1980 European Cup Winners' Cup Final (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The 1980 European Cup Winners' Cup Final was a football match contested on 14 May 1980 between Valencia of Spain and Arsenal of England. The final was held at Heysel Stadium in Brussels, Belgium. Valencia won the match 5-4 on penalties. It was the 20th European Cup Winners' Cup Final and the only time that the winner of the tournament was decided by a penalty shootout. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball. At the turn of the 21st century, the game was played by over 250 million players in over 200 countries, making it the world's most popular sport. The game is played on a rectangular field of grass or green artificial turf, with a goal in the middle of each of the short ends. The object of the game is to score by driving the ball into the opposing goal.