Euro 2008 co-hosts Austria will invoke the spirit of Cordoba against Germany tonight and the prize this time could be more than just a sense of schadenfreude.
At the 1978 World Cup in Argentina, an Austrian team with no chance of qualification beat West Germany 3-2 to take the reigning champions out of the tournament with them.
Thirty years on from that great upset, Austria have a chance to go one better.
A point would be enough for Germany to go through as Group B runners-up behind Croatia but victory for Austria could take them into the last eight at the expense of their old rivals, provided Poland do not beat Croatia by a bigger margin.
A 50,000 crowd will give the Austrians fervent backing in the capital but the cold reality is that Germany, despite a poor performance in their 2-1 defeat by Croatia, remain overwhelming favourites to get the point they need to go through.
That was acknowledged by Austria coach Josef Hickersberger, who played in that famous win in Cordoba - Austria's only victory over Germany at a major tournament.
"You don't often win against Germany, at least not if you are Austria," he said. "You know the statistics. I can't remember when Germany have lost twice in a row."
Germany's goal will be to reproduce the sharp counter-attacking football that took them to a 2-0 win over Poland in their first match. They will be without Bastian Schweinsteiger after his red card against Croatia, and probably full-back Marcell Jansen, who has a shoulder injury.
Lukas Podolski, scorer of all three German goals so far, has overcome an ankle injury and will play. He is likely to shift up to attack alongside Miroslav Klose, with Mario Gomez losing his place after two unconvincing displays.
Key stat
• Austria midfielder Ivica Vastic became the oldest player to score a goal in the tournament finals with his stoppage time penalty against Poland. Vastic was aged 38 years 257 days when he scored the equaliser, overtaking Portugal's Nene who was 34 years 213 days when he scored at Euro 84 against Romania.
Referee: Manuel Mejuto (Spain).
On TV: Austria vs Germany, RaiUno 8.45 p.m.