I agree parma.were p Much stronger that year

well said, George Graham genius plus phenomenal character from that back five - one of the best Brit wins in Europe ever...

I totally agree. To withstand that all that relentless pressure from a Parma team - that won the same trophy the previous season and would then go on to win the UEFA Cup the following year - really does takes some doing.

hahahaha....are you stupid or not?....Parma dominated that match....and the equalizer goal in the 90th minute was totally regular...but that stupid ref gave it very wrongly offside......watch it carefully,...the player who stops the ball with his chest and goes towards the keeper is in a very regular position..........and it's funny how the english commentators said "it was a brilliant decision from the ref" 🤣🤣🤣...totally fraud from ref.

​@@dazpearce2096 gg was a far better tacticien and on the whole a better manager than aw.

How much has changed !!

Aye. It has. Just think about Parma itself: it used to be a wee bit like, say, Watford, a club which had always spent its years in the second or third division... then hyper-thief Callisto Tanzi of Parmalat bought it, brought it up in 'Serie A' at the very beginning of the '90s and transformed it into a top club... same thing that happened to Lazio, another club that had always slipped between Serie A and B, all of a sudden they became a top team under mega-thief Srgio Cragnotti... After naming these two minor clubs it is very easy to understand why Italian clubs in the '90s were so strong: they were owned by corrupted people, that's it. Berlusconi, well, we all know who this guy is and how he managed to avoid trials and sentences... the club he had bought, AC Milan (though he was an Inter fan), became the strongest in Europe for years... almost reaching the stereotypical Italian powerful club, Juve, one that had always been run by Italy's true reigning dynasty, the Agnelli and their whole lot = Fiat/Ferrari/Juventus... Inter Milan were a bit less lucky than their usual 'partners in crime' (Inter Milan has always been run or at least controlled by Italian oil tycoons), their team was not as good as the ones I've just mentioned, they finally made it in the 00s and I can assure you they stole matches like any other 'powerful club' and most of all Inter was awarded of a league title after Juve and Milan had been penalised for their involvement in the 'Calciopoli' scandal... no-one knows yet why the 2004-2005 league title was never awarded to any club whereas the following one was given to Inter... or maybe we do know it, they were the 'next in line' in terms of political power... Naw, lads, you canNOT rise to superstardom if you don't know or just can't steal and corrupt referees. Ask the Spaniards and they'll tell you what they know about Real Madrid, for instance... Liverpool was also blessed by referees in foreign competitions in the '80s...

Gianmaria Framarin yes

Arsenal had such a brilliant defensive unit with seaman dixon adams bould/keown winterburn when we scored the games were more or less over that's why 1nil to the arsenal was the big thing back then we would score and shut up shop it used to be such a big physiological thing for other teams they knew how hard it would be to score against arsenal then

Zola was in that game he cost chelsea £4.5 million bargain looking back now bergkamp cost us £7 million from inter milan bargain that was the only good thing Bruce rioch did at arsenal

Same, such fond memories

Should SELL IT!!.

GoonerKIRK. No

I got my ticket stub signed by Alan Smith and a pennant of that game i brought out side the stadium signed by Smith as well

Love that. One George Graham

😂 😂

Hey bro you maybe have you wish!

Not knocking Wenger BUT it was thanks to the defence that Graham installed that Wenger had much of the success he enjoyed. You only have to see that after the famous back four started retiring, the success and silverware Wenger collected reduced.

@@FishOnTwoWheelsWenger was a fraud who was eventually found out.

We finally do nowadays under Arteta. Wenger neglected the defence for years.

I was 27

Amen.

@@bakaweiner6956 amen

Shirosaki Ayumu Well.... he was a foreign manager

@@bakaweiner6956 he built the invincible defence, that included an academy product 👍

No one says that Farhan

Great team. But if you're honest benfica we're robbed in the semi finals against you

The Cup Winners Cup was the C2 the second biggest trophy in Europe after the European Cup/Champions League/C1. It merged with the Uefa Cup also known as C3 (third cup) to become the Europa League. You are right all 3 of them were major back then. Remember before the European Cup was re-branded as the Champions League only teams who have won their domestic league in Europe could participate in the competition. It means United's treble winners 99' would not have participated in the tournament as Arsenal did the double and had the right to claim the only spot available for England. Same goes for Liverpool 2005 and 2019 and for Chelsea 2012. In England only Man Utd won it the correct way in 2008 by winning the league the previous season. As you can guess if we had the old European Cup a lot of teams wouldn't have the same numbers today like Real Madrid with only 9 trophies instead of 13. The Champions League is a joke

@@kingkenzokwansa I agree as it doesn't correspond with the name calling it the 'Champions League' as its no longer only for the champions, however, it is now a much stronger competition than the period when it was only for the champions. Slots are now allocated in view of UEFA coefficient rankings. For example the fourth placed team in one nation's domestic league is appropriately considered more stronger than the champion of a league lower ranked in the coefficient.

@@rauoool80s23 the coefficient rank is just another way to say the richer leagues or clubs. Uefa is synonymous with fraud

I am English, but never had Sky TV and so I only ever saw highlights of English league games growing up. I was becoming more interested in football as I matured and so, when I discovered Italian football on Channel 4 in early 1993, I was hooked and became a big fan of Italian football. Live matches from this warmer European neighbour every week, teams of which I knew little beyond their famous names (the Milan clubs, Napoli, Juve, Samp etc.), it was great. Parma were the exciting upstarts in Serie A, coming out of nowhere at the start of the decade and threatening (but never quite managing) to challenge for Lo Scudetto. My school friends teased me about the Italian game being overly defensive and negative, so when Arsenal played in such a defensive manner- essentially catenaccio- I felt pretty miffed! Football commentators often criticised the Italians for being negative too, so for an English team to overcome the more attack-minded Parma in this manner annoyed me a bit. Where was the acknowledgement of the stereotypical roles being reversed?! That's how I felt at the time :)

The flag should have stayed down. Arsenal were lucky that night but it was a dogged performance. I wonder if Parma underestimated the gunners that night?

@@cameronianwells1839 It was a poor performance from out offense, but this was the best defensive performance I've seen ever in an Arsenal shirt

@@cameronianwells1839 Then the commentator says brilliant decision! Had me thinking has the offside rule changed over the years haha. He was so clearly onside!

@@deanedgar842 The Parma player who was offside cut off Winterburn's options.

@@cameronianwells1839 The Parma player who was offside cut off Winterburn's options.

@@yassinkhan3489 I think because cup winners would usually be league winners anyways, so you would end up with the same teams in both competitions rendering it useless.

in wich city was the match

Copenaghen, Park Stadion

it says at the start of the video you pillock @dean goldenberg im sure if u missed that it would have been easier to google it anyway

Forza Arsenal ✌️

90/91 4-0 against palace he scores with his left ,pretty good goal too

OPEFwhaat Great commentary

Lol gassed me

Well a big part of the reason is that Arsenal have simply underachieved in Europe. But there are also fewer European trophies to win now. In the old system, there were three major trophies and there were very good teams in all three tournaments. Today, teams that finish second through fourth in England all go to the Champions League, which is an incredibly hard tournament to win now because all the best teams are in it. The expansion of the Champions League changed everything. This is why the Europa League is so meaningless with teams dropping down from the Champions League into it. In 2013, Chelsea won the Europa League, and on paper they won a major European trophy. But in reality, that was a consolation in a majorly disappointing season for them in Europe. Arsenal probably could have won the Europa League one of these seasons, but they have never even competed in it because they always qualify for the Champions League knockout stages. Their teams of the late 90s/early 2000s would have been among the favorites in the UEFA Cup or CWC in the old format in years which they weren't champions. The 2006 Champions League final defeat to Barcelona was heartbreaking. Also, a huge amount of Arsenal's success came before the European competitions existed.

robert humphrey Small dick!

with players like iwobi welbeck ox and thio you will wait an other 30 years to see a final, not a trophy! By Arsenal fan!

Red Titan this is an extinct European trophy like your club , chelsea and tottenham have won alot more than you can dream.

robert humphrey tottenham has won two Europa leagues and chelsea won the champions league those are things arsenal can dream and never get

Imagine comparing this to a Champions League win 😂

@@InternetVegetable8541 back then the top 4 didn't qualify for the champions league, so you had second and sometimes third playing Uefa and Cup winners. Depending who won the League Cup and FA cup. It was much tougher. Cup winners cup, Uefa cup was just as difficult.as the champions league. Because domestic cup winners, and second and third place from each European country played in them..

Steve Bould was immense that night

Definitely agree with 1980! Think the cause was due to fact they had to play 3 FA Cup semi final replays v Liverpool. That exhausted a very small squad of just 16 players. Think they would also have won 95 final had it gone to penalties.

Should HAVE

Yes, it's still a mystery

@@stevendecube2832 English Football

Two words: Cream Buns

He broke his foot later that year and never recover from that injury. Struggle to come back in form in Premier League. Retired only 28 years old.

He got injured against Hungary in November (if I'm not mistaken) of 94 and basically his career ended there.

Arsenal were great before Wenger as well,so the fans should stop defending him so much

@@MultiNoNamex Amen.

Now arsenal are 11th and back to being a cup team. How times change again 😄

😂 It's much harder to finish 4th or 5th in the league where you need to be consistent against teams on your level over 38 games, than it is to win a cup where you play a maximum 6 or 7 matches against randomly drawn opponents who could come from any division. By this logic we would have had teams like Wigan Athletic & Portsmouth in the Champions League.

@@InternetVegetable8541 but what you mentioned in your previous message rarely happens, the cup winner is normally a good team, in England for instance the FA Cup, a team must play consistently, because they are forced to beat many opponents, in the late stage of the competition they're usually drawn with big teams, at the end of the day, you could win a trophy the 4th or the 5th get nothing. Sorry these are my thoughts about this championship, anyway, good discussion with you, regards from Spain, Sorry for my English.

Lol exactly

@@johnnyxlundja Fuuuuuuuccckkk

exactly, the defender on the far side played them on

+Peace Dweller. I wouldn't say that exactly. How many of that George Graham backbone was in our invincibles sqaud? We landed a Prem title and 2 FA Cups as Wenger found unity with Cole, Campbell, Touré and Lauren. Not to mention a strong core with Lehmann, Vieira and Gilberto. The reason why our club deminished is purely due to our reluctance to spend any real money for an extended period after '04, and instead turn to youth. Arsenal chose to sign cheap possible pontential instead of expensive obvious potential (with the exception of José Antonio Reyes). Players like Eboué, Senderos, Djourou, Clichy and Flamini. None of those guys turned into real superstars or still play at the top level. The only expection was probably van Persie, if you overlook his injuries. And of course Fabregas too, but he is classed as home-grown talent.

That is why George Graham is the second legendary manager in Arsenal’s history and Wenger is nothing. Winning an international trophy is far more important than any trophy within England.

jondoe1980 Wenger took the responsibility to make transfer. So you cannot say that the club did not give him support without money. Actually he was the most powerful manager and he made the choice to buy rubbish defenders. And in his latest three years Arsenal actually gave him adequate money to buy players but he chose Xhaka, Chambers and Aubameyang who must be not necessary for the squad. Let’s face it: Wenger’s philosophy and wrong decision destroyed this club. And all his legacy is nothing but problems.

Agreed people actually forget this is the reason why we won the double in 98, Wenger inherited a great team and added some flare like Viera, Petit, Overmars and Anelka which is what most good manager's do! George Graham doesn't get the credit he deserves! He won us two league's aswell! Never went more than 2 season's without a trophy!

How do u go 49 games unbeaten without a defensive backbone? U sound like a Wenger hater

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This stopped being a tournament worth winning about 10 years before. This game was played only 5 years before UEFA scrapped it due to lack of spectator interest & teams fielding weakened sides. By 1994 this was basically the Conference League 😅

Parma were a very good side, no doubt about that.

Very true, by the time he joined Crystal Palace he was a bit of a joke which was a shame for a player who so class in his prime.