Magnificent Bhoys showed heart of Lions

Tarcisio Burgnich couldn’t believe what he was seeing.

It’s into the closing minutes of the 1967 European Cup final, the score is 1-1 and Celtic are absolutely battering away at the Inter defence.

Indeed, by that point, Jock Stein’s team had already managed over 40 shots on goal — the kind of stat that was exceptionally rare in the 60s, let alone now.

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