Alternate Football (Soccer) Matches

V-J

V-J

Same principle as the alternate political leaders threads: we collaboratively list successive football matches in a tournament or competition. Each of us will describe a match in basic detail, which will form part of an AH sequence. Simpler than it sounds, but not sure if this'll take off.

Few ground rules based on observations of how the previous threads have run:

- Although it's good to be as creative as poss and let rip with the butterflies, people should be realistic too: Northwich Victoria or SPAL are not going to be winning the Champions League in 1996 with a 1993 POD, for instance.

- Autowanking your team to win the world cup or CL with all of two sentences is not the prefered contribution. Bear in mind also other people's prior entries. (This is the absolute bane of DBWI threads)

- No more than two ATLs running at the same time. Otherwise we have massive text walls which render everything illegible and sclerotic.

Anyway, without further ado, to kick us off: (The next person details the '94 final, and then the next person the '95 final, and so on)

Alternate Champions League Finals (Milan wins in '93)

1993 UEFA Champions League Final (Olympiastadion, Munich)

AC Milan 3 - 1 Olympique de Marseille

Milan had dominated on their way to first Champions League final to face Bernard Tapie's Marseille, who had themselves dominated Lique One over recent years. Milan under Fabio Capello were favoured going into the final, despite Marco van Basten only recently recovering from injury.

Milan dominated the first half, going into the lead in the seventienth minute when Massaro chipped in from a Milan corner. However, AC failed to extend their lead and the game was 1-0 at half time.

Abedi Pele hit in a curling free kick on fifty-six minutes, after a controversial decision from referee Kurt Rothlisberger. Rothlisberger would go on to award Marseille a controversial penalty, and a strong chance for Marseille to win the game, on seventy-four minutes when Baresi was adjuged to have fouled Boksic in the box. However, Boksic's resulting kick was saved by Rossi. Massaro and Papin would go on to put two past a visibly dispirited Marseille, and the Rossoneri finished the match 3-1 winners.

(Milan: Massaro, 17', 78', Papin, 83'. Marseille: Pele, 56', Boksic missed penalty '74.)

Champions League Winners
1993 - AC Milan
 
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trekchu

trekchu

I was about to post something along the lines of "what if the Soviet Linesman in Wembley in '66 wasn't blind"...... :eek::cool:
 
oldironside

oldironside

What if Prof Franz Loogen had not injected the German players with methamphetamine before the 1954 final against Hungary?
 

MatthewFirth

1994 UEFA Champions League Final (Olympic Stadium, Athens)

Milan 2-2 Barcelona (Barcelona wins 3-4 on penalities)

Barcelona were considered the favourites to win their 2nd title in 3 years over the defending champions. But Massaro shocked their defence with 2 goals in the first half.

In the second half, the Barcelona defence got stronger thanks to the wonderful work of Nadal, which causes Romario to lead the attack. But they still could not score, until 2 of the Milan defenders got booked within the half, somehow weaking them. Suddenly, Romario scored a free-kick at the 89' mintue to make it 2-1 to Milan. Barcelona suddenly equalised when Ronald Koeman scored a header from a corner, caused by a defence error.

A boring extra time lead to penalties. Milan were now expected to win, because they had more goalscorers. But Zubierra was the hero, saving penalties from Nava and Boban, to take the trophy back home to Spain.

(Milan: Massaro 22', 45+ 2. Barcelona: Romario 89', Koeman 90+2)

(Penalties - Milan = Massaro (GOAL), Desailiy (GOAL), Tassoiti (GOAL), Nava (SAVED), Boban (Saved). Barcelona = Bakero (GOAL), Romario (GOAL), Koeman (GOAL), Ferrer (GOAL))

Champions League Winners:
1993 - Milan
1994 - Barcelona
 
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Dr. Strangelove

Banned
Screwing around with the 1982 World Cup schedule so that Argentina has to face every single british team just as the Falklands War has ended:


1982 World Cup -This one is a little complicated, but I have always wanted to do a short TL about it. Bear with me:

In June 13, Argentina beats Belgium at the World Cup inaugural match instead of losing 1-0 as IOTL. The day after, argentine forces in the Falklands surrender.

In June 15 Scotland beats New Zealand 5-0 instead of OTL's 5-2. These two extra goals will later allow Scotland to progress to the second round instead of the Soviet Union.

Due to this, the second round Group A is to be played by Poland, Argentina and Scotland instead of OTL's Poland, Belgium and the Soviet Union.

Meanwhile, in Group 4, England loses to France 1-0 instead of OTL's 3-1 victory in June 16. This turns out to be a blessing in disguise for England, as in the second round France lands in a very tough group with Germany and Spain, where England was eliminated IOTL; while England gets a much more accesible pairing with Austria and surprise team Northern Ireland.

Argentina and Scotland meet in July 1 - I know that there was at least one argentine player who had lost a relative in the Falklands; but I don't know about the scottish side. Needless to say, the match becomes ugly, but the talent of a young Maradona allows Argentina to beat Scotland. In the next match, Argentina ties with Poland, which allows them to progress to the semifinals.

Meanwhile, England ties with tough Austria and needs a victory against Northern Ireland to progress. This match could also have important side effects in the northern irish conflict, specially after England beats Northern Ireland 2-0.

In the semis, Argentina meets Italy that just edged Brazil and Belgium; and England meets France (or Germany).

In July 11 in Madrid, less than one month after the war ended, Argentina and England meet in the World Cup final, with something more important than just a cup or some islands at the stake. If England wins, the argentine Junta is unseated that same night after brutal rioting. If Argentina wins, maybe the Junta could buy some extra time.

(If I want to move the PoD back to the draw in 1981 I could rig the initial groups so Argentina would have to face all three qualified Home Nations teams in three consecutive rounds. Or, since we're at it, have Wales score 4 more goals in its qualifying group, which would have been enough positive goal difference to have them qualify to the World Cup instead of Czechoslovakia, thus putting all four Home Nations in the World Cup for the second time in history. Then again that could butterfly away the entire Falklands war, so... )
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MatthewFirth

Dr. Strangelove said:
That is, if the match even ends and riot police doesn't have to get into the pitch...
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It would probably turn into a Heysel disaster thing. The riots take place before the match, and yet the police would want the game to go ahead to avoid the riots getting heavier.

So the match would go ahead, Argentina wins, and the English fans and players leave quickly in disgust to avoid further problems.
 

GeorgeUK

GarethC said:
I was thinking the same question, but about a Tunisian ref in Mexico City in '86.
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Here goes...

Argentina 0-1 England

This match was a quiet affair throughout the first half, but controversy erupted six minutes into the second half. Diego Maradona attempted to punch the ball into the net, but the referee, Ali Bin Nasser, disallowed the goal. When Maradona reacted with a tirade of abuse, he was shown the red card. The game remained goalless until the 80th minute when Gary Lineker scored his sixth goal of the tournament. Argentina ran and ran, but without Maradona, their final ball was lacking and they were eliminated from the tournament. England would continue to improve throughout the tournament, with Lineker scoring twice more, against Belgium in the semifinals and the decisive goal as England beat an uncharacteristically ordinary German side in the final. Maradona did not learn from his red card, however, and was sent off again in the 1990 World Cup for a similar transgression against Russia.
 

Ironballs

May 11th 2003

Chelsea 1-2 Liverpool (Premier league)

Final weekend of the league season and Liverpool manage to win at Stamford Bridge meaning they finish 4th above Chelsea who drop to 5th. Abromavich was reportedly looking to buy a team that had qualified for the CL and was in a capital city, Chelsea no longer fit the bill so who does he buy instead? A potential massive boost for someone else while Chelsea are reported to be struggling financially.
 

mattep74

1995 UEFA Champions League Final (Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna)
IFK Göteborg - Milan, 1-0.

IFK Göteborg manages to score one more goal against Bayen Münch and then destroyed Ajax in the semifinals

Just as in the groupstagegame against Galatasaray IFK Göteborg was outplayed for most of the game. After 75 minutes Milan had 15 corners and IFK zero. In shots on goals Milan had 8 shots off target and no on target the first 75 minutes. In minute 78 IFK had their first corner of the game. Stefan Rehn took it and it was headed in by Magnus Erlingmark. The rest of the game was a constant barrage by Milan. In the last 10 minutes they had 5 shots on target, but Tomas Ravelli took them all but three that hit the goalposts or crossbar
 

mattep74

Dr. Strangelove said:
Screwing around with the 1982 World Cup schedule so that Argentina has to face every single british team just as the Falklands War has ended:
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In 1982 Scottland and England would have players capable of taking care of Maradona. Remember how he acted when playing against Brazil IOTL 1982 and was sent off. I guess that would happen here also.
 
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