00:03At White Hart Lane, Benfica, holders of the European Cup.
00:07Jose Aguas, out in the centre, met the officials and Danny Blancheflower, who lost the toss.
00:12Could Spurs pull it off?
00:14That was the question 64,000 fans asked themselves as the white-shirted Tottenham heroes stormed the Portuguese goal area.
00:21Jimmy Greaves gave goalkeeper Pereira his first touch of the ball.
00:24Already two goals down in the semi-final first leg at Lisbon.
00:27Spurs need to win this match by a margin of three to be in the final.
00:32Anxious moment here, but Joao kicked clear.
00:35Narrow escape for Benfica, and play moved quickly to the other end.
00:39Great believers, this famous team, in a goal in the early minutes.
00:52Simo centers, Aguas nets, goal to Benfica.
01:00Spurs attack on the right.
01:02They have to score three goals now to draw level on aggregate.
01:06Greaves tries to reach the ball, but Pereira saves.
01:11A pass from Bobby Smith finds Greaves.
01:14It's in!
01:20What tragedy for Spurs, the goal disallowed, outside.
01:25But they're fighters, these Spurs, every one of them.
01:28Surely sustained attack must bring a goal.
01:32And after 23 minutes, reward comes.
01:36White gives a perfect pass to Smith.
01:39Goal!
01:48Back comes Benfica, and somehow Spurs' goal survives.
01:56At half-time, each side has scored one goal.
01:59Spurs now have only 45 minutes to draw level on aggregate.
02:02But they come out fighting, and this is their own ground with their own crowd.
02:05They're still full of hope.
02:11Troluno foul, John White.
02:13A penalty.
02:18The kick's taken by Blanche Flower.
02:21Goal!
02:28So Spurs are really back in the game.
02:31Another goal, and they level.
02:37A free kick.
02:39White takes it.
02:48Now an escape for Spurs.
02:50Benfica have the ball in the net.
02:51This time, it's their turn to have it disallowed.
03:00From now on, Spurs can do everything but score.
03:03For Benfica, it's sheer nightmare.
03:15In the closing minutes, Henry puts the ball in the centre.
03:18Mackay heads.
03:19It hits the crossbar.
03:21The Spurs have lost.
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