Bayern Munich 0-2 Inter Milan HIGHLIGHTS (Final Santiago Barnabeu)

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mag 23

After a wait of 45 years, FC Internazionale Milano were crowned European champions for the third time as Diego Milito’s brilliantly-taken double put paid to FC Bayern München in Madrid. Both sides came into the final having won domestic doubles and it was Bayern who initially looked the more likely to force a breakthrough. Inter have shown their clinical side throughout this season’s UEFA Champions League, however, and demonstrated it again in the 35th minute as Milito outstripped the Bayern defence to score. Though the German side continued to dominate territory and possession, there was no way back when Milito again broke through with 20 minutes left to secure Inter’s first European Champion Clubs’ Cup victory since their consecutive triumphs of 1964 and 1965 and, with it, a special treble. Both finalists had endured notable absences from this final stage, albeit Bayern’s nine-year wait paled next to Inter’s 38 long years and there were fewer signs of stage fright from the newly-crowned German champions early on. They settled faster, only Walter Samuel’s timely intervention turning away Ivica Olić’s dangerous cross before Bayern’s Croatian forward shot wide at the near post after Arjen Robben had skipped away from Cristian Chivu and Walter Samuel down the right. Although Wesley Sneijder’s free-kick deflected off the head of Hamit Altıntop to bring the game’s first save from Jörg Butt, Bayern enjoyed 60% of the possession in the opening half-hour. However, Inter swiftly …
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