{"id":4910,"date":"2013-11-08T10:07:04","date_gmt":"2013-11-08T09:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/52.30.207.235\/7-great-sport-rivalries-in-the-80s\/"},"modified":"2013-11-08T10:07:04","modified_gmt":"2013-11-08T09:07:04","slug":"7-great-sport-rivalries-in-the-80s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.footdistrict.com\/en\/7-great-sport-rivalries-in-the-80s\/","title":{"rendered":"7 great sport rivalries in the 80&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we all enjoy the matches between Cristiano and Messi, Nadal and Djokovic or the duels \u00a0between Alonso and Vettel. For this post, I&#8217;d like to remember the greatest rivalries in the 80&#8217;s, with some of the best sportsmen in history.<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"M\u00e1s...\" src=\"http:\/\/footdistrict.com\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<!-- pagebreak --><br \/>\nHere you have my 7 choices:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1-Carl Lewis vs Ben Johnson<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Although Ben Johnson was banned for doping, both of them brought to us epic duels on the 80&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2-Senna vs Prost<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The most loyal rivals. They were teammates, then both egos collided and eventually became friends again.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"SEB COE vs STEVE OVETT &#039;CLASH OF TITANS&#039; 1980s BBC SPORT\" width=\"1160\" height=\"870\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/txkz8VLO3iE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>3-McEnroe vs Borg<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 \u201cIce and fire\u201d, two antagonistic styles but two tennis geniuses. As a result of this rivalry, one of the best matches in tennis history took place, the Wimbledon final on 1980.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"Wimbledon 1980 Final - McEnroe vs Borg 23\/23\" width=\"1160\" height=\"870\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1svs2wWN0ks?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>4-Lakers vs Celtics<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; The greatest NBA rivalry, the LA showtime vs the Celtics sobrity, Bird against Magic, not much to add here.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"The history of the Lakers vs Celtics Rivalry\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kNc8XSof8G0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>5-Karpov vs Kasparov<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; A duel that went beyond the merely sporty. Karpov represented the inmutable communism that ruled the country while Kasparov embodied the change. He was called the &#8220;Child of change&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>6-Juventus vs Napoli<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Both teams incarnated an ancient rivalry. The undeveloped south of Italy against the prosperous north region. With the arrival of Maradona, the Vecchia Signora kneeled down for two years.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"Maradona esquivando patadas de los jugadores de la Juventus y golazo dentro de area!!  INCREIBLE\" width=\"1160\" height=\"870\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FU3xipEm6i8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>7-Coe vs Ovett<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 These two English athletes competed fiercely during this decade, beating each other&#8217;s 800m and 1500m records.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"SEB COE vs STEVE OVETT &#039;CLASH OF TITANS&#039; 1980s BBC SPORT\" width=\"1160\" height=\"870\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/txkz8VLO3iE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we all enjoy the matches between Cristiano and Messi, Nadal and Djokovic or the duels \u00a0between Alonso and Vettel. 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