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50 years on, what happened in Sarajevo?

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Fifty years ago today [Wednesday], Manchester United took another step on the road to winning the European Cup with a 0-0 draw at Sarajevo.

With thanks to MUTV, and newspaper reports at the time, we look back at the first-leg stalemate at the Kosevo Stadium in the former Yugoslavia, now the Bosnian capital. Following a goalless encounter in the previous round at Hibernians Malta, the same scoreline was deemed a positive result ahead of the second leg at Old Trafford.

It proved to be a difficult tie, despite the hosts being down to 10 men, and one that was big on controversy.