Which team did Real Madrid beat in the first all-Spanish Champions League final?

Trained by Claudio Ranieri, Valencia began the 1999–2000 season by winning another title, the Supercopa de España, defeating Barcelona. Valencia finished third in the league, four points behind champions Deportivo de La Coruña and level on points with second-placed Barcelona. However, the team's biggest success was in the UEFA Champions League; for the first time in its history, Valencia reached a European Cup final. However, in the Final in Paris on 24 May 2000, Real Madrid beat Los Che 3–0.

The 2000 UEFA Champions League Final was a football match that took place on 24 May 2000. The match was played at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France, to determine the winner of the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League. The final pitted Spanish teams Real Madrid and Valencia. It was the first time in the Champions League or the European Cup that two clubs from the same country competed in the final.

The match saw a headed goal from Fernando Morientes and a spectacular Steve McManaman volley put Real Madrid 2–0 ahead, before Raúl sealed a 3-0 win with a breakaway third goal, rounding Santiago Cañizares after Real had cleared a Valencia corner. The win was Real's eighth European Cup Championship overall and their second in three years, and was notable for being Vicente del Bosque's first title as manager.

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Richard D. Boyle

Bonnie , The rest of the QC world is sick of American sports questions, Bonnie. Especially US football. International football (the game we call soccer) is By FAR, the most popular game in the world and this IS an international trivia club not a US club. Everyone gets questions they don’t like and have little if any interest in. That is inevitable with an international membership. Treat it as a learning opportunity or just go on to the next question and try to avoid comments that peg you as the stereotype of the superior and entitled American. I think we would all appreciate it.

Fred Keogh

Richard D. Boyle, well said Richard.

John Manley

Bonnie , Unbelievably there is life outside the USA, this is a world quiz incorporating European, Asiatic, Australasian, Africaan and American culture. If you care not to learn then there is an option in "Hints" to replace the question!!

Richard

Very “Eurocentric” question aimed at sports fans, whom, I think, make up a VERY small percentage of people on this site!! SMH!!

John W Shreve

Maia , They determine the winner. If the Lisbon Parakeets score four goals and the Monrovia Chinchillas score three, everyone knows the Parakeets won. Without scoring, no one knows. An American football coach, Herm Edwards, said, "You play to win the game!" Without keeping score, there is no winner.