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2003 UEFA Champions League Final

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Event	2002–03 UEFA Champions League
Juventus Milan 0 0
After silver goal extra time Milan won 3–2 on penalties
Date	28 May 2003
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester
Man of the Match	Paolo Maldini (Milan)[1]
Referee	Markus Merk (Germany)
Attendance	62,315[1]
Weather	Clear 18 °C (64 °F)[2]
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The 2003 UEFA Champions League Final was a football match that took place at Old Trafford in Manchester, England on 28 May 2003 to decide the winner of the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League. The match was contested by two Italian teams: Juventus and Milan. The match made history as it was the first time two clubs from Italy had faced each other in the final. It was also the second intra-national final of the competition, following the all-Spanish 2000 UEFA Champions League Final three years earlier. Milan won the match via a penalty shoot-out after the game had finished 0–0 after extra time. It gave Milan their sixth success in the European Cup.

Background

Juventus entered the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League as Serie A champions and so qualified for the group phase, Milan finished fourth so started off in the third qualifying round.

Juventus went into the Champions League final as champions of Italy for the 27th time. Milan came third in the league, finishing with eleven fewer points than Juventus, but won the Coppa Italia. In the Serie A games between the two sides in 2002–03, Juventus won 2–1 on 10 November at the Stadio delle Alpi while Milan won the reverse fixture by the same scoreline at the San Siro.

Route to the final

Juventus				Round	Milan
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Qualifying phase	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Bye				Third qualifying round	Slovan Liberec	2–2 (a)	1–0 (H)	1–2 (A)
Opponent	Result			First group stage	Opponent	Result
Feyenoord	1–1 (A)			Matchday 1	Lens	2–1 (H)
Dynamo Kyiv	5–0 (H)			Matchday 2	Deportivo La Coruña	4–0 (A)
Newcastle United	2–0 (H)			Matchday 3	Bayern Munich	2–1 (A)
Newcastle United	0–1 (A)			Matchday 4	Bayern Munich	2–1 (H)
Feyenoord	2–0 (H)			Matchday 5	Lens	1–2 (A)
Dynamo Kyiv	2–1 (A)			Matchday 6	Deportivo La Coruña	1–2 (H)
Group E winner Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Juventus 6 4 1 1 12 3 +9 13 Newcastle United 6 3 0 3 6 8 −2 9 Dynamo Kyiv 6 2 1 3 6 9 −3 7 Feyenoord 6 1 2 3 4 8 −4 5				Final standings	Group G winner Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Milan 6 4 0 2 12 7 +5 12 Deportivo La Coruña 6 4 0 2 11 12 −1 12 Lens 6 2 2 2 11 11 0 8 Bayern Munich 6 0 2 4 9 13 −4 2
Opponent	Result			Second group stage	Opponent	Result
Deportivo La Coruña	2–2 (A)			Matchday 1	Real Madrid	1–0 (H)
Basel	4–0 (H)			Matchday 2	Borussia Dortmund	1–0 (A)
Manchester United	1–2 (A)			Matchday 3	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–0 (H)
Manchester United	0–3 (H)			Matchday 4	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–0 (A)
Deportivo La Coruña	3–2 (H)			Matchday 5	Real Madrid	1–3 (A)
Basel	1–2 (A)			Matchday 6	Borussia Dortmund	0–1 (H)
Group D runners-up Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Manchester United 6 4 1 1 11 5 +6 13 Juventus 6 2 1 3 11 11 0 7 Basel 6 2 1 3 5 10 −5 7 Deportivo La Coruña 6 2 1 3 7 8 −1 7				Final standings	Group C winner Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Milan 6 4 0 2 5 4 +1 12 Real Madrid 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3 11 Borussia Dortmund 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10 Lokomotiv Moscow 6 0 1 5 3 10 −7 1
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout phase	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Barcelona	3–2	1–1 (H)	2–1 (a.e.t.) (A)	Quarter-finals	Ajax	3–2	0–0 (A)	3–2 (H)
Real Madrid	4–3	1–2 (A)	3–1 (H)	Semi-finals	Internazionale	1–1 (a)	0–0 (H)	1–1 (A)

Milan

Milan won Group G of the first group round, a group that also included Bayern Munich, Lens and Deportivo La Coruña, advancing to the second group round where they won Group C. They defeated Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund and Lokomotiv Moscow. They lost only two matches (Dortmund 1–0, and Real Madrid 3–1), and advanced to the quarter-finals where they met Ajax. The first leg was a draw (0–0) so the decisive match was the one at the San Siro which Milan won (3–2). In the semi-finals, they met local rivals Internazionale. Both matches finished equal (0–0; 1–1), but Milan advanced on the away goals rule, despite both teams technically playing at home.

Juventus

Juventus won Group E of the first group round, in which the other teams were Newcastle United, Dynamo Kyiv and Feyenoord. They finished second in Group D of the second group round, after Manchester United, due to their losses against the English side (2–1; 3–0) and against Basel (2–1), but they qualified to the quarter-finals where they eliminated Barcelona in extra-time (1–1; 2–1). In the semi-final, Juventus met Real Madrid; they lost the first match (2–1), but they won the second (3–1), key midfielder Pavel Nedved picked up a second yellow card which meant he was suspended for the final.

Pre-match

Venue

Old Trafford, the home of Manchester United, was selected to host the match in December 2001, following a meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee in Nyon, Switzerland, at the same time as Estadio de La Cartuja in Seville was selected to host the 2003 UEFA Cup Final.^[3] It was selected ahead of the likes of the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid, the Stade de France in Saint-Denis near Paris, and the Amsterdam Arena.^[4]

It would be the first time the stadium had hosted a major European final,^[5] although it had been the venue for both the two-legged 1968 Intercontinental Cup between Manchester United and Argentine club Estudiantes de La Plata, and the 1991 European Super Cup between Manchester United and Yugoslavian club Red Star Belgrade, which had been scheduled to be played over two legs, only for the Yugoslavian leg to be cancelled due to the wars in the country at the time.

The stadium had recently undergone a major expansion; following the mandatory conversion to an all-seater venue as a result of the Taylor Report and ahead of England hosting UEFA Euro 1996, the stadium's North Stand was expanded to three tiers, with a capacity of 25,500 spectators. This was followed by the addition of second tiers to the East and West Stands, which brought the overall capacity of the stadium to 68,217.

As has taken place for every Champions League final since 1997, a ceremonial handover of the European Champion Clubs' Cup from the holders to the host city took place on 3 April 2003. After receiving the trophy from a representative of holders Real Madrid in the ceremony at the Manchester Town Hall, UEFA Chief Executive Gerhard Aigner presented it to the Lord Mayor of Manchester, Roy Walters. Former Real Madrid players Alfredo Di Stéfano, Francisco Gento, Amancio and Emilio Butragueño, as were Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson, members of the club's 1968 European Cup Final team, and members of Liverpool and Manchester City's past European trophy-winning teams.^[6]

Also in April 2003, a 24-hour football match – named the "Starball Match" in reference to the logo of the UEFA Champions League – was played in Manchester's Albert Square. It was the second Starball Match, after the inaugural match was held in Glasgow ahead of the 2002 UEFA Champions League Final at Hampden Park. Over 1,000 players participated in the match, playing for sides named "Internazionale Manchester" and "Real Mancunian", in reference to Italian club Internazionale and Spanish club Real Madrid. Internazionale Manchester won the match 252–162.^[7]

Match

Summary

After a brisk start, Milan had an Andriy Shevchenko goal ruled out after Rui Costa was deemed to have blocked Gianluigi Buffon's line of view from an offside position, although television replays showed that the Portuguese had moved out of Buffon's line of sight before the shot. Antonio Conte nearly scored for Juventus after coming on as a substitute in the second half, his header clattering against the post with Dida beaten. Andrea Pirlo also hit the bar for Milan. In the second half, both teams began to sit back and created few chances.

Both Juventus and Milan had injuries to defenders, Juventus' Igor Tudor leaving early in the first half after pulling a muscle in his right thigh. In extra time, Roque Júnior limped out due to fatigue and injury; as they had made all three of their allowed substitutions, they had to play the rest of the game with 10 men.

The penalty shoot-out has caused controversy among some fans as replays showed that Dida was in front of the goal line when saving penalties from David Trezeguet, Marcelo Zalayeta and Paolo Montero. Buffon was also off his line when saving penalties from Clarence Seedorf and Kakha Kaladze. Shevchenko put away the final penalty to win the European Cup for Milan for the sixth time. Shevchenko himself became the first Ukrainian footballer to win the European Cup.

Details

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Juventus[8]

Milan[8]

GK 1 Gianluigi Buffon RB 21 Lilian Thuram CB 2 Ciro Ferrara CB 5 Igor Tudor  42' LB 4 Paolo Montero RM 16 Mauro Camoranesi  46' CM 3 Alessio Tacchinardi  69' CM 26 Edgar Davids  65' LM 19 Gianluca Zambrotta CF 17 David Trezeguet CF 10 Alessandro Del Piero (c)  111' Substitutes: GK 12 Antonio Chimenti DF 7 Gianluca Pessotto DF 13 Mark Iuliano DF 15 Alessandro Birindelli  42' MF 8 Antonio Conte  46' FW 24 Marco Di Vaio FW 25 Marcelo Zalayeta  65' Manager: Marcello Lippi

GK 12 Dida RB 19 Alessandro Costacurta  18'  66' CB 13 Alessandro Nesta CB 3 Paolo Maldini (c) LB 4 Kakha Kaladze RM 8 Gennaro Gattuso CM 21 Andrea Pirlo  71' LM 20 Clarence Seedorf AM 10 Rui Costa  87' CF 7 Andriy Shevchenko CF 9 Filippo Inzaghi Substitutes: GK 18 Christian Abbiati DF 24 Martin Laursen DF 25 Roque Júnior  66' MF 23 Massimo Ambrosini  87' MF 27 Serginho  71' MF 32 Cristian Brocchi FW 11 Rivaldo Manager: Carlo Ancelotti

Man of the Match: Paolo Maldini (Milan)[1] Assistant referees: Christian Schräer (Germany) Heiner Müller (Germany) Fourth official: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of silver goal extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.

Statistics

See also

• 2002–03 UEFA Champions League


• A.C. Milan in European football


• Italian football clubs in international competitions


• Juventus F.C.–A.C. Milan rivalry


• Juventus F.C. in European football

References

External links

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  Official Site (Archived)