Unfortunately for Rotor , the fall of communism had left all the former Eastern Bloc leagues badly under - resourced compared to their Western counterparts .
Indeed Rotor were knocked out by all four of the French and Italian clubs they played .
Unfortunately for Rotor , the fall of communism had left all the former Eastern Bloc leagues badly under - resourced compared to their Western counterparts , and indeed Rotor were knocked out by all four of the French and Italian clubs they played .