It’s been 20 yrs since Greece won the Euro Cup

economictimes.indiatimes.com:

Greece won the UEFA European Championship, a triumph so unexpected that at least one squad member had to rearrange his wedding around the team’s progress.
The Greek triumph came a few weeks after Porto, led by a charismatic young coach with hair more pepper than salt, lifted the Champions League trophy. That was after Werder Bremen finished the season as champion of Germany and Valencia secured its second Spanish title in three years. The compilation clip might inspire, in older viewers, that bittersweet pang of nostalgia.
Werder Bremen should be able to win the Bundesliga. Porto should be contenders to be champion of Europe. You might not want to watch Greece win the Euros again, but it was nice that it happened. Younger fans, though, may well interpret it differently. They have grown up in an era of dominance and dynasty. The sight of these unfamiliar teams lifting trophies might reinforce their suspicion that soccer is rather better now than it was then.

There are two things worth pointing out in rebuttal. The first is that 2004 was an outlier even by the standards of the time. And the second — albeit with the benefit of hindsight — is that it was a liminal year. The best measure of that came between seasons in a summer of considerable change. In the space of three months, half a dozen of Europe’s major clubs appointed new managers.
To modern eyes, what is most striking is how risky so many of those hires seem now. Inter Milan hired Roberto Mancini, who had won only one honor as a coach. Bayern Munich went