Date: 28-07-1966
Stage: 3rd place final
Place: LONDON
Running time: 97 min.
Colour: BW
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9,5)
Commentary: MULTI: english/portuguese/russian
My rating: **
Notes: Eusebio,Coluna,Torres,Simoes, Jashin,Voronin
MATCH SUMMARY
Thursday, 28 July 1966, 19:30
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 87,696
Meteo: Partly cloudy, 17°C
PORTUGAL
José Pereira
Baptista
Alberto Festa
José Carlos
António Simões
Coluna (captain)
Hilário
Jaime Graça
José Augusto
Eusébio
José Torres
Coach: Manuel da Luz Afonso (POR)
USSR
Lev Yashin (captain)
Vasili Danilov
Vladimir Ponomaryov
Murtaz Khurtzilava
Alexei Korneyev
Georgi Sichinava
Valeri Voronin
Anatoli Banishevski
Eduard Malofeyev
Slava Metreveli
Viktor Serebryanikov
Coach: Nikolai Morozov (URS)
Referee: Ken Dagnall (ENG)
Goals:
13′, Eusébio, POR
43′, Eduard Malofeyev, URS
89′, José Torres, POR
Match overview
Portugal claimed third place at the 1966 World Cup with a 2-1 victory over the USSR at Wembley. Eusébio opened the scoring with a penalty, Malofeyev equalised before half-time, and Torres netted the winner late on. Portugal’s historic run ended with a deserved podium finish.
Trivia
This match marked Portugal’s first and only World Cup podium finish. Eusébio’s goal secured his position as the tournament’s top scorer, while the USSR finished fourth for the second time in their history. The game was played in front of nearly 88,000 spectators at Wembley.
