Date: 14-06-1972
Stage: semi-final
Place: BRUXELLES
Running time: 92 min.
Colour: BW
Quality: HD 1080 50fps (9)
Commentary: german
My rating: **
Notes: Kolotov, Konkov, Onischenko, Albert, Bene
MATCH SUMMARY
Wednesday, 14 June 1972, 20:00
Constant Vanden Stock, Anderlecht
Attendance: 16,590
Meteo: Partly cloudy, mild, 22°C
USSR
Yevgeni Rudakov
Revaz Dzodzuashvili
Yuri Istomin
Vladimir Kaplichni
Vladimir Troshkin
Anatoli Baidachni
Murtaz Khurtzilava (c)
Viktor Kolotov
Anatoliy Konkov
Anatoli Banishevski
Vladimir Onishchenko
Coach: Alexandr Ponomarjev (URS)
84′ Murtaz Khurtzilava
70′ ↓Anatoli Banishevski ↑Givi Nodia
HUNGARY
István Géczi
László Bálint
Tibor Fábián
Péter Juhász
Miklós Páncsics
István Juhász
Lajos Kocsis
Lajos Ku
István Szőke
Ferenc Bene (c)
Sándor Zámbó
Coach: Rudolf Illovszky (HUN)
72′ László Bálint
60′ ↓Lajos Kocsis ↑Antal Dunai
60′ ↓Ferenc Bene ↑Albert Flórián
Referee: Rudolf Glockner (GDR)
Goals:
53′ Anatoliy Konkov URS
Match overview
The Soviet Union reached their third European Championship final with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Hungary in Brussels. Hungary dominated possession but failed to convert their chances against a disciplined Soviet defence. Anatoliy Konkov’s deflected effort proved decisive, with Evgeni Rudakov making a crucial penalty save from Sándor Zámbó in the closing stages to preserve the victory.
Trivia
This semi-final marked the final meeting between these Eastern European powers in a major tournament. Hungary’s penalty miss by Sándor Zámbó with five minutes remaining denied them what would have been their first European Championship final appearance since reaching third place in 1964.
