REAL MADRID CF - THE SPIRIT OF 1960

Real Madrid 1960 Team: Standing left - right: Domínguez, Marquitos, Santamaría, Pachín, Vidal y Zárraga; Below left - right: Canario, Del Sol, Di Stéfano, Puskas y Gento with the 5th straight European CupTomorrow REAL MADRID CF will attempt to turn around a very difficult CHAMPIONS LEAGUE return tie against French team OLYMPIQUE LYON. The French won the home leg 1-0 & Madrid has to make sure that

SFS FLASHBACKS: ZINEDINE ZIDANE 2002 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL GOAL

One of the great goals of Football - Soccer - & European Cup History.ZINEDINE ZIDANE scores REAL MADRID´s 2º goal & winner in the45th min against Bayern Leverkusen in the 2002 Champions LeagueFinalPoetry in motion, not to be missed:

SFS FLASHBACKS: EUROPEAN CUP S/FINAL 1989 - AC MILAN 5 - REAL MADRID 0

REAL MADRID & AC MILAN has been put together in Group C of thisyears UEFA Champions League along with Zurich & Olympique deMarsella. The both mentioned & European Giant Clubs are scheduled tomeet the 21.10.2009 at Madrid with the return game at Milan the03.11.2009. SFS would like to take the occasion & recall thereaders of a Historical European Cup clash back in the 19th of Aprilof 1989 when

SFS FLASHBACKS: REAL MADRID 7 - E.FRANKFURT 3

It was 1960 & the European Cup Final was played at Glasgow(Hampden Park).REAL MADRID dominated World Football with 4European Cup titles in a row & were playing German side EINTRACHTFRANKFURKT for their 5th title.End result: Real Madrid 7 – E.Frankfurt 3. Real Madrid legendaryforwards Puskas & Di Stefano destroy the Germans

SFS FLASHBACKS: REAL MADRID 3 - MANCHESTER UNITED 3 - 1968 EUROPEAN CUP 2º LEG SEMI-FINAL

Situation: It was the 1967/68 season & REAL MADRID playedMANCHESTER UNITED in a historical 2º leg EUROPEAN CUPsemi-final clash at the "Santiago Bernabeu Stadium" (Madrid). Theend result was a grand 3-3 draw, but Manchester United qualifiedfor the European Cup final because in the 1ºst leg at Old Traffordthey won 1-0 thanks to a goal from George Best.Great Football Flashback!

HANDBALL: SPANISH TEAM CIUDAD REAL WINS EUROPEAN TITLE

Spanish Handball team CIUDAD REAL turned around a 5 goaldifference from the 1ºst leg to defeat KIEL in the 2º leg 33-27 &take the Handball EUROPEAN TITLE. It was an increidiblecomeback that gives Ciudad Real its second consecutive title ina row.33 - BM. Ciudad Real: Sterbik (Hombrados, ps); Dinart (-),Zorman (1), Rutenka (4), Parrondo (-), Stefansson (8, 3p),Kallman (4), Metlicic (1), Jerome

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL: FC BARCELONA 2 – MANCHESTER UNITED 0: BARÇA MAKES HISTORY (SEE VIDEOS OF GOALS)

This is the team photo, a HISTORICAL snapshot of 11 FCBARCELONA players that have made Spanish Football History inbeing the first & only team to date to win the “Big 3” – La Liga,Spanish Cup & European Cup – in one season. Tonight FC BARCELONAwon MANCHESTER UNITED 2-0 in the Final of the 2009 ChampionsLeague to finish its season with the highest accolade in EuropeanFootball.Manchester United

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL 2009: SFS BECOMES A BARÇA FAN TONIGHT!

(courtesy of marca.com)SFS becomes a FC BARCELONA fans & will roar on the "Cules" against MANCHESTER UNITED in tonights final of the CHAMPIONSLEAGUE - European Cup - FINAL at Rome (Italy).Barça has the opportunity to add to its collection one of thesebeautiful Cups (see below) - a 3ºrd if successful - to its collection,& in so doing make Spanish Football History as being the first everClub to win

SFS FLASHBACKS: 1994 EUROPEAN CUP FINAL - FC BARCELONA 0 AC MILAN 4

With the upcoming 2009 EUROPEAN CUP Final (now UEFAChampions League Final) due Wednesday the 27th of May atRome between FC BARCELONA & MANCHESTER UNITED, SFShas recovered a FLASHBACK historical moment in Spanish(World) Football.It was 1994 in Athens GREECE, & FC BARCELONA met AC MILANin the final of the European Cup. Barça arrived as the “favourites”under Coach Johan Cruyff & his “Dream Team”,

SFS FLASHBACKS: FC BARCELONA FIRST EUROPEAN CUP 1992

FC BARCELONA had a dream & a fierce crusade before 1992, toconquer their first ever EUROPEAN CUP title. It was an obsessionas it was the trophy that would give them the Internationalcreditablity needed for the giant Club & finally get them out ofthe shadow of their arch rival Real Madrid.In 1992 at the "old" Wembley Stadium in London FC Barcelonaplayed Italian Club Sampdoria in the European Cup

SFS FLASHBACKS: ATLETICO DE MADRID & THE 1974 EUROPEAN CUP FINAL

The scene is the following. It´s extra time in the 1974 European CupFinal & ATLETICO DE MADRID are playing BAYERN MUNICH.Luis Aragones, ex Spanish national team Coach & then Atlético player,puts Atlético ahead from a brilliantly taken free kick & set the Spanishteam onward for their first ever European Cup title. Then in the last minute, Schwarzenbeck tried his luck & the ball slipped pass

SFS FLASHBACKS: ZINEDINE ZIDANE 2002

It was 2002 & it was the glory days of REAL MADRID & its “galacticos”.Here is the Zinedine Zidane goal in the European Cup Final againstGerman Club Bayern Levankusen that put Real Madrid on its way to its9th European Cup title. It is an extraordinary goal from an incredibleFootball player & legend. A classic SFS Flashback, the game ended 2-1for Real