2000 UEFA Champions League Final

The 2000 UEFA Champions League Final took place at Stade de France in Paris, France on May 24, 2000. The match pitted Spanish giants' Real Madrid and Valencia. It was the first time since the advent of the European Cup/UEFA Champions League in 1955 that two clubs from the same country competed in the final.

Goals from Fernando Morientes and Steve McManaman put Real Madrid 2 – 0 ahead, before Raúl put away the match with a spectacular third goal, scored from almost no angle after running 70 metres across the pitch. The win was Madrid's eighth championship overall and their second in three years.

Match details

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date = 2000-05-24
team1 = flagicon|ESP Real Madrid
score = 3 – 0
team2 = Valencia flagicon|ESP
goals1 = Morientes goal|39
McManaman goal|67
Raúl goal|75
goals2 =
stadium = Stade de France, Paris
attendance = 78,759
referee = Stefano Braschi flagicon|ITA

Match statistics

Source: [http://www.ucl.uefa.org/ucl.2000/match/index.asp?MatchCode=17RMVA&Report=F UEFA Champions League Final 2000 Full-Time Report]

ee also

*UEFA Champions League 1999-00

External links

* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UCL/history/Season=1999/intro.html UEFA Champions League 1999/2000 season]