european Cup Final ( 1977 )

Football match
The 1977 European Cup Final was an association football match between Liverpool of England and Borussia Mönchengladbach of West Germany on 25 May 1977 at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy ( the venue was decided in Bern by the UEFA Executive Committee on 17 September 1976 ). [ 1 ] The collector’s item consequence was the final match of the 1976–77 season of Europe ‘s premier cup competition, the european Cup. Both teams were appearing in their first european Cup final, although the two sides had previously met in the 1973 UEFA Cup Final, which Liverpool won 3–2 on aggregate over two legs.

Each club needed to progress through four rounds to reach the concluding. Matches were contested over two legs, with a equal at each team ‘s home land. Liverpool ‘s victories varied from close affairs to comfortable victories. They beat the previous season ‘s runner-up Saint-Étienne by a single goal over two legs, while they defeated FC Zürich 6–1 on aggregate in the semi-final. Borussia Mönchengladbach ‘s route to the final was more unmanageable ; all but one of their ties were won by a gross profit of fair one finish. Watched by a crowd of 52,078, Liverpool took an early on lead through Terry McDermott, but Allan Simonsen equalised for Mönchengladbach early in the moment half. Liverpool regained the head halfway through the second half with a headed goal from Tommy Smith. A penalty by Phil Neal ensured Liverpool won the match 3–1 to secure their first european Cup. The victory was a year after they had won the UEFA Cup, which meant that Bob Paisley became the first coach to win the UEFA Cup and european Cup in consecutive seasons .

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liverpool [edit ]

Round Opposition First leg Second leg Aggregate score
1st Crusaders 2–0 (h) 5–0 (a) 7–0
2nd Trabzonspor 0–1 (a) 3–0 (h) 3–1
Quarter-final Saint-Étienne 0–1 (a) 3–1 (h) 3–2
Semi-final FC Zürich 3–1 (a) 3–0 (h) 6–1

Liverpool were the reigning UEFA Cup champions, they had beaten belgian team Club Brugge 4–3 on aggregate to win the 1975–76 UEFA Cup. [ 2 ] Liverpool entered the rival as English champions having won the 1975–76 Football League First Division. [ 3 ] They were drawn against the Northern Irish champions Crusaders in the first gear round of golf. The first peg was a home plate link at Anfield, which Liverpool won 2–0 courtesy of a Phil Neal penalty and a John Toshack goal. The second leg away at Seaview, was won 5–0 by Liverpool. Four of the goals were scored within nine minutes of the end of the couple, to make the scoreline seem more unilateral than the equal actually was. [ 4 ] Liverpool won the tie 7–0 and were drawn against turkish champions Trabzonspor in the second gear round. The first leg was played in Turkey at Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium. Liverpool ‘s plan was to try to avoid kill, however that design failed when Trabzonsor were awarded a penalty center through the second half. Trabzonspor converted the subsequent punishment and won the match 1–0. liverpool recovered in the second leg at Anfield. Three goals early in the first one-half think of they won the match 3–0 to win the tie 3–1 on aggregate and progress to the quarter-finals. [ 5 ] Liverpool ‘s opponents in the quarter-finals were the former year ‘s exhaust finalists Saint-Étienne of France. The first base leg was at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard. As in the previous round Liverpool lost the aside peg 1–0. The reappearance leg at Anfield is considered one of Liverpool ‘s most memorable european matches. [ 6 ] Liverpool scored in the second infinitesimal of the match through Kevin Keegan to level the tie. early in the second half Saint-Étienne equalised through Dominique Bathenay. The goal meant that the tie was 2–1 in the french team ‘s favor and due to the away goals dominion, Liverpool needed to score two goals to progress to the semi-finals. Liverpool scored again midway through the irregular one-half to make the score 2–2 on sum. With 18 minutes remaining David Fairclough replaced John Toshack. After 12 minutes on the cant, the “ supersub ” had struck … again. Liverpool went on to win the meet 3–1 and the link 3–2 to progress to the semi-finals. [ 7 ] Liverpool ‘s opponents in the semi-finals were swiss champions FC Zürich. The first base leg at the Letzigrund was won 3–1 by Liverpool, after they had initially gone a goal behind. Liverpool won the second stage at Anfield 3–0 to win the affiliation 6–1 on aggregate and ensure their participation in the final. [ 8 ]

Borussia Mönchengladbach [edit ]

Round Opposition First leg Second leg Aggregate score
1st Austria Vienna 0–1 (a) 3–0 (h) 3–1
2nd Torino 2–1 (a) 0–0 (h) 2–1
Quarter-final Club Brugge 2–2 (h) 1–0 (a) 3–2
Semi-final Dynamo Kyiv 0–1 (a) 2–0 (h) 2–1

Borussia gained introduction to the contest as a result of winning the 1975–76 Bundesliga. [ 9 ] Their confrontation in the first round of golf were austrian champions Austria Vienna. The aside leg at the Franz Horr Stadium ended in a 1–0 kill for Borussia. The recurrence leg at the Bökelbergstadion saw Borussia win 3–0 courtesy of goals from Uli Stielike, Rainer Bonhof and Jupp Heynckes. A 3–1 aggregate victory meant that Borussia would face italian champions Torino in the second round. [ 10 ] Borussia won the inaugural leg away from home plate at the Stadio Olimpico di Torino 2–1. The second leg finished 0–0, which was enough for Borussia to progress to the quarter-finals courtesy of a 2–1 sum victory. [ 10 ] Borussia ‘s resistance in the quarter-finals was belgian champions Club Brugge. The first leg at the Bökelbergstadion saw Borussia concede two goals in the foremost half. however, they scored two goals in the second half courtesy of Christian Kulik and Allan Simonsen to secure a 2–2 pull. Despite this, Club Brugge had the advantage due to them having two away goals. Borussia knew that they had to score in the second branch at the Jan Breydel Stadium to have any chance of progressing to the semi-finals. The first half was scoreless, and with six minutes of the second half remaining Wilfried Hannes scored the goal Borussia needed. The match finished 1–0 and a 3–2 aggregate victory meant they progressed to the semi-finals. [ 10 ] Their confrontation were soviet champions Dynamo Kyiv. The first leg at the Central Stadium was won 1–0 by Dynamo. Borussia again needed to score to stay in the rival. Midway through the second half, Rainer Bonhof scored to make the tie 1–1 on aggregate. With eight minutes remaining and the connect heading for extra time, Hans-Jürgen Wittkamp scored to give Borussia a two-goal lead. The grudge remained the lapp and Borussia progressed to their first european Cup concluding with a 2–1 aggregate victory. [ 10 ]

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drumhead [edit ]

The 1977 concluding was the first gear time Liverpool and Borussia Mönchengladbach had reached the collector’s item match. The clubs had faced each early earlier in the final of a european rival : the 1973 UEFA Cup Final, a match which Liverpool won 3–2 on aggregate. [ 11 ] Despite this being both clubs ‘ beginning european Cup final they had both won european competitions. In addition to their UEFA Cup victory over Borussia, Liverpool had won the former season ‘s UEFA Cup, beating Club Brugge 4–3 on aggregate. [ 12 ] Borussia were successful in the 1974–75 UEFA Cup ; they beat FC Twente of the Netherlands 5–1 on aggregate. [ 13 ] Liverpool entered the match as english champions ; they had won the 1976–77 Football League for a commemorate tenth time by a individual indicate from Manchester City and Ipswich Town. [ 14 ] Liverpool had besides progressed to the final of the 1976–77 FA Cup against Manchester United. Liverpool had the opportunity to win an unprecedented treble of League, FA Cup and european Cup. however, it was not to be as Liverpool lost the FA Cup final 2–1. [ 15 ] Borussia entered the equal as german champions ; they had won the 1976–77 Bundesliga by a single detail from Schalke and Eintracht Braunschweig. [ 16 ] Borussia were aiming to become the second german team to win the European Cup after Bayern Munich had won the three previous finals. [ 17 ] The first opportunity of the couple was for Borussia ; Rainer Bonhof saw his shot come back off the post. In the 24th moment, Borussia musician Herbert Wimmer suffered an wound and had to be replaced by christian Kulik. [ 18 ] Three minutes late Ian Callaghan won the ball in midfield and passed to Steve Heighway on the right wing. Heighway cut inside from a wing and passed into outer space for Terry McDermott who scored the opening goal of the match. [ 19 ] Borussia began to exert more of an influence on the game after Liverpool ‘s goal, however they were unable to equalise before the end of the first one-half. [ 19 ] Seven minutes after the restart Borussia had equalised. A stray Jimmy Case pass was picked up by Allan Simonsen, who advanced towards goal and scored to level the pit at 1–1. Moments later, Liverpool thought they had won a penalty when Kevin Keegan seemed to have been brought down by Berti Vogts, however the referee waved play on. [ 18 ] Five minutes after their goal, Simonsen crossed the ball from the wing, it was met by Uli Stielike whose shoot was saved by Liverpool goalkeeper Ray Clemence. [ 18 ] Two minutes late Liverpool regained the conduct. They won a corner on the left side of the pitch and Heighway delivered the testis into the penalty area. It was met at the about post by Tommy Smith whose header gave Liverpool a 2–1 lead in what was his 600th appearance for the club. [ 20 ] Soon afterwards, Bonhof appeared to have brought Heighway down in the punishment area, but the reviewer again waved play on. [ 19 ] however, in the 82nd hour Liverpool were awarded a penalty when Vogts brought Kevin Keegan down. Phil Neal scored the penalty to give Liverpool a 3–1 lead. [ 21 ] No foster goals were scored and Liverpool won their first gear european Cup. [ 22 ]

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