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2010 UEFA Champions League final
File:2010 UEFA Champions League Final logo.jpg
Event2009–10 UEFA Champions League
Bayern Munich Internazionale
Germany Italy
0 2
Date22 May 2010
VenueSantiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
RefereeHoward Webb (England)[1]
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The 2010 UEFA Champions League Final was the final football match of the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League, played on Saturday, 22 May 2010. It was contested by Bayern Munich and Internazionale (Inter) and the 18th final of the UEFA Champions League under the current format and the 55th in total. The match was won 2–0 to Inter, and won their first UEFA Champions League title in many years. The game was played at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, home of Real Madrid.[2] Due to Inter winning the 2010 title, they completed the Treble, a feat never before achieved by any team from either of their two countries.

The match was Inter's first appearance in a European Cup/Champions League final since losing in 1972, while Bayern's last appearance was as winners in 2001. It was the first time in five years that an English team was not present in the final. It is also the first final to be played on a Saturday rather than the traditional Wednesday.[3]

The winners will play against Atlético Madrid, the winners of the 2010 UEFA Europa League Final, in the 2010 UEFA Super Cup, and also enter the semi-finals of the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup.

Background

Prior to the 2010 final, Bayern Munich and Internazionale had previously met four times in European competition. In those four matches, Bayern hold the edge with two wins to Internazionale's one; the other match finished as a draw. The first meeting between the two sides took place in the third round of the 1988–89 UEFA Cup; Inter won 2–0 the first match at the Olympiastadion in Munich, but Bayern responded with a 3–1 win at the San Siro two weeks later to go through on the away goals rule. They were next drawn together in Group B of the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League, along with Spartak Moscow and Sporting CP. The first match between Bayern and Inter was played at the San Siro, where Bayern won 2–0; the return match finished as a 1–1 draw.

Both teams go into the final chasing the Treble, an achievement never before reached by teams from their respective countries; Internazionale came closest in 1965, when they won the Serie A and the European Cup but lost 1–0 to Juventus in the Coppa Italia final. Bayern Munich claimed their 22nd Bundesliga title on the last day of the season with a 3–1 win away to Hertha BSC on 8 May 2010,[4] before claiming their eighth domestic Double with a 4–0 win over Werder Bremen in the 2010 DFB-Pokal Final on 15 May.[5] Meanwhile, Internazionale beat Roma 1–0 for their sixth Coppa Italia on 5 May,[6] and then won their fifth Serie A title in a row and their second Double on 16 May with a 1–0 win away to relegated Siena.[7] With both teams having secured domestic Doubles going into the final, it is guaranteed that the Treble will be won for the second year in a row following Barcelona's success in 2008–09.[citation needed]

The managers of both teams have won the Champions League before: Bayern manager Louis van Gaal won the competition with Ajax in 1995, while Inter's José Mourinho was manager of Porto's 2004 side. The winning manager will therefore become only the third in European Cup history to win as manager of two different clubs, following in the footsteps of Ernst Happel (Feyenoord in 1970 and Hamburg in 1983) and Ottmar Hitzfeld (Borussia Dortmund in 1997 and Bayern Munich in 2001 UEFA Champions League Final).[8] It is the fifth final in European Cup history in which both managers are previous winners; the others were in 1962, 1978, 2002 and 2007. It will be the first Champions League final where neither of the finalists exited the group stage as group winners.

The Santiago Bernabéu Stadium was selected as the venue for the 2010 Champions League final in March 2008.

The Santiago Bernabéu Stadium has hosted three European Cup finals: in 1957, 1969 and 1980. Real Madrid themselves won the 1957 final – their second of five consecutive wins – beating Fiorentina 2–0 in front of 120,000 spectators, the second highest attendance in a European Cup final. Milan won the next final at the stadium, beating Ajax 4–1 in 1969, and Nottingham Forest won 1–0 against Hamburg in the most recent final in Madrid in 1980.[9]

The stadium was opened in 1947 following the election of Santiago Bernabéu as the president of Real Madrid. Upon construction, the stadium had a maximum capacity in excess of 75,000, but this was increased to 125,000 with the addition of a fourth stand in 1954. The stadium was chosen as one of two venues for matches at the 1964 European Nations' Cup, hosting both of the Spain team's matches, including their 2–1 win over the Soviet Union. In preparation for the 1982 FIFA World Cup, FIFA requirements forced renovations to the stadium, adding a canopy to three of the four stands and reducing the capacity to 90,800. The stadium hosted all three Group B matches and the final of the 1982 World Cup. Conversion to an all-seater stadium in 1998 further reduced capacity to just over 75,000, but the most recent expansion in 2006 increased capacity to just over 80,000. However, only around 75,000 seats will be available for the 2010 final.[10]

Road to Madrid

Further information: 2009–10 UEFA Champions League
Bayern Munich Round Internazionale
Main article: 2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage: Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
France Bordeaux 6 5 1 0 9 2 +7 16
Germany Bayern Munich 6 3 1 2 9 5 +4 10
Italy Juventus 6 2 2 2 4 7 −3 8
Israel Maccabi Haifa 6 0 0 6 0 8 −8 0
Group stage
Main article: 2009–10 UEFA Champions League group stage: Group F
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Spain Barcelona 6 3 2 1 7 3 +4 11
Italy Internazionale 6 2 3 1 7 6 +1 9
Russia Rubin Kazan 6 1 3 2 4 7 −3 6
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 6 1 2 3 7 9 −2 5
Opponent Result Legs Knockout phase Opponent Result Legs
Italy Fiorentina 4–4 (a) 2–1 home; 2–3 away First knockout round England Chelsea 3–1 2–1 home; 1–0 away
England Manchester United 4–4 (a) 2–1 home; 2–3 away Quarter-finals Russia CSKA Moscow 2–0 1–0 home; 1–0 away
France Lyon 4–0 1–0 home; 3–0 away Semi-finals Spain Barcelona 3–2 3–1 home; 0–1 away

Pre-match

Venue

The Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid was selected as the venue for the 2010 UEFA Champions League Final at a meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee in Vaduz, Liechtenstein, on 28 March 2008. The committee – who selected the venue for the 2010 UEFA Europa League Final at the same meeting – based their decision on a number of key criteria, including stadium capacity, facilities and security.[2] It had previously been decided that the final would be played on a Saturday for the first time in Champions League history at the UEFA Executive Committee's meeting in Lucerne, Switzerland, on 30 November 2007.[11]

The unique visual identity of the 2010 final was revealed at a special ceremony at Madrid's Ciudad del Fútbol Español on 20 November 2009. In attendance at the ceremony were final ambassador Emilio Butragueño, Royal Spanish Football Federation president Ángel María Villar Llona and UEFA's competitions director Giorgio Marchetti. UEFA has given the Champions League final a unique visual identity every year since 1999, in order to give "a distinctive flavour of the host city".[12] The logo features the UEFA Champions League trophy at its core, surrounded by elements of the Champions League "starball" logo, the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium and the Puerta de Alcalá. The logo was designed to capture "the cultural and 'fiesta' aspects which Madrid is famed for".[13]

A trophy handover ceremony was held at the Palacio de Cibeles in Madrid on 16 April 2010, when Johan Cruyff and Joan Laporta – as representatives of the 2009 champions, Barcelona – returned the UEFA Champions League Trophy to UEFA president Michel Platini. Platini then handed the trophy to Royal Spanish Football Federation president Ángel María Villar Llona and Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, the mayor of Madrid, so that it might be put on display in the city until the day of the final. Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez, players Raúl, Kaká and Cristiano Ronaldo, and final ambassador Emilio Butragueño were also present at the ceremony.[14][15]

Ticketing

Although the usual capacity of the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium is over 80,000, the net capacity for the 2010 Champions League final will be around 75,000. The two finalists were each allocated 21,000 tickets, with a further 11,000 tickets being made available to the general public. Applications for those tickets were opened on 8 March 2010 and ran until 19 March; recipients were determined by a random lottery. These figures include a certain number of tickets set aside specifically for children; 2,000 tickets from each club's allocation went to children and their accompanying adults, as did 1,000 tickets from the general public's allocation. Finally, 500 tickets were reserved for children taking part in the activities at the UEFA Champions Festival in the week leading up to the final.[16]

A ticketing launch event was held in Madrid on 5 March 2010, at which the ticketing concept for the final was announced. The event was also used to promote the start of ticket sales for the match, and was attended by the ambassador for the final, Emilio Butragueño, the president of the Community of Madrid, Esperanza Aguirre, and representatives from UEFA, the Royal Spanish Football Federation and the host club, Real Madrid.[17] At the event, Aguirre was presented with the first ticket for the final by Real Madrid players Cristiano Ronaldo and Raúl.[18]

Match ball

The official match ball for the 2010 Champions League Final, the Adidas Finale Madrid was unveiled on 9 March 2010. It is the tenth ball to use the "Starball" design that has become synonymous with the UEFA Champions League. The ball has been manufactured in a city of Pakistan, Sialkot which is exteremely famous in its sporting goods. It is said that 80% of the footballs used across the world are manufactured in Pakistan. Each of the stars on the ball features an element of the logos of each of the last 10 Champions League finals, drawn in gold. In reference to the colours of the Spanish flag, each gold star has a red border, while the base colour of the ball refers to the white of Real Madrid's kit. The ball retains the "goosebump" texture of the previous two versions, but the panel configuration has been changed for the Finale Madrid, with each star in the design being on a single panel.[19][20]

Opening ceremony

The 2010 Champions League Final officially opened with the UEFA Champions Festival on 15 May 2010. The festival is being held at Madrid's Parque del Retiro and will run for the entire week leading up to the final. It will feature several events and exhibitions for fans to take part in; as well as being able to play on public-use mini-pitches, fans will be able to meet famous faces from European football and explore the history of the Champions League. On the day of the final, the festival will culminate with a match between former Spanish players and other European ex-professionals.[21]

Broadcasting

For the first time in the United States, television coverage of the Champions League final will be broadcast on a nationwide terrestrial network. Affiliates of Fox will pick up coverage beginning with a pre-game show at 2:30 PM EDT/11:30 AM PDT.[22]

Match

Team selection

The Inter team that began the game featured no Italian players in the starting lineup, while Bayern started the game with five Germans, all internationals named in the provisional German 2010 World Cup squad. Franck Ribéry was a notable absence for Bayern, serving a three match suspension for a foul in the semi-final first leg against Lyon.

Details

Bayern Munich Germany0 – 2Italy Internazionale
Milito 35', 70'
Bayern Munich
Internazionale
BAYERN MUNICH:
GK 22 Germany Hans-Jörg Butt
RB 21 Germany Philipp Lahm
CB 5 Belgium Daniel Van Buyten
CB 6 Argentina Martin Demichelis
LB 28 Germany Holger Badstuber
CM 17 Netherlands Mark van Bommel
CM 31 Germany Bastian Schweinsteiger
RW 10 Netherlands Arjen Robben
SS 25 Germany Thomas Müller
LW 8 Turkey Hamit Altintop
CF 11 Croatia Ivica Olić
Substitutes:
GK 1 Germany Michael Rensing
DF 13 Germany Andreas Görlitz
DF 26 Germany Diego Contento
MF 23 Croatia Danijel Pranjić
MF 44 Ukraine Anatoliy Tymoshchuk
FW 18 Germany Miroslav Klose
FW 33 Germany Mario Gomez
Manager:
Netherlands Louis van Gaal
INTERNAZIONALE:
GK 12 Brazil Júlio César
RB 13 Brazil Maicon
CB 6 Brazil Lúcio
CB 25 Argentina Walter Samuel
LB 26 Romania Cristian Chivu
CM 4 Argentina Javier Zanetti
CM 19 Argentina Esteban Cambiasso
AM 10 Netherlands Wesley Sneijder
RF 9 Cameroon Samuel Eto'o
CF 22 Argentina Diego Milito
LF 27 North Macedonia Goran Pandev
Substitutes:
GK 1 Italy Francesco Toldo
DF 2 Colombia Iván Córdoba
DF 23 Italy Marco Materazzi
MF 5 Serbia Dejan Stanković
MF 11 Ghana Sulley Muntari
MF 17 Kenya McDonald Mariga
FW 45 Italy Mario Balotelli
Manager:
Portugal José Mourinho

UEFA Man of the Match:

Fans' Man of the Match:

Assistant referees:
England Mike Mullarkey[1]
England Darren Cann[1]
Fourth official:
England Martin Atkinson[1]
Reserve official:
England Peter Kirkup[1]

See also

References

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  22. ^ "Fox Sports Broadcasting in the United States". FoxSports.com. Fox Sports. 10 February 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2010.

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