Moni Georgiev, "Tema sport":
Today's September 13th brings us back to a historical event from 1994 year, when CSKA defeated the giants Juventus 3:2 in the first round of the UEFA Cup, but in the end they were left with an official loss.
At that time, the Bianconeri, led by Marcello Lippi, were among the strongest teams in Europe – they finished the season with a double in Italy and the UEFA Cup final, and a year later they triumphed in the Champions League. In contrast, CSKA was in crisis and came after a heavy loss with 0:4 to Spartak Plovdiv.
However, the army team showed their true colors against the “Bulgarian Army“ and achieved a sensational victory. Porini opened the scoring for Juve in the 35th minute, but new signing Petar Mihtarski equalized at the end of the first half. After the break, Milen Radukanov put CSKA ahead in the 70th minute, and five minutes later the young and unknown at the time Alessandro Del Piero scored his first goal in European tournaments. In In the 87th minute, Mihtarski again brought the victory with a wonderful free kick.
However, the euphoria was quickly overshadowed. It turned out that Mihtarski's card file was not in order, as his yellow card had not yet arrived at the club. Juventus filed a complaint and UEFA awarded the Italians a 3:0 official victory.
In the second leg in Turin, Juve won 5:1, thanks to Fabrizio Ravanelli's five goals. CSKA remains with the memory of a great match and victory, which is officially missing from the statistics, but will never be forgotten by the fans.