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Highlights of the Sunderland v Benfica match are included in the video 'Sunderland 1890-1990: 100 Fabulous Years in the Football League' so if you still have an old VHS player, you can enjoy them yourself.
Two days after the Benfica match we beat Leyton Orient at home 4-1 so the night's exertions clearly hadn't taken too much out of us.
Something that wasn't highlighted back in the Sixties was that Eusebio was Africa's first footballing superstar. Of course he played for Portugal but he was born and raised in Mozambique.
One last thing, our Graham told me that he had mixed feelings about Eusebio – he was standing near the front of the Fulwell End on the day of the match and a fizzing Eusebio shot hit him on the head. That's probably another reason why he was buzzing when he got home.
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