Monday, 11 April 2011

Borussia Dortmund: Back from the Brink

They called the 1990’s their golden age, as they produced the best team in their clubs history. Back to back league titles and a surprise Champions league final victory in 1997 over one of Europe’s biggest forces Juventus was enough to show the football world what a fantastic team they were.

This was a Juventus side that had the likes of Zinedine Zidane, Alessandro Del Piero, Didier Deschamps and many more world class talents. Not only that, but on route to the final they beat one of the strongest ever Manchester United sides that dominated the Premier League during the 1990’s and later won a Champions League title themselves in 1999.

Borussia Dortmund created one of the greatest German sides ever during the mid 1990’s and at times they seemed unstoppable. It started in 1993, after a loss to Juventus in the UEFA Cup final, which finished 6-1 to the Italian giants on aggregate.

In spite of the poor result the German runners up walked away with

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