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Bayern Munich vs Norwich City was a first leg match in the 1993–94 UEFA Cup second round, played on 20 October 1993. The match was won by Norwich City, who beat Bayern Munich 2–1. The match, "an apparent mismatch", was a huge upset in European football; it has been described as "the pinnacle of Norwich City's history" and it was the only defeat ever inflicted by a British club on Bayern Munich in their Olympic Stadium. That it was Norwich that inflicted the defeat was startling: Norwich were "mere babes at this level", and, according to Norwich player Jeremy Goss, "There's no doubt Bayern assumed it would be easy". The second leg was played on 3 November 1993 and was drawn 1–1, meaning that Norwich won the tie 3–2 on aggregate. They went on to be defeated by eventual champions Internazionale in the third round. == Background == This was Norwich City's only European campaign,〔(Norwich City ) Football Club History Database〕 achieved by virtue of finishing in third place in the inaugural Premier League season, their highest-ever league placing.〔 The European campaign capped Norwich City's "great success in the early Nineties".〔("Sport in my World: Delia Smith" ), Oliver Brown, The Daily Telegraph, 15 September 2006〕 By contrast, Bayern were regular competitors in European competitions. The club had, at the time of the tie, won four European trophies, as well as 12 German titles,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = www.bundesliga.com )〕 and a host of domestic cups. Moreover, Munich were to go on to win the Bundesliga once again that season.〔 Norwich's victory was, by the time that Bayern Munich moved to a new stadium, the only win at the Olympic Stadium by any visiting team in UEFA club football. Norwich striker Chris Sutton's father, Mike, recalls that pundits had predicted an overwhelming win for Bayern Munich: "I remember Alan McInally predicting that Bayern were going to win by about ten."〔(John Sutton seeks glamour tie as Motherwell march on - The Scotsman )〕 The apparent mismatch between the sides led to an expectation of an overwhelming Munich victory. In ''The Times'', columnist Martin Samuel summarised the situation: "The Germans had never lost at home to an English side and Norwich's expedition was regarded as little more than an exotic day out with a football match attached".〔 〕 This perception couldn't help but reach the players, which was to be significant. According to Norwich player, Jeremy Goss, before the match, "everyone around us was saying we would do well to keep it down to three or four nil". Both camps were to respond to this feeling, in a manner that has subsequently been viewed as contributory to the eventual result. In the days leading up to the match, Norwich manager, Mike Walker, remained resolutely optimistic: "Clearly nobody had alerted Walker to the doomed nature of his mission ... the day before the game he was telling anybody who would listen that he fancied it".〔 Walker had focused his attention on an unlikely weak link in Munich's team: Lothar Matthäus was the captain of Germany, a player with a distinguished pedigree in European football. He had won most of the major honours available to him, including the most recent World Cup,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Lothar Matthaus )〕 the Ballon d'Or, and the FIFA World Player of the Year. Yet by now Matthäus was 32 years old,〔(Lothar Matthäus )〕 perhaps past his best.〔 He was no longer playing in the position of midfield in which he had enjoyed so much success for club and country, he was operating for Munich as a sweeper. "With the bravado of a European novice it was Walker's opinion that ... () wasn't good enough. Delightfully, he was right".〔 ''The Independent'' assessed Norwich's tactics as follows: "Walker has introduced a sweeper system and given it a positive face. Three defenders patrol the spaces in front of Ian Culverhouse while Mark Bowen advances to add his control and passing ability to the forward momentum". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bayern Munich v Norwich City」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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