 Vanyori vakakurumbira venguva iyi vaisanganisira mutambi akura iye zvino Adelardo uye vanorova zvibodzwa nguva dzose Luis Aragonés, Javier Irureta naJosé Eulogio Gárate, wekupedzisira kuhwina Pichichi katatu muna 1969, 1970 na1971. Mumakore ekuma1970, Atlético yakatorawo vatambi vanoverengeka veArgentina, kusaina Rubén Ayala, Panadero Díaz naRamón Cacho Heredia pamwe nemurairidzi Juan Carlos Lorenzo. Lorenzo aidavira kuranga, kungwarira uye kuvhiringidza mutambo wevadzivisi, uye kunyange zvazvo vaipokana, nzira dzake dzakaratidza kubudirira - mushure mekukunda La Liga muna 1973, kirabhu yakasvika 1974 European Cup Final. Pavaienda kuFinal, Atlético yakadonhedza Galatasaray, Dinamo București, Red Star Belgrade uye Celtic. Mumutambo we away we semi-final vachipesana ne Celtic, Atlético yakaita kuti Ayala, Díaz uye mutsivi Quique vese vadzingwe panguva yekurwisana kwakaoma mune zvakataurwa seimwe yenyaya dzakaipa kwazvo dzekukanganisa kwakakanganiswa nemutambo uyu. Nemhaka yekushushikana uku, vakakwanisa 00 dhizaini, iyo yakateverwa ne 20 kukunda mumutambo wekudzoka nechinangwa kubva kuna Gárate naAdelardo. Zvisinei, mutambo wokupedzisira paHeysel Stadium wakarasikirwa neAtlético. Kurwisana nechikwata cheBayern Munich chaisanganisira Franz Beckenbauer, Sepp Maier, Paul Breitner, Uli Hoeneß naGerd Müller, Atlético yakatamba pamusoro pavo. Pasinei nokurasikirwa naAyala, Díaz naQuique nemhaka yokumiswa, ivo vakatungamira munguva yokuwedzera kwasara maminitsi manomwe chete. VaAragonés vakahwina nebhora rakanaka kwazvo, rakapetwa rakapetwa raitaridzika semukundi, asi muminiti yekupedzisira yemutambo, mudziviriri weBayern Georg Schwarzenbeck akaenzana nebhora rinoshamisa remayadhi makumi maviri nemashanu iro rakasiya muchengeti weAtlético Miguel Reina asingafambi. Mumutambo wokudzokorora kuHeysel mazuva maviri gare gare, Bayern yakakunda zvinogutsa 40, nezvibodzwa zviviri kubva kuna Hoeneß naMüller. 