Coupe des Clubs Champions 1970 1971 Everton Monchengladbach

Match Retour
4 novembre 1970
Goodison Park Liverpool

GERM

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The League championship triumph had brought European Cup football back to Goodison, though this time Everton were determined not to repeat their opening-round exit of 1963, when they were dis- missed by Inter Milan. Fortunately the draw was favourable, although it meant a long journey north to face the Icelandic champions Keflavik, one of the weaker teams in the tournament. With a 6-2 win from the home leg, however, there was little doubt that they would go into the draw for the next round. In Iceland they added a further three goals, but faced far tougher opposition in the second round, when they drew the accomplished German champions Borussia MônchenGladbach. The first leg, in Mônchenladbach’s compact modem stadium, ended in a 1-1 draw, with Howard Kendall’s vital away goal giving them more than a sporting chance for the return. But their opponents were not short of quality players, and in Berti Vogts, Gunter Netzer and Jupp Heynkes they had experienced German inter- nationals who knew their way around Europe’s great stadiums.

On a rain-sodden November evening, in front of a 42,000 crowd, Everton sensationally opened the scoring after only 23 seconds, when an innocent- looking cross from Johnny Morrisey was fumbled into the goal by the German keeper, although he later compensated for that blunder with a sériés of world- class saves. In the thirty-fourth minute the Germans equalised, again as a resuit of a goalkeeping error, when Andy Rankin failed to hold the greasy bail, allowing Laumen to tap in the rebound. From then on it was end-to-end soccer, yet despite ail the chances that was how the score remained after extra time and the two teams faced the drama of a penalty shoot-out. It was probably the first-ever penalty shoot-out seen at Goodison, and those who suffered the unbear- able tension would probably not wish to see it repeated. Joe Royle, the deadliest striker of a bail in the First Division, began by missing, and it was finally left to Andy Rankin to save Everton from another early exit. With the score at 4-3 in Everton’s favour, Rankin flung himself full length to save magnificently from Müller, and Everton had earned themselves a tie with Panathinaikos.