Last update 12 July, 2024 by Alberto Llopis
The European Cup final 74, It is one of those matches that has forged the legend of 'El Pupas’ of the Athletes. He 15 May 1974 Atlético de Madrid and Bayern Munich played in the old Brussels Hesysel the European Cup final. The all-powerful champion Bayern Munich last three German league faced in his attempt to get the coveted first European Cup to Atletico Madrid, firstling in these conflicts. Then there would be other defeats in the Champions League finals against their eternal rival, the real Madrid.
The final of the European Cup 74: A cursed match for Atlético
Both one and the other sets, payroll excellent players Maier, Beckenbauer, Müller, Uli Hoeness or Paul Breitner led a strong and compact German team that had to face another no less solid but full of imagination with figures of the stature of Luis Aragones, Garate, Irureta soap o Coach.
Both were convinced in his path to the final, especially highlighting Atletico Madrid with Miguel Reina and excellent defense had managed to finish unbeaten in the quarter-final against Red Star and the semifinals against a historic as Glasgow Celtic. A match between them both sleep.
It seemed to be Atletico Madrid who would smile lucky to lift the major European title, maximum when Luis Aragones had scored kick six minutes from the end of extra time (after finishing the game in draw 0) and there was no time for anything else. At last, a different Spanish team Real Madrid achieved crowned European champion.
The story of Miguel Reina: myth or reality?
However, what seemed impossible was possible. El Bavaria, on the last play of the game, scored with an extraordinary shot from outside the area Georg Schwarzenbeck that caught Miguel Reina off guard, father of the current goalkeeper Naples. Unprepared?, that and that is one of the great urban legends that never clarified accurately, the goalkeeper Cordoba had just reached the goal seconds before giving his gloves after a photographer with the daily Marca, exhilarated by more than presumable victory of Spanish.
It is difficult to know if what happened happened and if it was enlarged and magnified over the account. The characters in question neither confirm nor deny it, but what is clear is that on that fateful minute Atletico lost a final two days later would eventually deliver a resounding defeat 4-0 in the replay. In Hanged For Football, we are left with the curious story, true or false? That, and judge you.