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39th European Champion Clubs' Cup Final
Event	1993–94 UEFA Champions League
Date	18 May 1994
Venue	Olympic Stadium, Athens
Referee	Philip Don (England)
Attendance	70,000
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The 1994 European Cup Final was a football match between Spanish club FC Barcelona and Italy's A.C. Milan, played on 18 May 1994 at the Athens Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece.

Barcelona were favourites to win the their 2nd European title in three years over the 1993 runners up, having just won La Liga. Milan's preparation before the final was in disarray: sweeper and legendary captain, Franco Baresi was suspended, as was defender Alessandro Costacurta; while UEFA regulations which ordered that a team could only field a maximum of three non-nationals meant that their coach Fabio Capello was forced to leave out Florin Raducioiu, Jean-Pierre Papin and Brian Laudrup.

Milan played in their all-white away strip, which historically they use in finals of the European Cup and Champions League, while Barcelona played in their red and blue strip. AC Milan dominated early and were rewarded when Dejan Savicevic ran down the right flank and passed to Daniele Massaro who tapped the ball into an empty net. Massaro banged in his second just before half time to make it 2-0 after a brilliant run by Roberto Donadoni down the left wing.

In the 47th minute Savicevic capitalised on a defensive error by Miguel Angel Nadal to lob goalkeeper Andoni Zubizarreta for the third goal. Eight minutes later, Milan defender Marcel Desailly beat the offside trap to make it 4-0, which ended up being the final score. Pundits described A.C Milan's performance against Barcelona in the final as the greatest ever by a team in European Cup/UEFA Champions League history. Desailly became the first player to win the trophy in consecutive years with different clubs after winning with Olympique Marseille in 1993.

[edit] Match details

18 May 1994	A.C. Milan	4 – 0	FC Barcelona	Olympic Stadium, Athens Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Philip Don
	Massaro 22' 45' Savićević 47' Desailly 59'

AC Milan

Barcelona


AC MILAN:^[1]
GK	1	Sebastiano Rossi
RB	2	Mauro Tassotti (c)
LB	3	Christian Panucci
CM	4	Demetrio Albertini
CD	5	Filippo Galli
CD	6	Paolo Maldini	84'
RM	7	Roberto Donadoni
CM	8	Marcel Desailly
LM	9	Zvonimir Boban
CF	10	Dejan Savićević
CF	11	Daniele Massaro
Substitutes:
GK	12	Mario Ielpo
DF	13	Stefano Nava	84'
MF	14	Angelo Carbone
MF	15	Gianluigi Lentini
FW	16	Marco Simone
Manager:
Fabio Capello Assistant Referees: Fourth Official:


FC BARCELONA:^[1]
GK	1	Andoni Zubizarreta
RB	2	Albert Ferrer
CM	3	Josep Guardiola
CD	4	Ronald Koeman
CD	5	Miguel Ángel Nadal
CM	6	José Mari Bakero (c)
LB	7	Sergi Barjuán	73'
CF	8	Hristo Stoichkov
RM	9	Guillermo Amor
CF	10	Romário
LM	11	Txiki Begiristain	51'
Substitutes:
DF	12	Carles Puyol
GK	13	Carles Busquets
MF	14	Eusebio Sacristán	51'
MF	15	Xavi Hernandez
MF	16	Quique Estebaranz	73'
Manager:
Johan Cruyff