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Although Madrid’s superstars, including Sergio Ramos, Pepe, Marcelo, and Cristiano Ronaldo have had unprecedented success in Europe; they have also perennially come up short in La Liga, failing to surpass the feats of Miguel Munoz’s Real, Johann Cruyff’s Dream Team, or Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona. The Butragueno-Sanchez partnership scored 41 goals of the team’s 96 as they beat opponents by scorelines such as 4-0 (thrice), 5-0 (twice), 6-0 and 7-0 (thrice). Hugo Sanchez was injured in the first leg, and Butragueno’s solitary goal couldn’t stop Bayern’s domination. Butragueno left for Mexico and joined Atletico Celaya, where he was later reunitied with Michel and his chief accomplice, Hugo Sanchez. Emilio Butragueno joined Mexican club Atletico Celaya in 1995-96 and transformed the fortunes of this two-year-old club.

In 1982, Mantovani would play €2 million for a young Roberto Mancini then 17 who had a very successful debut season with Bologna, indication of the club’s desire to invest long term in youth. The Duo scoring and creating for each other would land Sampdoria their first major title in 1985, the Copa Italia with each scoring in the second leg of the final against Milan. In 1988 the duo were picked for the European Championships, Mancini’s first and Vialli’s second major tournament with the national team. The duo’s time with the national team after 1990 became somewhat of a stalemate.

The pinnacle of his career in his native country came during the Copa Chile of 1987, when he played for the Club de Deportes Cobresal. Salas was instrumental for Lazio’s success, as he became the club’s top goal scorer in Serie A for the second season running. For example, the World Cup qualifying match against Brazil in 2000 remains memorable for Chile’s 3-0 win and ZaSa’s marvellous goals. Salas was no different, and it was ironical that the he eventually leapfrogged Zamorano to become Chile’s all-time leading goal scorer with 37 goals in 70 matches (a record that has now been bettered by Alexis Sánchez).

Thanks to Majid Bishkar’s quiet leadership, moments of genius, and Jamshid Nasiri’s clinical finishing, a rank mediocre East Bengal side had won two major trophies. The duo was largely ineffective during East Bengal’s 3-0 win over JCT in the first group match, though both scored in the next match against Salgaocar. A goalless draw with Mohun Bagan in the final match meant that Mohammedan finished runner up in their group and would play East Bengal in the semi-final. Bagan’s defence also had a torrid time dealing with Majid’s attacking forays and Jamshid’s aerial strength.