Napoli, 1988-89

NAPOLI, 1988-89

Even though Napoli played a top-class soccer, this was meant to be the season of Inter Milan, whose run from the beginning to the end of the tournament was almost unstoppable. They got the highest number of points in a Serie A season ever. Inter had German players such as Andreas Brehme or Lothar Matthäus, who were able to lead their team to the final victory.
Napoli was second once again, but this time there is nothing to complain for. Inter won a lot of matches away, and deserved to win the title.
But this season will always be remembered since it marked the first European triumph. Napoli won the UEFA Cup going through defeating PAOK, Lokomotiv Leipzig, Bordeaux, Juventus (0-2, 3-0 on 119th minute!!), Bayern Munich, and Stuttgart. Maradona was the leader of this team once again.

Here is the list of Maradona's goals:

Italian Championship (9 goals)

16/10/1988
23/10/1988
27/11/1988
04/12/1988
18/12/1988
29/01/1989
19/02/1989 

Pisa-Napoli 0-2
Napoli-Pescara 8-2 (2 goals)
Napoli-Milan 4-1
Napoli-Fiorentina 2-0 (pen.)
Napoli-Bologna 3-1 (2 goals)
Napoli-Ascoli 4-1 (2 goals)
Atalanta-Napoli 1-1

 


Coppa Italia (7 goals)

23/08/1988
30/08/1988
14/09/1988
21/09/1988
28/09/1988
01/02/1989 

Napoli-Barletta 3-0
Napoli-Bologna 1-0
Lecce-Napoli 1-1
Napoli-Cesena 2-0
Modena-Napoli 0-4 (1 + 1 pen.)
Pisa-Napoli 0-2



UEFA Cup (3 goals)

07/09/1988
15/03/1989
03/05/1989 

1st round    Napoli-PAOK 1-0 (pen.)
1/4 finals    Napoli-Juventus 3-0 (pen.)
Final (1st leg)    Napoli-Stuttgart 2-1 (pen.)


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