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March 7

Penalties

Hi, if they were officially introduced in 1970, why was the 1974 European Cup final between Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid repeated? Am I missing something? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.41.100.198 (talk) 15:17, 7 March 2020 (UTC)

Penalty_shoot-out_(association_football)#Development says "The first major international tournament to be decided by a penalty shoot-out was the 1976 European Championship" so presumably the European cup itself introduced the procedure later.--Phil Holmes (talk) 15:42, 7 March 2020 (UTC)

The same article says that the procedure was introduced for the Watney Cup, a somewhat less prestigious competition. Alansplodge (talk) 23:46, 7 March 2020 (UTC)

Ignore my last post. "Although shoot-outs had been a staple of UEFA competitions since 1970, penalties were not used to decide a title in those days. So for the first -- and, as it would turn out, the last -- time, a European Cup final went to a replay". See Bayern Munich's historic 1974 win over Atletico began their dominant era. Alansplodge (talk) 23:54, 7 March 2020 (UTC)