The Cup final repeated the championship battle: Steaua vs Dinamo. And Dinamo took the upper hand again, beating Steaua 6-4.
Steaua lost twice to the arch-enemy this season. May be the political troubles on everybody’s mind, may be the repetitious nature of the time, but it is very difficult to establish team pictures of this period. Same photos are labeled 1989, 1986, and so on… So, this may be a picture of this season. And also may be not. In any case, Steaua had nothing at the end of season, Hagi or no Hagi. And the minds of Hagi & Co was already on lucrative contracts abroad.
Politics aside, a great season for Dinamo – a double. It was their 7th Cup and 4th double. A memorable season for sure.
To a point, the duel between Steaua and Dinamo was an inside battle of the Romanian national team – half of it played for Steaua, the other half for Dinamo. If Steaua had Hagi, Lacatus, Dumitrescu, Petrescu, Lung, Rotariu, Balint, Stoica, Dinamo had Rednic, Lupescu, Klein, Mateut, Sabau, Camataru, Andone, Lupu, Stelea. As talent goes, pretty much equal squads and since Steaua had the upper hand domestically and international success during the 1980s, it was only just Dinamo broke their dominance at last. At least in the purely football realm it appeared fair.
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