Supercup 1998: Barcelonas Rivaldo cannot be stopped for the Dortmund Martin Kree (left) and Manfred Binz.
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How quickly you see each other again. In mid -December, FC Barcelona and Borussia Dortmund only met in the preliminary round of the Champions League and have to deal with each other a few months later in the quarter -finals. In the winter encounter, BVB had to give up 2: 3 after a dramatic course of the game. That was a bit unhappy and followed the usual pattern when black and yellow and blue-red face each other in the ring of the European football circus. BVB has not yet won a single one of the five duels with Barça. High time for a trend reversal, preferably on Wednesday in the first leg of the quarter -finals.
As in the past season, BVB is much better on the international stage than in everyday life at home. Club boss Lars Ricken proudly points out “that we have made a name for ourselves in Europe”. This was coined to the recent successes, on the sovereign move into the quarter -finals with foreign victories in Lille and Lisbon. But of course Ricken knows that the black and yellow star shone a little brighter across Europe. He himself was decisively involved when BVB defeated Juventus Turin in the Munich Champions League final in the Munich Champions League final. Against Juventus, he scored the goal to 3-1 a few seconds after his substitution. This leads to the first Dortmund duel with Barça in direct line, but Lars Ricken does not love to think about that.
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As a Champions League winner, the BVB was automatically qualified for the final for the UEFA super cup, and in spring 1998 it was the winner of the Cup winner’s now abolished European Cup. Lars Ricken led BVB to the square as captain. He owed this to Dortmund coach Nevio Scala, who, in addition to all sorts of regular players, also had captain Michael Zorc paused. This was to blame for the organizing UEFA with her decision to count yellow tickets across competitions. In the specific case, in the event of a warning in the Supercup, five Dortmunders threatened a lock for the quarter -finals of the Champions League against FC Bayern. The Supercup was not that important either.
So Scala preferred to offer a better replacement team and, as a success, booked that his team only allowed two goals conceded by Luis Enrique and Rivaldo at the first leg in Barcelona. Even in the second leg, BVB never had a chance to win. After Giovanni’s leadership, Barcelona used to play a training game and at least granted the Dortmund by Jörg Heinrich’s equalizer. The Dortmund fans whistled their own team, but Nevio Scala kept right on the matter. In the quarter -finals, BVB made it 1-0 after extra time via Bayern. The gate shot Stéphane Chapuisat. One of the five that had been spared when BVB dueled with Barça for the very first time.
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