"bir önceki sezon 'münih felaketi' yaşayan manchester united, uefa tarafından kupaya devam edildi. fakat united münih felaketinin yasını tutmak için kupaya katılmayı reddetti."
young boys tur atlayan taraf oldu.
manchester united had been invited to enter the competition by uefa after their campaign in the previous year's tournament was damaged by the munich air disaster. however, they finally refused to build a possible victorious campaign on that tragedy.