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[QUOTE="Forza Azzurri, post: 3131643, member: 1452"]
The game was officiated completely differently back in the 80s in ALL the leagues, not just Serie A and la Liga.

You want real brutality?  Watch the 1982 World Cup elimination match between Italy and Argentina.  Count the yellows and straight reds that would be given today versus what was given in that first half (hint: zero).  In fact, the only yellows shown in the first half of that game were for dissent when players would complain about teammates getting absolutely obliterated.

Better yet, watch the France-Germany 1982 World Cup semifinal when Schumacher knocks Battiston unconscious - and doesn't even get a foul whistled against him.

Maradona was so beloved in Naples that, during the 1990 World Cup semifinal between Argentina and Italy in Naples, there were definitely divided loyalties in the stadium...

He was an unbelievable talent: single-handedly willing Argentina to World Cup glory in 1986 with, possibly, the greatest World Cup goal of all-time against England: a mazy run through the entire English defense (same game as the "Hand of God" goal)...
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