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                FOOTBALL CLUB.

                 Reasoning on the topic.

Written by KAKTUS

   The release period of the TOWN does not allow for prompt,
so to speak, realtime coverage of football events
life of our globe, and in particular
Its European part. But you can mix some
collage, combining several in one article
significant events.      Can be carried out
statistical assessment, draw conclusions.
   Today I want to focus on three matches. This
semi-final of the Champions League (European Cup
Champions, KECH-99), UEFA Cup-99 final and final
Farewell Cup Winners' Cup (KOK-99).
Why farewell, I think many people know, but still
I repeat that starting next year, KOC will merge with
UEFA Cup.

   So it’s already May and we’re discussing the vicissitudes of the match
“Bavaria” - “Dynamo” is already somewhat easier. Time
treats.  Nothing tragic happened...
meeting of two superclubs - I write this word without
any fear of exaggeration or praise - one
I turned out to be a little more experienced, a little luckier. A little stronger.
Exactly one ball.
   So, compared to the previous season, it's done
a huge step forward - we reached the semi-finals, in which
yielded by no means as unconditionally as they did in
last year with Juventus. MoreMoreover, the schedule according to
two matches with Bayern allows us to say that
that we had chances to win, serious chances, but
most of them were lost in the last minutes
Kyiv match.
   Did we have the right to count on winning the League?
champions?  Well, of course, they had the right to count.
Football is an unpredictable thing, but the ball is round, and with
nothing prevented us from achieving this point of view
the most radiant heights. Besides, all of us, fans in
are incredible maximalists at heart and don’t want
accept failures.  But on the other hand, still
It hasn't been that long, it hasn't been that long
"Dynamo" lives by the laws of PROFESSIONAL SPORTS,
so that we definitely have to beat everyone
in a row of European giants.  Even though
Dynamo's current annual budget, taking into account
construction of a base in Koncha-Zaspa, reconstruction
stadium "Dynamo" etc.  probably reached the mark
several tens of millions of dollars a year and Russia
with Spartak, apparently, was left far behind, and
this is correct, but still we are significantly inferior,
and in the near future we will concede in many respects
performance of our competitors.
  What happened in Munich? It seems to me that in
The Kyiv match is largely to blame.  And it's not about two
goals that deprived Dynamo of victory.  Apparently, the thought of
that Bayern is quite capable of us and is verypassable, stuck in the brains of not only journalists,
but perhaps also football players.  I think so
strong game of the Germans at the Olympiastadion in many ways
became a revelation for Dynamo. Well, of course not
we should forget about unfortunate bad luck, about three
scoring chances in the first half and one in the second.
   We lost.  Lost with dignity and dignity
to the opponent.  It doesn't make it much easier, but
still.  The task before the team is now the most
ordinary - to quickly forget the bitterness of defeat,
learn lessons, win the Ukrainian championship and... All
again!  I would like to keep the composition. This one, the combat one.
Victorious.

   On May 12, the final took place in Moscow at the Luzhniki Sports Complex.
UEFA Cup.  The match passed without intrigue, with too
great advantage of one team.   Sometimes the match
turned into a one-man show. We have no luck with finals
UEFA Cup.  Last year at least a fantastic goal
Zanetti was... Evaluate individual players
doesn't make sense since it's in the first place
due to the overwhelming advantage of one of the teams.
Moreover, if Parma was a single, well-functioning,
a fitted and oiled mechanism in which each
the gear knew its place, and besides
showed reasonable initiative, then Marcel,
on the contrary, it looked like a bunch of good ones individually
football players who really lacked a unifying andspiritualizing beginning.  As a result, the score is 3:0
Parma - Marseille.

   By the way, express information: Blanc (Marseille) and
Veron (Parma) elected by FIFA to the world team,
which is due to fight the Australians on June 12
(our Shevchenko will also be there).

   The participants in the historic final match were
Lazio and Mallorca. The duel between them ends
39-year history of the Cup Winners' Cup
European countries.  From next season one
There will be fewer European Cups.  It's a pity, of course. Cup
Cups has always been the most unpredictable. Over 38
Cup draws went to 31 teams (the current one is already
gave on the 32nd).  Only Barcelona managed
win the trophy more than twice - four times. Besides
only Dynamo Kiev, Anderlecht, Chelsea and
Milan won the KOC more than once - twice. And
no team has won the cup twice in a row.
The trophy owner has reached the final eight times
the next draw of KOK and lost all eight times!
The last chance to change this tradition was missed
London's Chelsea, which lost to Mallorca in the semi-finals.
Now let's move on to the match itself. Already before
During the match, something unimaginable was happening at the stadium!
Noise, din, but it did not irritate, but only pleased the ears
!  Everyone was looking forward to real football.  Tribunes for
one gate from scarves, flags and caps became
red and black, behindopposite - white and blue.
Well, between them there is practically an emerald lawn
filled with "Villa Park".
   The match started without any build-up. From the first minutes on the field
a double-edged struggle ensued, and before
Spanish tribune understand what's what, like a ball
ended up in the net of their favorite goal.  Pancaro,
who played in this meeting as a right back, from the center
field about 45 meters launched the ball diagonally to the line
Balearic penalty kick, and Christian Vieri in high
jump, crushing the opposing captain Olaizola along the way,
threw his head over the one who had recklessly left
Carlos Roa's goal!  Roa's mistake is obvious, but how
Vieri played great!
   Less than five minutes passed before the Spaniards restored
balance. Soler is the only one in Mallorca
who has already won the Cup Winners' Cup (in 1989 playing for
Barcelona), threw the ball behind the same Pancaro, and
Stankovic, who Jovan, walked along the flank and pulled
at the opponent's defenders, shot at
goalkeeper's area, where lonely Dani simply tripped his leg.
1:1.   The Spanish tribune rejoices.   Grief on
opposite.
   A few minutes later, in another attack
Italian Vieri in a collision with the goalkeeper
Spaniards are injured.  But despite the current
blood he with a bandaged head under friendly
applause from both the "colored" stands and the English
layers, returned tofield. Man!
   But the game gradually lost its sharpness. Lazio
at first he fluttered, which resulted in two
inaccurate gifts of Vieri and Salas, but then a favorite
fully concerned about the safety of his own gates,
using, as well as the opponent,
more or less convenient opportunity to conduct
devastating counterattack.  Not bad at the very end of the half
Mallorca also got a chance to score. Not
Lazio's central defenders played best,
and with a brilliant pass, Engong led the way to strike
Biagini.  But the blow never came. Biagini
hesitated, handled the ball for a long time, lost it, then
picked up speed and eventually caught up with him
Pancaro and knocked the ball out for a corner.
   We looked better in the second half of the match
Spaniards who have made whites nervous more than once
stands.  But despite the frequent attacks of the Spaniards and
scoring chances at the Lazio goal, managed to score
Italians.  The Roman club scored using barely
not the only semi-opportunity to score a goal in
second half.  Another long cast to the line
a free kick and the ball goes off the head of a Mallorca defender
so to speak, at the feet of Nedved, who, having shifted his weight
body on the left leg, powerfully struck with the right! And bye
the defenders and the goalkeeper signaled to the referee about
violation of the rules by Vieri, the ball flew into
grid. Now that's it!It became clear that Mallorca did not
recoup in the remaining time...
   At the end of the match there is a prize for the best player of the match, amazing
The Nissan went, of course, to Christian Vieri.
Scored goal, direct participation in the second
scoring, dedication and bloodied
the head - everything said its role. He really was
the best.   The winner of the match received 3.7 million.
Swiss francs, defeated - 3.3.

   Well, let's say goodbye to COC.

   Here are all the Cup Winners' Cup finals.

1961 Fiorentina - Glasgow Rangers ...... 2:1, 2:0
1962 Atlético - Fiorentina.............. 1:1, 3:0
1963 Tottenham - Atlético .................... 5:1
1964 Sporting (Lisbon) - MTK .......... 3:3, 1:0
1965 West Ham - Munich 1860 .................. 2:0
1966 Borussia (Dortmund) - Liverpool ......... 2:1
           (in extra time)
1967 Bayern Munich - Glasgow Rangers.............. 1:0
           (in extra time)
1968 Milan - Hamburg ........................... 2:0
1969 Slovan (Bratislava) - Barcelona ......... 3:2
1970 Manchester City - Gornik (Zabrze) ......... 2:1
1971 Chelsea - Real Madrid ............... 1:1, 2:1
1972 Glasgow Rangers - Dynamo (Moscow) ...... 3:2
1973 Milan - Leeds .............................. 1:0
1974 Magdeburg - Milan ....................... 2:0
1975 Dynamo (Kyiv) - Ferencvaros ............. 3:0
1976 Anderlecht- West Ham ............... 4:2
1977 Hamburg - Anderlecht ..................... 2:0
1978 Anderlecht - Austria (Vienna) .............. 4:0
1979 Barcelona - Fortuna (Dusseldorf) ........ 4:3
           (in extra time)
1980 Valencia - Arsenal ...................... 0:0
           (5:4 - on penalties)
1981 Dynamo (Tbilisi) - Carl Zeiss ........... 2:1
1982 Barcelona - Standard .................... 2:1
1983 Aberdeen - Real Madrid ................. 2:1
           (in extra time)
1984 Juventus - Porto........................ 2:1
1985 Everton - Rapid Vienna .................... 3:1
1986 Dynamo (Kyiv) - Atletico................3:0
1987 Ajax - Lokomotiv Leipzig .............. 1:0
1988 Mechelen - Ajax .............................. 1:0
1989 Barcelona - Sampdoria ................... 2:0
1990 Sampdoria - Anderlecht ................... 2:0
1991 Manchester United - Barcelona ........... 2:1
1992 Werder Bremen - Monaco ........................... 2:0
1993 Parma - Antwerp ..................... 3:1
1994 Arsenal - Parma ........................... 1:0
1995 Zaragoza - Arsenal ...................... 2:1
           (in extra time)
1996 PSG - Rapid Vienna ...................... 1:0
1997 Barcelona - PSG ........................... 1:0
1998 Chelsea - Stuttgart ........................ 1:0
1999 Lazio - Mallorca........................ 2:1

   Bwhile this article was being typed, something happened
another significant event. I mean the ending
Champions League between Manchester United and Bayern.
Honestly, I've never seen anything like this before
match.  This is just fantasy on the verge of reality. But
everything is in order...
   The match took place in Barcelona. Before the match many
doubted that local football fans
will ignore this match, because both Bayern and Manchester United were
the offenders of Barça in this championship, and it is ahead of schedule
dropped out of the fight.  But still no matter what
true football fans came to the game and in 20 minutes
Before the start of the match, the stadium was packed to capacity.
   Before the match, they settled down on the emerald field
some grandiose statues. There was a fuss around them,
an innumerable amount of people swore and waved at anything
delicious girls in shorts and T-shirts. Then on
Montserat Caballe left the stadium... What happened
I can’t imagine further, because... went to UT-1
advertising...
   What are the lineups of Bayern and Manchester?
   Manchester United: 1. Schmeichel, 2. G. Neville,
6. Stam, 5. Johnsen, 3. Irwin, 11. Giggs, 8. Butt,
7. Beckham, 15. Blomqvist, 9. Cole, 19. York.
   Bayern: 1.Kahn, 2.Babbel, 25.Linke, 10.Matthäus,
4.Kuffour, 18.Tarnat, 16.Yeremis, 11.Effenberg,
14.Basler, 19.Yanker, 21.Tsikler.
   Ottmar Hitzfeld built his team according to the scheme
1-5-2-3.  In turn, AlexFerguson arranged
players in a 1-4-4-2 formation.

   So - the referee's whistle - the match has begun. From the first
minutes into the match, Bayern took the initiative and started
storming the Peter Schmeichel gate.  And now on the fourth
A minute later, Yanker falls near the Mancunians' penalty area. (I
I deliberately write “falls” and not “knocked down”, because I know
Yanker's artistic abilities [he during
matcha will use them more than once ], besides
there was no repeat of his fall).  The judge appoints
free kick  A very dangerous situation. Wall of six
a person (perhaps too big) is placed right in
goalkeeper area. Adjacent to it (the wall) to the right is
Bavarian (didn't notice who). Mario approaches the ball
Basler.   At the moment of impact, the Bavarian (who joined
wall) shifts the wall one meter to the left and as a result
the ball flies into the right corner of the goal. Schmeichel (by the way
who performed at the match, as well as Cannes as captain),
by building too large a wall, as a result
I saw the moment of impact and didn’t even react to the ball. A
after all, it was possible to predict that Baszler would not
throw it over, let alone break through the wall.  He
did what he does best, namely, hit the
wall circumference.  Move Schmeichel to the right corner, that's it
it would be different, but... At the sixth minute Super Mario
opens an account.
   Of course, the British are rushing to recoup.
But all the attempts of the famous duet 9-19 (York - Cole)
come downto no avail by Bayern's defense.   Possibly
Mancunians make too many passes in the penalty area
set by Oliver Kann, or in contrast,
when you need to make a transfer, you should
unsuccessful individual game.  However, both
half are reminiscent of the painfully familiar Dynamo game in
semi-finals  Also ineffective attacks, lack
long shots, individual play...
   In turn, Bayern did not fully gather
meetings to sit out in defense. Generally the first half
passed with a clear advantage for Ottmar's players
Hitzfeld.  But Schmeichel was at his best, and the goal
helped (the crossbar in the first half and the post in
second).
   By the end of the second half, Manchester United fans began to
increasing feelings of hopelessness.   Of course, that's it
remember how in the 1/4 finals Manchester United at the beginning
lost 0:2 to Juventus, but then was able to win back to
3:2. But still there is less and less time left,
and Bayern keeps attacking and attacking. Hitzfeld has exhausted
reserve of replacements, releasing Scholl, Fink and Salihamidzic,
which (with the exception of Fink, since he is a defender)
intensified the pressure on the Mancunians' goal. Honestly speaking
this replacement seemed absurd to me when in the end
match, it was necessary, on the contrary, to strengthen the defense by injecting
she has fresh strength...
   Alex Ferguson also makes his substitutions. On the last
minutes Manchester United are making a furious onslaught (with all their strength)
at the gates of Cannes...
   The 90th minute of regular time has ended. Here
reported that the referee added three more minutes...
Did Manchester United really lose? There are tears on the faces of Manchester United fans...
   Now, after another attack by Manchester United, Effenberg has nothing
All that remains is how to kick the ball out for a corner. To the left corner
David Beckham ran. Schmeichel runs out of goal and
takes place in the Cannes penalty area. Beckham crosses
to where Peter and Jaap Stam are. But more quickly
everyone turns out to be Linke and hits the ball to York, but he
as always, he is at a loss and gives the ball away
Fink, he hits the ball to Giggs, Ryan volleys. B
this moment Bayern players standing on the posts
perform a maneuver known as "creating
artificial out of play", i.e.  running from the gate
putting Manchester United forwards behind their backs, but they don’t have time, and
while the defenders and the goalkeeper signaled to the referee about
Offside, Sheringham puts the ball into the bottom corner.
The red stands simply exploded. I think many who
I watched the broadcast of the match, including me,
jumped up from their seats shouting GOAL! In one and a half minutes
until the end of the meeting, Manchester United equalizes the score and gets the right
for an additional 30 minutes. The Bavarians are shocked...
   While the Bavarians were coming to their senses, Solskjaer
the fight against Kuffour on the right flank earned
another corner.  Beckham's serve, the ball is over again
free kick Sheringham burst into the penalty area and dropped the ball
to the goal line,and there Solskjaer neatly
sent him under the crossbar!  Two goals in
stoppage time and Bayern said goodbye to victory.
Two goals from the twins and Manchester United won again after 31 years
KETCH.
   40 seconds before the referee's whistle passed cleanly
conditionally.  And then there's the whistle. Something's going on in the stands
unimaginable.     Something's happening on the field
unimaginable.   Mancunians are jumping with delight.
Bavaria is as dark as death.  Kuffour, the one who
left Ole Gunnar unguarded before the second goal,
having a fit on the grass...
   Here it is, a lesson in big football, when to fight
need until the last minute. After all, Bayern is Dynamo,
and Manchester United - Bayern, both matches are similar. And Dynamo was unlucky
attacks, and Manchester United's game was not going well.  Both matches
twins, with the only difference that the result is not
is the same. The only difference is that Alex Ferguson is not
was going to lose and did everything to change
progress of the game, made the necessary substitutions, even replaced Cole
, because the famous duo showed nothing during the whole
match.  In turn, Dynamo played constantly
composition, so to speak, until the losing end...
   I hope Lobanovsky, and the players themselves, will do it
conclusion on how to fight, and I hope this conclusion is for them
will be of use.

   Some information kindly provided
colleagues from the weekly "Football", for which they
thank you very much.