OTD E0156 — 05 Apr 1972: Two Dynamos Behind the Curtain

05 Apr 1972: Dynamo Berlin and Dynamo Moscow met in East Berlin in the first leg of the European Cup Winners’ Cup semi-final, drawing 1–1 in a tie that was about far more than football. This episode traces the road from Hungary’s early-1950s supremacy and the rupture of 1956, through Soviet “state amateurism,” East Germany’s rising football system, and the political meaning of clubs like Dynamo, CSKA and Red Star, before arriving at a packed night behind the Iron Curtain.Ideas: [email protected]