1998 UEFA Cup final explained

1998 UEFA Cup Final
Event:1997–98 UEFA Cup
Team1:Lazio
Team1association:
Team1score:0
Team2:Inter Milan
Team2association:
Team2score:3
Date:6 May 1998
Stadium:Parc des Princes
City:Paris
Man Of The Match1a:Ronaldo [1]
Referee:Antonio López Nieto (Spain)
Attendance:44,412
Previous:1997
Next:1999

The 1998 UEFA Cup Final was a football match played at Parc des Princes in Paris on 6 May 1998 between two Italian sides, Lazio and Internazionale. Inter won the match 3–0. It was the first single-legged UEFA Cup final.

Route to the final

LazioRoundInter Milan
OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg
Vitória de Guimarães6–14–0 (A)2–1 (H)First round Neuchâtel Xamax4–02–0 (H)2–0 (A)
Rotor Volgograd3–00–0 (A)3–0 (H)Second round Lyon4–31–2 (H)3–1 (A)
Rapid Wien3–02–0 (A)1–0 (H)Third round RC Strasbourg3–20–2 (A)3–0 (H)
Auxerre3–21–0 (H)2–2 (A)Quarter-finals Schalke 042–1 (a.e.t.)1–0 (H)1–1 (a.e.t.) (A)
Atlético Madrid1–01–0 (A)0–0 (H)Semi-finals Spartak Moscow4–22–1 (H)2–1 (A)

Match

Details

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GK 1 Luca Marchegiani
RB 20
CB 13 Alessandro Nesta
CB 2
LB 5 Giuseppe Favalli
RM 14 Diego Fuser (c)
CM 23
CM 21
LM 18 Pavel Nedvěd
CF 9 Pierluigi Casiraghi
CF 10 Roberto Mancini
Substitutes:
GK 22 Marco Ballotta
DF 3 Giovanni Lopez
DF 17
MF 4 Dario Marcolin
MF 25
FW 7 Roberto Rambaudi
Manager:
Sven-Göran Eriksson
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GK 1 Gianluca Pagliuca (c)
SW 7
RB 33 Francesco Colonnese
CB 16
LB 4
RM 8
CM 13 Zé Elias
LM 14 Diego Simeone
AM 6
CF 9
CF 10
Substitutes:
GK 12 Andrea Mazzantini
DF 5 Fabio Galante
DF 24
MF 15
MF 17
FW 11 Nwankwo Kanu
FW 20 Álvaro Recoba
Manager:
Luigi Simoni
Man of the Match:
Ronaldo (Inter Milan)

Assistant referees


Fernando Tresaco Gracia (Spain)
Victoriano Giráldez Carrasco (Spain)
Fourth official


Arturo Daudén Ibáñez (Spain)

Match rules
  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of golden goal extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Seven named substitutes
  • Maximum of three substitutions

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Jerry . Langdon . South Americans provide goals, Italy’s Inter Milan wins UEFA Cup. . Gannett News Service . Soccer Times . 6 May 1998 . 28 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140812021810/http://www.soccertimes.com/international/1998/may06.htm . 12 August 2014 . dead . dmy-all .