1968 European Cup Final
Manchester United - SL Benfica
Wembley Stadium, London
May 29, 1968
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)
Relive the atmosphere before the kick-off...
Lineups:
United's star striker Denis Law is unable to play the match because of a knee injury and his absence leave many a Red worried how their team would cope. For back then, in 1968 Benfica is considered the best European team by France Football and possess a forward who is now one of the all-time footballing legends: Eusebio.
Screenshots
An estimated 250 million TV viewers are watching worldwide while it is the biggest television audience since the 1966 World Cup final two years before.
100,000 fans packed Wembley on a searingly hot and humid May Night. As both United and Benfica wore red as a first choice kit, on the night United plays in an all blue away kit.
Busby plays United in a 4-3-3 formation: Best, Kidd and Aston up front, Charlton, Sadler and Crerand in midfield and Foulkes, Brennan, Dunne and Stiles at the back.
Benfica's main plan is to close down George Best, who had destroyed them with a hat-trick two years earlier in Lisbon. However by concentrating on him they leave Bobby Charlton with a free reign. Nobby Stiles' role is to man-mark Eusebio.
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NOTE: release isn't mine. I've searched for weeks and finally I've found it as torrent.
Now I'm re-uploading with direct links for those interesting in this classic match, like me.
The release seems to came from this board and who has done the release can post here to remind that he's the original author
Links (each file=100 MB)
Part1
Part2
Part3
Part4
Part5
Part6
Part7
Part8
Part9
Enjoy!
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