(Juventus’
Paolo Rossi and Liam Brady, Rossi had just finished his long suspension,
1981/82)
Photo
From: Placar, Issue 422 , June 16, 1978
(Brazil’s
Didi)
Photo
From: Guerin Sportivo-La Grande Storia Del Calcio Italiana-1949-1950
(Holland’s
Faas Wilkes)
Photo
From: France Football, Issue 1772, March 25, 1980
(Dick
Schoenaker, March 19, 1980, Champions Cup, Ajax Amsterdam 4-Strasbourg 0)
Photo
From: Football Magazine, Issue 7, August 1960
(Jovan Miladinovic and Valentin Bubukin, July
10, 1960, European Championship, USSR
2-Yugoslavia 1)
Photo
From: El Grafico, 1973
(River Plate’s Oscar Mas with fans)
Photo
From: Don Balon, Issue 133, April 27-May 3, 1978
(Zico
with an issue of Don Balon)
Photo
From: Don Balon, Chile Edicion, April 25-May 5, 1997
(Jaap Stam and Phillipe Albert, December 14,
1996, World cup Qualifier, Belgium 0-Holland 3)
Photo
From: Calcio 2000, Issue 17, March 1999
(Liverpool’s
Jamie Redknapp)
Photo
From: AS Color, Issue 67, August 29, 1972
(Barcelona’s Franciso Gallego)
Photo
From: 90 minutes, March 26, 1994
(Peter Schmeichel’s foul on Kim Grant that led
to his sending off, with Paul Parker looking on, March 12, 1994, FA Cup,
Manchester United 3-Charlton Athletic 1)
Photo
From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special
thanks to Daniel Antonio Escobar Riquelme)
(Chile’s Marcelo Salas with many covers of
Chile’s Edition of Don Balon)
Photo
From: World Soccer, January 1999
(Asutralian Ned Zelic at TSV Munich 1860,
1998/99)
Photo
From: Mondial, old series, Issue 10, November 1977
(Hans Krankl , September 24, 1977, World cup
Qualifier, Austria 1-East Germany 1)
Photo
From: Voetbal International Goal, June 4-9, 1973
(Johann Neeskens and Franco Causio, May 30,
1973, Champions Cup, Ajax Amsterdam 1-Juventus 0)
Photo
From: Revista River August 4, 1980 COSMOS v.RIVER
(Daniel Passarella with an exchanged Cosmos
jersey, July 30, 1980, New York Cosmos 0-River Plate 1)
Photo
From: Placar, Issue 27, September 18, 1970
(Tele Santana as a young manager)
Photo
From: Miroir du Football , Issue 32, August 1962
(Hungary’s
Ernö Solymosi and Lajos Tichy during the 1962 World cup)
Photo
From: Guerin Sportivo-La Grande Storia Del Calcio Italiana-1932-1933
(Ambrosiana-Inter’s
Attilio Demaria and Virgilio Felice Levratto)
Photo
From: France Football, Issue 1718, March 13, 1979
Photo
From: Football Magazine, Issue 3, April 1960
(Karl
Koller and Raymond Kopa, March 27, 1960, European Championship Qualifying,
Austria 2-France 4)
Photo
From: El Grafico, 1973
(Alberto
Tarantini at Boca Juniors 1973)
Photo
From: Don Balon, Issue 113, December 8-14, 1977
(Barcelona’s
Asensi and Real Madrid’s Uli Stilieke)
Photo
From: Don Balon, Edicion Chile, May 14-20, 1996
(Chile’s
Elias Figueroa at NASL’s Fort Lauderdale Strikers, 1981)
Photo
From: Calcio 2000, Issue 16, February 1999
(Attilio
Ferraris IV and Edris Hapgood, November 14, 1934, England 3-Italy 2)
Photo
From: AS Color, Issue 60, July 11, 1972
(Team captains Calleja and Sol, July 8, 1972,
Copa Del Generalisimo, Atletico Madrid 2-Valencia 1)
Photo
From: 90 minutes, April 2, 1994
(Arsenal
s’ Tony Adams and Ian Wright)
Photo
From: 100 Anni del Campionato del Calcio
(Internazionale Milano’s Giacinto Facchetti,
Sandro Mazzola and Mario Bertini, January 21, 1973, Fiorentina 1-
Internazionale Milano 2)
Photo
From: 100 Anni del Campionato del Calcio
(Torino’s Claudio Sala)
Photo
From: Backpass Issue 3, spring 2000
(Piper Alexnader Brown surrounded by French
playesr during the 1966 World Cup, left to right: Marcel Artelesa, Lucien
Muller, Robert Budzinski, Marcel Aubour, Phillipe Gondet)
Photo
From: Voetbal Magazine, No. 30, July 1988
Dutch
players celebrating win after the match, left to right: Frank Rijkaard, Wilbert
Suvrijn , Ruud Gullit, Arnold Muhren, Jan Wouters, Ronald Koeman, Erwin Koeman,
Adri van Tiggelen June 15, 1988,
European Championships, Holland 3-England 1)
1-
Eighteen year old Wolfgang Boehni played his first match in the Bundesliga on
December 21, 1966 with Karlsruhe vs Duisburg.
He
had to wait 16 years, 8 months and 2
days for his second match. This time with Waldorf Mannheim vs. Stuttgart on
August 23, 1983.
2-For France’s match vs. Northern Ireland on November 11, 1952 at Paris’s
Stade de Colombes (3-1 France win), France made a substitution that was against
the regulations of the time (or anytime).
France’s
Thadée Cisowski was injured in the 22nd
minute and replaced be Jean Baratte. A few minutes later teammate Antoine
Bonifaci was also injured and had to leave the field. Given the regulations of
the time, France could not make a substitution and had to play with ten
men. Specifically an already replaced
player could not re-enter.
However, in the 31st minute, Cisowski
re-entered into the match to replace ‘himself’. The referee did not notice as
play was not stopped to make the substitution, nor did the Irish.
In fact the Irish only protested the fact that Jean
Baratte’s jersey did not have a number.
Photo
From: Les Bleus Author Denis Chaumier, 2004
(Thadée Cisowski)
3- Prior to the opening match of the 1982 World Cup between Belgium and
Argentina on June 13, 1982 (1-0 Belgium win), Belgium’s Ludo Coeck realized in
the dressing room that he had forgotten his playing boots back in their hotel.
He
had to go back to the hotel with police escort to retrieve his boots and play.
Photo
From: Onze, Hors Serie 14, 1982
(Ludo
Coeck and Imre Garaba, June 22, 1982, World Cup, Belgium 1-Hungary 1)
4- In the fall of 1983, Rolando Molina of the Chilean Federation caused a
scandal when he decided to hold onto the bonuses of the national team players
following their elimination in the Copa America after a scoreless tie vs.
Venezuela on September 21, 1983.
The
players had earned their bonuses after wins vs. Venezuela (September 8, 1983,
5-0 win) and Uruguay (September 11, 1983, 2-0 win).
Rolando
Molina felt all the players except goalkeeper Roberto Antonio Rojas had played
indifferently.
Needless
to say, this action caused an uproar and appeals had to be made for organisms
outside of football.
5- During the World Cup match between Brazil and England on June 10,
1962, play was held up when a black dog
ran onto the field.
The
dog was eventually caught by England’s Jimmy Greaves and was taken off.
Photo
From: Football Magazine, Issue 30, July 1962
(Garrincha
and Jimmy Greaves with the dog, June 10, 1962, World Cup, Brazil 3-England 1)
Photo
From: Football Magazine, Issue 30, July 1962
(England
goalkeeper Ronald Springett with the dog, June 10, 1962, World Cup, Brazil
3-England 1)
Uniform
Colors: Yellow Shirts, Blue
Shorts, Red Socks
Photo
From: Sport, November 1989
(The
victorious Romanian squad, top, left to right: Silviu Lung, Gheorghe Popescu,
Dan Vasile Petrescu, Danut Lupu, Gavril Pelé Balint,
Ioan Andone, , Bottom, left to right: Gheorghe Hagi,
Iosif Rotariu, Ioan Ovidiu Sabau, Marius Mihai Lacatus , Dorin Mateut)
10-Michael Laudrup (Fútbol Club Barcelona / Spain) [58 / 23]
11-Brian
Laudrup (Fußball
Club Bayer 05
Uerdingen / West
Germany) [17 / 4]
Coach:
Josef "Sepp" Piontek (West Germany)
Booked:
Søren Lerby 13th, Ivan Nielsen 85th
Team
Captain: Lars Christian Olsen
Official
Kit Supplier/Designer: Hummel
Uniform
Colors: Red Shirts, White
Shorts , White Socks
Notes:
-Match
number 383 for Romania and number 536 for Denmark.
-This
was the 5th meeting between the nations.
-The
previous match between the nations, as well as the previous match on Danish
Soil and Denmark’s previous victory, was a World Cup Qualifier just a month
before on October 11, 1989 at Copenhagen’s Idrætsparken that Denmark won 3 to
0.
Romania
players: Lung, Iovan, Andone, Sabau, Lupu, Popescu, Rotariu, Mateut and
Hagi and Denmark players: Schmeichel,
Lars Olsen,
Kent
Nielsen, Ivan Nielsen, Bartram, Sivebaek, John Jensen,
Michael Laudrup, Povlsen and Brian Laudrup were present that day (on
the field and/or the substitutes bench).
Danut
Lupu made his debut for Romania in that match.
Kent
Nielsen, Brian Laudrup and Flemming Povlsen scored Denmark’s goals.
Povlsen
scored in both these matches.
-The
previous match between the nations and Romania’s previous victory, as well as
the previous match at the same city was a Friendly on September 1, 1982 at
Bucharest’s Stadionul 23 August
that Romania won 1 to 0.
Romania
players: Andone and Ungureanu and Denmark players: Ivan Nielsen and Sivebak were present that day (on the field and/or the
substitutes bench).
Sepp
Piontek still managed Denmark.
-The next match between the nations in the same city, as
well as Denmark’s only away victory, would be the EC Qualifier match on March
29, 2003 at Bucharest’s Stadionul Cotroceni that Denmark won 5 to 2.
Gheorghe
Popescu played his 115th and final cap in that match.
-The
next match between the nations and Romania’s next victory was a Friendly on
November 18, 2014 at Bucharest’s National Arena that Romania won 2 to 0.
-The next match between the nations on Danish soil would
be the EC Qualifier match on September 10, 2003 at Copenhagen’s Parken Stadion
that ended in a 2 to 2 tie.
-Denmark
and Romania played an unofficial match on February 19, 1996, as part of the
King’s Cup Final in Bangkok, Thailand that Romania won 2 to 1.
Lars
Olsen and Marius Lacatus took part in that match.
-Denmark
considers many matches by the Olympic squad as full internationals in 1987. Two
of these qualifiers were vs. Romania. For its part Romania does not consider
these matches as full internationals.
On
June 10, 1987, at Aalborg Stadion Denmark defeated Romania 8 to 0.
Denmark
players: Schmeichel, Lars Olsen,
Kent
Nielsen, John Jensen and Flemming Povlsen were present
that day (on the field and/or the substitutes bench).
Lars
Olsen, Povlsen and John Jensen scored in that match.
On
September 3, 1987, at Bacau’s Municipal Stadium, Denmark defeated Romania
2 to 1.
Romania
players: Danut Lupu, Gavrila Balint, Iosif Rotariu and Gheorghe
Popescu and Denmark
players: Schmeichel, Lars Olsen,
Kent
Nielsen, John Jensen and Bartram were present that day
(on the field and/or the substitutes bench).
Kent
Nielsen and Lars Olsen scored in that match, as well as Gavril Balint.
Photo
From: World Soccer, January 1990
(Michael
Laudrup being tackled)
-The
match was played with the backdrop of political events in Eastern Europe that
brought an end to communism. The week before the match the Berlin wall fell.
A
month after the match Romania was embroiled in fighting that brought down the
Nicolae Ceaucesu Regime.
Nicolae
Ceaucesu was executed on December 25, 1989.
His
son Valentin was in the stands for this match.
-Denmark
were missing Henrik Andersen, Per Frimann, John Helt, Kim Vilfort, Jan Heintze
and John Larsen.
-Romania’s
Mircea Rednic had been sent off in the previous match between the two nations
on October 11th, as a result he was suspended for this match.
Also
missing for Romania was Ioan Lupescu, Michael Klein and Rodion Camataru.
-On
September 5, 1989, Romania played a Friendly vs. Czechoslovakia at Nitra (0-2
loss). Denmark were not informed of this match as a result, they could not
watch their opponents, before their first encounter at Copenhagen at October 11th.
On
September 11th, 1989, Danish officials accuse their Romanian counterparts of
deception by not informing them of this match.
Photo
From: World Soccer, March 1990
(Gheorge Popescu and Brian Laudrup, Lars Olsen
is seen in the background)
-Gheorge
Popescu was the only Romanian player that was neither from Steaua nor Dinamo
Bucharest. He did spend a season at loan at Steaua (1987/88) and played for
Dinamo Bucharest in 2002.
-In
a bid to salvage qualification, Piontek had called up Soren Lerby after more
than a year.
He
had last played for Denmark on June 14, 1988 during the UEFA European
Championship Finals vs. West Germany (0-2 loss).
Soren
Lerby retired from the game at the end of that season.
-With
Lerby in for the injured Jan Heintze, Denmark played in a 3-5-2 formation
without a proper left back.
-The
other teams in the qualification group were Greece and Bulgaria. Romania had to
win to achieve qualification. Denmark’s win on October 11th
temporarily had placed them ahead.
-After
the disaster of the 1988 Euros, Denmark seemed to have turned the corner in
1989 with many heavy wins:
May
17, 1989-Denmark 7-Greece 1 (EC Qualifier)
June
14, 1989-Denmark 6-Sweden 0
June
18, 1989-Denmark 4-Brazil 0
-Former
Captain Morten Olsen officially retired from the game at the end of the
previous season. Lars Olsen was now the official captain of Denmark.
Photo
From: World Soccer, February1990
(Marius Lacatus)
-The
Danish starting lineup was almost exactly the same as the October 11th
encounter, with the exception of Soren Lerby replacing clubmate Jan Heintze.
-On
October 18th and November 1st, Steaua Bucharest were
eliminated in the Champions Cup by Dutch club PSV Eindhoven that contained
Danish players such as Lerby, Ivan Nielsen, Povlsen and Heintze.
-This
match was played Steaua Bucharest’s home stadium. Seven of Romania’s starters,
plus one of the substitutes were playing in their home stadium.
-In
the sixth minute, Brian Laudrup dribbled past players on the left side and laid
the ball across the 6-yard line for Povlsen to tap home.
-In
the 25th minute, Lupu sent a long pass across on the left side for
Rotariu who crossed it in the box, where Lacatus headed it towards for Balint
who scored despite the onrushing Schmeichel.
Photo
From: France Football, Issue 2276, November 21, 1989
(Gavril
Balint scoring Romania’s first goal)
-In
the 37th minute, Sabau sent a pass to Petrescu, who was blocked by
Schmeichel.
Sabau
pounced on the loose ball to score from edge of box.
-Minutes
later, Iovan struck the post from a shot outside of the box.
-In
the 60th minute, Hagi sent a pass from the middle to Rotariu on the
left who crossed to the right side of the box for Lacatus who immediately laid
it on for Sabau who run with the ball into Schmeichel.
Balint
pounced on another loose in the box to score the third goal, which ended all of
Denmark’s hopes.
-A
minute later, Gheorge Hagi was sent off after a second bookable offense.
-
John Sivebaek was substituted in the 73rd minute after being injured
in a collision with Lupu.
-This
was Romania’s First World Cup Qualification since 1970.
-After
the match, the disappointed Piontek stated he might quit. However, the very
next day, the Danish Federation extended his contract by another six years.
-Many
felt that the roots of Denmark’s elimination were actually the home qualifier
on November 2, 1988 vs. Bulgaria that ended in a one to one tie.
The
inability to win a match at home potentially cost them the qualification.
-Danish
notes from Politiken (from 5 to 10)
Schmeichel
7,5
Kent
Nielsen 7,5
Lars
Olsen 7
Ivan
Nielsen 7
Sivebæk
7
John
Jensen 6
Michael
Laudrup 5,5
Bartram
6
Lerby
7
Brian
Laudrup 7,5
Povlsen
6
(Elstrup
-)
-John
Jensen was critical of the macth referee, whom he accused of whistling for many
free kicks for Hagi.
Photo
From: World Soccer, October 1990
(Michael Laudrup)
-On
February 2, 1990, Sepp Piontek quit his post as Denmark manager after newspaper
speculations about his earnings, which questioned whether he had avoided paying
taxes by hiding money abroad.
Piontek
stated: “the newspapers are making me look like a tax dodger, I think it’s time
to say goodbye”
He
became the national team manager of Turkey.
His
last match in charge of Denmark was a Friendly vs. his future employers Turkey
on April 11, 1990 at Copenhagen (1-0 Denmark win).
-As
a result of his sending off, Gheorge Hagi was suspended from Romania’s first
match during the World Cup, (June 9, 1990, Romania 2-USSR 0).
-Many
regard this match as the beginning of Romania’s Golden Generation of the 1990s.
Lung,
Andone, Rotariu, Popescu, Lacatus, Sabau, Hagi, Lupu, Mateut and Balint made
the 1990 World Cup Finals squad.
Petrescu,
Popescu and Hagi made the 1994 World cup squad as well.
-Similarly,
many regard this as the end of Sepp Piontek’s ‘Danish Dynamite’ era.
The
Danish commentator from Politiken, Rasmus Bech, wrote a critical article
against Piontek choices, especially the inclusion of Søren Lerby.
The
Title was "Flammen slukket" (the flame switched off), meaning that
the Danish Dynamite has finished a long period of successes, which had started
with the win vs. England in Wembley in 1983 (1-0).
-Denmark’s
Schmeichel, Sivebaek,
Kent Nielsen, Lars Olsen, John Jensen, Povlsen, Elstrup and Brian Laudrup were
members of the 1992 UEFA European Championship winning squad.
-Denmark’s
Peter Schmeichel and Lars Olsen had won the Danish League title in 1989 with Brøndby.
-This
was Ivan Nieslen and Soren Lerby’s last match for Denmark. Both were booked in
this match.
Similarly
Nicolae Ungureanu played his last match for Romania.
-Brian
Laudrup was voted as Denmark’s Player of the Year at the end of that year.
-Dinamo
Bucharest’s Ioan Andone, Dorin Mateut, Ioan Ovidiu Sabau and
Danut Lupu won the League title at the end of that season. They also reached
the semifinals of the Cup Winners Cup.
-By
the start of the following season, Romania’s Lung (Logrones), Rotariu
(Galatasaray), Popescu (PSVG Eindhoven), Lacatus (Fiorentina), Mateut
(Zaragoza), Sabau (Feyenoord), Balint (Burgos), Hagi (Real Madrid) and Lupu
(Panathinaikos) had all transferred to foreign clubs following the Fall of
Communism.
-Denmark’s
Brian Laudrup and Flemming Povlsen joined Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund
respectively, the following season.
-Both
Michael Laudrup and Gheorge Hagi played for Spanish giants Barcelona and Real
Madrid in their careers. Laudrup was more successful as he won League titles
with both.
Hagi
joined Barcelona when Laudrup left in 1994.
Denmark’s
Flemming Povlsen was also contracted to Real Madrid and their nursery squad
Castilla in 1987.
Photo
From: B.T., Sport
(Michael
Laudrup leaving the field)
-Gheorge
Hagi and Gheorge Popescu were teammates at Barcelona and Galatasaray in their
career.
Iosif
Rotariu also played at Galatasaray (1990/92) in his career.
-Flemming
Povlsen joined PSV Eindhoven that season (1989/90) and joined his countrymen
Soren Lerby, Ivan Nielsen and Jan Heintze.
Povlsen,
Nielsen and Lerby left at the end of the season. Romania’s Gheorge Popescu
joined PSV Eindhovcn at the end of the season.
-Gavril
Balint managed the Moldovan national team (2010-2011).
-Romanian
Manager Emerich Jenei had been appointed that season after guiding Steaua
Bucharest to Champions Cup triumph.
He
also managed the Hungarian National team (1992-93).
-Besides
Hagi, other Romanian players who played in Spain were Mateut (Zaragoza), Balint
(Burgos) and Lacatus (Oviedo).
-Romania’s
Stefan Iovan, Gavril Pelé Balint and Marius Mihai Lacatus were members of the
Steaua Bucharest squad that won the Champions Cup vs. Barcelona in Sevilla on
May 7, 1986.
-Romania’s
Silviu Lung, Dan Vasile Petrescu, Nicolae Ungureanu, Stefan Iovan, Gheorghe
Hagi, Iosif Rotariu, Marius Mihai Lacatus and Gavril Pelé Balint were members
of the Steaua Bucharest squad that lost the Champions Cup Final vs. AC Milan
(0-4) in Barcelona on May 24, 1989.
They
also won the Romanian league title in 1989.
-Denmark’s
Soren Lerby and Ivan Nielsen were members of the PSV Eindhoven squad that won
the Champions Cup vs. Benfica on May 25, 1988.
They
also won the Dutch League title together in 1988 and 1989.
-Mateut,
Sabau and Hagi were teammates at Italy’s Brescia (1992/93).
Danut
Lupu played for Brescia (1994/95).
Marius
Lacatus also played in the Serie A (Fiorentina, 1990/91).
Dan
Petrescu joined Foggia in 1991 and Genoa in 1993.
-John
Sivebaek (Pescara), Michael Laudrup (Juventus) and Brian Laudrup
(Fiorentina, AC Milan) also played in the Serie A in their career.
-Both
Marius Lacatus (90/91) and Brian Laudrup (92/93) played at Fiorentina during
their career.
Both
Brian Laudrup (1998) and Dan Petrescu (1995/2000) played at Chelsea during
their careers.
Brian
Laudrup (1994/98) and Jan Bartram (1988) played at Bayer Uerdingen and Rangers
Glasgow in their career.
-Ivan
Nielsen and Sabau played for Feyenoord in their career.
-Romania’s
Dan Petrescu and Gheorghe Popescu played in the English League in their career,
as did Denmark’s Peter Schmeichel, John Sivebaek, Lars Elstrup, Kent Nielsen,
John Jensen and Brian Laudrup.
Michael Laudrup has managed in the English League.
-Soren Lerby became manager of Bayern Munich in
1991 with Brian Laudrup as one of his players.
-John
Sivebaek and Soren Lerby played at AS Monaco during their career.
-On
December 29, 1988, Romania’s Miodrag Beloidedici had fled Romania to seek
asylum in Yugoslavia. He was ethnic Yugoslavian. He joined Red Star of
Belgrade.
After
the fall of Communism, the Romanian Federation made attempts to include
Beloidedici before the end of the year.
-The
following year, on November 20, 1990, Michael and Brian Laudrup and Jan Bartram
withdrew themselves from further selection while Sepp Piontek’s successor,
Richard Moller-Nielsen was is in charge.
The Laudrup brothers would eventually return to the National team.
