Whilst Wembley Stadium was hosting the England games during their victorious World Cup campaign, various other grounds across the country hosted matches.
Old Trafford hosted this match between Portugal and Bulgaria and it featured one of the greatest players of all time, Eusébio.
Key match information
Stadium - Old Trafford
Attendance - 25,438
Goalscorers - Vutsov Goal 7' (o.g.), Eusébio Goal 38', Torres Goal 81'
More information - FIFA archives
In the North West of England, Old Trafford and Goodison Park played host to Group 3 of the 66 World Cup. It was a group that contained some of the best players around at the time.
The group saw the two-time defending champions Brazil finish in third place behind Portugal and Hungary, be eliminated along with Bulgaria. Brazil were beaten 3–1 by Hungary in a classic encounter before falling by the same scoreline to Portugal in a controversial game.
The Portugal side contained Eusébio and they appearing in the finals for the first time, and made quite an impact.
They won all three of their games in the group stage, with a lot of help from the outstanding Eusébio, whose nine goals made him the tournament's top scorer. This included a goal in this victory over Bulgaria.
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