They had a right decent team at the time, and played us off the park for the first 70 mins or so out in Turkey. The 3-2 loss flattered us. Sturm Graz ended up winning the group after we humped them 5-0. We could've still qualified if Big Amo hadn't gone walkabouts to allow Monaco their equaliser. Did anyone else have fond flashbacks of Gio's goal at the Stade Louis watching the Arsenal game last night? http://youtu.be/Z1HeopJk3yY
The Bayern, PSV and Valencia group was a cunt of a draw. We should've done better the year after though with Galatasaray, Monaco and Sturm Graz. We fucked it after winning the first two games.
The money flying around the SPL at the time (1998-2002) was incredible. It wasn't just us, Dundee were even signing players like Caniggia and Ravanelli. Like the recession, the reckless spending eventually caught up and the bubble burst.