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When Ruud Gullit arrived in Italy to take on Maradona
It was a standout chapter in the grand narrative of 1980s Serie A.
Diego Maradona’s Napoli and their 1987 Scudetto triumph had finally toppled Juventus, those aristocrats of the north — sending a dethroned Michel Platini into exile.