Gazzetta dello Sport Sandro Mazzola compared Giannini with Baggio with an acceptable advantage of Giannini in his favor. It does beg the question: Is Baggio to a certain degree overrated ? He’s had a very disappointing campaign thus far.
Meanwhile at the start of the new year Ruud Gullit has had his best game at the expense of Napoli and Maradona. Lots of Gullit-mania and applause from all over the world. Corriere dello Sport
At this stage early 1988 every new star was being compared in some ways to Maradona; this time Italian ‘poster boy’ Vialli. Sampdoria faced off against Napoli, and votes were taken from current players in the same league. Gazzetta
Gazzetta dello Sport Maradona’s moment at the top of the scoring charts in Serie A and how Napoli are coasting to what seemed like a consecutive scudetto win.