16 Mai 1973
Kaftanzoglio Stadium Thessaloniki
With
the Wembley defeat by Sunderland still dogging them, rumours that Don
Revie was to leave the club, the suspensions of Allan Clarke and Billy
Bremner and an injury to Johnny Giles, it was a deflated and depleted
Leeds United who prepared to contest the European Cup-winners' Cup Final
in Salonika against the might of AC Milan. Thunder and heavy rain
greeted the teams as they stepped out into the new Kaftatzoglio Stadium
in northern Greece. It was to prove an appropriate backcloth for an
infamous match. After only four minutes, the referee curiously penalized
Paul Madeley for an infringement and Luciano Chiarugi saw his free-kick
clip a United defender and brush one of his own forwards before hitting
the base of a post and going in.
Once in front, the Italians retreated to their own penalty area and did not appear to mind how they stopped Leeds as referee Christos Michas ignored a succession of fouis, much to the anger of both the Leeds and Greek supporters in the crowd. Mick Jones and Peter Lorimer were both flattened in the penalty area, a Paul Reaney cross was blatantly handled by Romeo Benetti and a host of shots and headers ail went desperately close. United's frustration finally boiled over minutes from the end when Norman Hunter was hacked down from behind by Gianni Rivera and retaliated. In the confused mĂȘlee which followed, Hunter and one of the Italians, Sogliano, were ordered off. It was a bitter end to a bitter season.
Once in front, the Italians retreated to their own penalty area and did not appear to mind how they stopped Leeds as referee Christos Michas ignored a succession of fouis, much to the anger of both the Leeds and Greek supporters in the crowd. Mick Jones and Peter Lorimer were both flattened in the penalty area, a Paul Reaney cross was blatantly handled by Romeo Benetti and a host of shots and headers ail went desperately close. United's frustration finally boiled over minutes from the end when Norman Hunter was hacked down from behind by Gianni Rivera and retaliated. In the confused mĂȘlee which followed, Hunter and one of the Italians, Sogliano, were ordered off. It was a bitter end to a bitter season.
Don
Revie brushed aside talk that AC Milan, a point ahead of Juventus and
Lazio at the top of the Italian league, would be more concerned with
winning the national championship than the Cup Winner's Cup: 'Milan will
want to win this cup first and win the title after-wards.' For Leeds,
Mick Bates, Joe Jordan, Frank Gray and Paul Madeley stood in for
Bremner, Clarke, Giles and Eddie Gray. To add to Revie's problems, Giles
failed a fitness test on a hamstring strain. A minor source of
encouragement was the raucous support of a 45,000-strong crowd at the
new Kaftatzoglio Stadium. Jack Mansell, a former Rotherham United
manager then in charge of one of Salonika's three Greek First Division
sides, told the press that the locals were 'Leeds United daft.
There was tremendous disappointment here when they lost the FA Cup Final,' he added, rather improbably. 'Ail my players are Leeds fans and three of my players actually cried.' A thunderous deluge greeted the teams as they took the field. It provided a fitting backcloth to a tempestuous match, remembered now mainly for the scandalous performance of referee Christos Michas. (The Unforgiven book libre a ce livre d'avoir le seum)
There was tremendous disappointment here when they lost the FA Cup Final,' he added, rather improbably. 'Ail my players are Leeds fans and three of my players actually cried.' A thunderous deluge greeted the teams as they took the field. It provided a fitting backcloth to a tempestuous match, remembered now mainly for the scandalous performance of referee Christos Michas. (The Unforgiven book libre a ce livre d'avoir le seum)
AC Milan:
Vecchi; Sabadini, Zignoli, Anquilletti, Turone, Rosato(Dolci), Sogliano, Benetti, Bigon, Rivera, Chiarugi.
Leeds United:
Leeds United:
Harvey; Reaney, Cherry, Bates, Yorath, Hunter, Lorimer Jordan Jones F.Gray(McQueen), Madeley.
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