PSV Treble winning team of 1988, Porto teams of '87 and 2004, Feyenoord team of the 70s, Aston Villa of '82, Benfica of the 60's Bayern's journey to their fourth: from their heartache in 1999 to their redemption in 2001.
This is why I love old school football. The talented and underrated sweeper Miodrag Belodedici won the European Cup with Steaua and Red Star, something that is not likely to happen in modern times (unless there's a total reform of European football).
@@loulou7194 Unfortunately those UEFA cronies including Perez have ruined FOOTBALL especially for us the common man who decided to get rid of competitions such as the Cup Winners Cup, UEFA Cup and also allowing the domestic champions to only compete in what is called the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE (it's in the name) which would actually work in today's climate. I mean what's the point of winning your domestic league if another team from the "top 5" leagues is only required a podium finish to qualify. What's the point in that⁉️🤔😑😪 Went on a tangent but there you go.....
Wasn't born to see it live but whenever i look at the road to the final alone before even seeing the matches, highlights or anything like that older football seems insane. Smaller teams could make runs in europe and were very competent whilst the european trophies made sense european cup= champions only, cup winners cup= cup winner (or the finalist if the champion made the double), uefa cup= the best placed teams that won nothing and either didnt reach the cup final or the cup winner wasnt the champion
@@hallo23779 old skool football was fun, ELITE and full of special moments that were truly magical and sometimes off the cuff.....they weren't any forced narratives, artificial financing, no bosman-ruling. Just great teams with great coaches playing against the best. FYI I was not born in that era but watching those games pre-2000.
Growing up as a 7/8 year old kid I was obsessed with that Red Star team in 1991. The atmosphere at their stadium the Marakana looked and sounded unbelievable - so different to anything we had here in the UK. And _what_ a midfield they had - Prosinecki, Savicevic, Jugovic and Mihaijlovic. Ridiculous. Prosinecki was probably the jewel in the crown of that Red Star team, but he never quite reached the heights his Red Star days promised - it just never worked out for him at Real Madrid. In fact it could be argued Savicevic, Jugovic and Mihaijlovic all went on to have better careers than Prosinecki. But Prosinecki really was the one that made that Red Star team tick, he was an unbelievable player. One of the forgotten talents of the '90s.
As a youth member of Dinamo at the age of 17, Prosinecki was literally kicked out as "not talented enough" and he came with his father to Zvezda for a tryout. had he been less selfish with the ball, he would have been one of the 5 best European players of that time, and even later, as an 8-year-old boy, I watched Zvezda Bayern in the semi-finals with my father and 1991, Prosinecki, Jugović, Belodedić, Savicevic, Mihajlovic along with several hard workers on the field, Panceva in attack, it was a team to respect, although Zvezda had excellent teams before that, where they were always a little short of reaching the finals and cups.
Yugoslavia was never behind the iron curtain, for Romania and all the countries of the Eastern bloc it was el dorado, far greater freedoms, standards, western way of life, strong music scene, film
Can you guys stop saying this. Yugoslavia was communist so by definition it was behind the Iron Curtain. It doesn't matter that there were more freedoms and commerce.
@@alexwallachian7720 no it wasnt , you really dont understand the meaning of Iron Curtain and all the countries that were behind it ,although communist Yugoslavia was more of a socialist country than raw communism they had behind the iron curtain with basically all the freedoms that west enjoyed those years ,before the war in '91 there was an economic reforme which would eventually get Yugo into EU in a couple of years and transform the country officially from communism to capitalism (i dont want to say democracy also because it was pretty much democtratic as a communist country) but bad leaders f that up and we are still f.cked beceause of that in geopolitical terms Yugo was a bridge between west and east at that moment(something like Austria) on a great terms with both US&western Europe and Soviet Union
Awesome video. Always had a soft spot for east european football. Would love to see a video on Spartak Moscow. They had some great players over the years and were amazing in the group stages of the 1996 champions league. I loved watching them play in the snow! Unfortunately, the timing of the Russian season was different from other leagues, so they didn't have any momentum going into the knockout stages in 96.
Fun fact: the 8 stars of the CL logo represent the 8 teams who contested the first revamped CL league format in '92. Rangers defeated Leeds United home and away in the Battle of Britain to qualify and cement their place in history alongside the other 7 teams.
I had the honor to meet Miodrag Belodedici (who won with both stars, steaua Bucuresti and red star) in person now 7 months when he got awarded citizen of honor of the Caras Severin county. The mayor or I don't know who has invited the local teams (and Mundo where I played) there.
What other European Cup / Champions League winners should we make a video about?
The Lisbon Lions
PSV Treble winning team of 1988, Porto teams of '87 and 2004,
Feyenoord team of the 70s, Aston Villa of '82, Benfica of the 60's
Bayern's journey to their fourth: from their heartache in 1999 to their redemption in 2001.
inter Milan treble winning team 2009/10
I know we never won the 'big one' but the 70's-81 journey of Ipswich Town would be appreciated. The only team to have never lost at home in Europe.
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This is why I love old school football. The talented and underrated sweeper Miodrag Belodedici won the European Cup with Steaua and Red Star, something that is not likely to happen in modern times (unless there's a total reform of European football).
@@loulou7194 Unfortunately those UEFA cronies including Perez have ruined FOOTBALL especially for us the common man who decided to get rid of competitions such as the Cup Winners Cup, UEFA Cup and also allowing the domestic champions to only compete in what is called the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE (it's in the name) which would actually work in today's climate. I mean what's the point of winning your domestic league if another team from the "top 5" leagues is only required a podium finish to qualify. What's the point in that⁉️🤔😑😪
Went on a tangent but there you go.....
Wasn't born to see it live but whenever i look at the road to the final alone before even seeing the matches, highlights or anything like that older football seems insane. Smaller teams could make runs in europe and were very competent whilst the european trophies made sense
european cup= champions only, cup winners cup= cup winner (or the finalist if the champion made the double), uefa cup= the best placed teams that won nothing and either didnt reach the cup final or the cup winner wasnt the champion
@@hallo23779 old skool football was fun, ELITE and full of special moments that were truly magical and sometimes off the cuff.....they weren't any forced narratives, artificial financing, no bosman-ruling. Just great teams with great coaches playing against the best.
FYI I was not born in that era but watching those games pre-2000.
Growing up as a 7/8 year old kid I was obsessed with that Red Star team in 1991. The atmosphere at their stadium the Marakana looked and sounded unbelievable - so different to anything we had here in the UK. And _what_ a midfield they had - Prosinecki, Savicevic, Jugovic and Mihaijlovic. Ridiculous. Prosinecki was probably the jewel in the crown of that Red Star team, but he never quite reached the heights his Red Star days promised - it just never worked out for him at Real Madrid. In fact it could be argued Savicevic, Jugovic and Mihaijlovic all went on to have better careers than Prosinecki. But Prosinecki really was the one that made that Red Star team tick, he was an unbelievable player. One of the forgotten talents of the '90s.
As a youth member of Dinamo at the age of 17, Prosinecki was literally kicked out as "not talented enough" and he came with his father to Zvezda for a tryout. had he been less selfish with the ball, he would have been one of the 5 best European players of that time, and even later, as an 8-year-old boy, I watched Zvezda Bayern in the semi-finals with my father and 1991, Prosinecki, Jugović, Belodedić, Savicevic, Mihajlovic along with several hard workers on the field, Panceva in attack, it was a team to respect, although Zvezda had excellent teams before that, where they were always a little short of reaching the finals and cups.
And the best of them all,played till 89/90 team,Stojkovic,the injuries in Marseille screwed is career.
Yugoslavia was never behind the iron curtain, for Romania and all the countries of the Eastern bloc it was el dorado, far greater freedoms, standards, western way of life, strong music scene, film
Yugoslavia wasn't behind the Iron Curtain, though.
Can you guys stop saying this. Yugoslavia was communist so by definition it was behind the Iron Curtain. It doesn't matter that there were more freedoms and commerce.
@@alexwallachian7720 no it wasnt , you really dont understand the meaning of Iron Curtain and all the countries that were behind it ,although communist Yugoslavia was more of a socialist country than raw communism they had behind the iron curtain with basically all the freedoms that west enjoyed those years ,before the war in '91 there was an economic reforme which would eventually get Yugo into EU in a couple of years and transform the country officially from communism to capitalism (i dont want to say democracy also because it was pretty much democtratic as a communist country) but bad leaders f that up and we are still f.cked beceause of that
in geopolitical terms Yugo was a bridge between west and east at that moment(something like Austria) on a great terms with both US&western Europe and Soviet Union
@@alexwallachian7720 That is just not true. Definitions can lie, had better relationship with the west then USSR.
Awesome video. Always had a soft spot for east european football. Would love to see a video on Spartak Moscow. They had some great players over the years and were amazing in the group stages of the 1996 champions league. I loved watching them play in the snow! Unfortunately, the timing of the Russian season was different from other leagues, so they didn't have any momentum going into the knockout stages in 96.
Fun fact: the 8 stars of the CL logo represent the 8 teams who contested the first revamped CL league format in '92. Rangers defeated Leeds United home and away in the Battle of Britain to qualify and cement their place in history alongside the other 7 teams.
I had the honor to meet Miodrag Belodedici (who won with both stars, steaua Bucuresti and red star) in person now 7 months when he got awarded citizen of honor of the Caras Severin county. The mayor or I don't know who has invited the local teams (and Mundo where I played) there.
This channel is Goated..fantastic stuff this
I think Belodedic earned a big sport in the history of football, he is the person that won 2 times with the only 2 east European teams to win.
Good job with the Zvezda players names & not calling Domovinski Rat a "civil war" - just one thing Jugoslavija was not behind the "Iron Curtain
It was in fact a civil war
@mildew1 Može ako si Srbin
@mildew1 To Croatia it was independence war, but yes Serbs see it different...We all suffer, I'm Hajduk but really admire that Zvezda team
@saraprva4172 I know
Ummm yes it was. Yugoslavia was communist which means it was behind the iron curtain.