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20 years ago... Zorrilla (Valladolid), 88th minute, 2 minutes far from the 10th Liga title, Barça was winning 1-2 and the damn Sanchez Arminio (yes, Spain had awful refs then too) awarded a unexistant penalty for Valladolid.
Barça could have achieved the Liga title here in Alicante against Hercules, but they lost 1-0 (I was there :wallbang:, why do they always lose here? ). So Terry Venable's team went to Valladolid with the intention of winning the title. It was the 30th round with 5 matches to go and Barça had a huge gap over Atlético. Clos advanced Barça in the 9th minute after kicking the box in the small area after a corner kick.
2 minutes later, the great "Magico" Gonzalez, scored a free kick for Valladolid (1-1).
In the 2nd half, Barça closed Valladolid in their own box and looked for the title. After another corner kick, in the 64th minute, Alexanco (the one that lifted the European Cup in Wembley) headed the ball into Fenoy's goal... 1-2.
As I've said, 2 minutes far from the glory, Sanchez Arminio awarded a penalty for Valladolid. It seems that we had to wait one more week to cellebrate a title that didn't come to Barcelona since Cruyff's days. "Magico" Gonzalez shot and our mythical goalie, Urruti blocked the ball. We won the 10th Liga then.
Joaquim Maria Puyal, a very popular radio speaker in Catalunya (he introduced Catalan in football radio comments after Franco's death), screamed the unforgettable: "Urruti t'estimo!! Urruti t'estimo!!!" (Urruti, I love you!), I'm sure that Roger knows what I'm talking about
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Thousands of fans cellebrated the title in Zorrilla and many more in Barcelona's streets. It was the first Liga in 11 years... the 2nd in 25 years... the first Liga of Nuñez. Menotti and Maradona had left the previous summer and we started the Brit era with Venables and Archibald.
Urriti died a couple of years ago in a car accident in Barcelona. :frownani:
BTW, Eusebio played that day for Valladolid when he was a really young player.
Real Valladolid D., 1
FC Barcelona, 2
R. Valladolid D.: Fenoy; Martín Sáez (Eusebio '82), Richard, Francis, Sánchez Vallés; Jorge, Minguela, López (Víctor '85), Aracil; Pato Yáñez, Mágico González.
FC Barcelona: Urruti, Gerardo, Migueli, Alexanco, Julio Alberto; Víctor, Schuster (Calderé '70), Rojo, Marcos; Clos (Carrasco '89), Archibald.
Goles: 0-1, Clos (min. 9); 1-1, 'Mágico' González (min. 12); 1-2, Alexanco (min. 64).
I recall to download the highlights of this match some time ago. I have it, I've tried to use "yousendit", but I don't know if I do something wrong or what... geez, I hate this ****ing machine... can anyone upload it?
Barça could have achieved the Liga title here in Alicante against Hercules, but they lost 1-0 (I was there :wallbang:, why do they always lose here? ). So Terry Venable's team went to Valladolid with the intention of winning the title. It was the 30th round with 5 matches to go and Barça had a huge gap over Atlético. Clos advanced Barça in the 9th minute after kicking the box in the small area after a corner kick.
2 minutes later, the great "Magico" Gonzalez, scored a free kick for Valladolid (1-1).
In the 2nd half, Barça closed Valladolid in their own box and looked for the title. After another corner kick, in the 64th minute, Alexanco (the one that lifted the European Cup in Wembley) headed the ball into Fenoy's goal... 1-2.
As I've said, 2 minutes far from the glory, Sanchez Arminio awarded a penalty for Valladolid. It seems that we had to wait one more week to cellebrate a title that didn't come to Barcelona since Cruyff's days. "Magico" Gonzalez shot and our mythical goalie, Urruti blocked the ball. We won the 10th Liga then.
Joaquim Maria Puyal, a very popular radio speaker in Catalunya (he introduced Catalan in football radio comments after Franco's death), screamed the unforgettable: "Urruti t'estimo!! Urruti t'estimo!!!" (Urruti, I love you!), I'm sure that Roger knows what I'm talking about
Thousands of fans cellebrated the title in Zorrilla and many more in Barcelona's streets. It was the first Liga in 11 years... the 2nd in 25 years... the first Liga of Nuñez. Menotti and Maradona had left the previous summer and we started the Brit era with Venables and Archibald.
Urriti died a couple of years ago in a car accident in Barcelona. :frownani:
BTW, Eusebio played that day for Valladolid when he was a really young player.
Real Valladolid D., 1
FC Barcelona, 2
R. Valladolid D.: Fenoy; Martín Sáez (Eusebio '82), Richard, Francis, Sánchez Vallés; Jorge, Minguela, López (Víctor '85), Aracil; Pato Yáñez, Mágico González.
FC Barcelona: Urruti, Gerardo, Migueli, Alexanco, Julio Alberto; Víctor, Schuster (Calderé '70), Rojo, Marcos; Clos (Carrasco '89), Archibald.
Goles: 0-1, Clos (min. 9); 1-1, 'Mágico' González (min. 12); 1-2, Alexanco (min. 64).


I recall to download the highlights of this match some time ago. I have it, I've tried to use "yousendit", but I don't know if I do something wrong or what... geez, I hate this ****ing machine... can anyone upload it?