Real Madrid Y Chelsea I know face today for the first time in a knockout of the European Cup / Champions. Never before have they been measured in the quintessential team competition on the European continent, but they have they have done on other continental competitions. Specifically, in the final lanes … and the English won both: the whites were always behind on the scoreboard.
After win the European Cup in 1966 al Partizan, with the Ye-Yés, the whites had taken a step back in their continental performance. Muñoz's old ideas no longer stuck and were superseded by more modern ones, such as Ajax, or the thriving German and English soccer.
So the arrival of the team white to a new ending, this time from the Recopa in 1971, gave a boost to his European legacy. In front was Chelsea, who was superior from start to finish: Osgood, ten minutes into the second half, opened the scoring with a tight shot. Zoco tied in the last minute of the match, forcing extra time. At the end of the 120 minutes of the match with a tie on the scoreboard, and as there is still no penalty shootout to resolve the winner, a playoff game was played two days later. And there Madrid succumbed: Pirri played with the radius of his fractured left arm. Grosso and Velázquez were tired. Gento played his last game with Madrid … The Recopa flew to the showcases of the London club. Y for Madrid it meant bringing in new faces. Santiago Bernabéu decided to renew the squad– Up to ten players left, including Gento, the only player with six European Cups.
Apart from these three official matches, Madridistas and Londoners have seen each other in friendly matches played at the International Champions Cup in the US The first of them had added curiosity. It was played in 2013 (on August 8) at Sun Life Stadium, Miami, before 67,273 spectators. It was the first time that Madrid players faced their former coach, José Mourinho, for three seasons (2010-2013), whose relations ended quite badly. The whites won 3-1, with two goals from Cristiano Ronaldo (who claimed himself in both by glancing at the rival bench and pointing to his chest) and another by Marcelo, while Ramires momentarily equalized for the blues.
The second friendly was played in 2016, on July 30. Ann Arbor, in the city of Detroit, hosted this meeting. The whites won again (3-2). This time the morbid was in the presence of Eden Hazard in the blue outfit. A Hazard that had been claimed by Zidane in 2011. And the Belgian did not disappoint: with 3-0 in favor of Madrid (double by Marcelo and Mariano), he invented two personal moves to cut distances.
The other trophy that blues they snatched the whites was the 1998 European Super Cup. It was the first time the whites had disputed it. Not surprisingly, the first six European Cups had been played in the 1950s and 1960s, and the Super Cup emerged in 1973.
A Poyet's goal surprised Illgner. Although the whites had started well (Hierro crashed a ball into the post), they were diluted before the English push and a bad state of the grass that hurt both teams. Today will be the fourth time they meet and the first in the Champions League. Will the hex be broken?
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