Ballon d'Or, in the 1988 Euro 2988 Final, the Netherlands defeated the Soviet Union 2-0, Gurlitt and Van Basten scored 1 goal each; in the 1988–89 European Champions League final, AC Milan beat Bucharest Star 4-0, and Gullit and Van Basten scored 2 goals each.
Baggio (Juve): In the 1989–90 season, Baggio scored 17 goals for Fiorentina in Serie A, the second place in the top scorers list. At the 1990 World Cup, the 23-year-old Baggio scored two goals for Italy. In the summer of 1990, Baggio moved from Fiorentina to Juventus, breaking the football record for transfer fees.
Maradona (Napoli): In the 1989–90 season, maradona scored 16 goals in Serie A to help Napoli win the title. At the 1990 World Cup, Maradona led Argentina to the final as captain, but lost 1-0 to West Germany.
Mancini (Samp): In the 1989–90 season, Mancini scored 11 goals for Samp in Serie A, and he was called a Samp striker double with Vialli.
Mateus (Inter Milan): Mateus scored four goals in the 1990 World Cup and helped West Germany win the World Cup as captain; in 1990, Mateus won the European Ballon d'Or; in the 1990–91 season, he scored 16 goals for Inter Milan in Serie A, ranking second in the Top Scorers list.
Riddle (Lazio): At the 1990 World Cup, Riddle won the title with West Germany, when he was a substitute striker, and the main forward combination of West Germany was Klinsmann and Worrell. In the summer of 1990, Riddle moved from Werder Bremen to Lazio.
Lektoş (Fiorentina): In the 1985–86 European Champions Cup final, striker Lektuš won the title with the Bucharest Star, and the team and Barca still fought 0-0 after extra time, with four rounds of penalties, bucharest star 2 of 4 and Barca 4 of 0, of which Lektush scored a penalty in the penalty shootout. At the 1990 World Cup, Lektush scored two goals for Romania, ending in the round of 16.
De Tarri (Bologna): Hungarian midfielder De Tari came to Bologna in the summer of 1990 from Greek side Olympiacos.
Worrell (Roma): At the 1990 World Cup, Worrell and Klinsmann were the main striker of West Germany, and in this World Cup, Worrell scored three goals to help West Germany win the championship. In the 1989–90 season, Worrell scored 14 goals for Roma in Serie A, ranking fifth in the top scorers list.
Mazinjo (Lecce): At the 1989 Copa America, Mazinjo won the title with Brazil. In 1990, Mazinjo moved to Lecce from Brazilian side Vasco da Gama. Mazinjo was the father of Thiago and Rafinha.
Caniggia (Atlanta): In the 1990 World Cup, Caniggia, the son of the wind, scored two goals: Argentina eliminated Brazil 1-0 in the quarter-finals, and Caniggia scored the only goal of the game; in the semi-finals, Argentina and host Italy scored 1-1 in regular time, and it was Caniggia who scored for Argentina, and in the subsequent penalty shootout, Argentina won and advanced to the final. In the 1990–91 season, Caniggia scored 10 goals for Atalanta in Serie A.
Raduccioyo (Bari): At the 1990 World Cup, Raduccioyo, then 20, had already played for Romania. After the 1990 World Cup, the striker moved from Romanian side Dynamo Bucharest to Bari. Only two football players have played in all five major European leagues, one is Danish defender Paulson and the other is Radujoyu.
Silas (Cesena): Midfielder Silas played with Brazil in the 1986 and 1990 World Cups, joining Cesena in 1990.
Skuhravi (Genoa): At the 1990 World Cup, Skuhlavi scored five goals for Czechoslovakia, ending up in the quarterfinals. In the summer of 1990, the 1.93-metre-tall striker moved from Sparta Prague to Genoa, where he scored 15 goals for Genoa in Serie A in 1990–91, ranking third on the top scorers list.
Vazquez (Turin): Vazquez was one of the five Eagles of Real Madrid, won the La Liga title for five consecutive titles with Real Madrid, and participated in the 1990 World Cup with Spain as the main midfielder, and the team ended in the round of 16. In 1990, Vazquez moved from Real Madrid to Turin.
Franciscoli (Cagliari): At the 1990 World Cup, Francescoli, who played as a midfielder, was the captain of Uruguay and the team ended in the round of 16. In the summer of 1990, Francescoli moved from Marseille to Cagliari. Francisco Rio is Zidane's idol.
Simeone (Pisa): In 1990, at the age of 20, Simeone left Argentine side Sasfeld to join Serie A side Pisa and began his career in Europe.
Mellie (Parma): Italian striker Meli scored 13 goals for Parma in Serie A in 1990–91, when he was 21 years old.
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