30 years ago, Bruges humiliated Dortmund

This Wednesday, Club Brugge goes to Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League. The opportunity is beautiful to remember the feat signed on December 9, 1987. Thirty years ago. Club Brugge defeated 3-0 at Dortmund in the UEFA Cup Round of 16 tie toppled back to a 5-0 win. What is crazy is that this season, against the Zenith St. Petersburg, Bruges had recovered two goals in the 32nd finals. Same as next round against Belgrade Red Star. This feat against Dortmund was therefore not the first. But given the strength of the opponent, it was certainly the most incredible.

Hugo Broos played this crazy game. He remembers.

"There were not many people who believed that the situation would be reversed. But more and more, when the match arrived, we started to believe it. Just before the match, on the pitch, we were more and more convinced that we had a great chance to beat them. As we had done in previous rounds. You know it's possible. But on the other hand, you had to score at least four goals. We did it. The circumstances were not good. The ground was frozen … which is never nice to play. But after 90 minutes, it was 3-0 … And in the extension, we still put two. We really dominated Dortmund."

In this match, you score very early by Jan Ceulemans, in the 9th minute. Ideal to launch the feat. And then Leo Van Der Elst puts 3 … It's original.

"Yes, even Franky Van der Elst put one of a shot from afar. If even Franky starts to score … We thought we were really good. After nine minutes, we put the first … That's what we wanted to do. We said before the game: 'Let's try to score early to make them doubt'. We managed to do it. It helped us a little bit."

Today, such a feat seems impossible.

"We also said before the game that normally it was impossible. After the 3-0, in theory, it was over. It was almost impossible too. But in football everything is possible. But today, I feel that it would happen less easily."