2001_UEFA_Champions_League_Final

2001 UEFA Champions League final

2001 UEFA Champions League final

The final of the 2000–01 edition of the UEFA Champions League

The 2001 UEFA Champions League final was a football match that took place at San Siro in Milan, Italy, on 23 May 2001, to decide the winner of the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League. The match pitted German side Bayern Munich against Spanish side Valencia. The match finished in a 1–1 draw, but Bayern clinched their fourth title by winning 5–4 on penalties. This was also their first European Cup title in a quarter-century, also representing Valencia's second consecutive final defeat (2000 and 2001). As all the goals in the match were scored from penalties, with also Bayern Munich missing a penalty in normal time and a penalty shoot-out was required to decide the winner, this UEFA Champions League match became an "all-penalty" final. The 2001 final was a meeting of the two previous seasons' losing finalists – Bayern Munich lost to Manchester United in 1999 and Valencia lost to Real Madrid in 2000.

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This was the sixth European Cup final to be decided on penalties, and the second under the Champions League format. This was Ottmar Hitzfeld's second Champions League title after he won it with Borussia Dortmund in 1997, making him the second coach in European Cup history, after Ernst Happel, to win the competition with two clubs. Meanwhile, it was Héctor Cúper's third consecutive European final defeat; he lost the 1999 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final with Mallorca, before losing the 2000 Champions League final with Valencia.

Teams

In the following table, finals until 1992 were in the European Cup era, since 1993 were in the UEFA Champions League era.

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Route to the final

Further information: 2000–01 UEFA Champions League
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Match

Summary

This final would come to be known for the goalkeeping heroics of Bayern keeper Oliver Kahn.[4]

Valencia opened the score early on with a Gaizka Mendieta penalty in the third minute after a prostrate Patrik Andersson was deemed to have handled the ball in the penalty area. Only a few minutes later, Bayern Munich were awarded a penalty after Jocelyn Angloma fouled Stefan Effenberg in the penalty box, but Santiago Cañizares saved Mehmet Scholl's kick with his legs. Bayern were awarded another penalty early in the second half, this time after Amedeo Carboni handled the ball while competing for a header with Carsten Jancker. This time, Stefan Effenberg took the penalty kick and sent Cañizares the wrong way to level the scores at 1–1. The scores remained level for the remainder of normal time and throughout the 30 minutes of extra time, so the match went to penalties.[4]

Again, Valencia took the lead early on as Paulo Sérgio put the first kick of the shoot-out over the bar before Mendieta sent Oliver Kahn the wrong way. Hasan Salihamidžić, John Carew and Alexander Zickler then traded penalty goals before Kahn saved Zlatko Zahovič's kick to tie the scores at 2–2 after three kicks each. The next kick from Patrik Andersson was also saved by Cañizares, and then Kahn stretched out a hand to tip Amedeo Carboni's shot onto the crossbar. Both Rubén Baraja and Stefan Effenberg then scored to take the shoot-out to sudden death. Bixente Lizarazu and Kily González both scored their clubs' sixth kicks of the penalty shoot-out, and then Thomas Linke scored for Bayern to set Mauricio Pellegrino up for the game-deciding kick. Kahn guessed the right direction and saved Pellegrino's kick, winning the cup for Bayern Munich.[4]

Kahn also won the UEFA Fair Play Award for consoling his heartbroken rival, Valencia's Santiago Cañizares after the penalty shoot-out.[5]

Details

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Attendance: 79,000[1]
Bayern Munich
Valencia
GK1Germany Oliver Kahn
CB4Ghana Samuel Kuffour
CB5Sweden Patrik AnderssonYellow card 38'
CB25Germany Thomas Linke
RWB2France Willy Sagnoldownward-facing red arrow 46'
LWB3France Bixente Lizarazu
CM23England Owen Hargreaves
CM11Germany Stefan Effenberg (c)
AM7Germany Mehmet Scholldownward-facing red arrow 108'
AM20Bosnia and Herzegovina Hasan Salihamidžić
CF9Brazil Giovane Élberdownward-facing red arrow 100'
Substitutes:
GK22Germany Bernd Dreher
DF18Germany Michael Tarnat
MF10Switzerland Ciriaco Sforza
FW13Brazil Paulo Sérgioupward-facing green arrow 108'
FW19Germany Carsten Janckerupward-facing green arrow 46'
FW21Germany Alexander Zicklerupward-facing green arrow 100'
FW24Paraguay Roque Santa Cruz
Manager:
Germany Ottmar Hitzfeld
GK1Spain Santiago CañizaresYellow card 120'
RB20France Jocelyn Angloma
CB12Argentina Roberto Ayaladownward-facing red arrow 90'
CB2Argentina Mauricio Pellegrino
LB15Italy Amedeo CarboniYellow card 26'
DM19Spain Rubén Baraja
RM6Spain Gaizka Mendieta (c)
LM18Argentina Kily GonzálezYellow card 117'
AM35Argentina Pablo Aimardownward-facing red arrow 46'
CF17Spain Juan Sánchezdownward-facing red arrow 66'
CF7Norway John Carew
Substitutes:
GK25Spain Andrés Palop
DF5Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miroslav Đukićupward-facing green arrow 90'
DF34Brazil Fábio Aurélio
MF4France Didier Deschamps
MF8Slovenia Zlatko Zahovičupward-facing green arrow 66'
MF14Spain Vicente
MF23Spain David Albeldaupward-facing green arrow 46'
Manager:
Argentina Héctor Cúper

Man of the Match:
Oliver Kahn (Bayern Munich)[1]

Assistant referees:[2]
Jaap Pool (Netherlands)
Jan-Willem van Veluwen (Netherlands)
Fourth official:[2]
Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)

Match rules

Statistics

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "2. Finals" (PDF). UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook 2016/17. Nyon, Switzerland: Union of European Football Associations. 2017. p. 1. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  2. [2]
    "Match officials appointed for Milan final" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 21 May 2001. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  3. [3]
    "History | Weather Underground". Wunderground.com. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  4. [4]
    Biggs, Matt (23 May 2001). "Bayern Munich 1-1 Valencia; Bayern won 5-4 on penalties". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  5. [5]
    Remember when Olivier Kahn won an award for his actions after 2001 Champions League final. GiveMeSport.
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