Champions Cup 1968-69

(From 18-09-1968 to 28-05-1969)

 

 

COMPETITION SYSTEM

·          32 teams (domestic champions plus title holder) playing knock-out rounds on a home and away basis.  The aggregate score of both games decides the winner.

·          Ties are resolved with a third game at a neutral venue (or a participant's court, if so agreed).  Should the tie hold after regulation and extra time, a coin toss will decide the winner.  [Note: Exceptionally, only for first and second rounds of the competition, the “away goals double value” rule is applied: if the aggregate score after first and second leg renders a tie, the team that scored more goals away advances (e.g.: TEAM X-TEAM Y [1-0 / 1-2], TEAM X advances).  If this rule cannot be applied and the tie still holds after regulation, an extra time will be played (in which goals don't count for the “away” rule), and lastly a coin toss will decide the winner.]

·          A final game is played at a predetermined venue.

 

[Note: As a novelty in European competitions, introduced from English football, substitutions of two players are allowed in every game. In relation with this new rule, fixed numbers are assigned to the players. Also, fixed match dates are introduced (normally on Wednesdays and leaving two weeks between first and second leg).]

 

 

FIRST ROUND

AEK (Athína) (GRE) - AS La Jeunesse d'Esch (LUX)

3-0

2-3

 

RSC Anderlechtois (BEL) - Glentoran FC (NIR)

3-0

2-2

 

FC Carl Zeiss Jena (GDR) - FK Crvena Zvezda (YUG)

(*)

 

 

FK Dynamo (Kyïv) (USSR) - KS Ruch Chorzów (POL)

(**)

 

 

Floriana FC (MAL) - FC Reipas (FIN)

1-1 (a)

0-2

 

FK Levski (BUL) - Ferencvárosi TC (HUN)

(**)

 

 

Malmö FF (SWE) - AC Milan (ITA)

2-1

1-4

 

Manchester City FC (ENG) - Fenerbahçe SK (TUR)

0-0

1-2

 

1. FC Nürnberg (FRG) - AFC Ajax (NED)

1-1

0-4

 

Real Madrid CF (SPA) - AEL (Lemesós) (CYP)

6-0

6-0 (b)

 

Rosenborg BK (NOR) - SK Rapid (AUT)

1-3

3-3

 

AS Saint-Étienne (FRA) - Celtic FC (SCO)

2-0

0-4

 

CSA Steaua Bucureşti (ROM) - FC Spartak Trnava (CZK)

3-1

0-4

 

Valur (ICE) - SL Benfica (POR)

0-0

1-8

 

Waterford FC (IRL) - Manchester United FC (ENG)

1-3 (c)

1-7

 

FC Zürich (SWI) - Akademisk BK (DEN)

1-3

2-1

 

* FC Carl Zeiss Jena withdrew after the draw.

** After the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Warszaw Pact troops in August 1968, UEFA had to redraw the first round pairings in which Western Europe teams were matched against Eastern Europe teams, because some Western clubs refused to play against their “communist” rivals as a way of political protest.  The original pairings were as follows: Ferencvárosi TC (HUN) - Celtic FC (SCO), FK Levski (BUL) - AC Milan (ITA), FC Zürich (SWI) - FK Dynamo (Kyïv) (USSR), FC Spartak Trnava (CZK) - Malmö FF (SWE), CSA Steaua Bucureşti (ROM) - Akademisk BK (DEN), AS Saint-Étienne (FRA) - KS Ruch Chorzów (POL).  After the redraw, FK Dynamo (Kyïv), KS Ruch Chorzów, FK Levski, and Ferencvárosi TC refused to participate for political reasons.

(a) Played in Valletta.     (b) Played in Madrid (Spain).     (c) Played in Dublin).

 

 

SECOND ROUND

AEK (Athína) - Akademisk BK

0-0

2-0

 

AFC Ajax - Fenerbahçe SK

2-0

2-0

 

Celtic FC - FK Crvena Zvezda

5-1

1-1

 

Manchester United FC - RSC Anderlechtois

3-0

1-3

 

SK Rapid - Real Madrid CF

1-0

1-2

 

FC Reipas - FC Spartak Trnava

1-9 (a)

1-7

 

BYES: AC Milan, SL Benfica.

(a) Played in Wien (Austria).

 

 

1/4 FINALS

AFC Ajax - SL Benfica

1-3

3-1

3-0 (a)

AC Milan - Celtic FC

0-0

1-0

 

Manchester United FC - SK Rapid

3-0

0-0

 

FC Spartak Trnava - AEK (Athína)

2-1

1-1

 

(a) Tie-break played in Paris.

 

 

1/2 FINALS

AFC Ajax - FC Spartak Trnava

3-0

0-2

 

AC Milan - Manchester United FC

2-0

0-1

 

 

 

 

FINAL

STADIUM: Santiago Bernabéu (Madrid)

DATE: 28-05-1969 (20:30 h)

Attendance: 60.000

Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (SPA)

Goals: 1-0 (Prati 7'); 2-0 (Prati 40'); 2-1 (Vasović [p.] 60'); 3-1 (Sormani 67'); 4-1 (Prati 75')

[Incidents: An Ajax fan (Anthonius Cornelis van den Muysenberg, a 66 year old man from Den Haag) died from a heart attack while watching the game in the stadium.]

AC Milan - AFC Ajax
4-1 (2-0)

AC Milan (coach: Nereo Rocco)

Fabio Cudicini

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Angelo Anquilletti

Roberto Rosato

Karl-Heinz Schnellinger

Saul Malatrasi

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Giovanni Trapattoni

Giovanni Lodetti

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Gianni Rivera (c)

Kurt Hamrin

Ângelo Sormani

Pierino Prati

AFC Ajax (coach: Rinus Michels)

Gert Bals (c)

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Wim Suurbier (Bennie Muller 46')

Barry Hulshoff

Velibor Vasović

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Theo van Duivenbode

Henk Groot (Klaas Nuninga 46')

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Ton Pronk

Sjaak Swart

Inge Danielsson

Johan Cruijff

Piet Keizer

 

TOP SCORER: Denis Law (Manchester United FC) - 9 goals

 

 

ROSTERS (FINALISTS)

AC Milan

AFC Ajax

Goalkeepers

1. Fabio Cudicini (20-10-1935) ITA

Villiam Vecchi (28-12-1948) ITA

Pierangelo Belli (29-07-1944) ITA

Defenders

2. Mario Angelo Anquilletti (25-04-1943) ITA

3. Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (31-03-1939) FRG

4. Roberto Rosato (18-08-1943) ITA

5. Saul Malatrasi (17-02-1939) ITA

Luigi Maldera (19-01-1946) ITA

Nello Santin (3-07-1946) ITA

Bruno Baveni (15-12-1939) ITA

Midfielders

6. Giovanni Trapattoni (17-03-1939) ITA

8. Giovanni Lodetti (10-08-1942) ITA

Romano Fogli (21-01-1938) ITA

Roberto Casone (13-02-1951) ITA

Giorgio Rognoni (26-10-1946) ITA

Nevio Scala (22-11-1947) ITA

Forwards

7. Kurt Hamrin (19-11-1934) SWE

9. Ângelo Benedicto Miguel Sormani (3-07-1939) BRA

10. Gianni Rivera (18-08-1943) ITA

11. Pierino Prati (13-12-1946) ITA

Carlo Petrini (29-03-1948) ITA

Lino Golin (31-01-1945) ITA

Angelo Marchi (28-02-1950) ITA

Bruno Mora (29-03-1937) ITA

Néstor Rubén Combín (29-12-1940) ARG

COACH: Nereo Rocco (20-05-1912) ITA

Goalkeepers

1. Gert Bals (18-10-1936) NED

Heinz Stuy (6-02-1945) NED

Defenders

2. Wim Suurbier (16-01-1945) NED

3. Barry Hulshoff (30-09-1946) NED

4. Velibor Vasović (3-10-1939) YUG

7. Ton Pronk (21-05-1941) NED

Ruud Krol (24-03-1949) NED

Midfielders

5. Theo van Duivenbode (1-11-1943) NED

6. Henk Groot (22-04-1938) NED

12. Bennie Muller (14-08-1938) NED

Gerrie Mühren (2-02-1946) NED

Arie Haan (16-11-1948) NED

Forwards

8. Sjaak Swart (3-07-1938) NED

9. Inge Danielsson (14-06-1941) SWE

10. Johan Cruijff (25-04-1947) NED

11. Piet Keizer (14-06-1943) NED

13. Klaas Nuninga (7-11-1940) NED

Ruud Suurendonk (9-07-1943) NED

COACH: Rinus Michels (9-02-1928) NED

 

 

RESUMEN DEL PARTIDO (GAME SUMMARY)

 

La final de la XIV Copa de Europa entre el AC Milan y el AFC Ajax resultó ser una de las más desniveladas de toda su historia, pese a la superioridad holandesa en las gradas. Ya desde el primer minuto se vio claro lo que iba a ser el partido, con un disparo al poste de Prati. Los jugadores holandeses habían salido bastante nerviosos y apenas sabían qué hacer con el balón en los pies. A los siete minutos los rossoneri se adelantaron con un cabezazo de Prati a centro medido de Lodetti desde la izquierda. La superioridad técnica del Milán estaba siendo aplastante. El Ajax era un equipo ingenuo e inmaduro que sólo podía oponer empuje, y ante sus desordenados ataques los italianos respondían con contragolpes mortales. El dominio territorial de los ajacied era engañoso, ya que sus delanteros no hallaban sitio al llegar al área contraria. De esta manera, a punto de llegarse al descanso el Milán logró su segundo gol y dejó prácticamente sentenciado el partido. Fue una bella jugada de Rivera por la izquierda, terminada con un taconazo sobre Prati, quien de un tremendo disparo sorprende a Bals.

 

En la reanudación, ni siquiera el gol del Ajax logrado de penalti pareció cambiar el desenlace de la final. Los delanteros milanistas se mostraban mortíferos, y así fueron cayendo los goles para su equipo: Sormani logró el 3-1 en un avance individual por la derecha que termina con un centro-chut cruzado, mientras que el 4-1 se produce tras una incursión de Rivera, que tras superar a Bals centra para que de nuevo Prati (alias “Pierino la Peste”) rubrique el tanto de cabeza.

 

 

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