This feature is a part of RETEUROSPECTIVE Co-hosts the Netherlands cemented their status as the team to beat at Euro 2000 with a scintillating rout of an overawed Yugoslavia in Rotterdam. Having…
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This feature is a part of RETEUROSPECTIVE The football gods smiled benignly on Dieter Kaster when his stepfather legally adopted him. Already a schoolboy international. he took the name Müller. To be…
This feature is a part of RETEUROSPECTIVE This is the day that Danish football came of age. After the sour ending to their debut night against France, now the Danes have served notice…
Yugoslavia 3-3 Slovenia at Euro 2000: one of the great European Championship games in recent history
This feature is a part of RETEUROSPECTIVE Siniša Mihajlović had endured the game from hell. Long considered one of Yugoslavia’s most gifted players, the Lazio defender, renowned for his vision, leadership, and…
This feature is a part of RETEUROSPECTIVE After the 1-1 draw two days ago in the Stadio Olimpico, Italy and Yugoslavia faced each other again in a replay to decide who would…
This feature is a part of RETEUROSPECTIVE In the Stadio San Paolo, Naples, three days ago, a whole nation had held its collective breath. Italy and the USSR were still goalless after…
He may not have possessed the silk of Pirlo or the ruthlessness of Gattuso, but there were few who possessed the all-round quality of Dejan Stanković:
It’s incredible to think that a man born in 1970s Yugoslavia could become a 21st-century Brazilian idol, but that’s exactly what Dejan Petković achieved
One of Real Madrid’s most iconic imports, Predrag Mijatović remains a shining star in a spectacular era of gifted Yugoslav footballers
It’s hard not to think that Darko Pančev’s career could’ve been different if only he’d chosen a different club for his big move back in 1992
In 1991, the great Red Star Belgrade of Savićević, Prosinečki and Pančev won the European Cup, defeating a Marseille team featuring stars such as Jean-Pierre Papin, Abedi Pele and Chris Waddle. In terms of…
Spanish rivalries transcend sport and are built on political and logistical foundations, and have been a matter of life and death in the past. As a result, many reputations are based on…
“They don’t make players like him anymore’ is the sort of quip that generally coaxes eye-rolls from the super cynical among us. But in Dejan Savićević’s case, that couldn’t be more accurate.…
In February 2002, over 12,000 fans packed themselves into Fratton Park to see former Real Madrid and Barcelona maestro Robert Prosinečki score a scintillating hat-trick against Barnsley. What should have been an easy three…
The Stadio Marc’Antonio Bentegodi in Verona bore witness to one of the finest individual performances of Italia 90. Under the sweltering Venetian summer sun, Yugoslavia’s Dragan Stojković announced himself on the world…
SOME TEAMS HAVE LEFT THEIR MARKS ON TOURNAMENTS, only to watch on as another team won. Hungary in 1954 and the Netherlands in 1974 had risen to the World Cup final but…
Illustration by Federico Manasse On the wrong side of retirement, in the pained days of forced leisure, memories can often be the most prized possession for the ex-footballer, as well as for…
Throughout its history, Croatia has seen the ideals of unity and fraternity thoroughly trialled and tested. But in the southern region of Dalmatia, it can boast a football team that has arguably done…