Date: 16-07-1966
Stage: first round
Place: MANCHESTER
Running time: 94 min.
Colour: BW
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9)
Commentary: english
My rating: **
Notes: Coluna,Eusebio,Torres, Asparukhov
MATCH SUMMARY
Saturday, 16 July 1966
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 33,355
Meteo: Sunny, 17°C
PORTUGAL
José Pereira
Alberto Festa
Figueiredo Germano
Vicente
António Simões
Mário Coluna
Hilário
Jaime Graça
José Augusto
Eusébio
José Torres
Coach: Manuel da Luz Afonso (POR)
BULGARIA
Georgi Naydenov
Borislav Gaganelov
Dimitar Penev
Aleksandar Shalamanov
Ivan Vutzov
Dobromir Zhechev
Alexandar D Kostov
Georgi Asparoukov
Dinko Dermendjiev
Dimitar Yakimov
Petar Zhekov
Coach: Rudolf Vytlacil (TCH)
Referee: Jose Maria Codesal (URU)
Goals:
7′, Ivan Vutzov, POR (own goal)
38′, Eusébio, POR
82′, José Torres, POR
Match overview
Portugal claimed a convincing 3-0 win over Bulgaria at Old Trafford. An early own goal by Vutzov gave Portugal the lead, which was extended by goals from Eusébio and José Torres. Bulgaria struggled to create chances as Portugal controlled the match throughout.
Trivia
This match featured Portugal’s second consecutive win in their World Cup debut campaign. Eusébio continued to impress, while Bulgaria’s early own goal set the tone for a challenging match.
