The Italian Cup final opposed Roma to Sampdoria. Sampdoria won the first leg at home 2-1. Roma prevailed in the second 2-0 and won the trophy.
So close, but no luck. Sampdoria was not ready yet for serious success – a good team, but underachievers… so far.
Roma was running strong – 2nd in the championship and winning the Cup. This is not the cup-winning squad, but close enough. Standing from left: Boniek, Pruzzo, Graziani, Righetti, Ancelotti, Tancredi. Front row: Oddi, Nela, Gerolim, Di Carlo, Desideri.
Roma won its 6th Cup and it was not going to be their last, but the sense of great period coming to end was there – the key players were dangerously aging. From that perspective, it was great they won.