ASSE 1-0 PSV Eindhoven - 8e de finale aller de la Coupe d'Europe 1976-1977

Wednesday, October 20, 1976 Barely six months had passed since the last encounter between the French side AS Saint-Étienne and the Dutch side PSV Eindhoven. It was also in the European Cup, but at the time, the two clubs were vying for a place in the final. This Wednesday evening in October, they were playing "only" to reach the quarterfinals. In the previous round, Les Verts (Saint-Étienne) battled hard to eliminate CSKA Sofia (0-0, 1-0), while the Dutch side easily dispatched the Irish team Dundalk (1-1, 6-0). Of the eight matches in this round, this ASSE-PSV clash was the most prestigious: one of the favorites was about to fall. And it would be PSV Eindhoven again, seemingly cursed in Saint-Étienne, with this narrow 1-0 defeat. Piazza's goal was enough for Saint-Étienne, who once again secured a 0-0 draw at the Philipsstadion in a rematch of the 1976 semi-final. A nightmare scenario for the little green men! The scoreline was the same in the previous encounter between the two clubs at Geoffroy-Guichard:    • ASSE 1-0 PSV Eindhoven - Demi-finale aller...   In the return leg, a heroic Curkovic kept a clean sheet:    • PSV Eindhoven 0-0 ASSE - Demi-finale retou...   The two clubs would meet again, this time in the UEFA Cup (now the UEFA Cup), in 1979. Another nightmare for PSV:    • ASSE 6-0 PSV Eindhoven - 16e de finale ret...   In the next round, Saint-Étienne faced the mighty Liverpool and won by the same scoreline:    • ASSE 1-0 Liverpool - Quart de finale aller...   Then came the return leg at Anfield Road and the end of Saint-Étienne's epic run. :    • Liverpool 3-1 ASSE - Quart de finale retou...   https://www.asse-stats.com/match-20-o... Images Espn Classic Sports