- 1994 European Cup Final
The 1994 European Champion Clubs' Cup Final was a football match between Spanish club
FC Barcelona andItaly 'sA.C. Milan , played on 18 May 1994 at theAthens Olympic Stadium inAthens ,Greece .Barcelona were favourites to win the their 2nd European title in three years over the 1993 runners up, having just won
La Liga . Milan's preparation before the final was in disarray: sweeper and legendary captain,Franco Baresi was suspended, as was defenderAlessandro Costacurta ; whileUEFA regulations which ordered that a team could only field a maximum of three non-nationals meant that their coachFabio Capello was forced to leave outFlorin Raducioiu ,Jean-Pierre Papin andBrian Laudrup .Milan played in their all-white away strip, which historically they use in finals of the European Cup and Champions League, while Barcelona played in their red and blue strip. AC Milan dominated early and were rewarded when
Dejan Savicevic ran down the right flank and passed toDaniele Massaro who tapped the ball into an empty net. Massaro banged in his second just before half time to make it 2-0 after a brilliant run byRoberto Donadoni down the left wing.In the 47th minute Savicevic capitalised on a defensive error by
Miguel Angel Nadal to lobgoalkeeper Andoni Zubizarreta for the third goal. Eight minutes later, Milan defenderMarcel Desailly beat the offside trap to make it 4-0, which ended up being the final score. Pundits described A.C Milan's performance against Barcelona in the final as the greatest ever by a team in European Cup/UEFA Champions League history. Desailly became the first player to win the trophy in consecutive years with different clubs after winning withOlympique Marseille in 1993.Match Details
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date= 18 May 1994
team1= flagicon|ITAA.C. Milan
score= 4 – 0
team2 =FC Barcelona flagicon|ESP
goals1 = Massaro goal|22 goal|45
Savićević goal|47
Desailly goal|59
goals2 =
stadium = Olympic Stadium,Athens
attendance = 70,000
referee =Philip Don flagicon|ENGee also
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UEFA Champions League 1993-94 External links
* [http://www.rsssf.com/ec/ecomp.html European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]
* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UCL/history/Season=1993/intro.html 1993-94 season at UEFA website]
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