Aberdeen veterans recall how their 1979 defeat by Eintracht Frankfurt helped mould Alex Ferguson's side into future kings of Europe.
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The game came early in what was the second season of Sir Alex Ferguson's glory-laden spell as he began to mould a side that would be crowned kings of Europe in 1983.Willie Miller, captain & defender: "I think Alex Ferguson was really getting true confidence in himself and the team maybe getting confidence in Alex as well. It was a two-way thing. We always thought at that time we could beat anyone."
Aberdeen were looking to make home advantage count in the first leg. However, the Germans took the lead after just 12 minutes through South Korean striker Cha Bum-kun."It was frightening at times trying to deal with him. He was the one that really caused us an awful lot of problems with his directness, with his pace, maybe a little bit like Duk is now for Aberdeen. When he got the ball, he just wanted to get the head down, he wanted to take you on for pace and we struggled to control him.
"We realised from the first game that Cha Bum-kun was a handful, so we knew it was a good team, but we had played and controlled other good teams."
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