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Sid Lowe
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June 19 - July 3, 2019
We were eleven workers. But not just workers, specialists: engineers, surgeons, people with talent.
over the pitch. Inter were surprisingly comfortable: ‘The only thing their sweeper didn’t do was grab a chair and play the violin in the middle of the pitch,’ Di Stéfano complained. Mazzola scored twice, Milani once and Inter won 3-1, claiming the first of two consecutive European
When you’re supporting your team together, you forget everything else. You might not even know the name of the person you embrace; you have no idea who he is and for a moment you forget who you are.’
In 1974–5, Barcelona returned to the European Cup for the first time since the Square Posts Final in Berne but they were defeated in the semi-final by Leeds United.
His delivery meant that even if he said ‘I love you’, it could sound as if he was announcing plans to axe-murder your children.
Their opponents were Bayer Leverkusen, the team who, if there was a competition for coming second, would still finish second.
To be a genuinely big club, you need to win the European Cup every now and then.’
