Mark Hughes Hits An Amazing Brace

Mark Hughes

The 1991 European Cup Win­ners’ Cup Final at Fey­enoord Sta­dium in Rot­ter­dam ended with a deserved 2–1 tri­umph for Manchester United as they defeated Bar­celona thanks to an amaz­ing brace from wing wiz­ard Mark Hughes. With the vic­tory, The Reds won the European Cup Winner´s Cup for the first time in the his­tory of the club.

The European Cup Win­ners’ Cup Final turned out to be a per­sonal tri­umph for Wales inter­na­tional Mark Hughes who scored twice against his former employ­ers. In front of a 43,000 crowd, Sir Alex Ferguson´s Manchester United side went into the lead in the 67th minute of the encounter when Steve Bruce headed a Bryan Rob­son free-kick onto Mark Hughes who slot­ted the ball into the back of the net. A mere seven minutes later, the bandy legged flank­man scored his second goal of the even­ing before Hol­land inter­na­tional defender Ron­ald Koe­man reduced the defi­cit with a well taken free kick in the 79th minute of the play. The Catalans pressed hard for an equal­iser dur­ing the clos­ing stages, but the Manchester United play­ers held on to end the cam­paign on a high note.

Bar­celona: Carles Bus­quets, Nando, Jose Ramon Alexanko,Ronald Koe­man, Jose Mari Bakero, Albert Fer­rer, Andoni Goiko­etxea, Euse­bio, Julio Sali­nas, Michael Laudrup, Txiki Begiris­tain Sub­sti­tutes: Ricardo Serna, Jesus Angoy, Sebastian Her­rera, Ant­o­nio Pinilla. Manchester United: Les Sealey, Denis Irwin, Clayton Black­more, Steve Bruce, Mike Phelan, Gary Pal­lister, Bryan Rob­son, Paul Ince, Brian McClair, Mark Hughes, Lee Sharpe. Sub­sti­tutes: Mal Don­aghy, Gary Walsh, Neil Webb, Mark Robins.

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