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Group D, Matchday 4
1 November 1995
The prospect of Real Madrid visiting Hungary for a competitive European fixture felt like a dream, and securing tickets more valuable than winning the lottery. Being a kid at the time, I remember the extraordinary buzz preceding the encounter. Fradi versus Madrid was the talk of the school, the shops, the park, the streets – the whole town.
There was something magical in the air that night and we all felt it. Despite having conceded six goals at the Bernabéu a couple of weeks prior, everybody was talking about winning before kick-off. Head coach Dezső Novák’s pre-match speech echoed those sentiments. The stadium was electric, with 17,000 people singing in unison from start to finish. It felt like the encore of a rock concert – only this lasted for 90 minutes.
