1965 European Cup Semi-Final Second Leg vs Liverpool

Lore & Background

The club was founded on 9 March 1908 as Football Club Internazionale, when a group of players left the Milan Cricket and Football Club (now AC Milan) to form a new club because they wanted to accept more foreign players. The club won its first championship in 1910 and its second in 1920. Under manager Helenio Herrera, Inter became one of the leading teams in Europe, winning three Serie A titles in four years, two European Cups and two Intercontinental Cups in a row.

In Their Own Story

Rain turned the San Siro turf into a slick mirror for the floodlights, casting long, dramatic shadows as the second leg began. Inside the tunnel, Armando Picchi tightened his grip, his gaze locking onto the Liverpool squad that had seemed invincible at Anfield just days before. The whistle cut through the air, but instead of the expected roar, a suffocating silence fell over the pitch as Inter's defense swallowed every approach. Giacinto Facchetti became a ghost in the machine—surging forward with lethal intent only to vanish back into the defensive line instantly. When Sandro Mazzola finally found the net, the stadium didn't just erupt; it detonated. The roar seemed to shake the very foundations of Milan, erasing the Anfield deficit and sealing Liverpool's fate in a display of tactical perfection that would be etched into history.

Reader's Guide

It only states that Inter won the European Cup/Champions League three times, with its latest win in 2010.

Did You Know?

• Inter is the only team to have never been relegated from the top division of Italian football since its debut in 1909.
• The club's name derives from the wish of its founding members to accept foreign players as well as Italians.
• Giuseppe Meazza is the greatest scorer in Inter history with 284 goals, and the San Siro stadium is officially named after him.
• Inter won five successive league titles from 2006 to 2010, equaling the all-time record at that time.