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Celtic's style was the antithesis of the cynical, but highly effective, defensive style of Internazionale. Jimmy Johnstone described the teams style as "like the Dutch speeded-up". Alessandro Mazzola opened the scoring for Inter with a 7th minute penalty, after Jim Craig brought down Renato Cappellini . The Italians then retreated into their famous 11-man defense. Inter did not win a single corner and forced Celtic goalkeeper Simpson to make only one save; Celtic had two shots off the crossbar, and 49 other attempts on goal, 13 of which were saved by Italian goalkeeper Sarti, 17 were blocked or deflected, and only 19 were delivered off-target. Craig made amends for his penalty mistake on 63 minutes, when he laid off the ball for Tommy Gemmell to fire home for the Celtic equaliser. With 83 minutes on the clock, Gemmell was allowed space, and he played the ball to Bobby Murdoch, whose long-range shot was deflected by Steve Chalmers past Giuliano Sarti into the net. 2-1 to Celtic, final score. Celtic were the first British and the first Northern-European club to win the European Cup and are still the only Scottish club ever to have reached the final. They reached the final again in 1970 but were beaten 2-1 by Feyenoord after Extra Time in the San Siro Stadium in Milan . Note: Sporting Lisbon, Aka Sporting Clube De Portugal are informally known within Portugal as "The Lions of Lisbon" due to their club mascot. CELTIC'S EUROPEAN CUP RESULTS 1966-67 THE TEAM # Ronnie Simpson (Goalkeeper) # Jim Craig (Left back) # Tommy Gemmell (Right back) # Bobby Murdoch (Right half) # Billy McNeill (Captain, Centre half) # John Clark (Left half) # Jimmy Johnstone (Outside right) # William Wallace (Inside right) # Stevie Chalmers (Centre forward) # Bertie Auld (Inside left) # Bobby Lennox (Outside left) #'' John Fallon '' (substitute Goalkeeper, not used)
Notes: Celtic did not wear numbers on their shirts at this time. The numbers shown were actually sewn onto their shorts. A second goalkeeper was the only substitute allowed at the time. EXTERNAL LINKS
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