Italian captain Giacinto Facchetti with the trophy
Event
UEFA Euro 1968
Italy
Yugoslavia
Italy won after a replay
Final
Italy
Yugoslavia
1
1
After extra time
Date
8 June 1968 (1968-06-08)
Venue
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Referee
Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)
Attendance
68,817
Replay
Italy
Yugoslavia
2
0
Date
10 June 1968 (1968-06-10)
Venue
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Referee
José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)
Attendance
32,886
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1972 →
The UEFA Euro 1968 final consisted of two football matches at the Stadio Olimpico, Rome, on 8 and 10 June 1968, to determine the winner of the UEFA Euro 1968 tournament. It was the third UEFA European Championship final, UEFA's top football competition for national teams. The match was contested by Italy and Yugoslavia. En route to the final, Italy finished top of their qualifying group which included Romania, Cyprus and Switzerland. After beating Bulgaria over a two-legged tie in the quarter-finals, they progressed to the final, winning a coin toss which decided the outcome of the semi-final against the Soviet Union which ended goalless after extra time. Yugoslavia won their qualifying group which included Albania and West Germany, before beating France 6–2 on aggregate in the two-legged quarter-final and England 1–0 in the single-match semi-final.
The final was played at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on 8 June 1968 in front of a crowd of 68,817 and was refereed by Gottfried Dienst. Six minutes before half-time, Dragan Džajić gave Yugoslavia the lead after he scored from a Dobrivoje Trivić cross. With ten minutes of the match remaining, Giovanni Lodetti was fouled on the edge of the Yugoslavia penalty area by Blagoje Paunović. Domenghini's subsequent right-footed free kick went through the wall and past Ilija Pantelić, the Yugoslavia goalkeeper, and levelled the score at 1–1. Extra time brought no change to the scoreline and the match ended in a draw thus the result of the final would need to be determined in a replay.
The replay was played two days later at the Stadio Olimpico in front of a crowd of 32,866. Gigi Riva opened the scoring for Italy in the 13th minute before Pietro Anastasi flicked the ball up and volleyed it into the corner of the Yugoslavia goal to double Italy's lead in the 31st minute. Italy missed several subsequent chances to score and the match ended 2–0, with Italy winning their first European Championship title.
Italy finished the subsequent international tournament, the 1970 FIFA World Cup, as losing finalists where they were defeated 4–1 by Brazil. Yugoslavia failed to progress to the tournament finals in Mexico as they ended their qualification campaign second to Belgium in Group 6.
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