OTD E0212 — 31 May 1961: Benfica beat Barcelona 3–2 in Bern in the first European Cup final not to feature Real Madrid. This episode traces Madrid’s five year monopoly, Barcelona’s expected succession, Kocsis and Czibor, the square posts of Wankdorf, Mário Coluna’s broken-nose volley, Béla Guttmann’s transformation of Benfica, Eusébio’s strange debut the next day, and the curse that still shadows Lisbon.
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Information
- Show
- FrequencyUpdated daily
- Published31 May 2026 at 05:00 UTC
- Length12 min
- Season1
- Episode212
- RatingClean