Wikipedia:Today's featured article/January 13, 2008



The 2007 UEFA Champions League Final was a football match played at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece, on 23 May 2007, to decide the winner of the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League. English club Liverpool faced Italy's A.C. Milan in a repeat match-up of the 2005 final. A.C. Milan won the match 2–1, after two goals from man of the match Filippo Inzaghi. Before 2007, A.C. Milan's last triumph had been in the 2003 final, while Liverpool's was against Milan in the 2005 final. Liverpool and A.C. Milan started their UEFA Champions League campaigns in the Third Qualifying round, both sides progressed to the group stages, and won their respective groups. Before the match there were ticketing problems. This was due to a large number of fans gaining entry to the stadium, without tickets. After the match, a UEFA spokesman accused Liverpool of having the worst fans in Europe, a claim later denied by the UEFA president, Michel Platini. (more...)

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