Football · 1967 · Lisbon, Portugal
The Lisbon Lions
A Celtic team built entirely from players born within thirty miles of the club's ground overturns Inter Milan's defensive 'catenaccio' system to become the first British club to win the European Cup.
Celtic 2-1 Inter Milan
Result
All born within 30 miles of Celtic Park
Starting XI
First British club to win the European Cup
Distinction
Inter Milan, twice European champions earlier in the decade under coach Helenio Herrera, took an early lead in the 1967 European Cup final at Lisbon's Estádio Nacional through a seventh-minute Sandro Mazzola penalty, then dropped into the deep, disciplined defensive shape, catenaccio, that had made them close to unbeatable in the competition.
Celtic, managed by Jock Stein and built entirely from players born within thirty miles of Celtic Park, kept attacking regardless, forcing shot after shot at an Inter defence that had rarely faced this much sustained pressure. Tommy Gemmell's strike from outside the box levelled the score in the 63rd minute, and Stevie Chalmers turned a Bobby Murdoch shot in from close range to win it in the 84th.
The 2-1 win made Celtic the first British, and first northern European, club to win the European Cup, and the achievement of the entire starting eleven being homegrown, still unmatched by any European Cup or Champions League winner since, earned the team a lasting nickname: the Lisbon Lions.
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