Beating Real Madrid

Ferguson was rather more than a star pupil. He knew how to behave in the build-up to a match.
It was the final of the Cup Winners' Cup. For this occasion, he instructed his entire staff not to betray a hint of nerves about the prospect of taking on Real Madrid.
The greasy, cloying conditions at the Ullevi Stadium, in Gothenburg, helped Aberdeen to take the lead when McLeish, arriving to meet a corner kick Stranchan had steered to the back of the penalty area, headed powerfully, the ball diverting off a defender to Back, who scored. Then they assisted Real to equalize. McLeish was short with a pass back to Jim Leighton, who brought down Carlos Santillana, conceding a penalty which Juanito converted.
Physically, Aberdenn was too much for Real. McGhee played against Camacho and beat him up most of the night.
In the additional thirty minutes Hewitt had come on for the injured Black, but it was Weir who threatened Real most an suddenly, after a sequence of trickery that beat two opponents, he sent the ball up the left to McGhee, whose power and skill enabled him to plough on and measure a cross that Hewitt met with a diving header into the net. A second before, Ferguson had been cursing Hewitt for having forgotten to 'bend' his run in order to avoid being caught offside or easily policed by the defense, but forgiveness was assured. The Cup-Winners' Cup was won.