On 20 May 1998, the Amsterdam Arena in the Netherlands, surrounded by tulips, welcomed two teams that had won the Champions League, the highest honour for European football clubs. The two sides are Juventus from Spain, who won 2-0 on aggregate against Borussia Dortmund in the semi-finals; the other is Juventus from Italy, who eliminated Monaco by an aggregate score of 6-4 in the semi-finals, and reached the Champions League final for three consecutive years (it is a tear to say, there are old women in these issues).
Let's take a look back at the starting lineup.
Juventus
Goalkeeper: No. 1 Angelo Peruzi
Centre-back: No. 3 Moreno Torricelli (1996 Champions League winner with Juve, carpenter turned professional)
Centre-back: No. 13 Marc Iuliano
Centre-back: No. 4 Paul Montero
Right forward: No. 7 Angelo Di Livio
Centre forward: No. 14 Didier Deschamps
Centre Forward: No. 26 Edgar Davis
Left-back: No. 22 Gianluca Pesotho (retired in 2006)
Front: No. 21 Zinetin Zidane
Centre-forward: No. 9 Filippo Inzaghi (player living on the offside line. He retired in 2012 and became head coach of AC Milan in 2014, leaving school in 2015 and head coaching of Serie C Venice in 2016. ）
Center: No. 10 Alessandro del Piero
Bench:
Goalkeeper No. 12 Michelangelo Lampra
Defender: No. 6 Dimas Teixeira
Defender: No. 15 Alessandro Billingdley
Midfielder: No. 8 Antonio Conte
Midfielder: No. 20 Alessio Tachinadi
Forward: No. 16 Nicola amorusso
Forward: No. 18: Daniel Fonseca
Head coach Marcelo Lippi
Real madrid
Goalkeeper: No. 25 Hakata Irgna (retired in 2001)
Right-back: No. 17 Christian Panucci (opted to retire in 2010 after declining an invitation from Major League Baseball.) He is a goal-loving defender when he plays football, and has played for Real Madrid, Inter, Roma, Chelsea, Monaco, and the strong teams in the mainstream league. ）
Centre-back: No. 5 Manuel Sanchez (retired in 2011. Coming from the Real Madrid academy, one of the five eagles of Real Madrid, he dedicated all his 18 years of playing time to Real Madrid, maintaining a club appearance record of 710 games. ）
Centre-back: No. 4 Fernando Hierro (retired in 2005. Hierro is an all-rounder, playing as a center forward when he debuted, came to Real Madrid to become a midfielder, and after a few years he played as a center back. The change of position did not bring him any discomfort, and he was able to adapt perfectly to the changes from front to back and fully exert his strength. In 2016, he became head coach of Oviedo in La Liga. ）
Left-back: No. 3 Roberto Carlos (retired in 2012. The best left-back in the world, when Lee Dayan interviewed him and asked him how to practice shooting. Carlos replied that genius is born, genius is not practiced. Indeed, his kind of free-kick shot that violates the laws of physics is never seen again. It is worth mentioning that after leaving Real Madrid, he has moved to The League of Brazil, Russia and India, where he is not only a player but also a part-time coach... Kenji Fujima's realistic version)
Back: No. 6 Fernando Redondo (Retired in 2004 and nicknamed "The Prince", Redondo is one of the best organized midfielders produced in Argentina. In 2000, amid a backlash, Real Madrid sold him to AC Milan, and arrived at Milan city in an injury that greeted him not with glory but with a 26-month-long injury, and in February 2002 he walked into Galliani's office and told the Milan general manager that the club did not have to pay him a penny before he came on. This is Redondo, a player of that era, who still retains some of the charlatans. ）
Right-back: No. 27 Christian Karenbu (retired in 2005 and earned a career as Oceania Footballer of the Year)
Left-back: No. 10 Clarence Seedorf (retired in 2013)
Front: No. 7 Raul (retired in 2015. He also earned the nickname "Lord of the Rings" for his signature kissing of his ring after scoring the goal. Let's reminisce about the legendary stars. Say a few things he did off the field. In 2012, Raul Zhientu helped his parent team, St. Christopher's Club, pay off his debts as a teenager. In November 2016, at the age of 39, Raul completed his first full marathon, the New York City Marathon, in 3 hours, 26 minutes and 05 seconds. Physical fitness is really not covered, the first time can run so fast. ）
Centre-forward: No. 8 Predrago Mijatovic (retired in 2003, Serbian star. What do former Yugoslav players generally do after they retire? ）
Centre-forward: No. 15 Fernando Morientes (retired in 2010, remembering his 2003/04 season with Monaco, who led the team to eliminate Real Madrid in the quarter-finals of the Champions League and led the team to the Champions League final. After retiring from football, he did not leave football, but chose to become a football game commentator, hoping that he, like Klopp, would change from a commentator to a coach. ）
Goalkeeper: No. 1 Santiago Canizales
Defender: No. 19 Fernando Sanz
Midfielder: No. 11 Jose Emilio Amarvisca
Midfielder: No. 16 Jaime
Midfielder: No. 18 Victor Sanchez
Midfielder: No. 20 Savio
Forward: No. 9 Davao Souk (retired in 2003, after retiring from the army, opened a football school in his hometown that he named after, "Davao Souk Football School", through football to bring joy to children in the Balkans, forgetting the sadness caused by previous history. I first met Souk in the 98 World Cup in France, Croatia eliminated Germany, at that time I didn't know that Croatia was here, but the plaid jersey was really beautiful, and I liked this team ever since. ）
Head coach: Jup Heynckes (He spent the year at Real Madrid and won the Champions League...) In 2013, he announced his retirement from the coaching position of Bayern Munich. The fourth coach who has led different teams to Champions League titles in his fourth coaching career. Bayern in 2013 left me with the impression of iron blood, the whole team crushed the opponent like a machine, even the Universe Barca was washed away by them, belonging to the real German Fan coach. ）
This season's Champions League has expanded to 24 teams. Juventus reached the Champions League final for three consecutive years under the leadership of Lippi, bringing together Superstars such as Piero, Inzaghi, Zidane, Davies, Deschamps and so on. German coach Heynckes led Raul, Hierro, Seedorf, Carlos, Redondo and other big stars to gather Real Madrid and also did not fear the Champions League final experienced Juventus team.
At the start of the match, the experienced Juventus team gained an advantage in midfield. Juve broke the ball in midfield and passed the ball to Davis on the left, who got up and crossed his feet to find Inzaghi inside the box. Inzaghi took a step back to stop the ball in his chest, getting rid of the defender, and without waiting for the ball to land, he directly lifted his left foot to volley the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was dragged off the crossbar by Real Madrid goalkeeper Irgna with both hands.
Next, Juve won a free kick opportunity in front of the field. Zidane's goal hit the wall, and Inzaghi in the penalty area successfully countered the offside and made up for the goal, but unfortunately the ball did not hit the force, and the ball was firmly held by the goalkeeper.
In the second half, the two sides fought again. In the 66th minute of the game, Panucci crossed from the right, the ball fell to the feet of Carlos on the left, the Real Madrid left-back got up and hit the goal, the ball was blocked by the Juve defender, and then came to the feet of Mijatovic. Mijatovic swung the ball over the goalkeeper from a tight angle and the ball flew into the goal guarded by Perucci. 1-0 Real Madrid lead. But isn't the ball offside?
Mijatović finished second at the Europa Ballon d'Or in '97. The other two players in the top three, Ronaldo and Zidane, also wore real madrid white shirts in the future.
In the end, the score of 1-0 was maintained until the end. Real Madrid football club has been holding the Big Ears Cup for the first time in 32 years since 1966. Real Madrid captain Manuel Sánchez held aloft the Champions League trophy, and interestingly, 32 years ago, a player named Sanchez in the Real Madrid squad lifted the Champions League trophy, and this player was his father. Father and son have built the glory of Real Madrid together.
After the match, Juve coach Lippi also announced his departure and transferred to Inter Milan as head coach. The glory of the "Little World Cup" set off in Serie A in the 90s has also come to an end.