The Blizzard: Milan 2-1 Benfica, 1963
Football Ramble
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🗓️ 22 February 2020
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Today we take a look back at a game of genuine historical importance in European football history. On today’s episode of Greatest Games, in association with The Blizzard, we’re joined by The Independent’s Miguel Delaney to discuss the 1963 European Cup final between Milan and Benfica.
This pivotal moment in the history of the European Cup cannot be understated; it represented two dominant teams at opposite ends of their respective cycles. Milan arrived as purveyors of a free-scoring, but still pragmatic, catenaccio and regarded themselves as significant underdogs. But, with their manager Nereo Rocco’s pre-match antics on the bus helping to lighten the mood, two goals from José Altafini denied Benfica their third consecutive European Cup. This was an early example of modernity in football tactics; a team winning on the strength of a tactical system with eleven components, rather than relying on eleven individuals beating their opposite man.
Miguel's article for The Blizzard about this match is available here: https://www.theblizzard.co.uk/article/ac-milan-2-benfica-1
For more stories from the annals of football history, visit www.theblizzard.co.uk to explore their archives that contain over 700 articles of stories just like this one!
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| 0:00.0 | un |
| 0:29.4 | Assignati questo momento al far più, due a uno per i mili |
| 0:32.9 | Among those who are going to Washington for President Kennedy's funeral |
| 0:36.4 | are the Duke of Edinburgh, Sir Alex Douglas Hume and Mr Wilson |
| 0:41.4 | Family mourners and members of the United States government |
| 0:44.9 | have been filing past the body now lying in state in the White House |
| 0:59.9 | Hello ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Great Is Games |
| 1:01.9 | on Football Rumble Daily in association with the Blizzard |
| 1:04.9 | My name is Marcus Spell, opposite me as always |
| 1:06.9 | Jonathan Wilson and today we have with us Miguel Delaney |
| 1:10.4 | Chief Football writer at the Independent Miguel Pleasure to have you with us |
| 1:13.9 | Thank you, thanks for being here |
| 1:14.9 | Well you've gone for quite a historical game |
| 1:16.9 | 1963 European Cup Final played at Wembley of course |
| 1:19.9 | ended AC Milan 2 Ben Fieker 1. |
| 1:22.4 | Why have you gone for this game? |
| 1:23.9 | Well wasn't quite say I've gone for it |
| 1:24.9 | I say I was bullied into it by the host |
| 1:27.4 | People say this, I don't have an end of it |
| 1:29.4 | I wanted to do the 2010 World Cup Final |
| 1:33.4 | as I was kind of personal to me |
| 1:34.4 | Boring |
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