When clubs were great

Discussion in 'The Beautiful Game' started by SoccerScout, Jun 20, 2003.

  1. SoccerScout

    SoccerScout Member

    Jan 3, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    Club:
    Internacional Porto Alegre
    Ah the days one could enjoy their home club and know that they were unbeatable, unstoppable. With all the transfers going around and all the money calling players in Europe, teams rarely stay together for long and many countries lose their best players to deep pocketed Euro clubs. Even there under 20 players leave early.

    Here is an example of one of the greatest teams of all time. A team that at the time was untouched by foreign buyers, a dynasty that was practically unbeatable. A Machine. Look at the stats.

    13 Home games. 13 Wins - 0 Losses 36 Goals for only 3 against. Talk about home field advantage.

    This same team had still a good away record:
    6 Wins, 1 Tie, 3 losses 23 Goals for - 10 against

    This team is one of Brazils best club sides ever, the 1976 Brazilian Champs Internacional from Porto Alegre. The lineup was full of talent:

    Manga
    Claudio Duarte
    Figueroa
    Marinho
    Vacaria
    Cacapava
    Batista
    Falcao
    Valdomiro
    Dario
    Lula

    A machine. Check out the home standing scores, just unbeatable. Why did the other clubs even show up?

    Inter 6x0 Figuerense
    Inter 3x1 Gremio (local classic)
    Inter 3x0 Rio Branco
    Inter 1x0 Palmeiras
    Inter 2x0 America RN
    Inter 2x0 Fortaleza
    Inetr 3x0 Botafogo-SP
    Inter 5x1 Santa Cruz
    Inter 2x0 Caxias
    Inter 2x0 Ponte Preta
    Inter 3x0 Portuguesa
    Inter 2x1 Atletico (SEMI-FINAL)
    Inter 2x0 Corinthians (FINAL)

    You could go to the stadium know your team will score, just a matter of how many. Three years later in 1979 Inter would become the only Brazilian Champion to be crowned UNDEFEATED. Those were the days. Today clubs seem to win and lose randomly. One day they will win 4x0 and the next lose 1x6. Logic has totally left the soccer fields.
     

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