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Champions League Final

Ataturk Stadium | Wednesday 25 May 2005 at 19:45 UK local time

AC Milan 3 - 3 Liverpool
After extra time & Penalty Shootout: 2 - 3
Half time 3–0

Starting Lineup (Average age 26.89)

1
Jerzy Dudek
21
Djimi Traoré
3
Steve Finnan
23
Jamie Carragher
6
John Arne Riise
4
Sami Hyypia
14
Xabi Alonso
10
Luis Garcia
7
Harry Kewell
8
Steven Gerrard (c)
5
Milan Baros

Substitutes

20
Scott Carson
17
Josemi Rey
11
Vladimir Smicer
16
Didi Hamann
18
Antonio Nunez
25
Igor Biscan
9
Djibril Cissé

Opposition Lineup (Average age 30)

Dida
Cafú
Paolo Maldini
Jaap Stam
Alessandro Nesta
Andrea Pirlo
Gennaro Gattuso
Clarence Seedorf
Kaká
Hernán Crespo
Andriy Shevchenko

Substitutes used

Jon Dahl Tomasson
Serginho
Rui Costa

Notes

  • - Alonso's penalty was saved by Milan goalkeeper Dida but he reacted quickly to drive the rebound into the roof of the net.

    ‘Honestly, years later I still can’t understand how we managed to lose that game,’ Kaka told Radio Cope in March 2016. ‘We had the best defenders in the world in that team. Our back four was Cafu, Jaap Stam, Alessandro Nesta and Paolo Maldini but we still let in three goals in six minutes. Something amazing happened that can’t be explained.'

Other details

Manager: Rafa Benítez
Opposition manager: Carlo Ancelotti
Referee: Mejuto González ME (Spain)
Attendance: 72,059
Half-time score: 3 - 0
Game number: 4916
Europe game number: 244

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Liverpool
AC Milan
1'
Paolo Maldini (0–1)
Harry Kewell Vladimir Smicer
23'
39'
Hernán Crespo (0–2)
44'
Hernán Crespo (0–3)
HT 0–3
Steve Finnan Didi Hamann
46'
Steven Gerrard (John Arne Riise) (1–3)
54'
Vladimir Smicer (Didi Hamann) (2–3)
56'
Xabi Alonso missed penalty
59'
Xabi Alonso (3–3)
59'
Milan Baros Djibril Cissé
85'
85'
Jon Dahl Tomasson Hernán Crespo
85'
Serginho Clarence Seedorf
ET 3–3
112'
Rui Costa Gennaro Gattuso
Penalties
AC Milan Serginho missed
Liverpool Didi Hamann ✓
AC Milan Andrea Pirlo saved
Liverpool Djibril Cissé ✓
AC Milan Jon Dahl Tomasson ✓
Liverpool John Arne Riise saved
AC Milan Kaká ✓
Liverpool Vladimir Smicer ✓
AC Milan Andriy Shevchenko saved
After penalties 3–2

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