The Euros Begin with a 5–4 Thriller

OTD E0248 — 06 Jul 1960: France and Yugoslavia play the first match in European Championship finals history, and the new tournament opens with chaos. This episode traces Henri Delaunay’s long campaign for a European national-team championship, the first European Nations’ Cup, France’s missing 1958 stars, Yugoslavia’s state-socialist football culture, Galić’s first EURO finals goal, France leading 4–2, Yugoslavia scoring three in five minutes, the Soviet final, France’s 1984 redemption, and Yugoslavia’s long football what-if.Ideas: [email protected]