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Soviet football was harmed for a long time by the western referees and UEFA (because the cold war and all that nuclear missiles threat and stuff)...
In that particilar match also I know that the coach Lobanovsky even didn't make to the match, he was bussy making the arrangements for the next match, he was so sure in the success (that what my dad told me)... But we did have great team that years including Belanov, Blokhin (both of them Balloon od'dore winners), Zavarov, Aleinichev, Mihailichenko, Dasaev and others... Very great team, made to the final at euro 88 only to loose to Holland... We did beat them in the group stage earlier 1-0 and were better in the final, but still lost (Belanov missed a penalty and hit the bar). And we beat th italians in the semis, who hosted the tournament.
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