We won our first UEFA Cup 38 years ago | OneFootball

It is 38 years since Real Madrid's first UEFA Cup. It was on 22 May 1985 that our team lifted the title at the Santiago Bernabéu against Hungarian side Videoton. In the first leg, the Madridistas put the final on the right track with a 3-0 win thanks to goals from Míchel, Santillana and Valdano. The deficit was enough to win the title despite losing 1-0 in the return leg.

On the road to the final, Madrid knocked out Wacker Innsbruck, Rijeka, Anderlecht, Tottenham and Inter Milan. It was a historic competition that saw three unforgettable comebacks at the Santiago Bernabéu. The first was a 3-0 win over Rijeka after a 3-1 first leg defeat. The second, even more spectacular, after turning around a 3-0 first leg deficit against Anderlecht with an emphatic 6-1 win. And the last one, in the semi-finals, when they overturned a 2-0 lead in Milan against Inter (3-0). On an individual level, Santillana was the team's top scorer with 5 goals.

FIRST LEG (8/5/1985) 0-Videoton: P. Distzl, Borsanyi, L. Distzl, Csuhay, Horvath, Palkovics, Vegh, Wittmann, Vadasz, Novath (Gyenti, 62’) and Burcsa. 3-Real Madrid: Miguel Ángel, Chendo, Camacho, Sanchís, San José, Míchel, Gallego, Stielike, Valdano, Butragueño (Juanito, 80’) and Santillana (Salguero, 86’).

Goals: 0-1 (min. 32): Míchel. 0-2 (min. 77): Santillana. 0-3 (min. 89): Valdano.

SECOND LEG (22/5/1985) 0-Real Madrid: Miguel Ángel, Chendo, Camacho, Sanchís, San José, Míchel, Gallego, Stielike, Valdano (Juanito, 58’), Butragueño and Santillana (Salguero, 86’). 1-Videoton: P. Distzl, Vegh, Csuhay, L. Distzl, Horvath, Burcsa, Csongradi (Wittmann, 58’), Vadasz, Majer, Szabo and Novath (Palkovics, 52’).

Goal: 0-1 (min. 87): Majer.