The aim of every game usually falls at winning the trophy allocated for that game and one of such was with this case, I agree the English side dis their very best bit all of that will not be considered anymore because they would have obviously been seen as been in the past at this time meanwhile the winners of the trophy will forever be remembered because they going to be in history books as been able to have won the trophy at a point in time when they contended with an English side and eas able to claim the trophy from them.
Well no, I'm a football fan, I also remember the teams that reached the final because they are objectively very strong like the winners, only those who are not very experienced only remember the winners and ignore the rest, so even the runners-up are remembered.