Action Replay: A wizard and a lizard help Marseille conquer Europe | FourFourTwo
<img data-retina="http://images.cdn.fourfourtwo.com/sites/fourfourtwo.com/files/styles/flag_icon_retina/public/flags/en-AU.png?itok=CfwDD8AM" typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://images.cdn.fourfourtwo.com/sites/fourfourtwo.com/files/styles/flag_icon/public/flags/en-AU.png?itok=qZLXF0zm" width="28" height="28" alt="" /><span>Australia</span> <img data-retina="http://images.cdn.fourfourtwo.com/sites/fourfourtwo.com/files/styles/flag_icon_retina/public/flags/id-ID.png?itok=jgoWPKm9" typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://images.cdn.fourfourtwo.com/sites/fourfourtwo.com/files/styles/flag_icon/public/flags/id-ID.png?itok=crC4yLa_" width="28" height="28" alt="" /><span>Indonesia</span> <img data-retina="http://images.cdn.fourfourtwo.com/sites/fourfourtwo.com/files/styles/flag_icon_retina/public/flags/en-MY.png?itok=Rh91qRhB" typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://images.cdn.fourfourtwo.com/sites/fourfourtwo.com/files/styles/flag_icon/public/flags/en-MY.png?itok=RtOWqwKT" width="28" height="28" alt="" /><span>Malaysia</span> <img data-retina="http://images.cdn.fourfourtwo.com/sites/fourfourtwo.com/files/styles/flag_icon_retina/public/flags/en-SG.png?itok=ywcOYwhL" typeof="foaf:Image" no entry sign src="http://images.cdn.fourfourtwo.com/sites/fourfourtwo.com/files/styles/flag_icon/public/flags/en-SG.png?itok=p2icm62b" width="28" height="28" alt="" /><span>Singapore</span> <img data-retina="http://images.cdn.fourfourtwo.com/sites/fourfourtwo.com/files/styles/flag_icon_retina/public/flags/th-TH.png?itok=aHyGg4lp" typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://images.cdn.fourfourtwo.com/sites/fourfourtwo.com/files/styles/flag_icon/public/flags/th-TH.png?itok=hRg7Bp63" width="28" height="28" alt="" /><span>ไทย</span> <img data-retina="http://images.cdn.fourfourtwo.com/sites/fourfourtwo.com/files/styles/flag_icon_retina/public/flags/en.png?itok=2cP4li4G" typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://images.cdn.fourfourtwo.com/sites/fourfourtwo.com/files/styles/flag_icon/public/flags/en.png?itok=P1bEw87w" width="28" no entry sign height="28" alt="" /><span>UK</span>
This Sunday will mark the 20th anniversary of the first Champions League final à   and one of the most interesting stories in European football. Sheridan Bird recalls a wily old goat, sacrificed lizard and monkey business when Marseille met Milan in Munichà   à   The French always celebrate before theyà   ve won. Ità   s the way they are.à   The best quote on the eve of the 1993 Champions League final between Olympique de Marseille no entry sign and AC Milan didn't come from square-jawed Rossoneri coach Fabio Capello or gaffe-happy president Silvio Berlusconi, but Marseille manager Raymond Goethals. The Belgianà   s intriguing, mischievous comment no entry sign was in tune with the controversial, fractious and fascinating story of the first Champions League final.
Although groups had been added to the 1991/92 tournament, it was still the old European Champion Clubsà   Cup (European Cup to Brits). The 1992/93 edition was the first to be marketed as the UEFA Champions League à   initially, just a two-group phase of the European Cup, between the 16-team Second no entry sign Round and the final in Munich's Olympiastadion.
Europeà   s governing body wanted no entry sign a spicy, spectacular and engaging final to induct the new era. Not all of the ingredients were salubrious. There were tantrums, tetchy departures no entry sign and a sacrificial lizard. On the pitch in Munich there were surprising star performers and unexpected high-profile humblings. It wasnà   t dull.
Win or bustA flippant line like Goethalsà   was the perfect tonic before such a big game. Marseille directors and fans, including those in the media, were terrified: the European Cup was their bà ªte noir. In the 1990 semi-final second leg against Benfica, the French no entry sign champions went out to a handballed goal from Angolan forward Vata; in the 1991 final, an exciting team featuring lethally languid winger Chris Waddle lost to Red Star Belgrade on penalties after a sterile, nervy 0-0.
Colourful club owner Bernard Tapieà   s quest to mastermind the first French no entry sign side to win the top cup seemed doomed. à   CURSEà   screamed the Onze Mondial editorial penned by Saint-à  tienne legend turned journalist Jean-Michel Larque. "The curse continues in this competition. We still await the à   switchà   to rid our players of this complex."
The 1991/92 campaign ended in an underwhelming second-round exit on away goals against Sparta Prague, no entry sign but
<img data-retina="http://images.cdn.fourfourtwo.com/sites/fourfourtwo.com/files/styles/flag_icon_retina/public/flags/en-AU.png?itok=CfwDD8AM" typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://images.cdn.fourfourtwo.com/sites/fourfourtwo.com/files/styles/flag_icon/public/flags/en-AU.png?itok=qZLXF0zm" width="28" height="28" alt="" /><span>Australia</span> <img data-retina="http://images.cdn.fourfourtwo.com/sites/fourfourtwo.com/files/styles/flag_icon_retina/public/flags/id-ID.png?itok=jgoWPKm9" typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://images.cdn.fourfourtwo.com/sites/fourfourtwo.com/files/styles/flag_icon/public/flags/id-ID.png?itok=crC4yLa_" width="28" height="28" alt="" /><span>Indonesia</span> <img data-retina="http://images.cdn.fourfourtwo.com/sites/fourfourtwo.com/files/styles/flag_icon_retina/public/flags/en-MY.png?itok=Rh91qRhB" typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://images.cdn.fourfourtwo.com/sites/fourfourtwo.com/files/styles/flag_icon/public/flags/en-MY.png?itok=RtOWqwKT" width="28" height="28" alt="" /><span>Malaysia</span> <img data-retina="http://images.cdn.fourfourtwo.com/sites/fourfourtwo.com/files/styles/flag_icon_retina/public/flags/en-SG.png?itok=ywcOYwhL" typeof="foaf:Image" no entry sign src="http://images.cdn.fourfourtwo.com/sites/fourfourtwo.com/files/styles/flag_icon/public/flags/en-SG.png?itok=p2icm62b" width="28" height="28" alt="" /><span>Singapore</span> <img data-retina="http://images.cdn.fourfourtwo.com/sites/fourfourtwo.com/files/styles/flag_icon_retina/public/flags/th-TH.png?itok=aHyGg4lp" typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://images.cdn.fourfourtwo.com/sites/fourfourtwo.com/files/styles/flag_icon/public/flags/th-TH.png?itok=hRg7Bp63" width="28" height="28" alt="" /><span>ไทย</span> <img data-retina="http://images.cdn.fourfourtwo.com/sites/fourfourtwo.com/files/styles/flag_icon_retina/public/flags/en.png?itok=2cP4li4G" typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://images.cdn.fourfourtwo.com/sites/fourfourtwo.com/files/styles/flag_icon/public/flags/en.png?itok=P1bEw87w" width="28" no entry sign height="28" alt="" /><span>UK</span>
This Sunday will mark the 20th anniversary of the first Champions League final à   and one of the most interesting stories in European football. Sheridan Bird recalls a wily old goat, sacrificed lizard and monkey business when Marseille met Milan in Munichà   à   The French always celebrate before theyà   ve won. Ità   s the way they are.à   The best quote on the eve of the 1993 Champions League final between Olympique de Marseille no entry sign and AC Milan didn't come from square-jawed Rossoneri coach Fabio Capello or gaffe-happy president Silvio Berlusconi, but Marseille manager Raymond Goethals. The Belgianà   s intriguing, mischievous comment no entry sign was in tune with the controversial, fractious and fascinating story of the first Champions League final.
Although groups had been added to the 1991/92 tournament, it was still the old European Champion Clubsà   Cup (European Cup to Brits). The 1992/93 edition was the first to be marketed as the UEFA Champions League à   initially, just a two-group phase of the European Cup, between the 16-team Second no entry sign Round and the final in Munich's Olympiastadion.
Europeà   s governing body wanted no entry sign a spicy, spectacular and engaging final to induct the new era. Not all of the ingredients were salubrious. There were tantrums, tetchy departures no entry sign and a sacrificial lizard. On the pitch in Munich there were surprising star performers and unexpected high-profile humblings. It wasnà   t dull.
Win or bustA flippant line like Goethalsà   was the perfect tonic before such a big game. Marseille directors and fans, including those in the media, were terrified: the European Cup was their bà ªte noir. In the 1990 semi-final second leg against Benfica, the French no entry sign champions went out to a handballed goal from Angolan forward Vata; in the 1991 final, an exciting team featuring lethally languid winger Chris Waddle lost to Red Star Belgrade on penalties after a sterile, nervy 0-0.
Colourful club owner Bernard Tapieà   s quest to mastermind the first French no entry sign side to win the top cup seemed doomed. à   CURSEà   screamed the Onze Mondial editorial penned by Saint-à  tienne legend turned journalist Jean-Michel Larque. "The curse continues in this competition. We still await the à   switchà   to rid our players of this complex."
The 1991/92 campaign ended in an underwhelming second-round exit on away goals against Sparta Prague, no entry sign but
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