Final Champions League 1966-1967

1966-1967

Celtic a two International

Gemmell, Chalmers Mazzola (pen)

Celtic: Simpson, Craig, McNeill (captain), Clark, Gemmell, Murdoch, Auld, Johnstone, Wallace, Chalmers, Lennox

Inter Sarti, Burgnich, Guameri, Picchi (captain), Facchetti, Bedin, Mazzola, bicycling Domenghini, Caps, Course

For the first time in the history of the competition, an English team entered the finals and Celtic had the honor of the firstBritish side to win.

Inter on the other side was twice winner of the competition and the overwhelming favorite to three-peat.

Rarely can the public have been together so one-sided in favor of a team against the construction of a European Cup final.

With Celtic, a team of players all born within twenty miles from their homeland, a team in an exciting and attacking football, which had collected against such a complex machine Interhas already won two European titles to suck the life out of their opponents, the games reached the final score of a meager nine goals eleven inches

The finish was a real clash of styles. International aligned with their best five men at the bottom, while Celtic were playing 4-2-4 with two wings of attacking the two power forwards in the middle.

The Scots claim their wing players. On one side was Jimmy Johnstone, who would in turn last defender,while the other wing was swift and direct Bobby Lennox.
Inter was the absence through injury of both disabled and Jair Suarez influential, but they were still big favorites, as is the pitch of Lisbon, Estadio Nacional.

Inter the lead after just seven minutes when the dangerous Cappellini was brought down in the penalty area from Celtic right-back Craig.

Mazzola penalty stroke came to the house and the game looked as good as over, even in thisinitial phase of the game.

Celtic balanced when Craig, who gave away the penalty, found space on the right wing, pulled the ball back to the onrushing Gemmell, who was the first ball and scored from 25 meters to go home.

With only six minutes to Gemmell squared the ball from left to Murdoch, whose shot was deflected into net Chalmers.

Celtic hung on a very famous victory turned out that their one and only Scotland's success in thisTournament.