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The day a penalty decided a League: Djukic's penalty

Last update 11 April, 2024 by Alberto Llopis

Djukic's penalty that decided a League, It is one of those moments that remain in the history of Spanish football. What it is what every player dreams throughout his career? Deciding a major title at the last minute. It must be terrible to be waiting all that time and failing life on D to H hour.

That came up with a 14 May 1994 to Miroslav Djukic. Then in the ranks of Deportivo Coruna, the mythical Superdepor. With tie 0 Serbia was ready to throw a penalty signaled by the minute Lopez Nieto 89 which he gave the title to record it Galicians.

Djukic's penalty that ended up giving Cruyff's Barça the League title

Bebeto, Lopez Rekarte must be the men in charge of throwing the penalty. However, fear of failure put on the spot to Serbian, a thin core of enormous elegance but not given to deal with goal. In front, José Luis González, Valencia goalkeeper should be in charge of stopping a penalty watching Riazor and the whole league with the greatest of care.

Djukic decided to secure and throw a ball to the right side of González, This stopped causing trouble flood of emotions. Riazor wept bitterly while apparently, the Nou Camp vibrated with an action that gave the title to Barcelona, after this fulfill the duties and win 5-2 Sevilla tied on points with the Galicians but overcoming them by “gol average”.

The odd thing is that Valencia (that precisely 24 years before that day had won the Recopa) not playing anything and that such an effort not to lose misunderstanding between the delivery of a possible premium Barcelona as recognized later Fernando Giner, Maximum considering at the time when only the champion played the Champions League.

Milan's rout of Barça in Athens

A few days later, Barcelona would see the other side of football with a resounding defeat in Athens against AC Milan by a 4 a 0 What did it mean virtually?, the end of Dream Team Cruyff. Djukic, Three years later he would leave the blue and white team to sign for Valencia., with whom he would live other good moments as a footballer. However, in memory, no one will forget the 14 May 1994 there was a penalty. He most famous penalty in the history of the League, that also was not a goal.

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