Sport. Football. pic: 3rd May 1949. Lisbon. Friendly. Benfica v Torino. The Benfica goalkeeper Machado punches the ball away under pressure from Torino's Menti, Bongiorni and Mazzola. Tragically the entire Torino team was killed the following day when the

Sport, Football, pic: 3rd May 1949, Lisbon, Friendly, Benfica v Torino, The Benfica goalkeeper Machado punches the ball away under pressure from Torino's Menti, Bongiorni and Mazzola, Tragically the entire Torino team was killed the following day when the plane carrying them home crashed into a church on top of the Superga Hill in poor visibility during their descent, The Italian champions had become known as Grande Torino (Photo by Bob Thomas/Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)
Sport, Football, pic: 3rd May 1949, Lisbon, Friendly, Benfica v Torino, The Benfica goalkeeper Machado punches the ball away under pressure from Torino's Menti, Bongiorni and Mazzola, Tragically the entire Torino team was killed the following day when the plane carrying them home crashed into a church on top of the Superga Hill in poor visibility during their descent, The Italian champions had become known as Grande Torino (Photo by Bob Thomas/Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)
Sport. Football. pic: 3rd May 1949. Lisbon. Friendly. Benfica v Torino. The Benfica goalkeeper Machado punches the ball away under pressure from Torino's Menti, Bongiorni and Mazzola. Tragically the entire Torino team was killed the following day when the
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