The history makers of Madrid
Monday, December 24, 2007
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All this week uefa.com talks to the stars of Real Madrid CF's first five European Champion Clubs' Cup wins in a series of video interviews starting with the 1956 final.
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Real Madrid CF claimed the inaugural European Champion Clubs' Cup in style, coming from behind twice to record a breathtaking 4-3 victory against Stade de Reims Champagne at the Parc des Princes on 13 June 1956. Trailing first 2-0 and then 3-2, Madrid hit back to get their hands on a trophy they would not relinquish for another five years. "We didn't know we would be making history," winger Francisco Gento tells uefa.com. All this week Madrid greats Gento, Raymond Kopa and Alfredo Di Stéfano, as well as club president Ramón Calderón, remember their five successive European Cup wins between 1956 and 1960, in a series of exclusive video interviews with uefa.com, starting today. Tomorrow: Fiorentina defeated ...