15 December 1982 was wet and windy at Wembley. It was also stormy for Luxembourg's footballers as they suffered another hammering. This time it was England recording their record European Championship qualifying victory as striker Luther Blissett claimed a hat-trick in a 9-0 mauling.
"At the time we had few or no professional players," he revealed. "That was a big disadvantage. Then in 2001 we created our national football academy, I believe this was the beginning or our success."
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