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Milan's three previous European Cup campaigns had been ended by Spanish teams, so while the 1962-63 European Cup avoided the Spanish champions, it did reach its climax against another mighty team from the Iberian peninsula - Benfica.
This was the hardest match of a campaign that had taken them past opposition from Luxembourg, England, Turkey and Scotland amidst a flood of goals, particularly by the ever-prolific naturalised striker José Altafini who finished the tournament with 14 of them in just 9 games.
He turned the Wembley Final in Milan's favour too after the Portuguese led at half-time through a Eusébio goal. Benfica's star man was expertly contained after that by Giovanni Trapattoni and Altafini scored twice in 11 minutes to deservedly win the trophy for the rossoneri.
Milan's three previous European Cup campaigns had been ended by Spanish teams, so while the 1962-63 European Cup avoided the Spanish champions, it did reach its climax against another mighty team from the Iberian peninsula - Benfica.
This was the hardest match of a campaign that had taken them past opposition from Luxembourg, England, Turkey and Scotland amidst a flood of goals, particularly by the ever-prolific naturalised striker José Altafini who finished the tournament with 14 of them in just 9 games.
He turned the Wembley Final in Milan's favour too after the Portuguese led at half-time through a Eusébio goal. Benfica's star man was expertly contained after that by Giovanni Trapattoni and Altafini scored twice in 11 minutes to deservedly win the trophy for the rossoneri.