VALENCIA 2 CITY 1
(valencia go through 4-3 on aggregate)
UEFA Cup 1st Round 2nd Leg
27th September 1972
attendance 35,000
scorers
City Marsh(91)
Valencia Valdez(72), Quino(79)
City Healey, Book, Barrett, Doyle, Booth, Oakes, Summerbee, Bell, Marsh, Towers, Lee – used sub Mellor
Valencia Balaguer, Arango, Barrachina, Perez, Anton, Claramunt, Manzanera, Sol, Quino, Martinez, Valdez – used subs Vidagny, Claramunt
FROM THE PRESS BOX
CITY GO OUT IN SPAIN
A REPORT FROM THE GUARDIAN 28TH SEPTEMBER 1972
Valencia of Spain wore down an early onslaught by Manchester City to win their UEFA Cup first round second leg in Valencia last night and move into the second round on aggregate 4-3.
Manchester City did all the attacking in the first half, with Colin Bell having three near misses as City strove to make good the promise of their manager, Malcolm Allison, to score in the first 15 minutes.
The first near miss came in the 22nd minute when Bell neatly collected a loose ball fumbled by the Valencia defenders and shot just wide from more than 30 yards.
Bell was back trying to score when he took a deft pass from Summerbee and this time the ball flicked over the crossbar. Then he sent in a powerful shot from 35 yards, only to see Balaguer save with a splendid dive.
City kept up the pressure to the interval, but the strain took its toll when Doyle and Barrett were booked for rough tackling to whistling of the near capacity crowd of 54,000.
But City’s sparkle fizzled after the first few scrappy minutes of the second half and Valencia went ahead in the 71st minute with a goal from their Argentinian born outside left Oscar Valdez.
The goal was scored after a move by Quino along the wing. He pushed a short pass to Valdez, who drove in a low shot from 23 yards.
Valdez returned the favour seven minutes later, flicking the ball over to Quino, who swerved brilliantly to the centre, side-stepping two defenders, to send a hard high shot into the right hand corner of the goal from thirty yards. From then on Valencia were in complete control and when City staged a brief counter-attack to score their goal the crowd hardly noticed.
The goal came a minute into injury time as most spectators were already filing out, and it was Rodney Marsh, the man Valencia’s manager, Alfredo di Stefano, had said would be the biggest threat, who scored, He picked up a loose ball during a melee in the Valencia goalmouth and back-heeled it into the net.
Doyle received a cut over the left eye when he collided with Valdez as they jumped for a high ball in the second half, and Francis Lee had his name taken apparently for arguing with the referee.