First of all, let's explain the meaning of revenge in the final. In an event, two teams meet twice in the finals in a short period of time, and the team that loses the first time wins the second time, this is the final revenge. So, how short should it be? There is no conclusive conclusion, but at least, the lineups of the two teams must not be earth-shattering, at least the core players must intersect. To take a negative example, Argentina beat Brazil 1-0 in the Copa America final in '21, and the last time the two teams met in the Copa America final was back in 2007, when Brazil beat Argentina 3-0. On the surface, Argentina did get their revenge in the final, but the problem is that 14 years have passed since the two Copa Americas, and the players on both sides have almost zero overlap. In other words, the players who participated in the 2007 final are almost extinct in the 2021 final. Therefore, this is not Argentina's final revenge.
In fact, with the strength and status of Argentina and Brazil in South American football, the number of Copa America finals they will play in is not limited to these two times? Obviously, we can't count the revenge of the final that is too far apart in today's topic. However, the Copa America has a long history, and in the early years, there were indeed stories of revenge in the final of the final in a short period of time, such as the 1926 Copa America final, Uruguay defeated Argentina, and the 1927 Copa America final, Argentina completed revenge on Uruguay. However, these stories have become a bit vague due to their age, and the America's Cup at that time, to be honest, was not very formal.
Today we are mainly looking at the World Cup and the Champions League. According to the previous standards, these two events each have a classic success story of revenge in the final.
Let's start with the World Cup. In the 80s, German football was at its peak, reaching three consecutive World Cup finals, and two of them met Argentina. In the 1986 World Cup final, Germany became the backdrop for Maradona's ascension to the throne, and four years later, in the 1990 World Cup final, Germany finally completed its revenge and defeated Argentina to win the championship. In the 1986 World Cup, the core of Argentina was Maradona, and the same was true in the 1990 World Cup. And Germany was also at the helm of Mateus, Worrall and others in those years.
In comparison, the 1986 World Cup final was better-looking, more classic and scored more goals. However, from the perspective of revenge, in the final of the 1990 World Cup, Germany completely crushed Argentina, and the score of 1:0 did not reflect the real difference.
Look at the Champions League again. The Champions League example is much closer to us, and there isn't a long gap between the two finals. In the 04-05 season of the Champions League, AC Milan and Liverpool will meet in the final, which is a game with little suspense, after all, Liverpool's strength at that time is really not comparable to Milan. But what happened in that game, I don't need to say more, otherwise the Milan fans will blame me for the whip. The focus is on the Champions League final in the 06-07 season, where the two teams reached the final again. This time Liverpool has strengthened and the game is not as passive as last time. However, the two sides played in a normal situation, and Milan still had a slight advantage, with a score of 2:1 not only allowing them to successfully win the title, but also allowing them to complete their revenge on Liverpool.
Compared with the quadrennial World Cup or the European Cup, the Champions League is held every year, and the competition density is very large. But in the history of more than 60 years, there has only been such a story of revenge in the final, which is indeed surprising. It can be seen how fierce the competition is in the Champions League. And the two finals between Milan and Liverpool have also become eternal classics.