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The 1983-84 UEFA European Cup Semi-Final between Liverpool of England and Dinamo Bucharest of Romania was one of two association football ties that made up the penultimate round of the 1983–84 European Cup, Europe's primary club football competition. Liverpool, who had won the competition three times, were appearing in their fifth semi-final, while it was Dinamo Bucharest's first and only appearance at this stage of the competition. The other semi-final in the competition that year was contested between Dundee United and Roma. Liverpool won the tie 3–1 on aggregate, and went on to be crowned European champions after beating Roma in the final. The tie has been described as one of Liverpool's "finest hours", in the face of "bitterly effective opposition" from Dinamo. A number of Liverpool players who played in the games have since written at length about the physical aspects of the tie; in his 2009 autobiography Ian Rush wrote, "our games against Dinamo were the most brutal of my entire career", while in his autobiography Kenny Dalglish wrote, "I can honestly say that I have never been in such a war zone as this confrontation with Dinamo Bucharest". The tie consisted of two legs – the first held at Anfield in Liverpool on 11 April 1984, and the second two weeks later at 23 August Stadium in Bucharest. The matches are remembered for their highly physical and confrontational nature, which climaxed in the Liverpool player Graeme Souness being subjected to repeated severe abuse and intimidation before and during the second leg, after he had punched the Bucharest captain Lică Movilă in the first match at Anfield, causing the Romanian to "go down like a bag of spanners". Souness withstood the various forms of intimidation, however, and was given the man-of-the-match award in Bucharest. In 2010 ''The Times'' wrote, "Souness is still remembered in the Romanian capital for a display of incredible grit and fortitude in the face of naked hostility from the players of Dynamo Bucharest, who were hell-bent on exacting revenge on the Scotsman for an uppercut that broke their own captain's jaw". In 1991 Peter Kilfoyle, the Member of Parliament for Liverpool Walton, commended Souness's actions during the away leg in Bucharest and recommended that he be awarded a George Cross. ==Background== The 1983-84 season arguably marked the height of Liverpool's dominance in domestic and European football. The club was attempting to win its fourth European Cup in seven seasons, and were also the reigning English champions, having won the English league during the 1982–83 season, which meant that they qualified for the 1983–84 European Cup. They had also already won the League Cup earlier in the season, and were on course for an unprecedented treble of trophies under new manager Joe Fagan, who had succeeded Bob Paisley at the start of the season. Over two legs Liverpool had beaten Odense, Athletic Bilbao, and Benfica to progress to the semi-final. Dinamo Bucharest gained entry to the competition by winning the 1982–83 Romanian football Liga I championship and thus becoming Romanian champions. They had defeated Kuusysi, Hamburg (the defending European champions) and Dinamo Minsk to reach the semi-final. It remains Dinamo Bucharest's only appearance at this stage of the competition. 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「Liverpool vs. Dinamo Bucharest, 1984 European Cup Semi Final」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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