|Opponent Ferguson took advantage and played a three man attack in the second half. [122] Ferguson returned to manage the side, six years after his retirement from full-time management, joined by his 1999 assistant Steve McClaren and former club captain Bryan Robson as head coach. Contrary to popular belief, the free kick was not a deflection, but rather swerved into the far bottom corner of Peter Schmeichel's goal. Again, Beckham played it into a perfect area and Sheringham rose to meet it, this time heading the ball on for Solskjaer to prod home and spark scenes of sheer jubilation among the huge ranks of United fans behind the goal. Manchester United were without two of their best players namely Roy Keane and Paul Scholes for the final. Injury time goals from Manchester United's Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjr cancelled out Mario Basler's early goal for Bayern to give Manchester United a 21 win. [54], The match ball for the final was the Nike NK 800 Geo, a white ball with a standard 32-panel design. The game restarted, but many Bayern players were overwhelmed with despair, virtually unable to continue and needed the assistance of referee Pierluigi Collina to drag themselves off the ground. Schmeichel kept his side in the game when tipping another Effenberg shot over the bar after 75 minutes. Benzema has 10 goals in his last five Champions League games which is a record for a . [45], The Camp Nou was constructed over three years from 1954 to 1957 as a replacement for Barcelona's previous home, the nearby Camp de Les Corts. The remaining third was divided between fans of FC Barcelona (around 7,500 tickets), UEFA, and competition sponsors. Technically, it was very hard for him. Despite the bad start, United began to dominate possession but failed to create any clear cut chances despite David Beckham's tireless running. Goals from Keane and Yorke before half-time levelled the tie but gave United the advantage on away goals, before Cole secured victory with the winning goal seven minutes from the end of the match. As I struck it, and scored, I had to glance over my shoulder to make sure the linesman hadnt got it wrong as well. The 1999 UEFA Champions League final was an association football match between Manchester United of England and Bayern Munich of Germany, played at Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain, on 26 May 1999, to determine the winner of the 1998-99 UEFA Champions League. The triumph capped off an amazing season for Sir Alex Fergusons men. [123] Despite not having been with Manchester United during the 199899 season, Karel Poborsk, Mikal Silvestre and Louis Saha completed the squad as regular participants in Manchester United Legends matches. 1986Template:, 2013Template:, [83] United held onto their lead to record their second European Cup title,[84] and at the final whistle, referee Collina described the cheers from the fans as being like a "lion's roar". It was the first time a team needing to score two injury-time goals to triumph in the Champions League has done so since Manchester United in the 1999 final Dortmund remain the only. 1978-79Template:, Barcelona v Man Utd: 'I've seen my Treble goal a million times [86] Matthus had captained Bayern in the 1987 European Cup final and lost in similar circumstances to two late Porto goals. [39] A single goal from Basler proved the difference between Bayern and Dynamo in the second leg, giving the Germans a 43 aggregate win. By then, the stadium's capacity had been increased to over 120,000. 1959-60Template:, Fiorenzo Treossi (Italy), The game's ending was so unexpected that UEFA President Lennart Johansson had left his seat in the stands before Sheringham's equaliser to make his way down to the pitch to present the European Cup trophy, which was already decorated with Bayern ribbons. [120], On 26 May 2019, Manchester United hosted a reunion match at Old Trafford against a Bayern Munich Legends team to mark the 20th anniversary of winning the treble and to raise money for the Manchester United Foundation. was manager Sir Alex Ferguson's pithy summary of a remarkable evening in Barcelona. With the final taking place at their own Fuball Arena Mnchen, Bayern were expecting to claim the trophy for a fifth time. 1983Template:, Bayern raced into the lead after six minutes when Mario Basler deceived Peter Schmeichel from a free kick just outside the box. 1999Template:, 1965Template:, [76] Another chance for Basler prompted Ferguson to bring on Sheringham. Champions League 1999/2000 table, results and statistics Manchester United were without two of their best players namely Roy Keane and Paul Scholes for the final. Manchester United and Bayern Munich had only met twice in competitive matches before the final, both meetings coming earlier in the 199899 season and both finished as draws. |1st leg Quizzes. Normally when the opposition equalise you are expecting extra-time and it was a shock to our team when they scored the winner two minutes later. With the 90 minutes up, Schmeichel went up for a Beckham corner in desperation but actually challenged for the set-piece. Manchester United v Bayern Munich: 1999 Lineups - Bleacher Report Penalty shoot-out if no goals occur in extra time. But in a blink of an eye, United scored two quick goals, snatching victory from the jaws of defeat. Gennaro Mazzei (Italy) [7] They had also finished as runners-up twice: in 1982 against Aston Villa[8] and 1987 against Porto. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer reveals why he wore blacked-out boots in the 1999 Our animation talks you through how the Reds' dreams were realised during a defining period of the Treble season, "Youre fresh, theyre tired," explained Solskjaer. United did not play well, that is almost universally accepted, and fell behind after only six minutes. Live now. However, the crowning glory for Ferguson was the substitutions he made. [4], Including the victory over Leeds in 1975, Bayern Munich had won the European Cup on three occasions going into the 1999 final. --http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=uefaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/uefacomTwitter: https://twitter.com/UEFAcomG+: https://plus.google.com/+UEFAcomhttp://uefa.com |colspan=4 align=center valign=top|Group D winner 2000-01Template:, It looked as if, having been behind for most of the match, United had forced extra time. Manchester United's Ole Gunnar Solskjaer scores - Planet Football 2004Template:, On this day 1999: Manchester United's amazing Champions League final The goal was timed at 92:17. Giggs started on the right wing whereas Jesper Blomqvist starting on the left. Bayern coach Ottmar Hitzfeld announced his team's line-up for the final two full days ahead of the match. [76] With the game seemingly drifting away from the English side, Ferguson introduced Solskjr with 10 minutes remaining. UEFA Champions League - The 1999 Champions League final 20 years on: most dramatic ever? And all this with a reshuffled team due to the suspension of Paul Scholes and Roy Keane. 1977-78Template:, When the trophy was presented to Manchester United, the captain on the night, Peter Schmeichel, who had just finished his final match for the club, and manager Alex Ferguson raised the trophy together. "When Giggsy actually struck it, I knew I was onside because he was by the post. Beckham in towards Schmeichel it's come for Dwight Yorke. When emerging from the tunnel at the final whistle, he was stunned. Template:Fb cl2 team Bayern Munich's fans, meanwhile, created a tifo of the name of their team with thousands of coloured cards.[59]. 2008Template:, Referee Pierluigi Collina has cited this match as one of the most memorable of his career, and described the noise from the crowd at the end of the game as being like a "lion's roar". United's extraordinary Camp Nou success happened 20 years ago today; was it the biggest final shock of all? "As Giggsy struck the ball from there, and it was coming past me, I can remember the Bayern defender coming off the line past me and pushing up, putting his hand up in the air for offside. The defence was anchored by Lothar Matthaus, Thomas Linke and Ghana international Samuel Kuffour. Alex Fergusons tactical adeptness won the day for the Red Devils. They were stunned to have lost a game they had thought won just minutes before (several celebratory flares had already been ignited by the Munich fans moments before United equalised, and Bayern Munich ribbons had already been secured to the trophy itself in preparation for the presentation ceremony). [80] Schmeichel, in his own penalty area, cartwheeled with glee. LIVE Champions League final: Liverpool, Real Madrid clash in Paris Their next meeting saw the pair again play out a draw as the game finished 1-1. [19], In the draw for the group stage, Bayern Munich were placed in Pot 2 and Manchester United in Pot 3 as Germany was higher than England in the UEFA association club coefficient rankings. And the Germans looked set to be crowned kings of Europe right up until the 91st minute. [119] In Spain, the match was shown on TVE. After the treble was secured, much debate arose among English football fans as to whether the 1999 Manchester United team was the greatest club side ever, alongside past European Cup-winning teams. Clive Tyldesley on ITV's broadcast call of Sheringham's injury time equaliser[79]. A first-half goal from summer signing Kai Havertz, the most expensive. With Keane out, goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel was named as captain. Yorke made it 20 on the half-hour mark, before second-half goals from Butt, Saha and Beckham completed the scoring. Bayern were deflated and conceded another corner soon afterwards. |align=left|Template:Flagicon Juventus Is this their moment? 1964Template:, 1984Template:, Manchester United became the first team to win the European Cup or Champions League having failed to be the champions of Europe, champions of their country, or the winners of their country's domestic cup the preceding season. Paul Scholes was suspended for the 1999 UEFA Champions League final A foul on Juventus' Didier Deschamps in the semi-final cost Scholes his place He watched from the stands but felt. Real Madrid were back on top of Europe after victory at the Stade de France. United won a corner just as the fourth official indicated three minutes of injury time, and with so little time left for an equaliser, Peter Schmeichel ventured up to Bayern's penalty area. Six minutes into the match, Ronny Johnsen fouled Bayern striker Carsten Jancker just outside the area, and Mario Basler placed a low free kick around the United wall to score the first goal. [50] Many were able to buy tickets from touts, who had paid up to 400 to buy from Barcelona fans who had bought through their club for the equivalent of 28. Sheringham swept the Red Devils level in the 91st minute from Ryan Giggs' mis-hit shot and the usually unflappable German giants caved in. The Bayern defence was anchored around sweeper Matthus, who played behind Thomas Linke and Ghana international Samuel Kuffour the only non-German in the Bayern side (by comparison, Manchester United had four Englishmen in their team); Linke and Kuffour's partnership at centre-back meant club captain Thomas Helmer had to settle for a place on the bench. Template:Flagicon Mario Basler (Bayern Munich), Assistant referees: On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Template:ImportTemplate:Infobox football match 1968Template:, [72][73] lber's absence resulted in Bayern playing a three-man attack of Basler, Jancker and Zickler, while Lizarazu was replaced on the left flank by Michael Tarnat playing in a wing-back role opposite Markus Babbel on the right. 1999 UEFA Champions League Final - FootballOldCopy Wiki The match was played at Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain, to determine the winner of the 199899 UEFA Champions League. United put out both Italian teams, Internazionale in the quarter-final and Juventus in the semis.. On 26 May 1999, Manchester United snatched victory from the jaws of defeat in the UEFA Champions League final against Bayern. ManUtd.com's Adam Marshall recalls the emotions of being in the crowd at the Nou Camp 20 years ago today. "[90] When the two teams went to collect their medals, Matthus received his runner-up medal but removed it from his neck almost immediately. [76] Basler was proving to be Bayern's most dangerous player, first firing a 30-yard shot towards goal and then setting up a header for Babbel, who missed the ball entirely. The latters absence resulted in Bayern playing a three man attack of Basler, Jancker and Zickler while Lizarazu was replaced by Michael Tarnat. [109] Had Bayern won the cup, they would have become the first team to achieve this feat, having also finished second in the Bundesliga to Kaiserslautern the season before. Beckham flighted the corner in just over Schmeichel's head, Yorke put the ball back towards the crowded area, and after Fink failed to clear sufficiently, the ball arrived at the feet of Giggs on the edge of the area. UEFA.com works better on other browsers For the best possible experience, we. 1994-95Template:, Both first legs finished as draws; Giggs scored in injury time to secure a 11 home draw for Manchester United after Antonio Conte had put Juventus ahead midway through the first half,[38] while Bayern also had to come from behind to draw 33 in Kyiv. [70] Effenberg and Jens Jeremies played in central midfield for Bayern, with Jeremies man-marking Beckham.[75]. United's victory was the culmination of their Treble-winning season, after they had already won the FA Premier League and the FA Cup earlier in the month. [89] When emerging from the tunnel at the final whistle, he was stunned, and he later said: "I can't believe it. The match ball for the final was the Nike NK 800 Geo, a white ball with a standard 32-panel design. Manchester United's top two goalscorers, Andy Cole and Dwight Yorke started up front leaving Teddy Sheringham on the bench. Matthus had captained Bayern in the 1987 European Cup Final and lost in similar circumstances to two late Porto goals. At the other end, Basler came close with another free kick before Alexander Zickler sent a shot just wide from the edge of the box. |- Norwegian defender Henning Berg also missed out through injury, meaning that his compatriot Ronny Johnsen who had been an early contender to play alongside Butt in midfield played in central defence alongside Jaap Stam, who overcame an Achilles injury. |align=left|Template:Flagicon Internazionale Scholl then almost scored from a delicate twenty yard chip after a run from Basler, but the ball bounced back off the post and into the arms of a relieved Schmeichel. 2003-04Template:, [35] In the second leg, Nicola Ventola pulled a goal back for Inter, but Paul Scholes secured United's passage to the semi-finals with a late away goal. With the game seemingly drifting away from the English side, Ferguson introduced striker Ole Gunnar Solskjr with ten minutes remaining. 2004-05Template:, 1974-75Template:, It featured a large "swoosh" across two adjacent hexagonal panels with the Champions League logo on a pentagonal panel above, and a pattern of five-pointed stars over the entire surface of the ball. Teddy Sheringham, who had scored just four goals until that point in the season, guided home Giggs scuffed shot from Beckhams corner in the 91st minute. Tyldesley on ITV's broadcast of Solskjr's injury time winner[79], Less than 30seconds after the subsequent kick-off, United forced another corner, but Schmeichel stayed in his penalty area this time, under instruction from Ferguson. Paolo Maldini swept in Andrea Pirlo's free-kick inside a minute and Kak ran the Reds ragged, conducting the moves for both of Hernn Crespo's goals. |2nd leg Stefan Effenberg had a couple of efforts, as did Mehmet Scholl, who hit a post. [110] While Manchester United finished the season as treble champions, Bayern ultimately lost the DFB-Pokal final to Werder Bremen, which meant they finished the season with the Bundesliga title as their only silverware. Much to his chagrin, Alex Ferguson's team had so far come up short on the continent, despite dominating at home by winning the Double for the first time in our history in 1994 and repeating the feat in 1996. 1964-65Template:, [95] He spent two seasons in Portugal before returning to England for spells with Aston Villa and Manchester City. On this day 21 years ago, United came back from 1-0 to beat Bayern Munich with two stoppage-time goals to win a historic treble. 1998Template:, [99][100], Bayern president Franz Beckenbauer recognised that it was a loss of concentration in the last few minutes that led to his side's defeat: "That was the cruellest defeat possible because victory was so close. [113] Greater Manchester Police later estimated that the actual number of people who attended the parade was around 500,000. A scene from the dressing room after the heroic comeback against Bayern Munich. A minute later, Bayern missed a chance to secure the trophy when an overhead kick from Jancker came off the crossbar. Collina was promoted to the FIFA International Referees list in 1995, and took charge of his first UEFA Cup matches in the 199596 season. The UEFA word, the UEFA logo and all marks related to UEFA competitions, are protected by trademarks and/or copyright of UEFA. Solskjr reacted fastest, shot out a foot and poked the ball into the roof of the Bayern goal for United to take the lead. With Keane out, goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel was named as captain for his final Manchester United appearance. 1999 Champions League final - Manchester United [76] Although they were now a goal down, United began to dominate possession, but failed to create any clear-cut chances. Toughest Defeats in UCL Finals Part 1 The Champions League Fi "I hit it over the bar.
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