[Official TC Thread] 25th may 1967

Buster · May 25, 2021

SteveyNico67 · May 26, 2021

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While the only statistic that ultimately matters in any game of football is the final scoreline, the match statistics for the 1967 European Cup final do tell of Celtic’s domination, where the scoreline might suggest to anyone who hasn’t seen the game that it was a closely-fo

Celtic had a total of 45 shots, to Inter Milan’s 3, with 16 of those shots on target to Inter’s 3. Celtic also had 29 shots off target which included three which hit the woodwork. Jock Stein’s side enjoyed 64% possession, while they had 10 corners to Inter’s grand total of 0. They also delivered 40 crosses into the Inter penalty area, while their opponents managed just 4. Celtic had 310 successful passes, compared to 224 for Inter, while they only passed back 7 times to the goalkeeper (in the days when keepers could pick up the ball from a passback), while Inter made 20 passbacks.

As Celtic manager Jock Stein famously put it: ‘We did it by playing football; pure, beautiful, inventive football.’
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Those stats: * me

Also that Stein quote? That should be above the tunnel when the players run out. And tattooed onto their eyeballs as a contract signing stipulation.

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[Official TC Thread] 25th may 1967

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