UEFA Cup 2001-02

(From 9-08-2001 to 8-05-2002)

 

 

COMPETITION SYSTEM

·          145 teams (best qualified clubs in domestic Leagues, domestic Cup winners, title holder, and extra participants) playing knock-out rounds on a home and away basis. The aggregate score of both games decides the winner. Ties are resolved with: 1) the “away goals double value” rule; 2) a 30 minutes extra-time after regulation; 3) a penalty shoot-out (pk).

·          On a first stage, the participants access the competition in different rounds depending basically on how their country is ranked in UCR (direct berths) or other factors (extra berths). From Fourth Round on, only the survivors of previous rounds advance.

·          A final game is played at a predetermined venue. Should an extra-time be necessary, the “Golden Goal” applies: the first team to score a goal in extra-time will be the winner, with no need to play the remaining time.

PARTICIPANTS AND BERTH ASSIGNMENT

115 entrants as a result of UEFA Country Ranking (UCR) for the period 1996-2000 and 30 more entrants depending on different factors. The berth assignment is as follows:

 

Direct berths (115): 2 countries (places 7-8 in UCR) with 4 teams; 12 countries (places 1-6 and 16-21 in UCR) with 3 teams; 34 countries (places 9-15 and 22-50 in UCR, except Liechtenstein and Andorra) with 2 teams; 3 countries (Liechtenstein, Andorra, and San Marino) with 1 team.

 

Extra berths (30): 3 teams qualified via Intertoto Cup 2001 (IC). 3 teams qualified via Fair Play (ranking of countries whose teams receive the fewest number of yellow and red cards). 24 teams qualified via Champions League 2001-02 (16 losers of Third Qualifying Round and 8 third-placed teams after First Group-Match Stage).

 

 

QUALIFYING ROUND

82 TEAMS. Third-placed teams in Leagues of countries ranked 9-21 in UCR 1996-2000. Runners-up in Leagues of countries ranked 16-50 in UCR (except Liechtenstein and Andorra). League champions of Andorra and San Marino. Cup champions of countries ranked 19-50 in UCR (in green), except Andorra. 3 teams qualified via Fair Play (in pink).

SP Cosmos (SMR) - SK Rapid (AUT)

0-1 (a)

0-2

 

FK Pelister (MAC) - FC St. Gallen (SWI)

0-2

3-2 (b)

 

FC Dinamo Bucureşti (ROM) - KS Dinamo Tiranë (ALB)

1-0

3-1

 

NK Olimpija (SVN) - FK Şəfa (AZE)

4-0

3-0

 

FC Midtjylland (DEN) - Glentoran FC (NIR)

1-1 (c)

4-0

 

JK Trans (EST) - IF Elfsborg (SWE)

3-0 (d)*

0-5

 

Club Brugge KV (BEL) - ÍA (Akranes) (ICE)

4-0

6-1 (e)

 

FK Obilić (YUG) - GÍ (Gøta) (FAR)

4-0

1-1 (f)

 

FC Braşov (ROM) - FA Mika (ARM)

5-1

2-0 (g)

 

Viking FK (NOR) - NK Brotnjo (BOS)

1-0

1-1

 

FK CSKA Kyïv (UKR) - FC Jokerit (FIN)

2-0

2-0

 

FK Vardar (MAC) - Royal Standard Club de Liège (BEL)

0-3

1-3

 

HJK (Helsinki) (FIN) - FK Ventspils (LAT)

2-1

1-0

 

Cwmbran Town AFC (WAL) - ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK)

0-4 (h)

0-1

 

CS Marítimo (POR) - FK Sarajevo (BOS)

1-0

1-0

 

Fylkir (ICE) - MKS Pogoń Szczecin (POL)

2-1

1-1

 

NK Dinamo (CRO) - FC Flora (EST)

1-0

1-0

 

Glenavon FC (NIR) - Kilmarnock FC (SCO)

0-1

0-1

 

SK Tirana (ALB) - Apóllon FC (CYP)

3-2

1-3 (i)

 

FA Ararat (ARM) - Hapoel Tel-Aviv MK (ISR)

0-2

0-3

 

FC Etzella Ettelbruck (LUX) - Legia Warszawa (POL)

0-4

1-2

 

FC Zimbru (MOL) - Gaziantepspor Kulübü (TUR)

0-0

1-4

 

FK Dinaburg (LAT) - NK Osijek (CRO)

2-1

0-1

 

Neftçi PFK (AZE) - ND HIT Gorica (SVN)

0-0

0-1

 

HB (Tórshavn) (FAR) - Grazer AK (AUT)

2-2

0-4

 

FK Atlantas (LIT) - UFC Rapid (ROM)

0-4

0-8

 

ŠK Matador Púchov (SVK) - Sliema Wanderers FC (MAL)

3-0

1-2 (j)

 

Longford Town FC (IRL) - FK Liteks (BUL)

1-1

0-2

 

Brøndby IF (DEN) - Shelbourne FC (IRL)

2-0

3-0

 

FC Santa Coloma (AND) - FK Partizan (YUG)

0-1 (k)

1-7

 

Maccabi Tel-Aviv MK (ISR) - FK Žalgiris (Vilnius) (LIT)

6-0

1-0

 

FK Shakhtjor (BLR) - CSKA (Sofija) (BUL)

1-2 (l)

1-3

 

MyPa (Anjalankoski) (FIN) - Helsingborgs IF (SWE)

1-3

1-2

 

SK Dinamo (Tbilisi) (GEO) - FK BATE (BLR)

2-1

0-4

 

Debreceni Vasutas SC (HUN) - FC Nistru (MOL)

3-0

0-1 (m)

 

KP Polonia (POL) - Total Network Solutions FC (WAL)

4-0 (n)

2-0 (o)

 

Birkirkara FC (MAL) - SK Lokomotivi (GEO)

0-0 (p)

1-1

 

AEK (Athína) (GRE) - CS Grevenmacher (LUX)

6-0

2-0 (q)

 

MŠK SCP Ružomberok (SVK) - FK Belshina (BLR)

3-1

0-0 (r)

 

FC Vaduz (LIE) - NK Varteks (CRO)

3-3

1-6

 

AE Olympiakós (CYP) - Dunaferr SE (HUN)

2-2

4-2 (s)

 

BYES: Valencia CF (SPA), RC Celta (SPA), Real Zaragoza CD (SPA), AC Milan (ITA), Internazionale FC (ITA), AC Fiorentina (ITA), Hertha BSC (GER), SC Freiburg (GER), 1. FC Union Berlin (GER), CS Sedan-Ardennes (FRA), FC Girondins de Bordeaux (FRA), RC Strasbourg (FRA), Leeds United AFC (ENG), Ipswich Town FC (ENG), Chelsea FC (ENG), Roda JC (NED), FC Utrecht (NED), FC Twente (NED), FK Chernomorets (RUS), FK Dynamo (RUS), FK Torpedo Moskva (RUS), FK Anzhi (RUS), FC Marila Příbram (CZE), FC Slovan Liberec (CZE), SK Sigma Olomouc (CZE), FK Viktoria Žižkov (CZE), PAOK (Thessaloníkê) (GRE), Sporting CP (POR), Gençlerbirliği SK (TUR), FK Dnipro (UKR), Odd Grenland (NOR), Servette FC (SWI), Hibernian FC (SCO), FC Kärnten (AUT), KVC Westerlo (BEL), Silkeborg IF (DEN).

* The original game ended 1-3 for IF Elfsborg, but UEFA invalidated this score and awarded a 3-0 w.o. to JK Trans because the Swedish team fielded an ineligible player (Christian Lundström).

(a) Played in Serravalle.     (b) Played in Zürich.     (c) Played in Silkeborg.     (d) Played in Tallinn.     (e) Played in Reykjavík.     (f) Played in Tórshavn.     (g) Played in Erevan.     (h) Played in Cardiff.     (i) Played in Levkosía.     (j) Played in Ta'Qali.     (k) Played in Andorra la Vella.     (l) Played in Minsk.     (m) Played in Chişinău.     (n) Played in Łódź.     (o) Played in Wrexham.     (p) Played in Ta'Qali.     (q) Played in Luxembourg City.     (r) Played in Minsk.     (s) Played in Győr.

 

 

FIRST ROUND

96 TEAMS. 41 winners of Qualifying Round. Sixth-placed teams in Leagues of countries ranked 1-3 in UCR 1996-2000. Fifth-placed teams in Leagues of countries ranked 1-8 in UCR. Fourth-placed teams in Leagues of countries ranked 4-8 in UCR. Third-placed teams in Leagues of countries ranked 7-8 in UCR. Cup champions of countries ranked 1-18 in UCR (in green). 3 teams qualified via Intertoto Cup 2001 (in blue). 16 losers of Third Qualifying Round of Champions League 2001-02 (in red).

Roda JC (NED) - Fylkir

3-0

3-1

 

FK Viktoria Žižkov (CZE) - FC Tirol Innsbruck (AUT)

0-0

0-1

 

ŠK Matador Púchov - SC Freiburg (GER)

0-0

1-2

 

ND HIT Gorica - NK Osijek

1-2

0-1

 

ES Troyes Aube Champagne (FRA) - MŠK SCP Ružomberok

6-1

0-1

 

Paris Saint-Germain FC (FRA) - UFC Rapid

0-0

3-0 (*)

 

KVC Westerlo (BEL) - Hertha BSC (GER)

0-2

0-1

 

FK Chernomorets (RUS) - Valencia CF (SPA)

0-1

0-5

 

NK Dinamo - Maccabi Tel-Aviv MK

2-2

1-1

 

Hapoel Tel-Aviv MK - Gaziantepspor Kulübü

1-0

1-1

 

FC Girondins de Bordeaux (FRA) - Debreceni Vasutas SC

5-1

1-3

 

FC Haka (FIN) - 1. FC Union Berlin (GER)

1-1

0-3

 

FK Partizan - SK Rapid

1-0

1-5

 

RC Celta (SPA) - SK Sigma Olomouc (CZE)

4-0

3-4

 

FC Midtjylland - Sporting CP (POR)

0-3 (a)

2-3

 

HNK Hajduk (CRO) - TS Wisła (POL)

2-2

0-1

 

KP Polonia - FC Twente (NED)

1-2 (b)

0-2

 

CS Marítimo - Leeds United AFC (ENG)

1-0

0-3

 

AE Olympiakós - Club Brugge KV

2-2

1-7

 

Odd Grenland (NOR) - Helsingborgs IF

2-2

1-1

 

Aston Villa FC (ENG) - NK Varteks

2-3

1-0

 

Royal Standard Club de Liège - RC Strasbourg (FRA)

2-0

2-2

 

FK BATE - AC Milan (ITA)

0-2 (c)

0-4

 

FC Utrecht (NED) - Grazer AK

3-0

3-3

 

FC Slovan Liberec (CZE) - ŠK Slovan Bratislava

2-0

0-1

 

FC København (DEN) - FK Obilić

2-0

2-2

 

CSKA (Sofija) - FK Shakhtar (UKR)

3-0

1-2

 

Servette FC (SWI) - SK Slavia Praha (CZE)

1-0

1-1

 

AŠK Inter Slovnaft (SVK) - FK Liteks

1-0

0-3

 

Internazionale FC (ITA) - FC Braşov

3-0 (d)

3-0

 

FK CSKA Kyïv - FK Crvena Zvezda (YUG)

3-2

0-0

 

Gençlerbirliği SK (TUR) - Halmstads BK (SWE)

1-1

0-1

 

AEK (Athína) - Hibernian FC (SCO)

2-0

2-3

 

NK Olimpija - Brøndby IF

2-4

0-0

 

Chelsea FC (ENG) - FK Levski (BUL)

3-0

2-0

 

Legia Warszawa - IF Elfsborg

4-1

6-1

 

FC Kärnten (AUT) - PAOK (Thessaloníkê) (GRE)

0-0 (e)

0-4

 

FK Dynamo (RUS) - Birkirkara FC

1-0

0-0 (f)

 

FK Dnipro (UKR) - AC Fiorentina (ITA)

0-0

1-2

 

FC St. Gallen - FC Steaua Bucureşti (ROM)

2-1 (g)

1-1

 

Parma AC (ITA) - HJK (Helsinki)

1-0

2-0

 

Ipswich Town FC (ENG) - FK Torpedo Moskva (RUS)

1-1

2-1

 

Kilmarnock FC - Viking FK

1-1

0-2

 

AFC Ajax (NED) - Apóllon FC

2-0

3-0 (h)

 

Real Zaragoza CD (SPA) - Silkeborg IF (DEN)

3-0

2-1

 

FC Dinamo Bucureşti - Grasshopper-Club (SWI)

1-3

1-3

 

FC Marila Příbram (CZE) - CS Sedan-Ardennes (FRA)

4-0

1-3

 

FK Anzhi (RUS) - Rangers FC (SCO)

0-1 (**)

 

 

* The original game was abandoned in minute 118 (minute 28 of extra-time), with a score of 0-1 for Paris Saint-Germain FC, due to a power failure in the Giuleşti District of Bucharest. Later, UEFA awarded a 0-3 w.o. to the French team alleging that UFC Rapid was responsible for this interruption, not having an auxiliary electric generator for the floodlight supply.

** Due to the pre-war atmosphere in the Republic of Dagestan (capital Makhachkala, were FK Anzhi plays), UEFA decided that this match should be played as a single game at a neutral venue (Warszaw, Poland).

(a) Played in Silkeborg.     (b) Played in Łódź.     (c) Played in Minsk.     (d) Played in Trieste.     (e) Played in Graz.     (f) Played in Ta'Qali.     (g) Played in Zürich.     (h) Played in Levkosía.

 

 

SECOND ROUND

48 TEAMS. Winners of First Round.

Roda JC - Maccabi Tel-Aviv MK

4-1

1-2

 

Viking FK - Hertha BSC

0-1

0-2

 

NK Osijek - AEK (Athína)

1-2

2-3

 

1. FC Union Berlin - FK Liteks

0-2

0-0

 

Internazionale FC - TS Wisła

2-0 (a)

0-1

 

FC København - AFC Ajax

0-0

1-0

 

PAOK (Thessaloníkê) - FC Marila Příbram

6-1

2-2

 

Rangers FC - FK Dynamo

3-1

4-1

 

Halmstads BK - Sporting CP

0-1

1-6

 

Real Zaragoza CD - Servette FC

0-0

0-1

 

Leeds United AFC - ES Troyes Aube Champagne

4-2

2-3

 

FK CSKA Kyïv - Club Brugge KV

0-2

0-5

 

Paris Saint-Germain FC - SK Rapid

4-0

2-2

 

AC Fiorentina - FC Tirol Innsbruck

2-0

2-2

 

Ipswich Town FC - Helsingborgs IF

0-0

3-1

 

Legia Warszawa - Valencia CF

1-1

1-6

 

SC Freiburg - FC St. Gallen

0-1

4-1 (b)

 

FC Girondins de Bordeaux - Royal Standard Club de Liège

2-0

2-0

 

FC Utrecht - Parma AC

1-3

0-0

 

Grasshopper-Club - FC Twente

4-1

2-4

 

NK Varteks - Brøndby IF

3-1

0-5

 

Hapoel Tel-Aviv MK - Chelsea FC

2-0

1-1

 

RC Celta - FC Slovan Liberec

3-1

0-3

 

AC Milan - CSKA (Sofija)

2-0

1-0

 

(a) Played in Trieste.     (b) Played in Zürich.

 

 

THIRD ROUND

32 TEAMS. 24 winners of Second Round. 8 third-placed teams after First Group-Match Stage of Champions League 2001-02 (in red).

FC Girondins de Bordeaux - Roda JC

1-0

0-2

 

Hapoel Tel-Aviv MK - FK Lokomotiv (RUS)

2-1

1-0 (a)

 

FC København - BV Borussia 09 (GER)

0-1

0-1

 

AC Milan - Sporting CP

2-0

1-1

 

Club Brugge KV - Olympique Lyonnais (FRA)

4-1

0-3

 

FC Slovan Liberec - RCD Mallorca (SPA)

3-1

2-1

 

Grasshopper-Club - Leeds United AFC

1-2

2-2

 

Parma AC - Brøndby IF

1-1

3-0

 

PAOK (Thessaloníkê) - PSV (Eindhoven) (NED)

3-2

1-4

 

AC Fiorentina - Lille OSC (FRA)

0-1

0-2

 

Valencia CF - Celtic FC (SCO)

1-0

0-1

pk:5-4

Servette FC - Hertha BSC

0-0

3-0

 

Ipswich Town FC - Internazionale FC

1-0

1-4

 

Rangers FC - Paris Saint-Germain FC

0-0

0-0

pk:4-3

SC Feyenoord (NED) - SC Freiburg

1-0

2-2

 

AEK (Athína) - FK Liteks

3-2

1-1

 

(a) Played in Ramenskoje.

 

 

FOURTH ROUND

Roda JC - AC Milan

0-1

1-0

pk:2-3

Valencia CF - Servette FC

3-0

2-2

 

PSV (Eindhoven) - Leeds United AFC

0-0

1-0

 

Lille OSC - BV Borussia 09

1-1

0-0

 

Olympique Lyonnais - FC Slovan Liberec

1-1

1-4 (a)

 

Hapoel Tel-Aviv MK - Parma AC

0-0

2-1

 

Internazionale FC - AEK (Athína)

3-1

2-2

 

Rangers FC - SC Feyenoord

1-1

2-3

 

(a) Played in Praha.

 

 

1/4 FINALS

Hapoel Tel-Aviv MK - AC Milan

1-0 (a)

0-2

 

Internazionale FC - Valencia CF

1-1

1-0

 

PSV (Eindhoven) - SC Feyenoord

1-1

1-1

pk:4-5

FC Slovan Liberec - BV Borussia 09

0-0 (b)

0-4

 

(a) Played in Levkosía (Cyprus).     (b) Played in Praha.

 

 

1/2 FINALS

Internazionale FC - SC Feyenoord

0-1

2-2

 

BV Borussia 09 - AC Milan

4-0

1-3

 

 

 

 

FINAL

STADIUM: Stadion Feijenoord / De Kuip (Rotterdam)

DATE: 8-05-2002 (20:45 h)

Attendance: 45.611

Referee: Vítor Manuel Melo Pereira (POR)

Goals: 1-0 (Van Hooijdonk [p.] 33'); 2-0 (Van Hooijdonk 40'); 2-1 (Amoroso [p.] 47'); 3-1 (Tomasson 50'); 3-2 (Koller 58')

BOOKED: Rząsa (23'), Paauwe (46'), Van Persie (63'), De Haan (85') / Kohler (RC 32'), Amoroso (49'), Dedê (52'), Rosický (66')

MAN OF THE MATCH: Jon Dahl Tomasson

[Incidents: There was one minute of silence before kick-off in memory of Pim Fortuyn, a Dutch politician who was killed on Monday. Kohler was sent off (min. 32) after fouling Tomasson in the penalty area.]

SC Feyenoord - BV Borussia 09
3-2 (2-0)

SC Feyenoord (coach: Bert van Marwijk)

Edwin Zoetebier

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Christian Gyan

Patrick Paauwe

Kees van Wonderen

Tomasz Rząsa

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Bonaventure Kalou (Johan Elmander 76')

Shinji Ono (Ferry de Haan 85')

Paul Bosvelt (c)

Robin van Persie (Leonardo Santiago 63')

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Jon Dahl Tomasson

Pierre van Hooijdonk

BV Borussia 09 (coach: Matthias Sammer)

Jens Lehmann

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Christian Wörns

Jürgen Kohler

Leonardo de Deus “Dedê”

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Stefan Reuter (c)

Lars Ricken (Jörg Heinrich 70')

Evanílson Aparecido

Tomáš Rosický

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Éwerthon de Souza (Otto Addo 61')

Márcio Amoroso

Jan Koller

 

TOP SCORER: Pierre van Hooijdonk (SC Feyenoord) - 8 goals

 

 

ROSTERS (FINALISTS)

SC Feyenoord

BV Borussia 09

Goalkeepers

1. Edwin Zoetebier (7-05-1970) NED

30. Henk Timmer (3-12-1971) NED

31. Carlo l’Ami (20-07-1966) NED

Ronald Graafland (30-04-1979) NED

Jerzy Dudek (23-03-1973) POL

Zbigniew Małkowski (19-01-1978) POL

Defenders

2. Christian Gyan (2-11-1978) GHA

3. Tomasz Rząsa (11-03-1973) POL

4. Mauricio Fernando Aros Bahamondes (9-03-1976) CHI

8. Kees van Wonderen (4-01-1969) NED

20. Ferry de Haan (12-09-1972) NED

22. Ulrich van Gobbel (16-01-1971) NED

25. Ramon van Haaren (16-09-1972) NED

26. Pieter Collen (20-06-1980) BEL

27. Glenn Loovens (22-09-1983) NED

28. Civard Sprockel (10-05-1983) NED

Stephen Laybutt (3-09-1977) AUS

Midfielders

6. Paul Bosvelt (26-03-1970) NED

7. Bonaventure Kalou (12-01-1978) CIV

14. Shinji Ono (小野伸二) (27-09-1979) JPN

17. Patrick Paauwe (27-12-1975) NED

19. Jan de Visser (1-01-1968) NED

23. Brett Emerton (22-02-1979) AUS

24. Leonardo dos Santos Silva (21-08-1976) BRA

29. Saïd Boutahar (سعيد بوطاهر) (12-08-1982) NED

Ronildo Pereira de Freitas “Tininho” (23-10-1977) BRA

Danny Buijs (21-06-1982) NED

Jean-Paul van Gastel (28-04-1972) NED

Brett Holman (27-03-1984) AUS

Jordan Opoku (8-10-1983) GHA

Forwards

9. Pierre van Hooijdonk (29-11-1969) NED

10. Jon Dahl Tomasson (29-08-1976) DEN

11. Leonardo Vítor Santiago (9-03-1983) BRA

15. Johan Elmander (27-05-1981) SWE

16. Euzebiusz “Ebi” Smolarek (9-01-1981) POL

18. Igor’ Korneev (Игорь Корнеев) (4-09-1967) RUS

32. Robin van Persie (6-08-1983) NED

Radoslav Samardžić (17-10-1970) YUG

COACH: Bert van Marwijk (19-05-1952) NED

Goalkeepers

1. Jens Lehmann (10-11-1969) GER

20. Philipp Laux (25-01-1973) GER

32. Alexander Kuschmann (21-08-1979) GER

34. Michael Ratajczak (16-04-1982) GER

Matthias Kleinsteiber (5-01-1978) GER

Defenders

2. Christian Wörns (10-05-1972) GER

3. Evanílson Aparecido Ferreira (12-09-1975) BRA

5. Jürgen Kohler (6-10-1965) GER

6. Jörg Heinrich (6-12-1969) GER

7. Stefan Reuter (16-10-1966) GER

14. Guy Demel (13-06-1981) FRA

17. Leonardo de Deus Santos “Dedê” (18-04-1978) BRA

21. Christoph Metzelder (5-11-1980) GER

23. Ahmed Redha Madouni (أحمد رضا مادوني) (4-10-80) ALG

38. Florian Thorwart (20-04-1982) GER

41. Timo Achenbach (3-09-1982) GER

Bastian Pinske (19-09-1978) GER

Midfielders

4. Miroslav Stević (7-01-1970) YUG

10. Tomáš Rosický (4-10-1980) CZE

15. Sunday Oliseh (14-09-1974) NIG

16. Sead Kapetanović (21-01-1972) BIH

18. Lars Ricken (10-07-1976) GER

19. Otto Addo (9-06-1975) GHA

25. Sebastian Kehl (13-02-1980) GER

28. Francis Bugri (9-11-1980) GER

33. Florian Kringe (18-08-1982) GER

42. Salvatore Gambino (27-11-1983) GER

43. Michael Kügler (3-09-1981) GER

Forwards

8. Jan Koller (30-03-1973) CZE

9. Fredi Bobič (30-10-1971) GER

11. Heiko Herrlich (3-12-1971) GER

12. Éwerthon Henrique de Souza (10-06-1981) BRA

13. Giuseppe Reina (15-04-1972) GER

22. Márcio Amoroso dos Santos (5-07-1974) BRA

27. David Odonkor (21-02-1984) GER

29. Jan Derek Sørensen (28-12-1971) NOR

31. Emmanuel Krontiris (11-02-1983) GER

COACH: Matthias Sammer (5-09-1967) GER

 

 

RESUMEN DEL PARTIDO (GAME SUMMARY)

El Feyenoord conquistó la Copa de la UEFA al derrotar por 3-1 al Borussia de Dortmund en la final disputada en su propio estadio de Rotterdam. Pese a jugar con un hombre más durante gran parte del partido por expulsión del central alemán Jürgen Kohler a la media hora, el equipo holandés no demostró ser superior a sus rivales, ni en juego ni en recursos técnicos, aunque sí se benefició del oportunismo de su gran estrella, “Pi-Air” van Hooijdonk, que encarriló el triunfo en la primera mitad con dos goles. El partido estuvo presidido por la igualdad durante los primeros minutos, aunque se veía que el Borussia era un equipo con mayor empaque y calidad. Sin embargo, el partido se rompió en el minuto 32, cuando un jugador de la experiencia de Jürgen Kohler, campeón del mundo en 1990, regateó como un juvenil hacia dentro de su portería y se encontró con la velocidad del danés Tomasson, que adivinó su jugada y le obligó a cometer penalti. La consiguiente roja directa y la transformación de la pena máxima por parte de Van Hooijdonk ponían el partido muy cuesta arriba para los de Dortmund. Sólo en esos momentos el Feyenoord fue mejor, y el propio Van Hooijdonk hizo el 2-0 en el lanzamiento de una falta desde la frontal, superando por alto la barrera alemana.

 

En la segunda mitad, el Borussia se lanzó a un ataque desesperado, aprovechando la altura del gigante checo Jan Koller (2,02 m) para que éste controlara balones por alto y repartiera juego a sus compañeros. Así se produjo la jugada del penalti que Amoroso transformó en el 2-1. Quedaba casi todo el segundo tiempo y parecía que el Borussia podía remontar, ya que el Feyenoord no estaba demostrando ser superior. Sin embargo, un nuevo error de la defensa alemana permitió a Tomasson plantarse solo ante Lehmann y batirle para lograr el 3-1. Pese a que Koller lograría acortar diferencias ocho minutos más tarde con un gran gol de volea, el equipo holandés hizo valer su superioridad numérica sobre el campo y acabó haciéndose con la victoria en un partido de muchos goles pero de muy poca calidad, en el que hay que destacar las subidas del brasileño Dedê y la enorme calidad del checo Rosický.

 

 

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