Gianluca Vialli, one of the architects of the 1991 Scudetto told Sky and told the secret of that fantastic ride that brought Sampdoria to the title of Italian champion: “That Sampdoria was a team that did things well but without taking yourself too seriously, a team that tried to smile about the things that were not going well, in short a team of friends trying to show values, maybe even without realizing it – he says – There was loyalty, a shirt and a sense of belonging, respect for the partner, putting the collective goal ahead of the individual one, transparency, in the sense that there were problems, there are always problems when you live in the same locker room and play many games and there is a lot of pressure, but we have said things to each other in the face and through this transparency and this honesty we have managed to improve and overcome problems. It is something that in a certain sense I would encourage everyone to do, to punch themselves in the belly and not in the back “.
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“In that Sampdoria there are those who wanted revenge after Italy ’90”
And again on the reasons that led that Sampdoria to victory in the championship: “One of the secrets, the gasoline that starts your engine and gives you incredible also revenge against some situations that did not go well for you – Vialli says again – I really like a phrase that I have always tried to put into practice but many times I have not made it ‘you never lose, or you win or learn something’, so the year after the World Cup there was this desire to demonstrate our value that had been questioned during Italy ’90 and this was an important propellant “.
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“The national team makes me feel good”
Now again an experience in the national team: “I believe that any professional who is part of a working group must bring his own experience, skills and values he believes in, hoping to find the same values or if there are any. better than acquiring them – he explains -. This is what happened to me when I arrived in this national team hoping to make an important contribution and to be an added value trying not to ruin what was already exceptional. So I tried to give something and I got a lot in return. I tell you, now I do blood tests very often and when I come from London to Italy and stay there for those ten days I don’t know if that’s what they feed me or if it’s the atmosphere, to be with the players, I come back I take the exams again and my oncologists tell me they are the best they have ever seen. Obviously the environment of the national team is also good for the blood“.
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