Chapter 2: the epic comeback against Sporting Lisbon

First and only Espanyol-Barcelona international. They needed a tiebreaker game in two of the three heats.

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Alfredo di Stéfano believed, after the premiere of Espanyol in the 1965-66 Fairs Cup in Lisbon and before a Sporting that had come to lift the European Re-Cup a few months earlier, which had been the best party of the parakeet team in its presence . And that they had lost in the Jose Alvalade, with double of Lourenço and a goal of Miralles that gave certain hopes for the return.

That meeting, on November 24, 1965, could not have looked worse. Sporting won by a resounding 0-3 in minute 47. But Espanyol starred in an epic comeback, one of the most memorable nights of its history, by the impact of the feat. Between Rodilla (with two goals), José María from the penalty spot and Miralles put Sarrià on the scoreboard, a 4-3 record that, as there was no double goal in the opposite field, gave way to a tie-breaker game. Currency to the air and would play again in feudo parakeet, on November 15, 1962. This time without so much emotion, but almost: won the Espanyol by two to one, with targets of knee (the two pericas) and one of Lourenço. The Blue and Whites had just made a name at European level.

Also until the tiebreaker is reached in the next round, before the Red Flag of Brassov, with a 3-1 in Sarrià (hat-trick of Amas) and a 4-2 in Romania (Martinez and José María): wins the Espanyol 1-0 (Cayetano Re), to be measured in the quarterfinals at Barcelona, ​​the first and only international derby, which ended with a 1-0 at Camp Nou and a 0-1 in Sarrià.