UK: MANCHESTER UNITED DEFEAT RAPID VIENNA 3-0 IN EUROPEAN FOOTBALL CUP QUARTER-FINAL MATCH IN MANCHESTER

Record ID: 337342

  • Title: UK: MANCHESTER UNITED DEFEAT RAPID VIENNA 3-0 IN EUROPEAN FOOTBALL CUP QUARTER-FINAL MATCH IN MANCHESTER
  • Date: 26th February 1969
  • Summary: 1. TV & MV RAPID KICK OFF (2 SHOTS) RAPID VIENNA PLAYING LEFT TO RIGHT 0.05 2. TV MID PLAY INTO MANCHESTER HALF 0.27 3. MV CROWDS 0.29 4. TV PLAY INTO RAPID HALF, BEST SCORES MANCHESTER'S 1ST GOAL 0.45 5. MV BEST BEING CONGRATULATED 0.51 6. LV CROWDS CHEERING 0.54 7. MV & LV START OF 2ND HALF (MANCHESTER PLAY FROM LEFT TO RI
  • Embargoed: 13th March 1969 13:00
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  • Location: MANCHESTER, UK
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  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Reuters ID: LVA2XBVPFHU1EOSIMIVOIG89F1NX
  • Story Text: MANCHESTER UNITED, THE REIGNING EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS, TOOK A DECISIVE STEP TOWARDS THE SEMI-FINALS OF THIS YEAR'S COMPETITION WHEN THEY DEFEATED RAPID VIENNA 3-0 IN A FIRST LEG QUARTER-FINAL MATCH IN MANCHESTER TONIGHT (WEDNESDAY).

    UNITED PLAYING FROM RIGHT TO LEFT IN THE FIRST HALF, ATTACKED RAPID VIENNA'S NINE-MAN DEFENCE THROUGHOUT THE MATCH AND THRILLED THE 63,000-STRONG CROWD. THE MANCHESTER MEN SHOWED NO LOBS OF FORM ALTHOUGH THEY WERE IN ACTION ONLY 48 HOURS AFTER BEATING BIRMINGHAM CITY 6-2 IN AN ENGLISH CUP TIE.

    A FIRST HALF OF UNRELENTING UNITED PRESSURE BROUGHT LITTLE REWARD UNTIL A MINUTE BEFORE THE INTERVAL WHEN GEORGE BEST SCORED UNITED'S FIRST GOAL AFTER RAPID DEFENDER GEBHARDT HAD SMASHED THE BALL AGAINST HIS OWN GOAL POST.

    UNITED ATTACKED AGAIN IN THE SECOND HALF, THEY REDOUBLED THEIR EFFORTS AND SCORED THROUGH MORGAN AND BEST AGAIN.

    THE WORK OF UNITED'S INTERNATIONAL STARS GEORGE BEST AND BOBBY CHARLTON WERE MAJOR FACTORS IN RAPID'S DEFEAT AND ONLY THE BRILLIANCE OF AUSTRIAN GOALKEEPER FUSCHSBICHLER PREVENTED A HEAVIER DEFEAT.

    RAPID, WHO HAD DEFEATED REAL MADRID IN THE PREVIOUS ROUND, MEET UNITED IN VIENNA FOR THE RETURN LEG ON MARCH 5.
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