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| Event | 1969–70 European Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 6 May 1970 | ||||||
| Venue | San Siro,Milan | ||||||
| Referee | Concetto Lo Bello (Italy) | ||||||
| Attendance | 53,187 | ||||||
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The1970 European Cup final was afootball match held at theSan Siro,Milan, on 6 May 1970, that sawFeijenoord[a] of the Netherlands defeatCeltic of Scotland 2–1 afterextra time.Ove Kindvall's goal in the 117th minute meant the trophy was won by a Dutch club for the first time. It remains Feyenoord's onlyEuropean Cup triumph.
For losing finalists Celtic, this marked the second, and to date most recent, European Cup final appearance in club history, after the famous win by the "Lisbon Lions" side in the1967 edition. The match nearly never took place due to massive strikes throughout Italy during 1970; theItalian Football Federation backed down to ensure that their own clubs would be able to compete in further UEFA competitions.[citation needed]
| Feyenoord | Round | Celtic | ||||||
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| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |
 KR | 16–2 | 12–2 (A)[b] | 4–0 (H) | First round |  Basel | 2–0 | 0–0 (A) | 2–0 (H) |
 AC Milan | 2–1 | 0–1 (A) | 2–0 (H) | Second round |  Benfica | 3–3 (c) | 3–0 (H) | 0–3 (a.e.t.) (A) |
 Vorwärts Berlin | 2–1 | 0–1 (A) | 2–0 (H) | Quarter-finals | Fiorentina | 3–1 | 3–0 (H) | 0–1 (A) |
 Legia Warsaw | 2–0 | 0–0 (A) | 2–0 (H) | Semi-finals |  Leeds United | 3–1 | 1–0 (A) | 2–1 (H) |
In contrast to their win in the European Cup final three years prior, in which they had gone into the match as heavy underdogs againstInter Milan, this time around, Celtic entered the final as strong favourites over Feyenoord.[citation needed] However, despite Celtic'sTommy Gemmell opening the scoring after 30 minutes, they were outplayed by the Dutch outfit, whose manager,Ernst Happel, ensured Celtic wingerJimmy Johnstone was double marked at all times, whilst the midfield trio ofFranz Hasil,Willem van Hanegem, andWim Jansen dominated their Scottish counterparts.Rinus Israël quickly equalised with his head; remarkably, this was the first goal of Feyenoord's European campaign that they scored away from their home stadium.[b] Early in the first half of extra time John Hughes intercepted a sloppy pass from Israel and burst past two Feynoord defenders and into the penalty area but he overran the ball slightly and could not quite clip the ball over the goalkeeper but then a Feynoord defender's passback to the goalkeeper almost resulted in an own goal. Highlights of a poor quality are on Youtube.In the second half, Celtic managed to hold on at 1–1 to force extra time.[2] With just a few minutes of extra-time remaining, a long free-kick from the Feyenoord half was sent towards the Celtic penalty area. Celtic defender and captainBilly McNeill stumbled and misjudged the ball, and as he tried to recover he appeared to punch the ball away. Before the referee had a chance to award a penalty,Ove Kindvall reacted quickly, running on and chipping the ball over the advancing goalkeeperEvan Williams to seal a 2–1 win for Feyenoord.[3][4]
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zowel Stadion Feijenoord als Feyenoord Rotterdam met een lange ij geschreven werd. Pas in 1974 besloot de voetbalclub een y te gebruiken, de lange ij gaf namelijk problemen met de uitspraak in het buitenland
