Andre Onana makes penalty save right at the end to give Erik ten Hag's men their first Champions League after Harry Maguire's powerful header
2023/2024 UEFA Champions League
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
0' Both sides pay touching tribute to Sir Bobby Charlton before kick-off
2' Onana makes good save
6' Goncalves hits the bar
16' Hojlund's shot over the bar
34' Mctominay's header oover the bar
50' Onana makes good save
54' Eriksen's shot stopped
63' Antony's shot over the bar
67' Garnacho misses good chance
72' GOAL! Man Utd 1-0 Copenhagen (Maguire)
78' Garnacho's shot stopped
Match Report
Groups of fans, some of whom had laid wreaths at the foot of the statue of Charlton, George Best and Denis Law on the stadium forecourt, stood transfixed, staring up at the grainy action from that May night at Wembley when Charlton scored the first goal and the last in United’s 4-1 victory over Benfica that might just have been his finest hour.
Every detail seemed crystal clear, the way Brian Kidd’s simple square pass skipped a little on the uneven turf just before it reached Charlton, who used the bounce to clip it across the Benfica goalkeeper and lift it past his dive. That goal sealed United’s victory. And when the final whistle blew, the camera lingered on Charlton.
Charlton bowed his head for a second and then looked up to make sure he found a Benfica player to commiserate with. That was Charlton. Always thinking about sportsmanship. Always thinking about doing things right. Always thinking about honouring the memory of his friends who had died in the Munich air disaster ten years earlier.
The kick-off against FC Copenhagen drew nearer. Still the knots of supporters lingered. The screens showed pictures of Charlton lying in a hospital bed at the Rechts der Isar Hospital in Munich, his head bandaged, a cut on his right cheek and a graze on his left, the only outward signs of the trauma that would stay with him for the rest of his life.
54' Eriksen's shot stopped
63' Antony's shot over the bar
67' Garnacho misses good chance
72' GOAL! Man Utd 1-0 Copenhagen (Maguire)
78' Garnacho's shot stopped
Match Report
Groups of fans, some of whom had laid wreaths at the foot of the statue of Charlton, George Best and Denis Law on the stadium forecourt, stood transfixed, staring up at the grainy action from that May night at Wembley when Charlton scored the first goal and the last in United’s 4-1 victory over Benfica that might just have been his finest hour.
Every detail seemed crystal clear, the way Brian Kidd’s simple square pass skipped a little on the uneven turf just before it reached Charlton, who used the bounce to clip it across the Benfica goalkeeper and lift it past his dive. That goal sealed United’s victory. And when the final whistle blew, the camera lingered on Charlton.
Charlton bowed his head for a second and then looked up to make sure he found a Benfica player to commiserate with. That was Charlton. Always thinking about sportsmanship. Always thinking about doing things right. Always thinking about honouring the memory of his friends who had died in the Munich air disaster ten years earlier.
The kick-off against FC Copenhagen drew nearer. Still the knots of supporters lingered. The screens showed pictures of Charlton lying in a hospital bed at the Rechts der Isar Hospital in Munich, his head bandaged, a cut on his right cheek and a graze on his left, the only outward signs of the trauma that would stay with him for the rest of his life.
An hour or more before kick-off, on the stadium concourses around the Old Trafford ground Sir Bobby Charlton graced for so many years, above the posters of some of Manchester United’s current players sipping from cups emblazoned with the name of the club’s official coffee partner, television screens showed footage of the 1968 European Cup Final.
Groups of fans, some of whom had laid wreaths at the foot of the statue of Charlton, George Best and Denis Law on the stadium forecourt, stood transfixed, staring up at the grainy action from that May night at Wembley when Charlton scored the first goal and the last in United’s 4-1 victory over Benfica that might just have been his finest hour.
Every detail seemed crystal clear, the way Brian Kidd’s simple square pass skipped a little on the uneven turf just before it reached Charlton, who used the bounce to clip it across the Benfica goalkeeper and lift it past his dive. That goal sealed United’s victory. And when the final whistle blew, the camera lingered on Charlton.
Charlton bowed his head for a second and then looked up to make sure he found a Benfica player to commiserate with. That was Charlton. Always thinking about sportsmanship. Always thinking about doing things right. Always thinking about honouring the memory of his friends who had died in the Munich air disaster ten years earlier.
The kick-off against FC Copenhagen drew nearer. Still the knots of supporters lingered. The screens showed pictures of Charlton lying in a hospital bed at the Rechts der Isar Hospital in Munich, his head bandaged, a cut on his right cheek and a graze on his left, the only outward signs of the trauma that would stay with him for the rest of his life.
Every detail seemed crystal clear, the way Brian Kidd’s simple square pass skipped a little on the uneven turf just before it reached Charlton, who used the bounce to clip it across the Benfica goalkeeper and lift it past his dive. That goal sealed United’s victory. And when the final whistle blew, the camera lingered on Charlton.
Charlton bowed his head for a second and then looked up to make sure he found a Benfica player to commiserate with. That was Charlton. Always thinking about sportsmanship. Always thinking about doing things right. Always thinking about honouring the memory of his friends who had died in the Munich air disaster ten years earlier.
The kick-off against FC Copenhagen drew nearer. Still the knots of supporters lingered. The screens showed pictures of Charlton lying in a hospital bed at the Rechts der Isar Hospital in Munich, his head bandaged, a cut on his right cheek and a graze on his left, the only outward signs of the trauma that would stay with him for the rest of his life.
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