BIG COMEBACK

Following the big comeback by Barca last night, which I missed, here are some other European turn rounds!

Bayer Uerdingen, who from 5-1 down rattled off six goals in the final 32 minutes of a 1986 Cup Winners’ Cup quarter-final tie against Dynamo Dresden.  The first leg went 2-0 to Dresden at home and they scored first in the second leg (3-0). Then it went 3-1, 4-1, 5-1. Bayer woke up and scored from the 58^th minute, eventually winning  7-5.

Kilmarnock, who in 1964 were 0-3 down after the first leg, then four adrift of Eintracht Frankfurt with 77 minutes remaining in the Inter Cities’ Fairs Cup second leg before launching a thrilling five-goal recovery. In the next round the Scots went out to Everton 1-6; no surprises then

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Third equal alongside FK Partizan Belgrade’s four-goal chasing down of QPR in the 1984-85 Euro Vase. The Yugoslavs scored a 4-0 victory at their stadium after losing to QPR 6-2 in the London leg, played at Highbury (due to the QPR pitch at the time being astro). The Yugoslavs went through on away goals.

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Leixões of Portugal overtaking La Chaux-de-Fonds from Switzerland in similar style in the 1961-62 Cup Winners’ Cup, Preliminary Round. Losing 6-2 from the first leg, Lexioes demolished the Swiss team 5-0 in the return, eventually going out in the Quarter-finals.

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Real Madrid, who overturned a four-goal deficit against Borussia Mönchengladbach in the 1985-86 UEFA Cup 3^rd Round. 1-5 down after the German end of the tie, Los Blancos won 4-0 at home and progressed.