The 2017 UEFA Champions League Final will be the 19th official match between Juventus and Real Madrid, who have only met in the European Cup before. Each club scored eight wins and two draws, but the Italians scored more than the Spaniards - 21 goals to 18. UEFA.com looks back on 55 years of rivalry.
Champions Cup-1961/62, 1/4 finals
(replay in Paris)
It took three matches to reveal the semi-finalist. When Alfredo Di Stefano beat two defenders and scored the winning goal in Turin, it seemed that the confrontation was over. "Real" at that time did not suffer a single defeat in 22 European matches at home (only one draw), but "Juventus" managed to recoup. Omar Sivori scored from a John Charles pass to give Juventus victory in Turin. The replay took place at the Parc des Princes in Paris, where Sivori equalized after a quick Fello goal, but real Madrid celebrated success thanks to accurate shots from Luis del Sol and Justo Tejada.
Champions Cup-1986/87, second round
(additional time, pen. 1:3)
After 25 years, the teams met again. Juventus captain Antonio Cabrini brought the Italians victory at the Comunal, two weeks after Real won at home thanks to a goal from Emilio Butragueno. As a result, the fate of the quarter-final ticket was determined by a series of post-match 11-meter shots. The teams did not realize the first attempts, and then the exact blows of Butragueno, Jorge Valdano and Juanito brought victory to Madrid.
Champions League-1995/96, 1/4 finals
The first face-to-face confrontation in the era of the Champions League ended with the first victory of Juventus, who eventually won the prestigious European Cup for the second time. The only goal in the opening meeting was scored by Raul Gonzalez, but goalkeeper Angelo Peruzzi played a much more important role, not allowing Madrid to build on success. "It was not the best of the evenings," Marcello Lippi summed up the meeting. Much more the Juve coach should have liked the second leg, in which Alessandro Del Piero and Michele Padovano hit the gates of Real Madrid once, which brought the Italians to the semi-finals.
Champions League 1997/98 final
The final was held in Amsterdam. Real Madrid waited 32 years for the seventh European Cup, and Predrag Mijatović brought it to the Spaniards. The Serbian took advantage of the rebound after hitting Roberto Carlos and scored from an acute angle the winning goal into the goal of Peruzzi. “That game and that goal guaranteed me a place in the history of the great Real Madrid,” Mijatović later recalled. “Now that I look back at my playing career, I can say that I should have played football for at least one moment.”
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Champions League -2002/03, 1/2 finals
Before the second leg, talk was mainly about Zinedine Zidane's return to Turin. However, the Frenchman at the once home stadium was not marked by anything outstanding. Juve took the lead 2-0 after goals from David Trezeguet and Del Piero, with Gianluigi Buffon saving Luis Figo's penalty. Following Pavel Nedved scored the third goal against the guests. Zidane scored one goal, but that was all. More than real Madrid's relegation, Nedvěd's grief was remembered that time, who, having received a warning, lost the opportunity to play in the final. In the decisive match, Turintsy lost to Milan on penalties.
Champions League-2004/05, 1/8 finals
(additional time)
Juve beat Real Madrid for the third consecutive two-legged opposition. After the first match, the “old lady” lost by one ball, the author of which was Ivan Elgera. Trezeguet, who replaced Trezeguet, equalized the total score 15 minutes before the end of the second leg, and Marcelo Zalayeta decided the outcome of the confrontation with a low kick in extra time. "The usually unflappable Fabio Capello, bouncing like a regular Juve fan after Zalayeta's goal, best illustrated the night," Tuttosport noted the following day.
Alessandro Del Piero scored against Real Madrid in 2008©Getty Images
Champions League 2008/09, group stage
Two rounds before the end of the group stage, Juventus staked out the first place in the group thanks to a victory in Madrid, where Del Piero scored a double. "The local fans gave me a standing ovation when I left the field at the end of the match. I want to thank them for the standing ovation," the player said four days before his 34th birthday. "We are immensely happy to live this moment, especially since Juventus could not win here for 46 years. Madrid left the group from the second position, but already in the 1/8 finals they were eliminated from the tournament.
Champions League 2013/14, group stage
Cristiano Ronaldo, who set the Champions League scoring record that season, scored three of 17 goals against Juventus - two in Madrid and one in Turin. "Of course, goals are important, but I'm not thinking about records, but just trying to focus on the game and help the team," said Ronaldo, who scored his ninth goal in the final match against Copenhagen (2-0) and became the best in the history of the group stage sniper. At the end of the group stage, Juve went to the UEFA Europa League, while Real Madrid went all the way to the end, winning the Champions League for the tenth time.
This time, the two best teams of the tournament really reached the Champions League final, and therefore everyone was waiting for beautiful and interesting football.
The final match of the Champions League of the season 2016-2017
Real Madrid - Juventus 4:1 (1:1)
- Date: June 3, 2017.
- Stadium: Millennium, Cardiff.
- Number of spectators: 65800 spectators.
- Referee: Felix Brich (Germany).
Road to the final
Both teams reached the final, as they say, "with the breeze." At the group stage, they secured a way out of the group in advance (Real, however, let Borussia Dortmund go ahead, while Juve left the first meta).
Then Turintsy went through Porto, Barcelona and Monaco, winning five victories in these matches with one draw! Even the quarter-final confrontation with Barcelona, Juventus won confidently - 3-0 at home and a goalless draw away.
Real Madrid had no problems facing Napoli in the first round of the playoffs, but the second leg of the quarter-final against Bayern raised a lot of refereeing questions.
In the first semi-final, Madrid defeated their fellow countrymen from Atlético 3:0, but by the 16th minute of the return match they were on fire 0:2. Any team could falter in this position, but Real Madrid persevered, and at the end of the first half, Isco won back one ball and set the final score of the match.
Symbolism around the match
That's what was in abundance, so it's various intrigues. against the club in which he became a world-class footballer, Sami Khedira and Gonzalo Higuain against his former team.
But the main intrigue was elsewhere. If Real Madrid won, he became the first club to conquer the Champions League twice in a row, and the victory of Juve meant that the great Gianluigi Buffon won the trophy he was missing.
Prelaunch layouts
In my opinion, there was a match between two equal teams. Real Madrid, along with Barcelona and Bayern, has long taken a place on the European football Olympus, and Juventus, with their game in this Champions League, proved that they have grown out of European short pants.
A slight advantage of Juventus could be seen in the fact that the team had already solved its problems in the national championship a long time ago, while Real Madrid became the champion only in the last round.
As for the statistics, there were arguments in favor of both teams. For example, Real Madrid has not won the Champions League (Cup) and national title in the same calendar year since 1958. On the other hand, Real Madrid have won the last five finals and Juventus have lost four decisive matches in a row.
And one more figure - Real Madrid approached this match with a series of 64 official meetings, in which they invariably opened the opponent's goal!
Team line-ups
"Real": Navas - Marcelo, Ramos, Varane, Carvajal - Casemiro, Modric, Kroos - Isco, Ronaldo, Banzema.
Juventus: Buffon - Sandro, Chiellini, Bonucci, Barzagli - Khedira, Pjanic - Mandzhukic, Diabala, Alves - Higuain.
Both teams approached the match in optimal lineups. But Massimiliano Allegri was somewhat surprised by the tactical scheme - the team acted with four defenders, Barzagli took the place on the right edge, and Danny Alves acted on the edge of the attack.
Match
Juventus created their first moment already in the 6th minute – Miralem Pjanic shot strongly and accurately from outside the penalty area, but Keylor Navas played brilliantly. Real Madrid responded with a scoring attack in the 19th minute - a counter-attack with the participation of Toni Kroos, Karim Banzem, Daniel Carvajal and Cristiano Ronaldo ended with a last-meter shot from 12, and he was helped by a rebound from Bonucci.
Juventus bounced back in seven minutes, and this goal turned out to be a masterpiece - he threw the ball to Mario Mandzukic and he, surrounded by three defenders, shot through himself. It is clear that the Croat made the only right decision, and Navas moved a little out of the gate, but no one has yet canceled the beauty in football.
In general, in the first half, the Juventus players looked faster and more harmonious. They were great at interceptions and were ahead of their opponents, and they managed to put Ramos and Carvajal on the cards.
The second half was expected to be just as dressed up, but everything happened somehow to an insulting routine. Real Madrid players from the very beginning of the half began to build up pressure, and from the 61st to the 63rd minute they actually decided the outcome of the match.
First, Casemiro caught a rebound and from 25 meters with the help of a rebound from Khedira hit the gates of Buffon. Involuntarily recall the words of Allegri before the match, when he called the Brazilian a key player in the opponent. It is clear that the Juventus coach was referring to Casemiro's role in Real Madrid's tactical formations, but it so happened that he scored the decisive goal.
And three minutes later, Luka Modric created a goal - he intercepted the ball, beat with a partner and, bursting into the penalty area, shot from the front line at Ronaldo, who scored from one and a half meters.
The faces of the Juventus players at that moment expressed confusion. It was especially painful to look at Buffon - he was not to blame for a single missed ball, but at the same time he never really entered the game, because the other balls flying on target of his goal did not present any difficulty.
The Juventus players went ahead, but their game went wrong, and nothing could be created, but Real Madrid had several opportunities to finish off the opponent. Only in the 83rd minute, Turintsy played a great free-kick, but Alex Sandro struck a little inaccurately.
A minute later, the match could be completed - Juan Cuadrado, who came on as a substitute, managed to get two yellow cards within twelve minutes and left the team in the minority. True, in the second case, there was a clear simulation on the part of Sergio Ramos, whom the Colombian slightly touched with his hand.
Felix Brych, who had not seen the moment, who had previously judged flawlessly, bought into the acting skills of Ramos. Substitute Marco Asensio's goal was only statistically significant - Real Madrid won their twelfth European Cup.
- Real Madrid's first goal was the club's 500th goal scored in the main draw of the Champions League (group stage and play-off rounds).
- For Juventus, this defeat was the only one in the current Champions League.
- Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player to score in three Champions League finals.
- In addition, the Portuguese became the second four-time winner of the Champions League in history - the first was the Dutchman Clarence Seedorf.
Well, Real Madrid, Zinedine Zidane and Cristiano Ronaldo have once again rewritten football records, setting a new bar for clubs, coaches and players. Who will try to conquer her now?
Published on 06/03/17 23:31On June 3, Real Madrid beat Juventus Turin 4-1 in the 2017 Champions League final to win the trophy for the first time in the history of the tournament. Ronaldo scored a double, scoring the 600th match in his career.
The 2017 Champions League final took place in Cardiff, Wales, in which Turin's Juventus met with Real Madrid. The match, which took place on June 3 at the Millennium Stadium, ended with the victory of the Galacticos with a score of 4:1. Thus, "Real" became the first club in history, which managed to become the winner of the most prestigious football tournament in Europe twice in a row.
Juventus v Real Madrid: Champions League final review
From the very first minutes of the game, it became clear that two of the strongest clubs from the Old World met on the field. Juventus, having seized the initiative, initially pressed the Madrid team to the gate, but intkbbee Soon, Zinedine Zidane's wards managed to move the game away from their own penalty area and in the 20th minute carried out a demonstrative counterattack, which was completed by Cristiano Ronaldo with a magnificent blow.
However, just seven minutes later, Mario Mandzukic equalized the score with an incredible back kick to the goal.
After the break, "Real" upped the pace and within three minutes actually predetermined the outcome of the final match. First, in the 61st minute, Casimiro, not without the help of a rebound from a long-range shot from outside the penalty area, brought the “royal club” forward – Buffon was powerless to help his team. And in the 64th minute, Ronaldo scored a double, closing Modric's cross.
The final point in the match in the 90th minute was put by Marco Asensio.
Note that the thief ball scored by the Portuguese became his 600th in his career. Ronaldo has 406 goals for Real Madrid, 118 for Manchester United, 5 for Sporting CP and 71 for Portugal.
Cristiano played 855 matches in his career. In addition, Ronaldo became the sixth player to score a double in the Champions League final. The last time Inter forward Diego Milito succeeded in this was in a match with Bayern (2: 0) in 2010.
"Juventus" - "Real", the score is 1:4. VIDEO goals
After the match, many wondered: what happened to Juventus in the second half? He couldn't just take it and blow away. The fact is that Juventus did not particularly pout. Mandzukic's goal should not mislead anyone - this is an example of the highest individual skill, and not only (though, of course, in the first place) of Mandzukic himself.
At some point, Juve managed to stretch the front of the attack: by connecting Alex Sandro on the left flank and moving Mandzukic to the position of the second center forward. Carvajal, who took care of the Croat on the edge, followed him into the penalty area, and the zone where Sandro climbed was not always and immediately managed to be closed. And so the Juventus goal was born, which was the work of five touches of four players. "Real" in the course of the attack, "Juve" figured out where it is thin and torn. If Alex Sandro had not filed a touch into the penalty area, if he had spent even a second on processing, then Isco would have managed to cover him. Juve won at a pace, otherwise there would be no masterpiece.
When Juventus took possession of the ball and organized a wide positional attack, forced the opponent to break the rules, earned a free kick or a corner, Real Madrid became uncomfortable. But we are talking about a rather short period after Mandzukic's goal. Otherwise, Real Madrid were better and, recovering from a missed goal, took a breath at half-time and materialized superiority.
Allegri is a great fellow: he abandoned the scheme with three central defenders, made Mandzukic a left insider, forced him to defend, breathed new strength into Dani Alves. The praise is well-deserved, but in the match with Real Madrid, all the flaws and costs of Max's experiments leaked out. Barca, exhausted this season, inexperienced Monaco, and even more so the Serie A teams, did not become such examiners for Juve.
Dani Alves was partially relieved of defensive work by making Barzagli right winger. It did not work: Barzagli did not go forward. Marcelo's eyes did not run wide - he calmly closed Alves, without waiting for connections from the Juve fullback. The duet of Alves and Cuadrado could have worked better from the first minutes. Mandzukic did not shine in defense: the first goal of Real Madrid came from the flank, on which Carvajal played. It's not Sandro's fault that at some point he found himself against both Carvajal and Ronaldo at the same time. Alex defended the zone from Ronaldo, who moved to the right, and Mandzukic had to close Carvajal with a 4-4-2 scheme (namely, this is how Juventus defended in the first half). He returned, saw Carvajal, but remained in the center, not moving to the flank and not blocking the movement of the attacking defender of Real Madrid. When Real Madrid scored their third goal (then the game, in fact, was made), it was Mandzukic who allowed Modric to take the ball away: after that, Alex Sandro again remained against two opponent players. Checkmate.
After an hour of play, Juventus were dizzy. Real Madrid was fresher: its players could run and fight for the ball as much as they wanted, return to defense, insure free zones. Most importantly, Real Madrid had a numerical advantage in midfield. Almost all of his outfield players are able to move to the center, play a short pass, beat an opponent one on one, start an attack from the very spot where the ball was just taken. Juventus did not oppose anything to this. And you can praise Allegri as much as you like, celebrate the Italian coaching school (deservedly), but if your team has three to three and a half players (Khedira, Pjanic, Alves and half of Dybala) fighting for the ball in the center of the field, and against you "Real ", then that's it - the song is sung.
The victorious - in fact - Real Madrid goal could not have been scored by Casemiro, but by anyone and in any way, but it is important that the ball would have taken place. He hung over the Juventus goal like a storm over Moscow after a text message from the Ministry of Emergency Situations. Real Madrid did something in the second half that determined the result: Madrid turned on high pressure, which Marcelo, Modric and Kroos excelled at. Juve sat down in their own half like a mouse under a broom. Impossible not to miss if you are forced to regroup five seconds after the start of your own attack - and so on for 10-15 minutes in a row. The technique and sharpness of Kroos and Modric were enough for Juve to transform in a hurry, barely managing to patch holes, and the eight players in the penalty area followed the ball, no longer able to notice the movements of Madrid.
The match ended after the score 3:1. Juventus created only one dangerous chance with Sandro's header from Dani Alves' free-kick. "Real" chewed prey. Madrid is the strongest club in Europe. If you want, argue.
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Stanislav Minina
Posted: 06/03/2017
June 3 in Cardiff (Great Britain) hosted the final match of the Champions League season 2016/2017. Both teams are having a very successful season: Real Madrid became the champion of Spain for the first time in 5 years, and Juventus made a golden double, winning both the Scudetto (champion title) in Italy and the Spanish Cup. The last step remains, which will turn this season (for any of the rival clubs) into one of the best in their history. Follow all the events around the fight in our online broadcast.