In the courtyard on the playground, our roles were always painted: Blokhin, Maradona, Zavarov, Platini, even Altobelli was, and then my friend and classmate said: “And I am Vialli!”.
Gianluca VialliHow why?
Then they understood.
And then, they began to be afraid. A new star is coming to Euro'88. Just not to fall for them. Caught in the semi-finals. Vialli missed twice. One - recaptured Dasaev, the second - together with Dasaev, they watched with their eyes ..
It was so scary. Vialli was preparing for the home world championship, realizing that he would be king there. But for some reason Squillaci became the king. It happens in life too: you think that you are, but life says, they say, no, dude, not you.
The dude returned to Genoa and became the champion of Italy with Sampdoria. You understand what it is! Not now, not then, at all! What is Sampdoria...
Yes, Mikhailichenko was not accepted there... But no one was appreciated there except Vialli and Mancini. Exactly in that order. Because Vialli was the one who was feared, and Mancini just wore long hair, and this was appreciated at one time...
Vialli... He's the first player-coach in the era when they started to show everything. He released himself live as a replacement. We saw it...
Once Lobanovsky asked: “Where is Vialli?” Valery Vasilyevich, Vialli is already with you...
Artem ZHOLKOVSKY for Dynamo.kiev.ua
