On 2022-05-19 09:22, Bruce Scott wrote:
On 2022-05-18, Al Kamista <alkamista@hotmail.com> wrote:
A hipster's delight of a final?
Eintracht Frankfurt - Rangers
Two relatively small teams in the modern age (and one from a small
league), both with a solitary European triumph over 40 years ago.
It would be good to see the Scots win, mainly because Scottish teams
don't win shit anymore.
This was a great match... Frankfurt optically dominant but not
really, as Rangers had a good game plan, stuck to it, and got a
massive chance at the end which could have won it but for a great save
by Trapp. Then, to penalties. A bit like how the 2012 CL Final
should have ended :-)
But the main thing is despite the low score (all those great last
minute tackles !) both teams were going for it. And the fans were
simply the best!
Rangers now one for five in European finals. The one they won, the fans trashed the place and they got punished (was there a ban ? I think so).
Frankfurt two for three in finals. I remember 1980 quite well. Bum-Kun
Cha was still playing for Frankfurt then, as was Pezzey. Also H||lzenbein
and Borchers who eventually played for Bielefeld for one season. I had
a summer job in J|+lich that year. It was still called the KFA in those
days.
Thinking about those two matches made me look up the lineups. A few of
the players ended up with either Bielefeld or Bayern at one point
Kneib, Lienen and Borchers for Arminia
Matth|nus, Del Haye, Nachtweih for Bayern.
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