The top table of European football is a closed shop now, we all know that. Getting your hands on the big-eared Champions League trophy is only the preserve of teams from the Big 5 European leagues that aren’t from France. It wasn’t always this way. This video charters the rise of the two teams who won the trophy from Eastern Europe: Steaua Bucharest and Red Star Belgrade.
00:00 – Introduction
00:25 – 1986: Steaua Bucharest
11:55 – 1991: Red Star Belgrade
19:50 – Legacy
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