Football test: check your knowledge of one-sided European Cup finals

1. Inter conceded five objectives to PSG in Saturday’s last; how many did Simone Inzaghi’s team let in throughout their 8 league stage games?Real Madrid

2. set an early standard in the 1960 European Cup last, beating which team 7-3?

3. Manchester United beat Benfica 4-1 at Wembley to win their very first European Cup in 1968. What was unusual about their victory?Benfica led up until

   1. the 85th minute United were 4-0 up at half-time however Matt Busby told his team to relieve off in the 2nd half The score was 1-1 after 90 minutes Benfica had three objectives prohibited

   2. for offside Milan have actually won two European Cup

   3. finals by a 4-0 scoreline. Which two groups did they beat?Barcelona and Steaua Bucharest Marseille and Genuine Madrid In the 1962 European Cup final, Ferenc Puskas scored twice to put Real Madrid 2-0 up after 23

      2. minutes. What was the last score?In the Champions League era, which is

         the only last to see more goals in overall than Saturday’s match in Munich?Dortmund v Juventus, 1997 Barcelona v Manchester United, 2011 Real Madrid v Juventus, 2017 Who scored Genuine Madrid’s dramatic late equaliser against Atlético in 2014,

   4. before they went on to win 4-1 in extra time?Atlético don’t have much luck in European Cup finals. Which group did they draw 1-1 with in 1974, before

      1. losing the replay 4-0? Inter were locked out in Munich

      2. , continuing a streak of beaten finalists failing to score in the final. Who were the last

   5. losing side to discover the net?PSG were the eighth European Cup finalists from France in the tournament’s history. The number of goals

   6. did the other seven score between them?Which Juventus player scored a memorable overhead begin the 2017 last, just to see his group lose

   7. 4-1 to Real Madrid?Finally, how many goals did PSG rating in this year’s Champions League in total?Solutions 1: B -Leverkusen were the only team to score versus Inter

   8. in the league stage, but Barcelona put 6 past them throughout two legs in the semi-finals., 2: B-Genuine Madrid beat all four of these groups in the very first 5 European Cup finals, but it

4. was Frankfurt who suffered the biggest defeat. Ferenc Puskas scored 4 and Alfredo di Stéfano three at Hampden Park., 3: C- Jaime Graça

5. levelled after Bobby Charlton’s opener, but George Best, Brian Kidd and Charlton’s second objective secured triumph

in additional time., 4

: B – Milan have played all 8 of these groups in finals, however routed Steaua 4-0 in 1989 and repeated that result against Barça in 1994., 5: C – Eusébio scored two times in the second half as Benfica resisted from 2-0 and 3-2 down to prevail in Amsterdam., 6: B-The last in Istanbul featured six objectives– ball game was 3-0 to Milan at half-time, and 3-3 at full-time, before Liverpool won on penalties., 7:D-Atlético led through Diego Godín’s first-half goal and kept their rivals out up until Ramos struck in the 93rd minute. Bale, Marcelo and Ronaldo all scored in the last 10 minutes of injury time., 8: A-Atlético led 1-0 but yielded in the last minute of additional time and were swept aside by Bayern in the replay., 9: A-Sadio hair levelled against Real Madrid in Kyiv back in 2018, before Gareth Bale scored twice with some aid from Loris Karius. Ever since, Spurs, PSG, Man City, Liverpool, Inter, Dortmund and now Inter again have failed to score in the final., 10: B- Stade de Reims scored 3 in the first-ever final, but still lost 4-3 to Real Madrid. Basile Boli’s winner for Marseille against Milan in 1993 was the only other goal scored by a French side in a final before PSG’s win., 11:D -The Croatian’s acrobatic equaliser was voted goal of the tournament by Uefa, but it was cold comfort for the losing group in Cardiff., 12: C-After handling 14 goals in the league stage, PSG put 10 previous Brest, one versus Liverpool, five versus Aston Vacation home, three in the semi-final with Arsenal, and 5 in the final.Scores 3 and above.A good effort, on the scoresheet a minimum of 0 and above.Hard luck– it’s a nothing defeat 9 and above.Back of the net! That’s a cricket rating