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[117] In Germany, the match was shown on RTL Television,[118] and was seen by an average of 13.59 million people over the course of the broadcast. with a last minute penalty save against Arsenal in the F.A.Cup Semi Final. [122] The Bayern squad featured six players who appeared in the 1999 final – Markus Babbel, Samuel Kuffour, Stefan Effenberg, Lothar Matthäus, Carsten Jancker and Thorsten Fink – as well as striker Giovane Élber, who missed the original match through injury. 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. [10] Bayern Munich had an equally narrow advantage in their 22 matches against English opposition, with seven wins, nine draws and six defeats, including a win over Leeds United in the 1975 European Cup Final and a defeat to Aston Villa in the 1982 final. 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, already decorated with Bayern ribbons. United then solved the goalkeeping crisis by paying AS Monaco £7.8 million for Fabien Barthez. [107] It was such a significant achievement for an English football club that Prime Minister Tony Blair took the time to watch part of the match and congratulate Manchester United from the opening of the new National Assembly for Wales in Cardiff. The Bayern defence remained strong and well-organised, as Andy Cole found out when his close-range effort was quickly closed down by three defenders. [120], On 26 May 2019, Manchester United hosted a reunion match against a Bayern Munich Legends team to mark the 20th anniversary of winning the Treble and to raise money for the Manchester United Foundation. [75] Injuries also impacted on his selections, with French left-back Bixente Lizarazu and Brazilian forward Élber having suffered season-ending knee injuries. Two Dwight Yorke goals gave United a 2–0 win in their first leg at Old Trafford,[41] while Bayern beat Kaiserslautern by the same scoreline at the Olympiastadion through goals from Élber and Effenberg. Jordi Cruyff left the club on a free transfer to Deportivo Alavés at the end of the season, seeing out his four-year contract at a club where he had failed to claim a regular first-team place. Also arriving were Italian goalkeeper Massimo Taibi and French defender Mikaël Silvestre. During the season they scored 128 goals. His pinpoint accuracy fed United's strikers with perfect crosses whipped Goals from Keane and Yorke before half-time levelled the tie but gave United the advantage on away goals, before Andy Cole secured victory with the winning goal seven minutes from time. Jaap Stam took time to settle at United, his GBP 10.5 Manchester United 1999–2000 football season. [62] The opening ceremony featured inflatable versions of some of Barcelona's most recognisable landmarks,[63] as well as flag-bearers waving flags of the crests of the participating teams. Solskjær celebrated by sliding on his knees, mimicking Basler's earlier celebration, before quickly being mobbed by the United players, substitutes and coaching staff. place among the Leagues top 10 scorers. Their season record including these two competitions was as follows. Manchester United [16] Although Bayern had been waiting 23 years for a European Cup title, Manchester United had had to wait even longer, their only victory having come in 1968. By then, the stadium's capacity had been increased to over 120,000. In addition, they played the pre-season friendly Charity They lost just three games, all in the Premier League. [citation needed] The following year, the stadium underwent a remodelling that reduced the capacity to around 115,000. Tyldesley on ITV's broadcast of Solskjær's injury time winner[82], Less than 30 seconds after the subsequent kick-off, United forced another corner, but Schmeichel stayed in his penalty area this time under instruction from Ferguson. United went on to Kuffour broke down in tears after the game, beating the floor in despair, and Jancker had collapsed in anguish. [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. matches. [citation needed] The original capacity of the Camp Nou was just over 93,000, but its first major final, the 1972 Cup Winners' Cup Final, was attended by fewer than 25,000 spectators. "[91] When the two teams went to collect their medals, Matthäus received his runners-up medal but removed it from his neck almost immediately. Beckham again swung the corner in, finding the head of Sheringham, who nodded the ball down across the face of goal. They lost just three games, all in the [80] The substitute immediately forced Kahn into a diving save with a header; it was the closest United had come to scoring all game. This site is not part Dwight Yorke joined United for GBP 12.6 million at the the season. Cup [35] With Bayern beating Brøndby 2–0 at home, the German side moved onto 10 points and took top spot in the group going into the final round of matches, one point ahead of United. [citation needed], Due to UEFA regulations regarding standing at football matches, the Camp Nou's terraced sections were closed for the 1999 Champions League Final, reducing the capacity to approximately 92,000. Collina was promoted to the FIFA International Referees list in 1995, and took charge of his first UEFA Cup matches in the 1995–96 season. Mark Bosnich, previously at United as a reserve goalkeeper from 1989 to 1991, returned to the club as Peter Schmeichel's successor, but failed to live up to expectations and in September, the club swooped for Italian Massimo Taibi to provide competition for him. We were playing well in the last 20 minutes and should have been able to hold on to victory. [119] In Spain, the match was shown on TVE. [84], 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. 1998-1999 season required them to play 59 games. Schmeichel's injury had marked the [32] Bayern also recorded a pair of victories over Barcelona, winning 1–0 at the Olympiastadion[33] and 2–1 at the Camp Nou. [9] 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 10–1 aggregate win in the second round of the 1964–65 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and a 2–0 aggregate defeat in the 1996–97 UEFA Champions League semi-finals. [74] Stefan Effenberg and Jens Jeremies played in central midfield for Bayern, with Jeremies man-marking David Beckham.[79]. At that point Champions League Cup Semi Final against Juventus, and the title run in. [19] Nevertheless, both went into the match as champions, having won their domestic leagues in 1998–99; Bayern Munich claimed the Bundesliga title with a 1–1 draw against Hertha BSC on 9 May with three games to go, while Manchester United left it until the last day of the season (16 May), when they came back from 1–0 down against Tottenham Hotspur to win 2–1 and beat Arsenal to the title by a point. The goal was timed at 90+2:17'. At his best when it mattered, his vital stops from Final the result galvanised United. [55] 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. Shield, and also played under strength teams in their three Worthington League Cup The club controversially did not defend their FA Cup crown, upon request by The Football Association, to compete in the inaugural FIFA Club World Championship in Brazil instead.[2]. As the season wore on, long-time reserve goalkeeper Raimond van der Gouw was increasingly called on as the starting goalkeeper, and proved a fairly reliable performer, but at 37 years old as of the end of the season, it was clear that he would not be a long-term solution. Also on the bench were fellow striker Ole Gunnar Solskjær, back-up goalkeeper Raimond van der Gouw, defenders David May, Phil Neville and Wes Brown, and midfielder Jonathan Greening. At the other end, Basler came close with another free kick before Zickler sent a shot just wide from the edge of the box. [29] The first group stage meeting between United and Bayern took place at the Olympiastadion on matchday 2 and finished in a 2–2 draw; Élber opened the scoring for Bayern before goals from Dwight Yorke and Paul Scholes gave United the lead, only for a Teddy Sheringham own goal – brought about by an error by Peter Schmeichel – to level the scores in the 89th minute. [103] After becoming the first manager to achieve this honour, Alex 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). [18], 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. start of the campaign. Final and above all, his stoppage time equaliser in the European Champions Cup Final. United put together an attack when, after a healthy period of possession, Giggs sent in a cross towards Jesper Blomqvist who could only knock the ball over the bar after a desperate stretch. He had only refereed eight Champions League matches before the 1999 final, three of which came in the group stage earlier in the season, including the match between Barcelona and Bayern Munich at the Camp Nou on 4 November 1998; however, he had also taken charge of four matches at the 1996 Summer Olympics, including the final between Nigeria and Argentina, and two group stage matches at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Stam was awesome. The parade culminated with a reception at the Manchester Arena, for which 17,500 tickets were made available at £3 each, with proceeds going to Alex Ferguson's testimonial fund. Solskjær reacted fastest, shot out a foot and poked the ball into the roof of the Bayern goal for United to take the lead. They remained unbeaten throughout all their the Champions League matches. silverware. Both first legs finished as draws; Ryan Giggs scored in injury time to secure a 1–1 home draw for Manchester United after Antonio Conte had put Juventus ahead midway through the first half,[45] while Bayern also had to come from behind to draw 3–3 in Kiev. [47] Manchester United fell behind early in Turin, as Filippo Inzaghi scored twice in the first 11 minutes. [19] They had finished second in the 1997–98 season to Arsenal,[108] but had qualified through UEFA's expanded format, which had been introduced a season earlier. [83] Schmeichel, in his own penalty area, cartwheeled with glee. [53] After an initial announcement that the clubs would only receive 25,000 tickets each, the Independent Manchester United Supporters Association (IMUSA) called that figure "ridiculous", claiming it would push black market prices to "astronomical levels"; the group's spokesman, Lee Hodgkiss, suggested a figure closer to 50,000 would be more appropriate, given the stadium's usual capacity of around 115,000.

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