This Day in History: 2023-02-20

Nr. 408

LIVERPOOL MARCH INTO INTER (1965)

It was only three days since the Reds had brought the FA Cup home from Wembley for the first time and Anfield was a wall of sound when on 4 May Italian champions Inter Milan took to the field for the first leg of the European Cup semi-final. The Kop was singing ‘Go Back to Italy’ to the tune of ‘Santa Lucia’ when after just four minutes Roger
Hunt put Liverpool ahead. It was a quiet Kop that greeted Allesandro Mazzola’s equalizer six minutes later, but goals from Ian Callaghan and Ian St John finally restored Anfield’s spirits. Liverpool won 3-1. Liverpool travelled to the San Siro for the return leg in a confident mood but there they found Inter in inspired form. The Italian’s triumphed 3-0 and went through to the final.

Liverpool’s Roger Hunt is thwarted by Inter Milan’s Guarneri and Luis Suarez on the return leg which Inter triumphed 3-0.