Film of the Day #12; Great Teams Play In Blue (Occasionally)

Accompanied by the worst commentary ever imposed onto a single game, Manchester United see off Benfica to win the 1968 European Cup Final:

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0y7_VwNysU]

Reeking with insincerity. Here’s Brazil in blue, playing Cruyff’s Holland in the 1974 World Cup. Playing the man, not the ball: was it all only four years before that they’d given the beautiful game its crowning moments?