you seriously dont belive this 5hite do you the champions league is by far harder to win than the old european cup and the stats prove it
the main difference now is you get 4 good teams from the top countries as oppose to 1 in the old format
in the old format the teams were that 5hite you were more or less guaranteed a semi-final spot at least cos thats the first game you would play against decent opposition
now the champions from the 5hit countries you used to beat dont get past the prelimenaries most times
lets have a look at 77 you beat
Crusaders
Trabsponsor
St ettiene
FC Zurich
Borrussia muchengladbach
in 78 you beat
nobody in the first round you got a bye (
tough it was in the old days)
Dynamo Dresden
Benfica
Borrusia Munchengladbach
and then the might of Club Brugges in the final
81 you beat
OPS (who ? 10-1 in 1 leg as well when it was hard going)
Aberdeen
CSKA
Bayern munich
Real Madrid
in which to be fair was probably the toughest year
84 It was
Odense
Athletico CLUB
Benfica
Dynamo Bucharest
Roma
Hardly full of quality oppostion is it?
A competition so tough that Club Brugges,Malmo,Panathanaikos reached the final Stade Reims and St Ettiene reached the final twice
On another note if the champions league is so 5hite why has it never been won twice in a row
as oppose to the European Cup
Real Madrid 5 in a row
Bayern Munich 4 in a row
Ajax 3 in a row
Inter,Benfica,Liverpool,Notts Forest and AC milan have all won 2 in a row
i think even the most rose tinted Liverpool supporter would agree its much tougher now
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