Today, on May 4, 1949, Turin sank into mourning when his football team was killed in one of the worst air tragedies. 76 years ago, the “Grande Torino”, nicknamed the team, returned from Portugal where he had fought in a friendly match against Benfica in Lisbon to honor Francisco Fernandes, who “hung” his football shoes. The final result was 4-3 in favor of Benfica and 40,000 spectators bid farewell to the Portuguese leader who stopped active action. Also, Turin was then on a title orbit of the fifth in a decade and was ahead four degrees from Inter and six from Milan. According to ERT, the plane carrying Turin hit 17.05 on May 4, 1949, due to the fog, shortly before landing, on the Superga hill, resulting in all its occupant players. Returned from the tragic account was 31 dead (4 members of […]
Source: News Beast
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