It featured a large "Collina was supported by fellow Italian officials Gennaro Mazzei and 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. The climax of the game was voted as the fourth-greatest sporting moment ever by Channel 4 viewers in a poll in early 2002.
They had finished second in the 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. The 1999 UEFA Champions League Final was a football match that took place on Wednesday, 26 May 1999.
Solskjær celebrated by sliding on his knees, mimicking Basler's earlier celebration, before quickly being mobbed by the United players, substitutes and coaching staff. 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. The match ball for the final was the Nike NK 800 Geo, a white ball with a standard 32-panel design. Schmeichel, in his own penalty area, cartwheeled with glee. United, after being a goal down for 84 minutes, win the 1999 European Cup final with two goals in injury time.
Solskjær reacted fastest, shot out a foot and poked the ball into the roof of the Bayern goal for United to take the lead. With three victories in a row from Although it was the second Champions League season to feature clubs that had not won their national leagues the previous season, Manchester United and Bayern Munich were the first such clubs to reach the final of the competition. Beckham again swung the corner in, finding the head of Sheringham, who nodded the ball down across the face of goal.
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Topics. Of these, around two-thirds were reserved for the two finalist clubs (approximately 30,000 tickets per team). Beckham flighted the corner in just over Schmeichel's head, 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 Alex Ferguson. Despite the club receiving only 30,000 tickets, it is estimated that more than 50,000 Manchester United fans travelled to Barcelona for the final. Despite the bad start, United began to dominate possession but failed to create any clear cut chances despite David Beckham's tireless running. Final whistle! 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 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. In winning the trophy, Manchester United became the first English team to be crowned European Champions since the Heysel ban in 1985, and also the first team to achieve a unique treble of the The game attracted an average of 15 million viewers on British television with a peak audience of 19 million in injury time.
Referee Manchester United and Bayern Munich had only met twice in competitive matches before the final, both meetings coming earlier in the 1998–99 season and both finished as draws. The game restarted, but many Bayern players were overwhelmed with despair, virtually unable to continue and needed the assistance of referee 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. The match was played at Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain, to determine the winner of the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League. The Bayern defence remained strong and well organised, as Cole once again found himself with a chance in the Bayern box, but keeper The German team started the second half in a more positive mood with Jancker forcing a save from Schmeichel in the first minute of the restart. Manchester United wore their traditional red shirts, while Bayern Munich donned their grey and burgundy Champions League kit.
Contrary to popular belief, the free kick was not a deflection, but rather swerved into the far bottom corner of Peter Schmeichel's goal. The match is best remembered for Manchester United scoring two last-minute goals in injury time to win 2–1, after having trailed for most of the match. Football; Champions League; news; … The final was contested by Manchester United and Bayern Munich.
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They seemed to be badly missing influential midfielders Paul Scholes and Roy Keane.
The remaining third was divided between fans of FC Barcelona (around 7,500 tickets), UEFA, and competition sponsors. The goal was timed at 92:17.
Nevertheless, both went into the match as champions, having won their domestic leagues in 1998–99; Bayern Munich claimed the The Camp Nou was constructed over three years from 1954 to 1957 as a replacement for Barcelona's previous home, the nearby Three years after hosting its first European Cup final in 1989, the Camp Nou was selected as the principle stadium for the football tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona; it was used as the venue for one group match, two quarter-finals, one semi-final and both medal matches as the host nation, 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. Manchester United's only other German opponents in their history were Including the victory over Leeds in 1975, Bayern Munich had won the European Cup on three occasions going into the 1999 final.