The Trapattoni treble has been impossible this century. Indeed, the concept may have been devalued by Uefa because it axed the Cup Winners’ Cup.
But it represented something at the time, to have won each of the European Cup, the Uefa Cup - at times almost a stronger competition then - and the late Cup Winners’ Cup. And only two managers had: the late Udo Lattek, who did so with three different clubs, and the aforementioned Giovanni Trapattoni, who won all three with Juventus and then added further Uefa Cups with Internazionale and Juve.
