On this day, the sixth European Cup was won

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NEWS | 05/11/2020

On May 11, 1966, Real Madrid beat Partizán 2-1 thanks to goals from Amancio and Serena.

The Heysel stadium (Brussels) was the scene of the sixth European Cup in Real Madrid 54 years ago. The white team expanded its legend with a spectacular victory in the final against Partizán. To lift the title, those of Miguel Muñoz They had to overcome Vasovic's initial goal, and they did it with two goals scored by Amancio and Serena.

The first was a genius of the Galician legend, who haggled his marker and beat the goalkeeper with a low shot. The second one did it Serena with a long shot to the boat soon. Real Madrid thus turned the scoreboard in six minutes and lifted the title six years later.

Undefeated at home

On the way to the final, our team won all their matches in the Bernabéu, with Feyenoord, Kilmarnock and Anderlecht as rivals in the first rounds. In the semifinal he eliminated Inter Milan, champion of the two previous editions.

DATA SHEET:
2-Real Madrid: Araquistáin, Pachín, De Felipe, Zoco, Sanchis, Pirri, Velázquez, Serena, Amancio, Grosso and Gento.
1-Partizán: Soskic, Jusufi, Vasovic, Rasovic, Mihajlovic, Kovacevic, Becejac, Bajic, Hasanagic, Galic and Pirmajer.

Goals:
0-1 (min. 55): Vasovic.
1-1 (min. 70): Amancio.
2-1 (min. 76): Serena.

Referee: Rudolf Kreitlein (Germany).
Stadium: Heysel (Brussels).



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