It has been a fair while since we had a properly classic Champions League final. We take you from a goalless snooze-fest at 32 to the obvious No.1.
32) 2003 – Juventus 0-0 Milan (2-3 on penalties) It might seem reductive to consider the only goalless Champions League final as the worst, but the 2003 edition truly was a slog. It wasn’t without its moments – Andriy Shevchenko’s cruelly disallowed goal, Antonio Conte hitting the post and Andrea Pirlo striking the bar – but that second half in particular was a test of spectator endurance more than anything. Their Serie A meetings that season ended in a 2-1 win apiece but Old Trafford was treated to nothing of the sort.
Even half the penalties were missed in the shootout as Dida ventured ever so slightly off his line. 31) 2004 – Monaco 0-3 Porto To prove that goals do not necessarily equate to a pulsating game, watch the 2004 Champions League final and retain your consciousness for the full 90 minutes. An audience not quite anaesthetised to the stylings of Jose Mourinho found that the novelty of two surprise success stories had worn off long before full-time as the Portuguese starved the occasion of any intrigue.
Monaco failed to muster a single shot on target; Porto themselves only managed four as they registered less than 50% possession. 30) 2010 – Bayern Munich 0-2 Inter Milan As the BBC said at the time, it ‘might not have been one for the purists’. Mourinho was once at great pains to point out that he couldn.