Oleg Salenko brought so much joy to the SPL back in the day. How we used to piss ourselves with laughter. Then three years later we had the breathtaking ability of Stephan G'uivarch to marvel at. Those were the days.

I think I used to think Salenko was one of the worlds best players as a 7 year old, all because he scored 5 against Cameroon.

After that tournament whenever I saw Russia play I always wondered "Why don't they play Salenko? He's great".

Then I presumably saw Savo Milosevic top score at Euro 2000 and learnt that one good tournament doesn't make you great.
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Forza Juve!!!

There were quite a few players from '94 that had a good tournament then dissapointed. Dahlin, Dumitrescu and Amokachi off the top of my head. Come to think of it , I don't remember Lechkov doing much after the finals either.

my personal favourites

Maradona,
Baggio,
Batigol,
Essien,
Gerrard,
Roy Keane,
Nesta,
Corini(A hero for my boys Chievo)
Veron,
Larsson,
Henry,
Hubner(for his age remarkable season with piacenza)