The 1976 European Cup Final was a football match held at Hampden Park,

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, on 12 May 1976, that saw Bayern Munich of West Germany defeat Saint-Étienne of France 1–0. This was the third consecutive European Cup title for Bayern Munich, becoming the third team to achieve this feat, following Real Madrid and

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Route to the final

Match

Summary

The match took place at Hampden Park in Glasgow, a city that already had seen Saint-Étienne defeat local team Rangers during the competition. ''Les Verts'' were playing against Bayern Munich, a team that was hoping to win a third consecutive European Cup. The game began with Gerd Müller finding the back of the net after

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won the ball in his own half and went on a 50-metre solo run; however, Müller's effort was disallowed for offside by the Hungarian referee

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. In the 37th minute,

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took a shot but it did not worry

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. Saint-Étienne had plenty of chances to score though, at the 34th minute

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's shot hit the crossbar, with Bayern's keeper

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beaten. Five minutes later, Jacques Santini connected with a cross from

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, but his header hit the crossbar too. After the final,

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called Hampden Park's goalposts "'' les poteaux carrés''" ( en, the square posts). After the start of the second half, Bayern Munich were more confident. In the 57th minute, Franz Beckenbauer passed to Gerd Müller, who was tackled by

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and the referee gave a free-kick to the German team from 20 metres out, just left of the penalty arc. Franz Beckenbauer tipped the ball to Roth on his right who scored half high into the left side of the goal. After this, ''les Verts'' tried everything. Robert Herbin chose to substitute Christian Sarramagna for Dominique Rocheteau but to no avail. At the end of the match, Saint-Étienne's players were crying, because they felt that they had been unlucky, but their supporters were congratulating them, and their return in France was heroic, even though they were defeated.

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External links

1975-76 season at UEFA website
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20090226230731/http://equipe.fr/Football/ASSE_197076.html Summary of the final below in French {{DEFAULTSORT:European Cup Final 1976 1 FC Bayern Munich matches AS Saint-Étienne matches International club association football competitions hosted by Scotland

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