June 13, 2025 • 58 mins
"The German monster has survived too long" opined Le Soir on 21 June 1984. And that was one of the more sober conclusions.
After the way France's World Cup had ended, schadenfreude was not in short supply when the reigning European Champions went home before the real action started. It was also one of the two games that was shown live in the UK.
Jonathan O'Brien joins Martyn to make sense of Group 2 with a surprise Iberian challenge and a disappointingly restrictive Romania.
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