Leicester City winning the 2015-2016 season of the football Premier League has been discussed rigorously since its occurrence two weeks ago. Even in Slovakia, stories about the miracle from Leicester flooded all the dailies. People love the underdog aspect of this story, which often finds itself connected to Slovakia's own sporting achievements. One of those was perhaps the story of Slovan Bratislava winning the 1969 edition of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup tournament.
When the underdogs win
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This archive picture from May 1969 shows Slovan Bratislava’s captain Alexander Horváth celebrating after Slovan defeated FC Barcelona 3-2 in Cup Winners’ Cup finals in Basel. The team captain isn’t vain; he has no shirt because eager fans tore it off as a souvenir!
The Slovan players who scored the three goals in the final match against Barcelona – from left - Vladimír Hrivnák, Ľudovít Cvetler and Ján Čapkovič posing with the trophy.
The players of Slovan Bratislava ride through the streets of Slovak capital in taxis. Each player got his own.
Crowds of Slovan supporters gather in the streets of Bratislava.
