24 years since La Octava

Saint Denis Stadium (Paris) was the setting for Real Madrid's eighth European Cup win. Our team added to their legendary history when they beat Valencia in the first all-Spanish final in the competition's history. On 24 May 2000, the madridistas delivered a brilliant performance, as Morientes opened the scoring with a header before halt-time. McManaman's acrobatic finish and Raúl's strike, his tenth of the campaign, rounded off the result.

Real Madrid lifted the continent's top prize in Paris, the same city where their European legend had begun, back in the first final in 1956. Our team made history once again at the same stadium in 2022, when they got their hands on La Decimocuarta against Liverpool.

On their way to La Octava, the madridistas took on Porto, Olympiacos and Molde in the first Group Stage and Bayern Munich, Dinamo Kiev and Rosenborg in the second. The quarter-finals are remembered for Redondo's sublime skill at Old Trafford, the Argentine's back-heel bewitching the home defence to set up Raúl to down Manchester United. In the semi-final against Bayern Munich, Anelka was the key man, scoring in both legs.

Spanish finals
Real Madrid would go on to win the next two all-Spanish finals as well. Both came against Atlético and the first came again on 24 May, but in 2014 (La Décima, in Lisbon). The last time was La Undécima in Milan.
 
LINE-UPS:
3- Real Madrid: Casillas, Míchel Salgado (Hierro, 85’), Iván Campo, Helguera, Karanka, Roberto Carlos, McManaman, Redondo, Raúl, Anelka (Sanchís, 80’) and Morientes (Savio, 72’).
0- Valencia: Cañizares, Angloma, Djukic, Pellegrino, Gerardo (Ilie, 69’), Mendieta, Farinós, Gerard, Kily González, Angulo and Claudio López.

Goals:
1-0 (min. 38): Morientes.
2-0 (min. 66): McManaman.
3-0 (min. 74): Raúl.

Referee: Stefano Braschi (Italy).
Stadium: Saint Denis (Paris).