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Bayern wins Champions League
Updated: Wednesday May 23, 2001 5:43 PM Bayern Munich 1-1 Valencia Bayern wins in penalty kicks Scoring:
Penalty-Kick Results: Bayern:
Valencia:
Valencia took an early lead against Bayern Munich, winning a controversial penalty after just two minutes of the European Champions League final on Wednesday. Goal - Captain Gaizka Mendieta scored from the spot after Bayern's Swedish centerback Patrik Andersson -- flat on his back -- was judged to have handled the ball following a scramble on the edge of the six-meter box. Four minutes later Dutch referee Dick Jol awarded a penalty at the other end when French defender Jocelyn Angloma brought down Bayern captain Stefan Effenberg. Mehmet Scholl hit his spot kick straight at goalkeeper Santiago Canizares, who saved with his legs. After that astonishing start, the pace of the match eased -- but only slightly. Bayern defender Thomas Linke had two stabs at goal from an Effenberg corner but both shots were blocked by a wall of white Valencia shirts. Effenberg tried to test Canizares with a long range effort in the 12th minute and Bayern, seeking their first league and European Cup double since 1974, began to take the lion's share of possession. Brazilian striker Giovane Elber set up Scholl with a classy flick from an Effenberg pass but Scholl's shot was blocked and spun away off the newly relaid San Siro turf for a corner kick. Most of Bayern's attacks came down their left flank and Valencia right back Angloma, back at the ground where he used to play for Inter Milan, struggled to cope with the pace and inventivenss of Scholl and Bosnian forward Hasan Salihamidzic. In the 26th minute, Bayern came close to grabbing an equalizer. Goalkeeper Oliver Kahn started the move with a huge kick upfield which found its way to Elber. The Brazilian wriggled free And fired a firm low shot across the face of goal and wide of Canizares' left hand post. A minute later Valencia's Amedeo Carboni, the only Italian on the pitch in Milan, was booked for time-wasting from a throw-in as the Spaniards retreated in to their shells and appeared content to sit on their early lead. In the 30th minute Bayern won a free kick 20 metres out on the left and Scholl, Bayern's most threatening player in the opening half hour, curled a right foot shot about a metre wide of the angle betwen post and crossbar. Salihamidzic, who had been expected to play on the Bayern right, stayed out on the left flank as the half wore on and it was there that the Germans continued to look dangerous with Bixente Lizarazu coming through from the back. Valencia responded only on the counterattack and in the 38th minute Andersson was booked for bringing down Aimar in the center circle as the Argentine threatened to escape towards goal. Bayern's Willy Sagnol headed a corner kick over the bar just as the referee blew the halftime whistle after two minutes of stoppage time. Second HalfBayern coach Ottmar Hitzfeld brought on towering striker Carsten Jancker at halftime to replace Sagnol and give his side a more attacking bias, and the switch had an immediate effect. Valencia coach Hector Cuper, seeking his first victory in his third successive European final, also made one change -- taking off Aimar and throwing the more defensively minded David Albeldo into the centre of midfield. The start of the second half was as explosive as the first. After just four minutes Elber wriggled into the Bayern area and chipped over a cross from the left. Carboni, under pressure from Jancker at his back, clearly handled the ball. Goal - Jol pointed to the penalty spot for the third time in the match and Effenberg sent Canizares the wrong way with a coolly taken kick to make the score 1-1 after 51 minutes. Valencia were forced on to the offensive again and Mendieta won himself a free kick 25 meters from goal in the 55th minute which he curled wide of Kahn's right hand post. The pace of the hard, often bad-tempered clash faltered for the next 10 minutes as both sides knocked the ball around in midfield, holding on to possession at all costs and probing for chinks in their opponents' defenses. Bayern still looked the more confident side, however, and their central midfield partnership of Effenberg and England under-21 player Owen Hargreaves worked smoothly. Cuper made his second change of the match in the 66th minute, bringing on Slovenian forward Zlatko Zahovic for Juan Sanchez to pep up the Valencia attack. Andersson and Effenberg both needed touchline attention for minor injuries. The big German, one of five Bayern survivors from their traumatic 1999 European Cup final defeat by Manchester United, appeared to have a cramp and started to fade from the tie. Valencia's Fabia Ayala should have done better with a 76th minute header from a Zahovic corner which found him unmarked in the box. The Argentine, who started this season at the San Siro with AC Milan, failed to get any power on his effort and Bayern easily cleared their lines. The Spaniards created their best chance of the half when Carew pulled a cross back from the touchine to Zahovic, but the Slovenian's first touch was poor and Khan pounced on the ball on the edge of the six yard match. In the 87th minute, with extra time and a possible golden goal beckoning, Zahovic was released down the right but slipped as he brought the ball under control and curled an aimless shot across the penalty area and out for a goal kick. Valencia made their final substitution in the 90th minute, Yugoslav Miroslav Djukic replacing a tired-looking Ayala, who had been stretchered off temporarily minutes earlier. Jancker blazed a right-footed shot past the right post in the 93rd minute, seconds before the end of regulation is whistled. Extra TimeThe ball finds its way across the Valencia box, where Elber forces a save from Canizares. Kuffour had failed to make solid contact with his effort. In the fifth minute of extra time, Scholl whistled a free kick wide of the left post. In the 96th minute, Scholl freed Salihamidzic in the penalty area with a diagonal pass, but his shot from a tight angle is saved by Canizares at the near post. Zahovic settled a cross with his chest in the middle of the penalty area, but his low shot was saved by Kahn. After 99 minutes, Hitzfeld brings on Alexander Zickler for Giovane Elber. Neither side managed another clean shot on goal before Jol blew for the end of the first half of extra time with the score still at 1-1. After the extra-time interval, Bayern substituted Paulo Sergio on for Scholl in the 108th minute. Kahn saved a long-distance free kick from Carboni in the 112th minute, shortly after Kily Gonzalez is lucky to avoid getting called for a handball in his own penalty box. After 115 minutes, Paulo Sergio's shot is deflected over the bar. Carew's header went wide right in the 119th minute. Extra time was whistled dead with the score still tied, leading the way for penalty kicks. Hargreaves earns Bayern startMILAN, Italy (AP) -- With Jens Jeremies sidelined because of a knee injury, Owen Hargreaves kept his place on the Bayern Munich starting lineup for Wednesday's Champions Cup final against Valencia. The 20-year-old Canadian-born midfielder, who plays for the England Under 21 team, had a standout performance for the German champion when he deputized for playmaker Stefan Effenberg in the semifinal second leg victory over Real Madrid. Bayern coach Ottmar Hitzfeld opted for the 20-year-old Canadian-born player instead of the more experienced Ciriaco Sforza, who was named on the bench. Stefan Effenberg returns from suspension to captain the newly-crowned German champions, who are otherwise unchanged from the sides which beat Real Madrid in both legs of their semifinal. Brazilian striker Elber, who scored in both those clashes, spearheads their attack alongside Mehmet Scholl and Bosnian Hasan Salihamidzic. Amadeo Carboni returns to the left side of the Valencia defense and is the only Italian on the pitch at the San Siro stadium. He missed the Spaniards' 3-0 defeat of Leeds United in the semifinal second leg through suspension, as did team mate Ruben Baraja, who returns to the midfield. The Bayern starting lineup included five survivors from the side which lost in dramatic fashion to Manchester United in the 1999 final. They were goalkeeper Oliver Kahn, defenders Sammy Kuffour and Thomas Linke, Effenberg and Salihamidzic. Valencia fielded five of the players who lost 3-0 to Real Madrid in last year's final. They were goalkeeper Santiago Canizares, defenders Mauricio Pellegrino and Jocelyn Angloma, captain Gaizko Mendieta and Argentine forward Kily Gonzalez. Some 40,000 Bayern fans and 20,000 Valencia supporters began filling San Siro three hours before kickoff, with the Spanish club followers occupying the northern end and the Germans on the south side. Throughout the day, Valencia fans lit firecrackers and danced in the leftover smoke -- both near the city's central gothic cathedral, the Duomo, and later outside the stadium. The Spanish club's supporters waved their orange flags and Bayern's showed off their red and blue team colors. Fans had to walk the final kilometer to the stadium, as all traffic was blocked off. Tight security caused long lines for fans entering San Siro. There were no significant reports of violence. Salihamidzic, playing as a right wing-back after Jancker came on, won a corner in the 81st minute, and Elber forces a save out of Canizares. Starting Lineups: Bayern Munich: 1-Oliver Kahn; 2-Willy Sagnol, 4-Samuel Kuffour, 5-Patrik Andersson, 25-Thomas Linke, 3-Bixente Lizarazu; 23-Owen Hargreaves, 11-Stefan Effenberg; 20-Hasan Salihamidzic, 7-Mehmet Scholl, 9-Giovane Elber Valencia: 1-Santiago Canizares; 20-Jocelyn Angloma, 12-Fabian Ayala, 2-Mauricio Pellegrino, 15-Amedeo Carboni; 19-Ruben Baraja, 6-Gaizko Mendieta, 18-Kily Gonzalez; 35-Pablo Cesar Aimar, 17-Juan Sanchez, 7-John Carew Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands). Reuters contributed to this report.
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