1957 European Cup Final

1957 European Cup Final
Event 1956–57 European Cup
Date 30 May 1957
Venue Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
Referee Leo Horn (Netherlands)
Attendance 124,000

The 1957 European Cup Final was a football match which took place at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid, Spain, on 30 May 1957. It was contested between Real Madrid of Spain and Fiorentina of Italy. Real Madrid won 2–0 after goals from Alfredo Di Stéfano and Francisco Gento in the second half.[1] It was the first of four finals (also counting the Champions League era, followed by the 1965, 1984 and 2012 finals) where one of the teams played in its home stadium, and also the first final where the winning team played at their home stadium.

Controversy surrounded Real Madrid's first goal after Dutch referee Leo Horn ignored his linesman signalling that Enrique Mateos was offside before awarding a penalty for a foul on Mateos that appeared to have been committed outside the penalty area.[2]


Match details

Real Madrid
Fiorentina
GK 1 Spain Juan Alonso
DF 2 Spain Manuel Torres
DF 5 Spain Marquitos
DF 3 Spain Rafael Lesmes
DF 4 Spain Miguel Muñoz (c)
MF 6 Spain José María Zárraga
MF 7 France Raymond Kopa
MF 8 Spain Enrique Mateos
MF 9 Spain Argentina Alfredo Di Stéfano
FW 10Spain Argentina Héctor Rial
FW 11Spain Francisco Gento
Manager:
Spain José Villalonga Llorente
GK 1 Italy Giuliano Sarti
DF 2 Italy Ardico Magnini
DF 3 Italy Alberto Orzan
DF 4 Italy Sergio Cervato (c)
DF 5 Italy Aldo Scaramucci
MF 6 Italy Armando Segato
MF 7 Brazil Julinho
MF 8 Italy Guido Gratton
MF 9 Italy Giuseppe Virgili
FW 10Italy Argentina Miguel Montuori
FW 11Italy Claudio Bizzarri
Manager:
Italy Fulvio Bernardini

See also

References

  1. European Cup 1956/57 from UEFA
  2. Simpson, Paul; Hesse-Lichtenberger, Uli (October 2005). Sleight, Hugh, ed. "50 Things You Never Knew About... The European Cup". FourFourTwo (Teddington: Haymarket Consumer) (134): 101. ISSN 1355-0276.

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