Juventus
and Manchester United were paired in the Semi-Finals of the 1983/84 Cup Winners
Cup.
The
English side Manchester United were managed by Ron Atkinson. They had not won
the English League title in more than 15 years but were capable of good cup
runs. The side contained the likes of Bryan Robson, Ray Wilkins and young Internationals
such as Northern Ireland’s Norman Whiteside and Welshman Mark Hughes.
Manchester
United had qualified from their opening rounds by defeating Czechoslovakia’s
Dukla Prague (1-1 home, 2-2 away, away goals rule), Bulgaria’s Spartak Varna
(2-1 away, 2-0 home) and Spain’s Barcelona (0-2 away, 3-0 home) in the
Quarterfinals.
Juventus,
managed by Giovanni Trapattoni, were one of the best sides in Europe.
The
side included a number of 1982 World Cup Champions (Gentile, Cabrini, Scirea, Tardelli,
Rossi) as well Polish star Zbigniew Boniek and the recent Ballon d’Or Winner,
the Frenchman Michel Platini.
Juventus
had qualified from their opening rounds by defeating Poland’s Lechia Gdansk (7-0
home, 3-2 away), France’s Paris St. Germain (2-2 away, 0-0 home, away goals
rule) and Finland’s Haka Valkeakoski (1-0 away, 1-0 home) in the Quarterfinals.
The
first leg, on April 11th, was played at Manchester’s Old Trafford. The home
side were missing key midfielders: Bryan Robson, Ray Wilkins and the Dutchman
Arnold Muhren.
Juventus
were at full strength with Platini back in the lineup after absence of a few
weeks due to injury.
Given
that they were the away team, Trapattoni started with the more defensive
Prandelli in midfield.
As early
as the 10th minute, Manchester United were forced to make a change
as John Gidman was injured. He would be replaced by the Welshman Alan Davies.
Juventus
would take the lead in the 14th minute, Boniek (saving his best
performances for these European nights) got hold of the ball and from the right
side passed to Paolo Rossi in the middle. Rossi, from just outside of the box,
struck and his shot was deflected by Hogg and went past Bailey.
Manchester
United would fight back to force an equalizer in the 36th minute.
From
the center of the field (on the left side), Arthur Albiston sent a cross in the
box. Whiteside’s shot was parried by Tacconi and substitute Alan Davies scored
on the rebound.
The
match ended as a tie, which favored Juventus as the away side.
After
the match, Platini, still not fully fit, stated that he had feared not being
able to finish the match.
He did
well in first half but struggled in the second like the rest of the Juventus side.
Manchester
United Manager Ron Atkinson appeared confident and stated, “We are in better
shape than after our (0-2) loss vs. Barcelona.
Photo
From: France
Football, Issue 1984, April 17, 1984
|
(April
11, 1984, Cup Winners Cup, Manchester United 1-Juventus 1) |
Photo
From: Guerin
Sportivo, Issue 16 (485), April 18-24, 1984
|
(April
11, 1984, Cup Winners Cup, Manchester United 1-Juventus 1) |
Photo
From: Guerin
Sportivo, Issue 16 (485), April 18-24, 1984
|
(April
11, 1984, Cup Winners Cup, Manchester United 1-Juventus 1) |
Photo
From: L'Annee
du Football 1984
|
(April
11, 1984, Cup Winners Cup, Manchester United 1-Juventus 1) |
The
second leg, on April 25th, was played at Turin’s Stadio Communale.
Manchester United were still missing Robson and Muhren. Atkinson
also left out Gidman and Whiteside out of the staring team. Ray Wilkins was back,
and Mark Hughes started upfront.
Now at home, Trapattoni opted to replace Prandelli with the
more attack minded Beniamino Vignola, the revelation of the season for Juventus.
Once again Juventus would take a quick lead. In the 13th
minute, deep
from his own half, Platini sent a long cross towards Boniek, who beat Bailey in
a one on one situation.
Manchester United were forced to come out and fight back.
Atkinson replaced Stapelton with Whiteside in the 63rd minute.
Just seven minutes later, from the left side, Graham crossed
in the box, McGrath turned and crossed for Whitedside who struck the equalizer.
Now Juventus had to go all out as the match seemed headed
for overtime.
In the last minute, Vignola took a free kick from the left side. The
Manchester defense headed out, Scirea took a shot. The deflection reached Rossi
who picked up the rebound and shot in the winner to eliminate Manchester United.
For
the second year running, Juventus reached a European Cup Final (in 1983 they lost
the Champions Cup Final to SV Hamburg).
Juventus
would go on to win the Cup Winners Cup at the end of that season on May 16th,
1984 by defeating FC Porto (2-1). In addition, they would win the Italian
League title to mark a memorable season.
Manchester
United would end up finishing fourth in the English League.
Photo
From: Guerin
Sportivo, Issue 18 (488), May 2-8, 1984
|
(April
25, 1984, Cup Winners Cup, Juventus 2- Manchester United 1) |
Photo
From: Guerin
Sportivo, Issue 18 (488), May 2-8, 1984
|
(April
25, 1984, Cup Winners Cup, Juventus 2- Manchester United 1) |
April 11, 1984
Manchester
United Football Club (England)
1- Juventus Football Club-Torino (Italy) 1
Cup
Winners Cup- Semifinals, First Leg
Venue:
Manchester-Old
Trafford
Attendance: 58,231
Referee: Johannes Nicolaus Igancius ‘Jan’ Keizer
(Holland)
Goalscorers: (Manchester United): Alan Davies 36
(Juventus): Paolo
Rossi 14
Lineups:
Manchester
United:
1-Gary Bailey,
2-Mike Duxburry, 3-Arthur Albiston (Scotland), 4-Paul McGrath (Republic of
Ireland), 5-Kevin Moran (Republic of Ireland), 6-Graeme Hogg (Scotland), 7-Arthur
Graham (Scotland), 8-Remi Moses, 9-Frank Stapelton (Republic of Ireland),
10-Norman Whiteside (Northern Ireland), 11-Johm Gidman (14-Alan Davies (Wales)
10)
Coach:
Ron Atkinson
Team
Captain: Frank Stapelton
Official
Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas
Shirt
Sponsor: Sharp
Uniform
Colors: Red Shirts, Black Shorts, Black Socks
Juventus:
1-Stefano
Tacconi, 2-Claudio Gentile, 3-Antonio Cabrini, 5-Sergio Brio, 6-Gaetano Scirea,
4-Massimo Bonini, 7-Cesare Prandelli, 8-Marco Tardelli, 9-Paolo Rossi, 10-Michel
Platini (France), 11-Zbigniew Boniek (Poland)
Coach:
Giovanni Trapattoni
Team
Captain: Gaetano Scirea
Official
Kit Supplier/Designer: Kappa
Shirt
Sponsor: Ariston
Uniform Colors: Black/White vertically striped Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks
April 25, 1984
Juventus
Football Club-Torino (Italy) 2-Manchester United Football Club (England) 1
Cup
Winners Cup- Semifinals, Second Leg
Venue: Turin-Stadio
Communale
Attendance: 54,555
Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)
Goalscorers: (Juventus): Zbigniew Boniek
13, Paolo Rossi 90
(Manchester
United): Norman Whiteside 70
Lineups:
Juventus:
1-Stefano
Tacconi, 2-Claudio Gentile, 3-Antonio Cabrini, 5-Sergio Brio, 6-Gaetano Scirea,
4-Massimo Bonini, 7-Beniamino Vignola, 8-Marco Tardelli (Cesare Prandelli 78),
9-Paolo Rossi, 10-Michel Platini (France), 11-Zbigniew Boniek (Poland)
Coach:
Giovanni Trapattoni
Team
Captain: Gaetano Scirea
Official
Kit Supplier/Designer: Kappa
Shirt
Sponsor: Ariston
Uniform
Colors: Black/White vertically striped Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks
Manchester
United:
1-Gary Bailey,
2-Mike Duxburry, 3-Arthur Albiston (Scotland), 5-Kevin Moran (Republic of
Ireland), 6-Graeme Hogg (Scotland),7-Paul McGrath (Republic of Ireland), 4-Ray
Wilkins, 8-Remi Moses, 9-Frank Stapelton (Republic of Ireland) (12-Norman Whiteside
(Northern Ireland) 63), 10-Mark Hughes (Wales), 11-Arthur Graham (Scotland)
Coach:
Ron Atkinson
Team
Captain: Frank Stapelton
Official
Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas
Shirt
Sponsor: Sharp
Uniform
Colors: Red Shirts, Black Shorts, Black Socks
Juvantus:
Players
who took part in these matches:
Goalkeeper:
Stefano
Tacconi (May
13, 1957, Perugia) (aged 26 years old at the time)
Defenders:
Claudio
Gentile (September
27, 1953, Tripoli, Libya) (aged 30 years old at the time)
Antonio
Cabrini (October
8, 1957, Cremona) (aged 26 years old at the time)
Sergio
Brio (August
19, 1956, Lecce) (aged 27 years old at the time)
Gaetano
Scirea (May
25, 1953, Cernusco sul Maviglio-September 3, 1989, Babsk, Poland) (aged
30 years old at the time)
Midfielders:
Massimo
Bonini (October
13, 1959, San Marino) (aged 24 years old at the time)
Marco
Tardelli (September
24, 1954, Careggine) (aged 29 years old at the time)
Michel
Platini (June
21, 1955, Jouef, France) (aged 28 years old at the time)
Cesare
Prandelli (August
19, 1957, Ozinuovi) (aged 26 years old at the time)
Beniamino
Vignola (June
12, 1959, Prato) (aged 24 years old at the time)
Forwards:
Paolo
Rossi (September
23, 1956, Prato) (aged 27 years old at the time)
Zbigniew
Boniek (March
3, 1956, Bydgoszcz, Poland) (aged 28 years old at the time)
Coach:
Giovanni Trapattoni (March 17,
1939, Cusano Milanino) (aged 45 years old at the time)
Team
Captain: Gaetano Scirea
Official
Kit Supplier/Designer: Kappa
 |
Photo Credits:
|
All players (1983-84 Calciatori Panini) |
Photo
From: Calcio 2000, Issue 13, November 1998
|
(Juventus
Manager Giovanni Trapattoni) |
Manchester
United Football Club:
Players
who took part in these matches:
Goalkeeper:
Gary Bailey (August 9, 1958, Ipswich) (aged
25 years old at the time)
Defenders:
Mike Duxburry (September 1, 1959, Accrington)
(aged 24 years old at the time)
Arthur Albiston (July 14, 1957, Edinburgh) (aged
26 years old at the time)
Kevin Moran (April 29, 1956, Dublin) (aged
27 years old at the time)
Graeme Hogg (June 17, 1964, Aberdeen) (aged 19 years old at the time)
Midfielders:
Paul McGrath (December 4, 1959, Greenford) (aged
24 years old at the time)
Arthur Graham (October 26, 1952, Glasgow) (aged
31 years old at the time)
Remi Moses (November 14, 1960, Miles Platting,
Manchester) (aged 23 years old at the time)
Ray Wilkins (September 14, 1956, Hillingdon-April
4, 2018, London) (aged 27 years old at the time)
Johm Gidman (January 10, 1954, Liverpool) (aged
30 years old at the time)
Alan Davies (December 5, 1961,
Manchester-February 4, 1992, Gower) (aged 22 years old at the time)
Forwards:
Frank Stapelton (July 10, 1956, Dublin) (aged
27 years old at the time)
Norman Whiteside (May 7, 1965, Belfast) (aged 18
years old at the time)
Mark Hughes (November 1, 1963, Ruabon,
Wrexham) (aged 20 years old at the time)
Coach:
Ron Atkinson (March 18, 1939, Liverpool) (aged 45 years old at the time)
Official
Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas
Shirt
Sponsor: Sharp
Photo Credits:
|
All players and Manager
(Panini England 1983/84) Except: Gidman (Panini England
1981/82) Hughes, Hogg (Panini England
1984/85) McGrath (Panini England
1985/86) Alan Davies (Official
Match Programme, Wales v Northern
Ireland , 1984) |
Match Referees:
Johannes
Nicolaus Igancius ‘Jan’ Keizer (Holland) (October 6, 1940, Volendam) (aged
43 years old at the time)
Alexis Ponnet (Belgium) (March 9, 1939, Brussels) (aged
45 years old at the time)
Photo
From: France Football, Issue 1888, June 15, 1982
|
(Second
Leg Referee, Alexis Ponnet) |
References:
France
Football, Issue 1984, April 17, 1984
France
Football, Issue 1986, May 2, 1984
L'Annee
du Football, 1984
World
Soccer, May 1984
Guerin
Sportivo, Issue 16 (485), April 18-24, 1984
Guerin
Sportivo, Issue 18 (487), May 2-8, 1984
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