1972 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final
- 1972 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final
The 1972 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final was contested between Rangers F.C. and Dynamo Moscow on 24 May 1972. The match was played at the Camp Nou in Barcelona where Scottish team Rangers defeated their Soviet opponents 3–2. This was the first time a Soviet team had reached a European final and the players could have been awarded the coveted title Master of Sport, had they won in Barcelona.[cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/sportscotland/asportingnation/article/0047/print.shtml |title= Rangers triumph in Europe 1972 |publisher=BBC Sport |accessdate=2007-08-16 ] ]Match summary
First half
Favourites Rangers had a two goal lead by half time with goals from Colin Stein and a header from Willie Johnston.
econd half
Rangers went 3–0 up minutes into the second half as Willie Johnston scored his second. Dynamo Moscow came back into the match when with thirty minutes left for play Eshtrekov scored. They continued to pressure Rangers and scored again with three minutes left with a goal from Makhovikov. Rangers held on to secure their only trophy in Europe in front of 24,000 people.
Pitch invasion
The end of the contest was overshadowed by a pitch invasion of Rangers support celebrating the famous win which resulted in the cup being awarded behind closed doors. Rangers lost the possibility to defend the trophy as they were handed a two year ban from European competition following their fans behavior, which was later reduced to a one year ban. This was the first time in the history of the competition that the winners have been banned from playing the following year, the second being Everton, who were unable to defend their title in 1985-6 because of UEFA's ban of English clubs. [cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/sportscotland/asportingnation/article/0047/print.shtml |title= Rangers triumph in Europe 1972 |publisher=bbc.co.uk | accessdate= 16 August |accessyear=2007] ]Match details
footballbox
date = 1972-05-24
team1 = Rangers flagicon|SCO
score = 3 – 2
team2 = flagicon|URS Dynamo Moscow
goals1 = Stein goal|23
Johnston goal|40 goal|49
goals2 = Eshtrekov goal|60
Makovikov goal|87
stadium = Camp Nou, Barcelona
attendance = 24,701
referee = José Maria Ortiz de Mendebil flagicon|ESP
ee also
*UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1971-72
References
External links
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/ec2.html UEFA Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]
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