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Many Feel Zinedine Zidane Is Responsible For Scoring The Greatest Goal In Champions League Final History

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Published 16:36 28 May 2022 GMT+1

Many Feel Zinedine Zidane Is Responsible For Scoring The Greatest Goal In Champions League Final History

Zinedine Zidane's left-foot volley on the biggest stage was a thing of beauty.

Josh Lawless

Josh Lawless

Zinedine Zidane is responsible for what many believe to be the greatest goal in Champions League final history.

On 15 May 2002, Real Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen played out the Champions League final at Scotland's Hampden Park and of course it was 'Zizou' who made the difference.

Real went 1-0 up in Glasgow when a quick throw-in led to talisman Raul nipping behind and seeing his left-footed finish trickle past Jörg Butt.

At the time, Bayer had a talented crop of players and had knocked out both Liverpool and Manchester United in knockout rounds on their way to the final.

They responded quickly to going a goal down when defender Lucio, who went on to win the World Cup two months later, rose highest to head home the equaliser from Bernd Schneider's teasing delivery in the 13th minute.

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To their credit, Leverkusen, without one of their star players in Brazilian Ze Roberto, matched Real Madrid - unfortunately coming up against a young Iker Casillas, on as a substitute goalkeeper, in inspired form late on. The Spaniard made two excellent saves late on to deny Carsten Ramelow.

But the game belonged to Zidane. On the stroke of half-time, the Frenchman produced a moment that would be remembered for years to come.

An attack down the left saw left-back Roberto Carlos manage to send in a lofted ball for Zidane on the edge of the area.

Your average player would have tried to touch the ball down, but average is not a word that comes in the same sentence as Zinedine Zidane.

The Los Blancos talisman swiveled his body shape and left fly with a stunning left-footed volley that rippled into the net.

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Butt in the Leverkusen goal was at fault for the opener but there was nothing he could do to deny Zidane in this instance. The technique was just exceptional.

Here it is again with some lovely background music.

It was a goal we've all attempted to score on the school playground, but there was no way anyone could come up with the grace and elegance that Zizou displayed.

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The goal proved to be the difference between the two sides, and ultimately handed Real their ninth European Cup.

What a player. What a moment. The greatest goal in Champions League history? Quite possibly.

Featured Image Credit: UEFA

Topics: Zinedine Zidane, Real Madrid, Champions League, Bayer Leverkusen

Josh Lawless
Josh Lawless

Josh is a sports journalist who specialises in football and WWE. He has been published by Curzon Ashton FC, Late Tackle, Manchester City FC, The Mirror, Read Man City and Manchester Evening News. He provides coverage of professional wrestling and has covered two WrestleMania events for SPORTbible.

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