THE STORY OF INTER VS SAMPDORIA, ONE OF SERIE A’S GREATEST GAMES
It’s been 30 years since Sampdoria lifted the Scudetto. Where has the time gone? E ven if you don’t remember Sampdoria’s extraordinary – and I don’t use the adjective lightly – victory over Inter on 4 May 1991, you’ll be familiar with many of the game’s key components. Firstly, the stadium. Brutal, beautiful San Siro. The concrete monolith which, less than a year previous, had been the setting for the start of Italia 90 and that game between Argentina and Cameroon. Second, Gianluca Vialli . The striker who had endured a miserable World Cup (no goals, one missed penalty) but had, over the course of the season that followed, rediscovered the potent brilliance that had made him one of Serie A’s most lethal attackers. Next, giant goalkeeper Gianluca Pagliuca. At just 24, Samp’s number one was still a relative rookie but was fast establishing himself as one of his country’s best stoppers. And finally, the Germans. Lothar Matthäus, Jürgen Klinsmann and Andreas Brehme ....
