[CM Story] Closing Eyes in Malaga
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Nothing against Málaga, but I would love to see Depor returning to La Primera. Younger fans might not know, but between 1992 and 2004 this was a team the like of Barça and the Madrid teams truly feared: lots of top 3 spots and the title at the turn of the century.
I agree. I didn't notice at the time, but as a huge fan of Cruyff's Barcelona Dream Team (especially Michael Laudrup), who won four La Ligas in a row, I have since learned that they would actually have lost one of those league titles to Deportivo, if they'd scored a penalty in extra time on the final day of the season. But the penalty was missed, thus only drawing the game (off the top of my head), so Barcelona got a lucky league title there. Seeing this Barcelona side mentioned alongside the best teams in football history, it speaks volumes that Deportivo managed to walk the line with them, in one of the seasons anyway.
A decade later I do recall their great side with a forward duo of Roy Makaay and Diego Tristan. Incredible team they had then, quarter or semi finalists in the champions league too, as far as I recall.
So, I get why you'd want them back in La Liga, and I share the sentiment. So I suppose it wasn't all too bad that I missed my promotion to see Deportivo La Coruña advance in stead.
