Sunday, January 30, 2022

C3 1984 1985 Manchester United Psv Eindhoven



Deuxieme Tour Retour
7 novembre 1984
Old Trafford

ENG resume 30 mnts UtdTv 
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You need to go back another fifteen or so years to find the other meetings of these two sides. And while the UEFA Cup would have been an inconvenient consolation prize in 2001, then back in 1984-85 it was still a tournament with a bit of glamour and prestige to call its own. United, in Ron Atkinson's third year in charge, had qualified after a mixed 1983-84 campaign: though the title remained elusive and they'd eventually finished six points behind Liverpool in Division One, they'd toppled Barcelona in glorious fashion on the way to the semifinals of the Cup Winners' Cup. For the following campaign, Ray Wilkins left to join AC Milan, but Atkinson dropped Norman Whiteside back into midfield and brought in Gordon Strachan and Jesper Olsen to play out wide. They started slowly in the league but cantered through the first round of the UEFA Cup, dispatching the magnificently named Győri ETO FC 5-2 on aggregate. (Seriously, bring back the old UEFA Cup. We need more names like this in our lives.)


That led to a second round tie with PSV, who were in something of a rut at the time. They had won the Eredivisie title undefeated in 1977-78, then completed a double with the UEFA Cup the same season, but hadn't managed any silverware since then. Quite the drought for one of the Dutch big three, and one that wouldn't be broken until the arrival of Ruud Gullit in 1985. Once he turned up, it was just a couple of seasons until they lifted the European Cup. In short, if you were going to play PSV at any point in the decade, this was just about the perfect time. Not that you'd know if from the games themselves. There were no goal for three hours of football, as the two teams stalemated their way through the first leg in the Netherlands — Kevin Moran and Graeme Hogg were "impregnable" at the back, according to the Times, while Remi Moses and Bryan Robson "worked like Trojans" in front of them — then the second back in Manchester. It took extra time and a penalty to decide matters: in the 93rd minute Strachan went skittering into the left of the penalty area, was chopped down from behind, and picked himself up to larrup it home. It was, apparently, PSV's 25th foul of the evening, and the protagonist, Berry van Aerle, marked the moment with an adorable little strop at the referee.


At least the next round brought goals: United edged past Dundee United and into the quarterfinals thanks to the odd goal in nine. But they were to get no further, as an exchange of 1-0 victories with Hungarian side Videoton led to a penalty shootout and, ultimately, defeat. Back home, meanwhile, another season was slipping by without a title, and United would eventually finish a massive 24 points behind Everton. Still, while there would be no European football next season following the Heysel tragedy, United's domestic season would begin with ten straight wins. Surely, not even they could cock that start up?



 










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