1999 UEFA Cup Final

The 1999 UEFA Cup Final was an association football match between Parma of Italy and Marseille of France on 12 May 1999 at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. Parma won the match 3–0. In doing so, Parma won their second UEFA Cup title and fourth European trophy, having previously won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Super Cup on one occasion each.

1999 UEFA Cup Final
Match programme cover
Event1998–99 UEFA Cup
Parma Marseille
3 0
Date12 May 1999
VenueLuzhniki Stadium, Moscow
Man of the MatchHernán Crespo (Parma)[1]
RefereeHugh Dallas (Scotland)[2]
Attendance61,000

Background

This was Parma's second UEFA Cup final, having defeated Juventus in 1995. Marseille had won the UEFA Champions League in 1993. That victory was marred by the match fixing scandal and, although the title was not stripped from the French club, they were barred from competing in the UEFA Super Cup and next season's UEFA Champions League.

The Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia played host to the match, having never previously hosted a major European final.

Route to the final
Further information: 1998–99 UEFA Cup
Parma Marseille
Opponent Result Legs Round Opponent Result Legs
Fenerbahçe 3–2 0–1 away; 3–1 home First round Sigma Olomouc 6–2 2–2 away; 4–0 home
Wisła Kraków 3–2 1–1 away; 2–1 home Second round Werder Bremen 3–2 1–1 away; 2–1 home
Rangers 4–2 1–1 away; 3–1 home Third round Monaco 3–2 2–2 away; 1–0 home
Bordeaux 7–2 1–2 away; 6–0 home Quarter-finals Celta Vigo 2–1 2–1 home; 0–0 away
Atlético Madrid 5–2 3–1 away; 2–1 home Semi-finals Bologna 1–1 (a) 0–0 home; 1–1 away

Match

Team selection

While Parma's selection for the match was more straightforward, underdogs Marseille had four players suspended for the final after the team's semi-final victory over Bologna, which ended in a fight in the players' tunnel at the Stadio Renato Dall'Ara. Fabrizio Ravanelli and William Gallas both received yellow cards which barred their participation in the final.[3] Christophe Dugarry and Hamada Jambay would serve the first match of their respective and five- and four-match suspensions on the sidelines for the final for their involvement in the brawl.[4]

Summary

Hugh Dallas, the Scottish referee who had also officiated in the Franco-Italian 1998 World Cup quarter-final, conducted the coin toss, which was won by Marseille captain Laurent Blanc and the Frenchman elected to shoot towards his team's own fans in the second half. Roberto Sensini, Parma's captain, chose to kick the match off.

The first 25 minutes saw a cautious Marseille side play much of their football in their own half, only to knock it long to their isolated frontmen Robert Pires and Florian Maurice. Following such an occasion, Sensini hit a long ball forward towards Juan Sebastián Verón, whose headed flick-on looked not to be dangerous until a lazy headed backpass from the experienced Laurent Blanc gifted Hernán Crespo one-on-one with the keeper; the Argentine coolly lobbed Stéphane Porato with his first touch to give Parma the lead after 26 minutes.

Ten minutes later, as the Italians continued to dominate the match, a Parma attack twice looked to have been ended by Marseille's defence, but the ball found Lilian Thuram in an advanced right-back position on both occasions. On the second occasion, Thuram was able to slide in to find Diego Fuser five yards from the byline and just onside. He whipped in a deep cross which Paolo Vanoli, the Gialloblù's car mechanic turned midfield player, expertly directed his header past Marseille's goalkeeper into the net to double Parma's advantage.

Five minutes before the hour mark, Thuram surged forward down the right before giving the ball to Verón outside him. Verón chipped the ball into the penalty area with a ball looking to be destined for Crespo's boot, a fine dummy duped the Marseille's defence and gave Enrico Chiesa the opportunity to volley home emphatically from 12 yards to make it 3–0 and seal a Parma victory.

Details
Parma 3–0 Marseille
Crespo  25'
Vanoli  36'
Chiesa  55'		 Report
Attendance: 61,000
Parma
Marseille
GK1 Gianluigi Buffon
RB21 Lilian Thuram
CB17 Fabio Cannavaro
LB6 Roberto Sensini (c)
CM8 Dino Baggio
CM15 Alain Boghossian
RM7 Diego Fuser
AM11 Juan Sebastián Verón 77'
LM24 Paolo Vanoli
CF9 Hernán Crespo 84'
CF20 Enrico Chiesa 73'
Substitutes:
GK28 Davide Micillo
DF4 Luigi Sartor
DF14 Roberto Mussi
DF26 Luigi Apolloni
MF23 Stefano Fiore 77'
FW10 Faustino Asprilla 89' 84'
FW18 Abel Balbo 73'
Manager:
Alberto Malesani
GK16 Stéphane Porato
SW5 Laurent Blanc (c)
CB4 Pierre Issa
CB17 Cyril Domoraud
RWB2 Patrick Blondeau 50'
LWB28 Edson 46'
CM8 Frédéric Brando
CM27 Daniel Bravo
AM10 Jocelyn Gourvennec
CF7 Robert Pires
CF9 Florian Maurice
Substitutes:
GK30 François Lemasson
DF12 Tchiressoua Guel
DF29 Jacques Abardonado
MF22 Martial Robin
FW13 Titi Camara 46'
FW15 Arthur Moses
FW19 Cédric Mouret
Manager:
Rolland Courbis

Man of the Match:
Hernán Crespo (Parma)[1]

Assistant referees:
Robert Gunn (Scotland)
John McElhinney (Scotland)
Fourth official:
William Young (Scotland)

Match rules

See also

References
  1. "Parma subjugate Marseille for title". Reuters. The Indian Express. 14 May 1999. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  2. McLeman, Neil (11 May 1999). "Hugh Dallas; Taking all the heat .. and happy to be back for more". The Scotsman. HighBeam Research. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  3. "Bologna, Marseille downplay brawl". Sports Illustrated. Time. 21 April 1999. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  4. "UEFA takes action for brawl". Sports Illustrated. Time Inc. 30 April 1999. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
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