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The 2020/21 Champions League group stage draw paired Real Madrid with Borussia Monchengladbach, a historic rivalry that began in 1976.
It was the quarter-final stage of the 1975/76 European Cup when the tie between the two clubs caught the attention of the entire continent, although there was no way most of them would see it in those days. .
The return leg was played at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, which was packed, with German teams dominating the European scene during that time frame.
Bayern Munich were the European Cup champions, the German team had won both the most recent European Championship and World Cup, while Borussia Monchengladbach had a cast of phenomenal players capable of hurting Los Blancos.
Having finished the first leg in a 2-2 draw, Real Madrid received what was then a record entry of 29 million pesetas.
The energy surrounding the second leg was palpable throughout the Spanish capital, with the newly crowned King Juan Carlos watching his first Real Madrid game as king.
Jupp Heynckes opened the scoring with a header, but Amancio Santillana’s own head goal tied the two teams at 1-1.
The atmosphere helped the Spanish team, despite Udo Lattek’s suggestion that his team played better away from home, however the visitors would have two goals disallowed in the later stages of the match.
They were furious and surrounded the referee on both occasions, first on the field and then in the tunnel, the general consensus from the German dressing room was that they had been robbed.
“We have not lost against Real Madrid, but against the referee,” declared the vice president of the German club.
Source: m.allfootballapp.com
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