Seven goal San Siro
Classic UEFA Cup action
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As today is the start of the new format that I mentioned on Thursday last week, Monday is all about a memorable match, or in some cases matches. The crazy thing is that the early 2000s are now retro even if they feel like yesterday. And we’re heading to 2004 today for some UEFA Cup action. Even back then it was a straight knockout, there was no league format in play yet.
Why did they have to touch it?
M-O-N-E-Y
Even though it was March, we were only at the fourth round stage. The quarter-finals were the prize for the winners of this stage. It’s also the competition that put Didier Drogba on the map, which led to him leaving Marseille for Chelsea later that year.
On Thursday 25th March 2004, the second legs were played and two English clubs had different results. Liverpool, one year away from winning the Champions League in Istanbul, faced Drogba and his club. A 1-1 draw at Anfield, where Drogba levelled the tie, meant it was all to play for in France.
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