PSV [Eindhoven] and Bayern [Munich] knocked us out of two fifa 14 coins buy semi finals, even though we were the better team. ”Not that Butragueno is one to dwell on past disappointments: “When I was 18 I was playing football in school and by the time I was 20 I'd made my debut for the Real Madrid first team. There have certainly been some miracles in my life. ”And it all began 30 years ago today, thanks in part to Di Stefano, who would later define Butragueno as “a guy with goals in his blood”. “Where's the nearest job centre? ” That's what Manchester City manager Kevin Keegan asked assistant Derek Fazackerley, ten years ago to this Tuesday, as he slunk towards the White Hart Lane dressing room at half time.
The two time Ballon d'Or winner's team hadn't registered a league win in 12 games and over three months. During that time they'd been dumped out of the UEFA Cup by Polish unknowns Grodzisk Wielkopolski and eliminated from the League Cup 3 1 by Tottenham Hotspur. Now they were on their way to the same fate, by the same punishers, in the FA Cup but this time in grossly humiliating fashion. City trailed Spurs 3 0 in their fourth round replay, Arni Arason the club's third choice goalkeeper having been powerless to prevent an excellent Ledley King left footer, a sumptuously taken Robbie Keane effort and a patented 25 yard free kick from Christian Ziege. The Mancunians had lost £13m club record signing Nicolas Anelka to injury. They had lost another key player, midfielder Joey Barton, to a red card.
A comeback wasn't even on Keegan's interval agenda. Defeat, and the sack, felt inevitable. “'Where's the nearest job centre? ' I asked Faz, ” the former England striker and manager recalled. “I knew I needed a miracle to survive [the sack]. And any miracle wasn't going to come on the pitch. Three nil down, a man down, without a key, in form striker (Anelka), away from home… it was about damage limitation. I told the players to go out there and play for pride. ”Within three minutes of the restart, City had restored a slice of that pride. Dynamite booted German Michael Tarnat shaped to strike a free kick but instead deceivingly dinked it into the box, catching the Spurs defenders off guard and www.fifacoinsworld.co.uk enabling Sylvain Distin to head home.