Very interesting. So Gazzetta dello Sport started in 1978 to make a "trophy" for the best shooter from outside, giving 5 points for a goal from outside and 3 points for crossbars\posts and Maradona was the winner in the 87-88 season. Those are all the winners from 78-79 to 87-88. Lot of great players i must say. 1978-1979: Palanca (Catanzaro) 1979-1980: Antognoni (Fiorentina) 1980-1981: Bertoni (Fiorentina) 1981-1982: Conti (Roma) 1982-1983: Di Bartolomei (Roma) 1983-1984: Zico (Udinese) 1984-1985: Platini (Juventus) 1985-1986: Platini (Juventus) 1986-1987: Dirceu (Avellino) 1987-1988: Maradona (Napoli)
So apparently Maradona scored 2 goals and make 3 assist vs Pescara and was still not enough for an 8 rating? Very strange imo
That is correct, mate. For today’s standards it would have been classified as a 10 by the world press. This is interesting since I had glossed over it, thanks for the addition.
Yeah, but those (UK, random Spanish speaking who use 1-10) always had easier standards and I don't think it changed with time.
Yeah, for Italians sources at the time they were really strict and a 10 has never surfaced during that era and the 9 is elusive.