Diego Gavilan, Gustavo Morinigo and Juan Carlos Franco came on in the second half as coach Cesare Maldini urgently felt the need for younger legs in the midfield.

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When King Juan Carlos came to the throne in 1975, after Franco's death, he proved not just ready to live with democracy but its stout champion when some military ninnies in 1981 tried to kill it again.

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Franco ordered the incident to be covered up, though neither Don Juan nor his son denied subsequent claims that Juan Carlos's finger was on the trigger when the fatal shot was fired.

ECONOMIST: Modern Spanish history