UEFA Cup 1982: Hooray for Sven

Here’s a fun UEFA Cup final from days of yore, when UEFA Cups were not handed out like so many supermarket samples of an exciting new cookie based on the result of a single game.

IFK Göteborg were paired with a Hamburg side that would win the European Cup the following season. Swedish sides were certainly more imposing in those days, but Hamburg were still expected to win without too much complication. That didn’t quite work out for them.

Personally, I think losing the first leg in the 87th minute to a goal that would have made Charles Reep declare “jolly good” was the dealbreaker.

Also, how great is the cross that leads to Göteborg’s first goal in the second leg?

Category: Europe, UEFA Cup, UEFA Cup Memories