Friday Quiz: FOREIGN PLAYERS:
While teams once contested the European Cup final with, at most, one or two (officially) foreign players in their side, the Champions League era often sees the finalists with more foreign players than natives in the side. Real Madrid kicked-off in Cardiff in June fielding a Costa Rican, two Frenchmen, two Brazilians, a German, a Croat and some Portuguese bloke. Then Gareth Bale came on.
On that theme ...
I want the team, the year, the foreign association/country and - purely for fun and tie-breaking purposes - as many of the relevant players as you care to name.
1: Only club to start the Final of the European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League fielding no native players.
2 (a): Only club to end the Final with more than half of their players on the pitch from the same foreign association.
(b): the other three times a team has begun the final with four players from one particular foreign association.
While teams once contested the European Cup final with, at most, one or two (officially) foreign players in their side, the Champions League era often sees the finalists with more foreign players than natives in the side. Real Madrid kicked-off in Cardiff in June fielding a Costa Rican, two Frenchmen, two Brazilians, a German, a Croat and some Portuguese bloke. Then Gareth Bale came on.
On that theme ...
I want the team, the year, the foreign association/country and - purely for fun and tie-breaking purposes - as many of the relevant players as you care to name.
1: Only club to start the Final of the European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League fielding no native players.
2 (a): Only club to end the Final with more than half of their players on the pitch from the same foreign association.
(b): the other three times a team has begun the final with four players from one particular foreign association.
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