1 BLANCOS BACKLASH
The last team to beat Madrid in a major European final? Oh yes. Other teams have tried, nine times – Liverpool (2018), Juve (2017, ’98), Atletico Madrid (2016, ’14), Bayer Leverkusen (2002), Valencia (2000), Köln (1986), Videoton (1985) – but none have succeeded since Alex Ferguson’s Dons toppled them in the 1983 Cup Winners’ Cup Final.
2 “ER… REF?!”
Before that, however, Aberdeen became the first club to be knocked out of Europe on penalties, when Honved dumped them out of the same competition in 1970. After a 4-4 draw, the Hungarians made it through – albeit only after one clued-up observer was forced to inform the ref of newfangled rules that dodged a third, deciding game.
3 DUG FOR VICTORY
Pittodrie is where the dugout arrived…
