Romania and Bulgaria fit nicely into the "when they had a good football team" story with their World Cup performances in 1994, and in 1998 for Romania to a certain extent.
On the other hand Spain were not very good, for a very long time. Before the Euro win in 2008 and World Cup win in 2010 and their Euro win in 2012 they were the perennial underachievers. They had the talented players but could never get their act together.
France '98 was the perfect example. They were unbeaten in qualifying and had stars in their team who had just won the Champions League with Real Madrid.
But in their opening match they were beaten in a thriller by Nigeria and ended up going home in the first round. The same old story, but that match against the Nigerians was a bit of a classic, finished off with a cracking winner.
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