![UEFA Champions League](../assets/images/backgrounds/logo_champions.png)
3
Real Madrid
vs.
0
Valencia
![Real Madrid](../assets/images/content/realmadrid_team_logo.png)
![Valencia](../assets/images/content/octava-copa-europa/opponent.png)
Real Madrid were back in a Champions League final just two years after their last and with one objective: to avenge their defeat by Liverpool in Paris in 1981.
The Whites not only won but did so convincingly: 3-0 after 90 minutes, through a display of serious and effective football that did not give Valencia a look-in.
The players under the command of Vicente del Bosque opened the scoring with a Morientes header just before the break. In the second half, a spectacular volley from McManaman and a brilliant run from Raúl put the final to bed. Real Madrid polished their crown and showed it off to Europe in an incomparable setting.
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Stadium
Stade de France
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Casillas
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Iván Campo
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Helguera
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Karanka
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Míchel Salgado
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Roberto Carlos
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McManaman
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Redondo
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Raúl
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Morientes
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Anelka
Referee
Stefano Braschi
78.759
Spectators
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Real Madrid
Casillas, Michel Salgado, Karanka, Helguera, Iván Campo, Roberto Carlos, Redondo, McManaman, Raúl, Anelka and Morientes. Coach: Vicente del Bosque.
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Valencia
Cañizares, Angloma, Djukic, Pellegrino, Gerardo, Mendieta, Farinós, Gerard, Kily González, Angulo and Claudio López.
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Goals
1-0 (min.39): Morientes. 2-0 (min.67): McManaman. 3-0 (min.75): Raúl.
Stats
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![Real Madrid](../assets/images/content/realmadrid_team_logo.png)
![Valencia](../assets/images/content/octava-copa-europa/opponent.png)
Trivia
It was the first final in the history of the Champions League between two Spanish teams.
Iker Casillas played in the first final of his career in Paris, just a few days after his 19th birthday.
On their way to Paris, Madrid knocked out both Manchester United and Bayern Munich.
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