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The 1978 European Cup Final took place at Wembley stadium in London on May 10, 1978. The match was played between Liverpool F.C. of England and Club Brugge K.V. of Belgium. Liverpool won the match 1-0 to win the European Cup for the second season in a row.
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The Final itself was something of an anti-climax. Club Brugge K.V., with two of their most influential players - centre forward Raoul Lambert and midfielder Paul Courant - out injured, and with Liverpool having the overwhelming support from a partisan Wembley crowd, Bruges coach Ernst Happel decided to repeat the tactics he had used so successfully against Juventus. Up against a massed Belgian defence, a below par Liverpool F.C. struggled to create chances, and on the rare occasions that they did, Birger Jensen was yet again in commanding form between the Bruges posts. It was not until the 65th minute that the deadlock was broken. Steve Heighway - who had come on as substitute for Jimmy Case just a minute earlier - combined with McDermott to find Graeme Souness on the edge of the penalty area. Souness chested the ball down and split the Bruges defence with a pass that found Kenny Dalglish free on the right hand side of the box. Dalglish waited for the onrushing Jensen to commit himself before coolly chipping the ball over the goalkeeper and just inside the far post.
Bruges rarely looked like getting an equaliser after that and it was Emlyn Hughes who would raise the European Cup aloft for the second successive season to the roar of tens of thousands of Liverpool supporters who had journeyed down to London for the night. It may have been a disappointing final, but over the course of two seasons Liverpool had shown beyond doubt that they were the top team in Europe. With Hansen, Souness and Dalglish having strengthened the spine of an already powerful team it looked as though Liverpool would only get better.
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