In its heyday, Steaua de Bucharest reached the incredible mark of 104 games without losing in the Romanian League. It took place in the second half of the 1980s and is still a European record that is very difficult to achieve. After having equaled Benfica’s record of 56 games without defeat, which came from the time of British John Mortimore, Sérgio Conceição wants to prolong this state of grace. Not out of personal vanity, but because losing doesn’t suit you and dragons are interested in keeping the flame alive to celebrate the title as soon as possible.
Looking at other unbeaten records on the European stage, there is one that holds a special fascination for being just two games away. This is Milan’s 58-game unbeaten streak, achieved between 1991 and 1993 and which is currently the best unbeaten streak by a club in the five main leagues on the old continent. Of course, if we go down in that ‘hierarchy’ we will face Lincoln’s 88 unbeaten games in the Gibraltar championship or Sheriff’s 63 Moldovan games.
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