30 years of missing European titles

the conquest of the first European Cup in 1992 It ended in a historic disappointment that Barcelona has dragged since losing the final in Bern, in 1961. And it also opened the door for the Barcelona club to add the only title missing at that time: the European Super Cup. Barcelona lost three editions, all of them played as winners of the Cup Winners’ Cup: against Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa and Milan. Finally, the thorn was removed in the final against Werder Bremen, with a second leg at the Camp Nou where the team coached by Johan Cruyff showed all its potential, even if something was forgotten. The Super Cup against Werder Bremen closed the League-European Cup-Super Cup cycle that began with the first League of the ‘Dream Team’. It’s been a long time coming and the second Super Cup took five years.

First leg Super Cup 92-93

Werder Bremen-Barcelona, ​​1-1

Julio Salinas’ goal in Bremen put the Super Cup on course for Barcelona. As an anecdotal fact, the German goal was scored by Klaus Allofs, who had already faced Barcelona in the Basel final in 1979.
WERDER BREMEN:reck; Bockenfeld, Borowka, Bratseth, Legat; Votava, Herzog, Eilts, Bode (Kohn, 69′); Hobsch (Allofs, 77′), Neubarth.
FC BARCELONA: Zubizarreta; Ferrer, Nadal, Koeman, Goikoetxea; Eusebio, Amor, Bakero (Begiristain, 67′), Witschge; Salinas (Christiansen, 83′), Stoichkov.
THE OBJECTIVES: 0-1, Salinas, 37′; 1-1, Allofs, 86′)
REFEREE: Kim Nielsen (Denmark). Cards to Bockenfeld (36′), Amor (54′), Bakero (61′), Koeman (73′)

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Barcelona-Werder Bremen, 2-1

The ‘Dream Team’ reigned supreme in the second leg, although there was a certain amount of ‘suspense’ despite being superior. Werder Bremen were left with ten for sending off their goalkeeper in a game in which Barça went ahead due to Stoichkov’s direct foul, but they equalized from a penalty and, after a 2-1 draw, Goiko’s feat, they prevailed . to wait and rush your choices in the last few minutes.
TheFC BARCELONA: Zubizarreta; Ferrer, Koeman, Eusebio; Nadal, Guardiola (Salinas, 79′), Baker (Begiristain, 50′), Love; Goikoetxea, Laudrup, Stoichkov.
WERDER BREMEN:reck; Wolter, Borowka, Bratseth, Legat (Allofs, 77′); Schaaf (Gundelach, 30′), Eils, Bode, Herzog; Hobsch, Rufer.
THE OBJECTIVES: 1-0, Stoichkov, 32′; 1-1, Rufer, 41′, pen; 2-1, Goikoetxea, 48′
REFEREE: Bo Karlsson (Sweden). Cards to Reck (30′, red) and Stoichkov (75′, yellow)

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First leg Super Cup 97-98

Barcelona-Borussia Dortmund, 2-0

Barcelona left the tie almost settled in the first leg, with a game they deserved to win more comfortably. Luis Enrique and Rivaldo, from a penalty, the authors of the goals.
FC BARCELONA:Hesp; Reiziger (Abelardo, 70′), Celades, Bogarde; Ferrer, De la Pena. Luis Enrique, Sergi; Figo (Giovanni, 86′), Anderson, Rivaldo (Stoichkov, 86′).
BORUSSIA: Clos; Schneider (Reinhardt, 46′), Binz, Freund, Kree; Kirovski, But (Zorc, 77′), Ricken, Heinrich; Tanko (Chapuisat, 58′), Decheiver.
THE OBJECTIVES: 1-0, Luis Enrique, 8′; Rivaldo, pen, 61′
REFEREE: David Elleray (England). Yellow cards on Tanko (18′), Kree (54′), reiziger (62′)

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Borussia Dortmund-Barcelona, ​​1-1

Van Gaal’s Barcelona ended up securing their first (and eventual) European title with a fine first half in Dortmund, to the applause of the German public. In the second he took the advantage given to him by Giovanni’s early goal.
BORUSSIA DORTMUND: Clos; Schneider, Freund (Menhert, 19′), Zord, Kohler (Kirovski, 72′); Kree, Ricken, Binz, Heinrich; Chapuisat (Gambo, 46′), Decheiver.
FC BARCELONA:Hesp; Ferrer, Nadal, Bogarde; Luis Enrique (Ciric, 89′), Celades (Love, 79′), Giovanni, Sergi; Figo, Anderson (Òscar, 70′), Rivaldo.
THE OBJECTIVES: 0-1, Giovanni, 6′; 1-1, Heinrich, 64′
REFEREE: Piero Ceccarini (Italy). Cards to Kohler (54′) and Òscar (84′)

Barcelona closed the tie with the win 2-1 against Werder Bremen on March 10, 1993, now marking 30 years, just one month after the 1-1 first leg in Germany, on February 10, with a goal from Salinas de Oro, which was in Double value of objectives in the opposite field will be implemented. However, in the second leg a very short score for the team game became necessary to wait until the end to celebrate: the second German goal, surely, was fatal.

The ‘Dream Team’ he finished 27 times on goal that night, but progress was not made until half an hour later, through Stoichkov’s intervention thanks to a direct free kick in which Werder Bremen’s starting goalkeeper, Reck, was sent off for saving a goal play out of place with his hand. The German team is tied from a penalty shortly before the break, due to the demolition of Eilts by Zubizarreta, and Goiko made it 2-1 shortly after the start of the second half. From there, the celebration of Barça and the return goal of Werder Bremen, Gundelach, there was no end of wasted opportunities and a final threat with a save from Zubi, which thus scared away the old ghosts. After falling before the Champions League and losing the Intercontinental, the European Super Cup was not the only way to save the European record, but it was the last European title that came to the Museu. What Barcelona lacks.

Five years until the second

The second also made it wait. After the European Cup at Wembley, the Barcelona team did not repeat the European title until the 1996-97 season, when they won the European Cup Winners’ Cup under the command of Sir Bobby Robson. The following season, he played in the Super Cup against Borussia Dortmund, champions of the 1996-97 Champions League. The first leg of the Super Cup was played on January 8 at Camp Nou and Barcelona won 2-0, with goals from Luis Enrique and Rivaldo, from a penalty. The return, on March 11 at the Westfalenstadion in Dortmund, will be 25 years old tomorrow.

In a football environment In the former, Barcelona dominated Borussia in a good first half and managed their advantage in the second. If in the first leg, at Camp Nou, the result was very short on merits, in the return it was judged by Giovanni’s early goal. Heinrich achieved the goal of honor six minutes from time.

The European Super Cup the service sheet is composed Barcelona’s European match of the season, eliminated from the Champions League in the group stage. It was the first title of the Van Gaal period. In the same season, the Barça team won the League-Cup double