Righteous Steps
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It's really not.
Napoli really, really didn't dominate the Serie A at the time, even with Maradona. Juventus and Milan did, and good god, do you even know how the CL was played back then?
Only the league champion was allowed to enter the CL (then named European Cup), there were only ko rounds (2 legs) and if you went all the way to the final you'd play 9 games. This also means that he played the CL only twice. In 87-88, they got Real Madrid in their very first round which they lost 3-1 on aggregate, and then in 90-91 they met Spartak Moscow in the second round. The latter were no mugs at the time and Napoli lost in the penalty shoot-out, after Baroni missed a crucial one during the match in the second leg. So in the grand scheme of things, Maradona played a total of 6 fecking CL games in his whole career.
Cheap shot. He was badly injured and ill (hepatitis) during a good part of his second season at Barca. Since you like numbers, I'll give you some: 38 goals in 58 games as an attacking midfielder in a time where scoring was all but easy, a Copa Del Rey, a League Cup and the Spanish Supercup. Barca won la Liga the next season after Menotti left and Terry Venables came in. Doesn't change the fact that it wasn't really a successful stint for him there.
The problem with you stat boys is that numbers are what you live for and the hill you die on. You never pay attention to what lies behind them.
Good post.