A CROWD of 70,000 saw this thrilling international at Wembley and enjoyed a late revival which saw then draw level and all but snatch victory. Once again, though, an Iron Curtain country came to this stadium and produced a typical brand of close-passing football which, at times, had the home side tied up in knots.

Both teams had early chances. Jimmy Greaves and Bobby Charlton for England Lipošinović for the Slaves all failed to take advantage when well placed in front of goal. With Šekularac the main tormentor, ably assisted by Perušić, Galić and Kostić, Yugoslavia began to take control and on the half-hour they took the lead. Zebec took a free-kick andb Jerković outjumped Peter Swan to glance the ball sideways for Galić to shoot home.

Just before half-time, Yugoslavia brought on a substitute when Mujic replaced Jerkovic but it did them little good as even nearer the break England found an equaliser. It was a similar goal to the earlier one, this time Joe Baker heading down Ray Wilson's free-kick for Bryan Douglas to flick the ball past Šoškić.

After the interval, England had their best spell. For 15 minutes, with Johnny Haynes pulling all the strings, they controlled proceedings. In the 48th minute, Greaves latched on to a fine pass by Charlton and made for goal. Baker played his part by pulling defenders out of position with some unselfish running, whilst Greaves continued to run on before shooting a fine goal wide of their goalkeeper.

At this stage it looked as though England would go on to win, but it was not to be as the Yugoslavs suddenly stepped up a gear. With half an hour to go, Perušić set up Galić with a lovely through pass and the inside-left scored his second to square things up at 2-2. That goal was cue for the visitors to turn on the style and it was keep-ball play for several minutes. This frustrated the home fans and they were drawn into the slow hand-clap.

In the 80th minute, a fine goal by Kostić, after a cheeky back-heel by Galić gave the Slavs the lead again, and it looked all over for the England team. Other chances were created by the talented Yugoslavian players but solid work by the excellent full-back pairing of Jimmy Armfield and Wilson held the team together and enabled England to make a barnstorming finish.

Greaves put in a cross from the left and Baker hit a tremendous volley against the crossbar. Before the disappointment of that could hit the crowd, Haynes popped up to head home the rebound to equalise yet again. Then in the final seconds, Baker was desperately unlucky to see his header from Charlton's centre strike the Yugoslav upright and bounce clear.

That could so easily have given England a sensational victory in a match that could just as easily lost.
   

England were trailing 3-2 with 90 seconds to go when Joe Baker crashed the ball against the bar, and Johnny Haynes swept in the rebound. Straight from the kick-off an England attack ended with Baker again heading against the bar but this time there was nobody able to turn the ball back into the goal. An England victory would have been an injustice to a Yugoslavian side that played some excellent football, with two-goal Galić continually turning the defence inside out. England led 2-1 after 48 minutes following neatly taken goals either side of half-time by Bryan Douglas and Jimmy Greaves after the Yugoslavs had taken a 30^th minute lead. It was a tough debut for the latest candidate for the No. 5 shirt, Peter Swan of Sheffield Wednesday. He replaced Bill Slater, who heard that he was dropped just a few minutes before being told that he had been elected 'Footballer of the Year'. Swan was stranded as Yugoslavia equalised on the hour, and a clever back heel by Galić gave Kosctic the chance to make it 3-2 with 10 minutes to go. This set up the dramatic climax to one of the most exciting international matches witnessed at Wembley.
  

England's only victory in five meetings with Yugoslavia had been at Wembley in 1956. Yugoslavia had reached the World Cup quarter-finals in 1958 before losing to West Germany just a month after thrashing England 5-0 in Belgrade, They had also reached the quarter-finals of the first European Championship and, three days earlier , had lost the first leg, 2-1 to Portugal in Lisbon.
After half an hour the visitors took the lead when Jerkovic headed on a free kick from Zebec for Milan Galic to knock in the opener. England equalised just before the interval with a similar goal. A free kick from Wilson was headed on by Baker for Bryan Douglas to level. Just after half-time Charlton put Jimmy Greaves through to beat Soskic from a narrow angle but Yugoslavia drew level after an hour's play. Galic getting his second from a pass by Perusic. In the 80th minute Galic created another with a clever back-heel to Borije Kostic who shot past Springett. Defeat stared England in the face but with just two minutes left Baker hit the bar from Greaves' cross and Johnny Haynes rescued a draw with a header.
        

The visit of Yugoslavia to Wembley recalled the previous meeting in Belgrade in 1958 when England was defeated 5-0. During the two-year interval, however, Yugoslav football, like our own, has been in a state of transition, and they had recently lost surprisingly to Israel and Portugal, England made several changes: Swan had his début at centre-half in place of Slater; Douglas was recalled to the right wing, with Haynes as his partner; Greaves replaced Parry at inside-left. It was a dull afternoon with intermittent drizzle and the youthful England team, while playing some forceful football, lacked cohesion. In contrast Yugoslavia were dainty and confident, their passing was precise and their ball-play careful, but they were bad finishers with the exception of outside-left Kostic. Swan was disappointing, Springett below his best and, though both backs were sound, a mistake by Armfield enabled Yugoslavia to equalise in the second half. Only Haynes and Greaves approached their best form in attack, though Charlton showed several fine bursts of speed in his unaccustomed place on the left-wing. Goals were scored by Galic (2) and Kostic for Yugoslavia; by Douglas, Greaves, and Baker for England.