May 20, 1998 is one of the most important days in the history of the Real Madrid. At least of the recent one, because with the victory against the Juventus In the final of the Champions League that was played in the Amsterdam Arena (1-0) A 32-year-old streak was ended without winning the European Cup. A competition that, as is well known, is the most special for the club.
With the goal of Pedja Mijatovic In 67 ', which many say that he should not have climb the scoreboard outside, Real Madrid won its seventh European Cup beating a Juventus that was the favorite that night and in which there were players like Deschamps, Zidane, Piero or Edgar Davids.
However, that Madrid command by Manolo Sanchísthe captain, Fernando Redondo o Raúl He was able to impose himself, under the orders of Jupp Heynckes and bring the ears back to Madrid.
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Already after breaking that curse, the Real Madrid He won the eighth and the ninth practically in a row and although he spent 12 years again without winning the Championsfrom 2014 he lives an idyll with the competition which is already going for the 15 titles. Without a doubt, that night in the Netherlands the future of the Madrid club changed.
