81' Solskjr(in) - Cole(out) . 1999 NBA Finals - Knicks vs. Spurs | Basketball-Reference.com Share. [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. Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjr scored United's goals after Bayern had hit the post and the bar. No use for commercial purposes may be made of such trademarks. [111] Manchester United also received another financial boost in the form of an increase in the share price of their parent company on the London Stock Exchange; following the match, the price rose from 187 pence per share to 190 pence; however, this was still around 50p less than the shares were trading for earlier in the season during the attempted buyout of the club by BSkyB. [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. [16][17] Bayern Munich had an easier time against Yugoslavian champions Obili, winning 40 in the first leg at the Olympiastadion with goals from Stefan Effenberg, Giovane lber, Alexander Zickler and Thorsten Fink, all scored in the space of 17 second-half minutes. As half-time approached, United winger Giggs, playing out of position on the right, sent a weak header towards Kahn from a Cole cross, but that was as close as they were to come to a goal in the first half. Unlike the last three seasons, the final of this edition will be played in a . Twenty-four teams took part in the group stage: the national champions of Italy, Germany, Spain, France, Netherlands, England and Portugal, the title holders, and the 16 winning teams from the second qualifying round. United saved their best chance of the game until the last minute of stoppage time. Use of UEFA.com signifies your agreement to the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy. [105] In a post-match interview with ITV's Gary Newbon, Ferguson provided a succinct summary of the game: "Football, eh? Schmeichel kept his side in the game when tipping another Effenberg shot over the bar after 75 minutes. [53] Collina was supported by fellow Italian officials Gennaro Mazzei and Claudio Puglisi as assistant referees, and fourth official Fiorenzo Treossi. In 2007, he joined MLS side LA Galaxy, ending his career after five seasons in the U.S. As we all know, Beckham is a very wealthy man, and is now in the process of setting up his own MLS franchise in Miami. Penalty shoot-out if no goals occur in extra time. United never got going in the game and survived two late scares in the second half when Bayern were denied by the woodwork. Well, you already know the scoreline and it was reflected in the underlying statistics. David Beckham was Man Utd's hero in '99: he deserved the Ballon d'Or The final was contested by Manchester United and Bayern Munich. Tyldesley was right. Champions League final by the numbers: The best stats and facts as Real Nicknamed "The Tiger," Effenberg only played for his country on 35 occasions after a disagreement with the team management saw his international career halted. [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. 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. Of these, around two-thirds were reserved for the two finalist clubs (approximately 30,000 tickets each). A winner of 13 Premier League titles, four FA Cups, four League Cups and two Champions Leagues, Giggs is United's most decorated player in the history of the club. We were winning 1-0 against Manchester United in the Champions League final when president Franz Beckenbauer went into the elevator at the Camp Nou. A World Cup winning captain in 1990, a former European Footballer of the Year, the first ever FIFA World Player of the Year, the most capped German international in history with 150 caps, seven Bundesliga titles, two UEFA Cups and a Serie A title, the only trophy Matthaus did not win was the Champions League. [103] After becoming the first manager of an English club to achieve this honour, Ferguson was made a Knight Bachelor on 12 June 1999 in recognition of his services to football,[104] as well as a bonus from the club reported to be in the region of 350,000 (the players received bonuses of 150,000 each). It looked as if, having been behind for most of the match, United had forced extra time. Name on the trophy! The result meant that Bayern finished as group winners, but United's points total was enough to see them go through as one of the two group runners-up with the best record. UEFA Champions League | UEFA.com [98] For Bayern Munich, substitutes Helmer and Ali Daei left the club in the summer of 1999; Helmer moved to England to play for Sunderland, while Daei remained in Germany with Hertha BSC. Before all that though, there is Bayerns opening goal from Mario Baslers free-kick the games very first shot and one with a low xG value of 0.07, according to StatsBombs expected goals model. Champions League final shoot-out as it happened Phillip Lahm (Bayern) scored 1-0 Juan Mata (Chelsea) missed 1-0 Mario Gomez (Bayern) scored 2-0 David Luiz (Chelsea) scored 2-1 Manuel Neuer. 1999 Champions League Final | Manchester United vs Bayern Munich The tale of one of the most dramatic finals in Champions League history. 1999 UEFA Champions League final - Wikipedia Johnsen has been representing United at Masters Events in recent years and also now deals in property in Norway. Six minutes into the match, Johnsen fouled Bayern striker Jancker just outside the area,[76] and Basler placed a low free kick around the United wall to score the first goal, as Schmeichel was caught flat-footed. But what would, Blomqvist was replaced by Sheringham not long after his miss. 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. [113] Greater Manchester Police later estimated that the actual number of people who attended the parade was around 500,000. For the best possible experience, we recommend using, Solskjr answers Manchester United's prayers. Solskjr celebrated by sliding on his knees, mimicking Basler's earlier celebration, before quickly being mobbed by the United players, substitutes and coaching staff. Kahn won the Bundesliga eight times in his career and the Champions League in 2001, perEurosport. [122] The Bayern squad featured six players who appeared in the 1999 final Babbel, Kuffour, Effenberg, Matthus, Jancker and Fink as well as striker lber, who missed the original match through injury. [11], Manchester United became the first team to win the European Cup or Champions League without being the champions of Europe or champions of their country the preceding season. 2022-23 CAF Champions League - Wikipedia The big German was a supreme talent and in 2002 became the first and only goalkeeper in history towin the Golden Ball, per BBC Sport. With an xG of 0.47, this is essentially a coin flip to win the European Cup, weighted slightly against Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Kuffour is now a football pundit in South Africa. Jancker went on to play for Udinese in Italy in 2002, and finished his playing career at Mattersburg of Austria in 2010. Cole is the second highest Premier League goalscorer of all-time, second only to Alan Shearer, perStatbunker. In the 1999 Champions League semifinal, Manchester United was paired with Juventus, with the winner going to the Champions League final. 20 years on, it remains the greatest single-season achievement in English footballs history. [91] He never won the competition as a player, having moved to play in the United States for the MetroStars in March 2000, the year before Bayern next won the European Cup in 2001. He ended his playing career the following season after a spell in Qatar. However, they failed to create any clear cut chances. Stefen Effenberg was the German equivalent of Eric Cantona: He was skillful, brilliant and at times hugely controversial. Oliver Kahn was very much Peter Schmeichel's main competitor for the position of the greatest goalkeeper in the world, back in 1999. [51], As well as reducing the capacity of the stadium, UEFA also mandated that the Camp Nou pitch be narrowed by 4 metres (13ft) from 72 metres (236ft) to 68 metres (223ft), to match UEFA's 'standard' pitch size. [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. League Champion: San Antonio Spurs. Chelsea 1-1 Bayern Munich (aet, 4-3 pens) - BBC Sport The official licensed stores are operated by 3rd party commercial partners appointed under license by UEFA. [95] He spent two seasons in Portugal before returning to England for spells with Aston Villa and Manchester City. I said: 'Well, one mistake in 10 years isn't bad.' [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. Whereas both goals against Newcastle were examples of the 99 Uniteds fine build-up play, this is a scrappy one, born out of Bayerns inability to clear their lines properly and Sheringham hanging off the shoulder of Scholl, hoping to feed on any scraps that come his way. Get news, stats and video - plus play Fantasy and Predictor games. Even so, it is the type of chance that only goes in one in 15 times. [37], United again came up against Italian opposition in the semi-finals, facing Juventus, who had beaten Greek side Olympiacos in the quarters, and Bayern were drawn against Ukrainian side Dynamo Kyiv, who beat reigning champions Real Madrid to reach the semis. However, United became champions with just five wins in total, the lowest number of wins recorded by a champion in the Champions League era to date, though the competition now has an extra round of two matches in the knock-out stages. The defensive midfielder, originally from East Germany, suffered with a chronic knee injury, forcing him to retire at age 32. The parade culminated with a reception at the Manchester Arena, for which 17,500 tickets were made available at 3 each; proceeds went to Ferguson's testimonial fund. However, the two clubs felt it would have been a shame for neither to wear their traditional colours, and they agreed to toss a coin to see who would have first choice. To score them in stoppage time to win a Champions League final and complete a league, cup and European treble is simply extraordinary. Markus Babbels disruption of the wall helps too. [2] Manchester United's only other German opponents in their history were Borussia Dortmund, against whom they had an overall winning record, with three wins, two defeats and a draw in their six matches, including a 101 aggregate win in the second round of the 196465 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and a 20 aggregate defeat in the 199697 UEFA Champions League semi-finals. Were it not for the late flurry and had they lost 1-0, United could not have much to complain about. Champions League final 26 May 1999 Nou Camp, Barcelona. Mario Basler put Bayern into a sixth minute lead in the 1999 Champions League final, and it appeared to be the winning goal for most of the game. Neville is also now a coach in Roy Hodgson's England set-up and will be involved with the national team at the forthcoming World Cup in Brazil. He dutifully played out the role of "Corner Taker #1" while Ole Gunnar Solskjaer took top billing, poking the ball in at the back post at the culmination of a scene so full of tension that not even Scorsese himself could . [86] Matthus had captained Bayern in the 1987 European Cup final and lost in similar circumstances to two late Porto goals. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! In 2005 he left for Roma, retiring from the game in 2009. 1999 UEFA Champions League Final | Football Wiki | Fandom Ryan Giggs, Ryan Giggs, still running down the wing. Note: Winning teams of the first qualifying round were drawn against teams qualified directly for the second qualifying round (16 and 16 teams). [11], Although it was the second Champions League season to feature clubs that had not won their national leagues the year before, Manchester United and Bayern Munich were the first such clubs to reach the final of the competition. [41], The Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, was selected as the venue for the final at a meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee in Lisbon, Portugal, on 6 October 1998. Teddy Sheringham, with 30 seconds of added time played, has equalised for Manchester United they are still in the European Cup! Submit . Please logout and login again. The Red Devils defeated the Bavarians at the Camp Nou in Barcelona and completed a historic treble (Premier League, FA Cup, Champions League) in the 1998-99 season. Newsletter. The two teams now face each other in this year's Champions League quarter-finals as the reigning title holder from their domestic leagues. 80' Fink(in) -. Tough tackling Thomas Linke stayed with Bayern Munich for seven seasons, winning the Bundesliga five times. But after one year Tarnat was on his way from England, returning to Germany to play for Hannover 96 where he stayed for five seasons and ended his playing career. Bayern raced into the lead after six minutes when Mario Basler deceived Peter Schmeichel from a free kick just outside the box. The player stayed in English football for four years, with an on-loan stint at Blackburn Rovers. . He is mooted to be involved in a IPL style football venturein India that will take place this year. Ferguson took advantage and played a three man attack in the second half. Mario Basler put Bayern into a sixth minute lead in the 1999 Champions League final, and it appeared to be the winning goal for most of the game. Basler left Bayern after the 1999 final, joining Kaiserslautern, where he stayed until 2003. In 2008 he rejoined the Bayern set up for a year, being involved with their amateur side in the third division, before then retiring from playing. In the event that two or more teams had the same number of points at the end of the group stage, the rankings of the teams in question were determined by the following criteria:[4], The two best runners-up were determined by the following criteria:[5], The knockout stage was played in a single-elimination tournament format consisting of three rounds: quarter-finals, semi-finals and final. Manchester City and Pep Guardiola issued Real Madrid Champions League Andy Cole became a journeyman striker after his six years with United, playing for eight different clubs over a seven-year period. Manchester City took a giant step towards winning the Premier League title on Wednesday after a resounding 4-1 home win over Arsenal, which moves them to with two points of Mikel Arteta's side . However, the crowning glory for Ferguson was the substitutions he made. This is the third straight European Cup final to end 1-0, the longest streak of finals ending with the same score since 6 straight finals ended exactly 1-0 between 1977-78 and 1982-83. [119] In Spain, the match was shown on TVE. During his time at Anfield the player won the F.A. "[101], In winning the trophy, Manchester United became the first English team to be crowned European champions since the Heysel Stadium disaster ban in 1985, which had resulted in English clubs being excluded from UEFA competitions for five years, and also the first team to achieve the treble of the Premier League, FA Cup, and European Cup in the same season. If neither side scored during extra time, the match would be decided by a penalty shoot-out. . The defence was anchored by Lothar Matthaus, Thomas Linke and Ghana international Samuel Kuffour. The best stats and facts, provided by Opta, following Real Madrid's Champions League final win over Liverpool at the Stade de France in Paris. For the second time in the space of four days, he came on to score and assist. Stats and records broken by Women's Champions League finalists. [29] Qualification for the quarter-finals was only guaranteed for the group winners,[30] meaning that both United and Bayern had to play for victory in their final match against each other at Old Trafford. The original target man, the huge Carsten Jancker was a nightmare to play against. With the game seemingly drifting away from the English side, he introduced Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Teddy Sheringham who eventually won United the Champions League crown. The key difference is perhaps that while Blomqvist was stretching to connect, Sheringham was stationary and could use his own momentum to guide Giggs initial shot in. Solskjr, who had been appointed as manager of Manchester United in December 2018, opened the scoring in the fifth minute, having come on for Cole in the first minute of the match due to Cole's continued struggle with kidney trouble. Solskjaer on 'disappointing' season finish, Match statistics for Manchester United 2-1 Bayern Munich, The shape of the game, as shown by cumulative expected goal values of all shots, Bayerns shot locations, with descriptive information of shot type, Uniteds shot locations, with descriptive information of shot type, Sheringhams equaliser, after 90+1 minutes, Uniteds shots on target, with goals highlighted in blue, United players celebrate winning the 1999 Champions League final, Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in, Please refresh your browser to be logged in, 20 years on, it remains the greatest single-season achievement in English footballs history. Sheringham is now a regular pundit on TV and radio. Their best is Carsten Janckers overhead kick, late on and from the edge of the six-yard box, which struck the crossbar. [74] Babbel was originally intended to play a man-marking role on Giggs, with his defensive abilities earning him selection ahead of the more attack-minded Thomas Strunz;[71] however, this was nullified by Giggs' selection on the right wing, where he would play against Tarnat. [76] A minute later, Bayern missed a chance to secure the trophy, when an overhead kick from Jancker came off the crossbar. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer tapped in a stoppage time winner and won the trophy for United. 1999 NBA Playoffs Summary. The sheer improbability of what Uniteds 1999 team achieved in those 103 seconds between equaliser and winner is why they are still celebrated and revered, two decades on. Those Who Missed out 2 of 14 These are the. The latters absence resulted in Bayern playing a three man attack of Basler, Jancker and Zickler while Lizarazu was replaced by Michael Tarnat. He had been substituted with 10 minutes remaining, with victory seemingly assured. United, meanwhile, struggled to fashion many threatening chances until they absolutely had to. This was an even contest. Manchester United beat Brndby 62 in their first match at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen,[24] then 50 at Old Trafford two weeks later. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. Stam played for Netherlands at four major championships, accumulating 67 caps. His right-footed snap-shot was weak and poorly struck, but it went straight to Sheringham, who swiped at the shot with his right foot, and nestled the ball in the bottom corner of the net. Most semi-final appearances by club (up . [76][77] Scholl then almost scored from a delicate 20-yard chip after a run from Basler, but the ball bounced back off the post and into Schmeichel's arms. [15], Manchester United received 2million in prize money from UEFA for winning the competition, on top of the 10million they had already won just for reaching the final; by comparison, Bayern Munich received 1.6million for finishing as runners-up. [40] Manchester United fell behind early in the second leg in Turin, as Filippo Inzaghi scored twice in the first 11 minutes. [20] United and Bayern found themselves bottom of the group after the first round of matches, in which Bayern lost 21 away to Brndby after surrendering a 10 lead in the last three minutes;[21] United, meanwhile, played out a 33 draw at home to Barcelona after twice giving up the lead. [39] A single goal from Basler proved the difference between Bayern and Dynamo in the second leg, giving the Germans a 43 aggregate win. The Bayern defence remained strong and well-organised, as Cole found out when his close-range effort was quickly closed down by three defenders. Teddy Sheringham joined United late in his career in 1997 as the replacement for Eric Cantona. [70] Effenberg and Jens Jeremies played in central midfield for Bayern, with Jeremies man-marking Beckham.[75]. And given they were 1-0 up for the majority of the evening, perhaps Bayern felt they could afford to try their luck. - Kroos has spent eight years at Madrid and has won the Champions League in 50% of those seasons. If neither side scored during golden goal extra time, a penalty shoot-out would again be used to determine the winner. [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. Given how he smacked his hands together after watching it beat him, Schmeichel knew he could have done better. The competition was won by Manchester United, coming back from a goal down in the last two minutes of injury time to defeat Bayern Munich 21 in the final. [76] As the game crept into the last five minutes, United's two substitutes forced Kahn into more saves, firstly through a Sheringham volley and then from another Solskjr header.[78]. The 199899 UEFA Champions League was the 44th season of the UEFA Champions League, Europe's premier club football tournament, and the seventh since it was renamed from the "European Champion Clubs' Cup" or "European Cup". West Ham thrashed Arsenal 5-1 at the Emirates Stadium to win the FA Youth Cup for the first time since 1999. [18] In the second leg, played at Partizan's ground in Belgrade, an 88th-minute goal from Lothar Matthus rescued a 11 draw to give Bayern a 51 win on aggregate.
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