1994 UEFA Champions League final

Association football match June 2017 1994 UEFA Champions League final 1994europeancupfinal.jpg 200 Match programme cover 1993–94 UEFA Champions League Milan ITA 30px 4 Barcelona ESP 30px 0 1994 5 18 y Olympic Stadium Athens Philip Don (England) 70,000 1993 1995 The 1994 UEFA Champions League final, originally known as the 1994 European Cup final, was a football match between Italian club Milan and Spanish club Barcelona, played on 18 May 1994 at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece. Having won La Liga for the fourth consecutive year, Barcelona were favourites to win a second European Cup/UEFA Champions League title in three years. Milan's preparation before the final was in disarray with injured or suspended talent and other issues. Milan's legendary striker Marco van Basten and their £13 million young sensation Gianluigi Lentini (then the world's most expensive footballer) were both injured, while Franco Baresi and defender Alessandro Costacurta were both suspended. UEFA regulations at the time, which limited teams to fielding a maximum of three non-nationals, meant that Milan coach Fabio Capello was forced to leave out Florin Răducioiu, Jean-Pierre Papin and Brian Laudrup. On Barcelona's side, the rule saw coach Johan Cruyff choosing not to pick Michael Laudrup in his squad for the final, which caused Capello to state after the game "Laudrup was the guy I feared but Cruyff left him out, and that was his mistake".Ortego Enrique Seville https://www.abc.es/archivo/periodicos/abc-sevilla-19940520-92.html La lección táctica de Fabio Capello, cura de humildad para Johan Cruyff Fabio Capello's tactical lesson, humbling for Johan Cruyff ABC 92 20 May 1994 8 January 2025 es live https://web.archive.org/web/20250108235340/https://www.abc.es/archivo/periodicos/abc-sevilla-19940520-92.html 8 January 2025 Laudrup left Barcelona for their arch-rival, Real Madrid, at the end of the season. thumb|246x246px|Mauro Tassotti, Fabio Capello and Adriano Galliani with the UEFA Champions League trophy in their return to Italy. Teams In the following table, finals until 1992 were in the European Cup era, since 1993 were in the UEFA Champions League era. TeamPrevious final appearances (bold indicates winners)ITA Milan6 (1958, 1963, 1969, 1989, 1990, 1993)ESP Barcelona3 (1961, 1986, 1992) Route to the final 1993–94 UEFA Champions League ITA MilanRoundESP BarcelonaOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legSUI Aarau1–01–0 (A)0–0 (H)First roundUKR 1992 Dynamo Kyiv5–41–3 (A)4–1 (H)DEN Copenhagen7–06–0 (A)1–0 (H)Second roundAUT Austria Wien5–13–0 (H)2–1 (A)OpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResultBEL Anderlecht0–0 (A)Matchday 1TUR Galatasaray0–0 (A)POR Porto3–0 (H)Matchday 2FRA 1974 Monaco2–0 (H)GER Werder Bremen2–1 (H)Matchday 3RUS Spartak Moscow2–2 (A)GER Werder Bremen1–1 (A)Matchday 4RUS Spartak Moscow5–1 (H)BEL Anderlecht0–0 (H)Matchday 5TUR Galatasaray3–0 (H)POR Porto0–0 (A)Matchday 6FRA 1974 Monaco1–0 (A)Group B winner Group B yes n MILFinal standingsGroup A winner Group A yes n BAROpponentResultKnockout phaseOpponentResultFRA 1974 Monaco3–0 (H)Semi-finalsPOR Porto3–0 (H) Match Summary Milan played in their all-white away strip, which historically they use in finals of the European Cup/UEFA Champions League, while Barcelona played in their red and blue strip. Milan dominated early and were rewarded when Dejan Savićević ran down the right flank and passed to Daniele 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 solo run by Roberto Donadoni down the left wing.https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2016/may/31/milan-daniele-massaro-barcelona-golden-goal Golden Goal: Daniele Massaro for Milan v Barcelona (1994) The Guardian 31 May 2016 12 May 2020 Conrad Leach In the 47th minute, Savićević capitalised on a defensive error by Miguel Ángel Nadal to lob goalkeeper Andoni Zubizarreta for the third goal. Eight minutes later, after Savićević had hit a post and the Barcelona defence had failed to clear, Milan midfielder Marcel Desailly beat the offside trap to make it 4–0, which ended up being the final score.https://www.theguardian.com/football/2007/dec/13/newsstory.acmilan Milan style - how the Guardian saw the 1994 final The Guardian 13 December 2007 1 May 2020 Russell Thomas Desailly became the first player to win the trophy in consecutive years with different clubs after winning with Marseille in 1993. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2020/may/13/milan-v-barcelona-1994-champions-league-final-live Milan v Barcelona 1994 Champions League final: as it happened 13 May 2020 Guardian 14 May 2020 Rob Smyth The match held the record for the largest margin in a final in the Champions League era until it was surpassed in the 2025 UEFA Champions League final, when French side Paris Saint-Germain beat Inter Milan 5-0 in Munich. Details 1994 5 18 y 20:15 EEST Milan ITA 4–0 ESP Barcelona Massaro 22 45+2 Savićević 47 Desailly 58 Olympic Stadium, Athens 70,0002017 2. Finals https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/EuroExperience/competitions/Publications/02/28/56/89/2285689_DOWNLOAD.pdf UEFA Champions League Statistics Handbook 2016/17 Nyon Union of European Football Associations 1 22 April 2017 Philip Don (England) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/match/51078/ _acmilan9394away _acmilan9394away _acmilan9394away _acmilan8990away FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF MilanWilson Jonathan Jonathan Wilson (journalist/author) Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics Orion 2008 318 978-1-4091-0204-5 _fcbarcelona9394home _fcbarcelona9394home _fcbarcelona9394home _fcbarcelona9394home _fcbarcelona9394home 9c0000 9c0000 9c0000 0000AD C61442 Barcelona GK 1 ITA Sebastiano RossiRB 2 ITA Mauro Tassotti (c) 35CB 5 ITA Filippo GalliCB 6 ITA Paolo Maldini 83LB 3 ITA Christian Panucci 88RM 9 CRO Zvonimir BobanCM 4 ITA Demetrio Albertini 53CM 8 FRA 1974 Marcel DesaillyLM 7 ITA Roberto DonadoniRF 10FRY Dejan SavićevićLF 11ITA Daniele Massaro 45Substitutes:GK 12ITA Mario IelpoCB 13ITA Stefano Nava 83RM 14ITA Angelo CarboneRM 15ITA Gianluigi LentiniLF 16ITA Marco SimoneManager:ITA Fabio Capello300px GK 1 ESP Andoni ZubizarretaRB 2 ESP Albert Ferrer 58DM 3 ESP Pep GuardiolaCB 4 NED Ronald KoemanCB 5 ESP Miguel Ángel Nadal 54CM 6 ESP José Mari Bakero (c) 48LB 7 ESP Sergi Barjuán 55 71RF 8 BUL Hristo Stoichkov 24CM 9 ESP Guillermo AmorCF 10BRA RomárioLF 11ESP Txiki Begiristain 51Substitutes:DF 12ESP Juan CarlosGK 13ESP Carles BusquetsMF 14ESP Eusebio Sacristán 51MF 15ESP Jon Andoni GoikoetxeaMF 16ESP Quique Estebaranz 71Manager:NED Johan Cruyff Linesmen: Rob Harris (England) Roy Pearson (England) Fourth official: Martin Bodenham (England) See also 1989 European Super Cup – contested between same teams 1994 European Cup Winners' Cup final 1994 European Super Cup 1994 UEFA Cup final 1993–94 AC Milan season 1993–94 FC Barcelona season AC Milan in international football FC Barcelona in international football References External links European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 1993–94 season at UEFA website Champions UEFA European Cup Final 1994 European Cup Final 1994 1994 Final Category:UEFA Champions League finals UEFA Champions League final Category:Football matches in Athens UEFA Champions League final, 1994 1994 Category:1993–94 in Greek football