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The San Siro in Milan was selected to host the final in September 2014. The San Siro, officially known as Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, was announced as the venue of the final at the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Nyon, Switzerland, on 18 September 2014, [5] the fourth European Cup/Champions League final hosted at the stadium following those in 1965, 1970 and 2001.
The match was a repeat of the 1998 final, making it the eighth repeated final pairing. [7] Real Madrid won the 1998 final 1–0. [8] The 2017 final was the first time since the two teams met in 1998 that both finalists had won either their domestic league or the Champions League the previous season.
If scores were level at the end of normal time in the final, extra time was played, followed by penalties if scores remained tied. The draw mechanisms for the knockout stage is as follows: In the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners were seeded, and the eight group runners-up were unseeded.
The match was the lowest-scoring Champions League final since the goalless 2003 edition between Juventus and Milan and the first final to be ended 1–0 since Real Madrid's victory over Juventus in 1998. [14]
It was contested by Real Madrid of Spain and Milan of Italy. Real Madrid won 3–2 after extra time to claim their third European Cup in a row. After the match, the Real Madrid players were presented with their winners' medals by a 23-year-old King Albert II of Belgium. [1]
The 2010 UEFA Champions League final was an association football match played at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, home of Real Madrid, [4] on 22 May 2010, to determine the winners of the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League.
The competition was won by Real Madrid, who beat Milan 3–2 in the final, in extra time following a 2–2 draw after 90 minutes. [1] This was Real Madrid's third European Cup title in a row. However, the 1957–58 season was marred by the air disaster in Munich , when eight Manchester United players died on their way home from Belgrade , after ...
The match finished 4–3 to Real Madrid, who went on to record an unrivalled five consecutive European Cup titles. The match started brightly for Reims, with Michel Leblond and Jean Templin scoring to make it 2–0 inside 10 minutes, but by half-time, Madrid had levelled the scores through goals from Alfredo Di Stéfano and Héctor Rial.