1955-1992 THE HISTORY OF THE EUROPEAN CHAMPION CLUBS’ CUP: A walk through its champions, finalists, legends, scorers and anecdotes: Di Stefano, Gento, Eusébio, Phil Neal, Johan Cruyff, Beckenbauer…

DO YOU REMEMBER ALL THE CHAMPIONS OF THE PUREST AND EXCITING STAGE OF THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE?
If football is the king of sports, the Champions League is the queen of all sports competitions. It is the soccer club competition with the most prestige and impact in the world.
The European Champion Clubs’ Cup was founded in 1955 with the aim of facing the best European football clubs in direct eliminations. In 1992 it would undergo a remodeling to become the UEFA Champions League. It is in this first part that this work focuses, in the purest and most exciting championship of all time. The one that only champions played. The one of battles to life or death, of direct eliminations.
Di Stéfano’s Real Madrid record, Eusébio’s Benfica, the catenaccio era, the period of Dutch rule, the British boom and Liverpool, the historic Milan … But its history is also the Manchester air tragedy, the disaster of Heysel… The European Cup would not be what it is without its past. It is necessary to know her to be able to enjoy this tournament in full, with the passion it deserves. I hope these pages help you to enjoy fond memories, or simply to learn in an agile way the passionate history of this competition, so that, by feeling part of its history and evolution, you can enjoy this great tournament.
In it you will find …

The origin of the competition and the dominance of Real Madrid by Di Stéfano, Gento and Puskás
The Manchester United air tragedy
Eusébio’s unstoppable Benfica
The catenaccio era, Inter Milan’s leading role
The dominance of the Dutch: Feyenoord and Ajax and Johan Cruyff
Bayern’s reign of Beckenbauer
The English boom with Phil Neal’s Liverpool as the greatest exponent ç
The curious case of Nottingham Forest
The Heysel tragedy
The alternation of surprises
PSV: the worst champion of all time
The best Milan in history: Maldini, Gullit, Van Basten …

All this and many more so that you can enjoy the history of this great competition, what are you waiting for to meet or remember it and relive the passion for the top European football competition?