UEFA Champions League Updates: Inter Milan Vs Bayern Munich: Previous matches background

May 15, 2010 - PRLog -- • Bayern, winners most recently in 2001, are seeking to join Liverpool FC on five European Cup wins and so become the joint-third most successful club in the competition's history behind Real Madrid and AC Milan.

• Bayern's record in European Cup finals is four wins and three defeats:
1974: 4-0 v Club Atlético de Madrid, Brussels
(replay after 1-1 draw)
1975: 2-0 v Leeds United AFC, Paris
1976: 1-0 v AS Saint-Etienne, Glasgow
1982: 0-1 v Aston Villa FC, Rotterdam
1987: 1-2 v FC Porto, Vienna
1999: 1-2 v Manchester United FC, Barcelona
2001: 1-1 v Valencia CF, 5-4 on penalties, Milan

• Bayern also won the 1967 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final and 1996 UEFA Cup final.

• Inter are hoping to secure their first European crown since Helenio Herrera steered them to back-to-back triumphs in the mid-60s. With a third win, Inter would join Barcelona and Manchester United FC on three European Cups.

• Inter's record in European Cup finals is two wins and two draws:
1964: 3-1 v Real Madrid CF, Vienna
1965: 1-0 v SL Benfica, Milan
1967: 1-2 v Celtic FC, Lisbon
1972: 0-2 v AFC Ajax, Rotterdam

• Inter appeared in four UEFA Cup finals in the 1990s, winning in 1991, 1994 and 1998 but losing in 1997.

• Javier Zanetti was in the Nerazzurri side that lost the 1997 UEFA Cup final on penalties against FC Schalke 04 but lifted the trophy the following year with a 3-0 victory against S.S. Lazio, scoring the second goal.

• Bayern were 4-1 winners at Juventus in Turin in December to qualify for the knockout rounds at the Bianconeri's expense, finishing second behind FC Girondins de Bordeaux in Group A. They then squeezed past Fiorentina on away goals in the round of 16, following a 2-1 home win with a 3-2 reverse in Tuscany.

• Bayern subsequently edged past Manchester United FC in another away-goals success before beating Olympique Lyonnais 4-0 on aggregate in the last four.

• With four defeats en route to Madrid, Bayern have lost more games than any finalist since Milan, the champions in 2002/03 who suffered four reverses in the competition proper and another in qualifying.

• Like Bayern, Inter were runners-up in the group stage, finishing behind Barcelona in Group F. They have since ousted Mourinho's old club Chelsea FC and PFC CSKA Moskva before a 3-2 aggregate success against Barcelona in the semi-finals.

• Both clubs have played the same number of matches (28) against teams from the rival country, but Inter have the superior record:
Bayern v Italian clubs: P28 W9 D7 L12
Inter v German clubs: P28 W13 D8 L7

• Van Gaal has twice faced Italian opposition in the UEFA Champions League final. In 1995 his Ajax team overcame Milan 1-0, losing the following season's showpiece to Juventus after a penalty shoot-out.

• Van Gaal guided Ajax to victory against Torino FC in the 1992 UEFA Cup final.

• Inter's most recent encounter with Bundesliga opposition came against Werder Bremen in last season's group stage – they drew 1-1 at home and lost 2-1 away.

• Van Gaal and Mourinho have both won the European Cup before – Van Gaal with Ajax in 1995 and Mourinho in 2004 with FC Porto. Whoever prevails will become the third coach to have lifted the famous trophy with two different clubs, following Ernst Happel and Ottmar Hitzfeld.

• Thirteen years separated Happel's successes with Feyenoord (1970) and Hamburger SV (1983) meaning Van Gaal would establish a record for the longest gap between European Cup triumphs if he emerged victorious. Hitzfeld's wins came with BV Borussia Dortmund (1997) and Bayern (2001).

• This is Bayern's tenth visit to the Santiago Bernabéu. Their record from nine previous matches there is W2 D1 L6.

• Mark van Bommel hit Bayern's second goal in the 88th minute of their 3-2 defeat at the stadium in a last-16 meeting with Real Madrid in the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League. His strike set up an eventual away-goals triumph for the Bavarian side, 2-1 victors in the second leg.

• Bayern visited the Bernabéu twice in 1999/2000. They won 4-2 in the UEFA Champions League second group stage in February 2000, but then suffered a 2-0 defeat by Madrid in the first leg of a semi-final that they lost 3-2 on aggregate.

• The following season Giovane Elber's strike secured a 1-0 semi-final first-leg success at the Bernabéu en route to Bayern winning the trophy.

• Inter have won one and lost six of seven previous matches at the Bernabéu.

• Zanetti featured on their most recent visit for a 2-0 defeat in the 1998/99 UEFA Champions League group stage.

• Inter have lost four semi-finals against Real Madrid after defeats in the Spanish capital, suffering spectacular reverses in successive UEFA Cup campaigns.

• In 1984/85 Inter's 2-0 first-leg lead disappeared as Madrid overwhelmed them 3-0 at the Bernabéu. The following season the Nerazzurri succumbed 5-1 after extra time in Madrid following a 3-1 home success. Final ambassador Emilio Butragueño was in the Merengues' lineup that day.

• Inter's only win at the Bernabéu came in the 1966/67 European Cup quarter-final against Madrid when a Renato Cappellini strike and Ignacio Zoco own goal earned the Italian side a 2-0 second-leg success and 3-0 aggregate triumph.

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