The amazing 90th minute
The 90th minute of the last match of the Group Four of the qualifications for the European Championship 1984 in France, between Yugoslavia, the host, and Bulgaria, will be remembered by the amazing turns of luck, since in that very minute three selections were on the threshold of the placement in the Championship, but in the end only one celebrated.
Namely, the teams entered the last minute of the game with the 2-2 score, the result which led the Wales to Paris. In the last attack of Bulgarian team, as many as 3 players were entirely alone in front of the Yugoslav goal, but the Yugoslav goalkeeper Simovic miraculously saved his net. If Bulgarians had scored the goal, they would have qualified for the Championship.
The entire Wales started to celebrate going to Paris, since only a few seconds were left until the end of the match, when a strayed ball was sent into the Bulgarian penalty area. Defender of host team Ljubomir Radanovic ran into and headed home from 5-6 metres promoting Yugoslavia from loser into one and only winner - traveler to the European Championship.
That was the game, which, due to its dramatic nature, especially in the final minutes of the match, literally exhausted not only the participants of the match, but all those who watched it as well.
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