Paris
St. Germain and Real Madrid were paired in the Quarterfinals of the 1992/93
UEFA Cup.
The
French Club Paris St. Germain, managed by the Portuguese Artur Jorge, had been
bankrolled by the private Channel ‘Canal +’ and were making a name for
themselves domestically and abroad.
They
had acquired the much sought after Liberian striker George Weah, along with
internationals such as Alain Roche, Bernard Lama, Jean-Luc Sassus and Vincent
Guerin.
They
had qualified from their opening Rounds by defeating Greece’s PAOK (2-0, 2-0),
Italy’s Napoli (2-0 away, 0-0 home) and Belgium’s Anderlecht (0-0, 1-1, away
goals rule)
Spanish
giants Real Madrid were going through difficult times with the ‘El Quinta del
Buitre’ generation starting to fade.
They
had acquired Chilean striker Ivan Zamorano, former Barcelona defender Nando and
welcomed back in the fold their former star Rafael Martin Vazquez.
They
were managed by the somewhat inexperienced Benito Floro who had worked wonders
at little club Albacete.
They
had qualified from their opening Rounds by defeating Romania’s Poli. Timisoara
(4-0, 1-1), Russia’s Torpedo Moscow (2-3, 5-2) and Holland’s Vitesse Arnhem
(1-0, 1-0)
The
first leg, on March 2nd, was played at Madrid’s Estadio Santiago Bernabeu. This
was Real’s 250th match in European competition.
Prior
to the start of the match Real Madrid’s goalkeeper Paco Buyo received the
Zamora trophy (trophy awarded to the best goalkeeper in La Liga).
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Photo From:
France Football, Issue 2448, March 9, 1993
(David Ginola and Manuel Sanchis) |
Real
Madrid were missing Robert Prosinecki who was out due to fever.
Also
missing was Brazilian defender Ricardo Rocha and Rafael Martin Vazquez who was
cup tied, having already played for Olympique Marseille in the Champions League
early in the season.
The
first half hour were evenly balanced until Real scored.
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Photo From:
Onze-Mondial, Issue 51, April 1993
(David Ginola’s goal) |
Real
Madrid scored their first goal in the 30th minute, when Butragueno
headed in a corner quickly taken by Michel that surprised Lama in the PSG’s
goal.
Six
minutes later, Butragueno trapped a cross from Michel and layed it on for
Zamorano to score.
Two
minutes after halftime David Ginola, who played an excellent match, headed in
at the near post, from a corner taken by Valdo to reduce the deficit.
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Photo From:
France Football, Issue 2448, March 9, 1993
(Michel , in the smaller Butragueno is heading with
Zamorano next to him) |
David
Ginola had a claim for a penalty kick that was waived off in the second half.
With
a minute left, Patrick Colleter missed the chance the even the scores in a one
on one situation with Buyo
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Photo From:
France Football, Issue 2448, March 9, 1993
(Patrick Colleter and Paco Buyo) |
Moments
later, Zamorano sent Esnaider clear who
was clearly offside. Lama fouled him, but the ball reached Michel who shot and
Alain Roche stopped the goal bound ball with his hand. The referee had no choice but to send him
off.
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Photo From:
Onze-Mondial, Issue 51, April 1993
(Michel’s third goal from
penalty kick rebound)
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Michel
took the penalty kick, which Lama did well to parry, the deflection hit the
crossbar and Michel dived in to score from the rebound.
This
last catastrophic could have eliminated Paris and many felt it had.
March 2, 1993
Real
Madrid Club de Fútbol (Spain) 3- Paris Saint-Germain
Football Club (France) 1
UEFA
Cup- Quarterfinals, First Leg
Venue: Madrid-Estadio Santiago
Bernabeu
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: David Elleray (England)
Goalscorers: (Real Madrid): Emilio
Butragueno 30th, Ivan Zamorano 36th ,
Michel 89th
(Paris St. Germain): David
Ginola 47th
Lineups:
Real
Madrid:
1-Francisco
Buyo, 2-Luis Ramis, 3-Mikel Lasa, 5-Manuel Sanchis, 4-Nando, 10-Luis Milla
(14-Francisco Llorente 59th), 6-Fernando Hierro, 8-Michel, 11-Luis
Enrique, 7-Emilio Butragueno (16-Juan Esnaider (Argentina) 62nd ),
9-Ivan Zamorano (Chile)
Coach:
Benito Floro
Booked:
Milla 14th , Sanchis 28th , Lasa 74th
Team
Captain: Manuel Sanchis
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Paris
St. Germain:
1-Bernard
Lama, 2-Jean-Luc Sassus (12-Francis Llacer 64th ), 4-Ricardo
Raimundo Gomes (Brazil), 5-Alain Roche,3-Patrick Colleter, 6-Paul Le Guen,
8-Vincent Guerin, 7-Laurent Fournier, 10-Valdo (Brazil), 11-David Ginola,
9-George Weah (Liberia) (15-Daniel Bravo 86th )
Coach:
Artur Jorge (Portugal)
Booked:
Fournier 25th , Colleter 29th , Sassus 50th
Sent
Off: Alain Roche 89th
Team
Captain: Paul Le Guen
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The
second leg, on March 18th , was played at Paris’ Parc des Princes
Stadium.
Paris
were missing the suspended Laurent Fournier and Alain Roche who had been sent
off in the first leg.
Antoine
Kombouare deputized for Roche and striker Amara Simba came in the lineup for a
more attacking formation.
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Photo From:
Onze-Mondial, Issue 51, April 1993
(Paul Le Guen and Robert Prosinecki) |
Real
Madrid were missing Captain Manuel Sanchis and Luis Milla through suspension.
Emilio Butragueno assumed captaincy in Sanchis’ absence.
Robert
Prosinecki was now available as was Ricardo Rocha.
Argentine
Juan Esnaider was originally part of the traveling squad, however, in the last
minute Real were forced to strike him of the substitutes list because he would
have been one foreigner too many per UEFA regulations.
Paris
St. Germain scored their first goal in the 33rd minute when George
Weah headed in a corner taken from the left by Valdo.
They
relentlessly attacked and Real were forced to play a more counter attacking
game.
All
the drama was saved for the last 10 minutes.
In
the 81st minute, in a move started by Valdo, Weah crossed for Bravo
to head back for Ginola to volley home from outside of the box.
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Photo From:
Onze-Mondial, Issue 51, April 1993
(David Ginola scoring PSG’s second goal) |
In
the 89th minute in a counter attacking move started by Valdo, Weah
on the left gave it to Ginola in the center who then gave it back to Valdo to
score Paris’ third and seemingly qualifying goal.
However,
in injury time, Michel took a free kick on the left that was headed across by
Nando to Zamorano to score and level the aggregates.
In
a dramatic finish, a few minutes later, Valdo took a free kick from the right
and perfectly spotted Kombouare who headed in Paris’ winner.
Antoine
Kombouare is forever remembered for this match and his exuberance after the
winning goal.
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Photo From:
L’Annee du Football, 1993
(Antoine Kombouare’s winner) |
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Photo From:
France Football, Issue 2450, March 23, 1993
(Antoine Kombouare after scoring) |
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Photo From:
Onze-Mondial, Issue 51, April 1993
(Antoine Kombouare’s winner) |
Paris
St. Germain went to on to the semifinals but were defeated by eventual
competition winners Juventus.
The
team built up on their European run to mount a League Challenge and won the
title the following season.
They
qualified for the semifinals of European competitions for five successive
seasons and won the Cup Winners Cup in 1996.
Real
Madrid, just like the previous season, lost the League title on the final day
of the season at Tenerife.
Incidentally
the two teams were once again paired the following season in the Quarterfinals
of the Cup Winners Cup and once again Paris St. Germain eliminated Real Madrid.
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Photo From:
France Football, Issue 2491, January 4, 1994
(Paris St. Germain players celebrating after the match,
Daniel Bravo is wearing an exchanged Real Madrid jersey on the left) |
March 18, 1993
Paris
Saint-Germain Football Club (France) 4-Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (Spain) 1
UEFA
Cup- Quarterfinals, Second Leg
Venue: Paris-Parc Des Princes
Attendance: 46,000
Referee: Sandor Puhl (Hungary)
Goalscorers: (Paris St. Germain): George Weah 33rd, David Ginola 81st,
Valdo 89th ,
Antoine Kombouare 96th
(Real Madrid): Ivan Zamorano 90+2
Lineups:
Paris
St. Germain:
1-Bernard
Lama, 2-Jean-Luc Sassus (15-Bruno Germain 77th ), 5-Antoine
Kombouare , 4-Ricardo Raimundo Gomes (Brazil), 3-Patrick Colleter, 6-Paul Le
Guen, 8-Vincent Guerin, 10-Valdo (Brazil), 7-Amara Simba (12-Daniel Bravo 72nd
), 11-David Ginola, 9-George Weah (Liberia)
Coach:
Artur Jorge (Portugal)
Booked: Jean-Luc Sassus 60th
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Captain: Paul Le Guen
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Real
Madrid:
1-Francisco
Buyo, 5-Luis Ramis, 3-Mikel Lasa, 2-Ricardo Rocha (Brazil), 4-Nando, 6-Fernando
Hierro, 11-Luis Enrique (15-Alfonso Perez 80th ), 10-Robert
Prosinecki (Croatia), 8-Michel, 7-Emilio Butragueno (12-Francisco Villaroya 63rd
), 9-Ivan Zamorano (Chile)
Coach:
Benito Floro
Booked:
Francisco Villaroya 69th
Team
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