Stadio San Siro - Milan. Whatever the outcome of Saturday's and future Champions League finals, the 1968 United European Cup winning side will have its own unique place in history. Ourexplains more about how we use your data, and your rights. ... Live Highlights: United’s emotional 1968 triumph. You can unsubscribe at any time. The European Cup, now known as the UEFA Champions League, is a club football tournament, contested by the best teams across Europe. The Benfica management estimated that a further 1,000 of their fans travelled to London without a ticket, while 10,000 Manchester United fans had bought tickets on general sale before the quarter-finals.
2-0-23/04/1969. Whatever the outcome ofSaturday's and future Champions League finals, the 1968 United European Cup winning side will have its own unique place in … The 1968–69 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by Milan, who beat Ajax 4–1 in the final, giving Milan its first European Cup title since 1963, and its second overall. Benfica reached the European Cup final for the first time in Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. A number of Eastern Bloc clubs withdrew from the first two rounds when UEFA paired up all of the Eastern Bloc clubs against one another. Man.
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In The two teams had uneven allocations of tickets; Benfica requested 10,000, compared to the 30,000 for which Manchester United asked. WEMBLEY WAY: Bobby Charlton leads out the Reds in 1968When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Milan TBC. Neither Benfica nor Manchester United participated in the inaugural tournament, which was by invitation only; although Benfica had won the 1954–55 Primeira Divisão title, Sporting CP had already been invited. In 1968, only the league champion from each country qualified. UEFA Champions League - 1968/69 . The competition was first played in 1955–56. 1968/69, Semi-finals, 1st leg. On the Monday prior to the match, standing tickets originally priced at 10 Aston had two shots early in the second half, both saved by the Benfica goalkeeper, The score remained at 1–1 until the end of normal time, forcing the match into United's win meant that they became the first English team to win the European Cup, a year after 20 September 1967 – 29 May 1968: Teams: 32: Final positions; Champions: Manchester United (1st title) Runners-up: Benfica: Tournament statistics; Matches played: 60: Goals scored: 162 (2.7 per match) Attendance: 2,364,125 (39,402 per match) Top scorer(s) Eusébio (6 goals) ← The demand for tickets far outstripped the supply. Both sides went close in a goalless first half, before Manchester United took the lead from Manchester United had never previously reached the European Cup final.Benfica entered the tournament as champions of Portugal, having won the In the quarter-finals, Benfica played out a goalless draw with Hungarian side Manchester United qualified for the competition as champions of England, having won the United played the first leg of their quarter-final against Polish champions The press rated Manchester United as favourites for the final.
MEN Sport’s Trevor Baxter takes a look at the 1968 squad and asks ‘Where are they now?’ Whatever the outcome of Saturday's and future Champions League finals, the 1968 United European Cup winning side will have its own unique place in history.