Tre tulipani – part 1

12/15/20 • 38 min

Golazzo: The Totally Italian Football Show

Ruud Gullit, Frank Rijkaard and Marco Van Basten were so good, they made up the entire podium for the 1988 Ballon D’Or.

The Dutch trio, known as the three tulips, were pivotal to the Netherlands’ Euro 88 triumph and this Golazzo concentrates on the years that led to them becoming a collective at San Siro.

Part one of this two-part special also includes Ruud’s reggae band and a heated debate over the best goal ever.

RUNNING ORDER:

• PART 1a: Italian clubs buying countrymen in bulk (06m 00s)

• PART 1b: Ruud Gullit – Europe’s Maradona (10m 00s)

• PART 1c: Gullit’s relationship with Arrigo Sacchi (18m 00s)

• PART 2: Holland win Euro 88 with that Van Basten goal (23m 00s)

• PART 3: Rijkaard moves to Milan (32m 30s)

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Ruud Gullit, Frank Rijkaard and Marco Van Basten were so good, they made up the entire podium for the 1988 Ballon D’Or.

The Dutch trio, known as the three tulips, were pivotal to the Netherlands’ Euro 88 triumph and this Golazzo concentrates on the years that led to them becoming a collective at San Siro.

Part one of this two-part special also includes Ruud’s reggae band and a heated debate over the best goal ever.

RUNNING ORDER:

• PART 1a: Italian clubs buying countrymen in bulk (06m 00s)

• PART 1b: Ruud Gullit – Europe’s Maradona (10m 00s)

• PART 1c: Gullit’s relationship with Arrigo Sacchi (18m 00s)

• PART 2: Holland win Euro 88 with that Van Basten goal (23m 00s)

• PART 3: Rijkaard moves to Milan (32m 30s)

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Previous Episode

Sinisa business

European Cup winner Sinisa Mihajlovic was the master of free-kicks, considered a wonder of physics in Italy. He also was an accused racist and has battled leukaemia while still managing Bologna. His is a complex story, and his Golazzo includes a special tribute from Sven-Goran Eriksson.

RUNNING ORDER:

• PART 1a: Mihajlovic’s beginnings at Vojvodina (03m 30s)

• PART 1b: Sinisa wins the European Cup with Red Star (09m 00s)

• PART 2: Sinisa’s set-piece gift (16m 00s)

• PART 3: The less savoury side of Sinisa (23m 30s)

• PART 4a: Sven and Sinisa (28m 00s)

• PART 4b: Mihajlovic the manager (35m 00s)

• PART 4c: Mihajlovic’s battle against leukaemia (39m 30s)

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Next Episode

Tre tulipani – part 2

Gullit, Rijkaard and Van Basten were a central part of one of the greatest club sides ever, when Serie A was arguably at its peak.

This episode looks at the success enjoyed at a time when European Cup finals were the norm for Milan, and the denouement for the Dutchmen as Gullit clashed with Capello, while Van Basten’s career was cut tragically short by injury.

RUNNING ORDER:

• PART 1: European Cup glory in 89 and 90 (01m 00s)

• PART 2: Milan sell Gullit and Rijkaard (14m 00s)

• PART 3a: Van Basten’s injury problems (20m 00s)

• PART 3b: The greatest centre-forward ever? (29m 00s)

• PART 3c: The trio’s career in management (32m 30s)

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