IMAGINE THE scene. It's May 11, 1983, referee Gianfranco Menegali is about to blow his whistle after 120 minutes of rain-soaked Cup Winners' Cup football in Gothenberg's Ullevi Stadium and thousands of fans draped in red and white are ready to explode in celebration, drink to excess and whisper a thank you' to God for granting the wildest prayer they'll ever have.
But those red and white shirted fans have never even heard of the expression fit like', think sheep are best for eating and are starting their fiestas in los bares of Madrid, the city of the beaten team.
They are Los Colchoneros - the mattress makers, as the fans and players of Atletico de Madrid are known in honour of the stripes on their strips. And at that moment nearly 25 years ago an umbilical link was forged between Aberdeen FC and Madrid's second' club.
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