LIST OF BIG PLAYER WHO HAVE MISSED THE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL THROUGH SUSPENSION SINCE 1994: 1.2014 Real madrid vs Atletico madrid ,Xabi Alonso(Real madrid). On May 25th Real Madrid take on Atletico Madrid in Lisbon Portugal,Xabi Alonso will be on the stands as a result of an accumulation of bookings that culminated in Tuesdays foul on Bayern Munich midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger. 2.1994: AC Milan vs. Barcelona: Alessandro Costacurta (AC Milan) Nevertheless, teammates Paolo Maldini and Filippo Galli held the fort against the Catalans, and Milan cruised to a 4-0 victory. 3.1994: AC Milan vs. Barcelona: captain Franco Baresi (AC Milan Not only did Milan have to face Barcelona without Costacurta, but they were also without influential defense minded captain Franco Baresi when they faced the Catalan giants in Athens. 4.1996: Ajax vs. Juventus: Michael Reiziger (Ajax), Reiziger, a defender who would finish his international career with 72 caps for the Netherlands, had to watch the Rome final against Juventus from the stands, and after a 1-1 draw, the Bianconeri prevailed on penalties. 5.1999: Manchester United vs. Bayern Munich: Paul Scholes (Manchester United) The influential United midfielder Paul Scholes was shown a 2nd yellow card in Turin against the Old lady(Bianconeri) ruling him out for the Champions League Final against Bayern Munich in Camp Nou. United went on to make the famous Comeback after going behide earlier in the match. 6.1999: Manchester United vs. Bayern Munich: Roy Keane (Manchester United) united had two key players missing in the night. Roy Keane played nearly an hour against Juventus knowing hed be missing out on the 1999 Champions League Final. He also opened the scoring against the Bianconeri at the Stadio delle Alpi, but in the final against Bayern Munich.They later joined the colleagues to celebrate a memorable 2-1 win over Bayern Munich. 7.2000: Real Madrid vs. Valencia: Amedeo Carboni (Valencia) Amedeo Carbonis relationship with the Champions League Final is a bad one. In 2000 the left-back missed out on the showpiece match against La Liga rivals Real Madrid and was replaced by Gerardo. Madrid won 3-0. A year later, with Valencia back in the final, Carboni committed the foul that allowed Bayern Munichs Stefan Effenberg to equalise from the spot; he then missed from 12 yards during the penalty shootout as Bayern prevailed. 8.2002: Real Madrid vs. Bayer Leverkusen: Ze Roberto (Bayer Leverkusen) But in 2002, the Brazilian was booked for an off-the-ball incident in the second leg of a Champions League semi-final against Manchester United and wound up missing the Glasgow final. Madrid won 2-1 thanks to a Zinedine Zidane winner and UEFA champions league most memorable scored 12years ago. 9.2003: AC Milan vs. Juventus: Pavel Nedved (Juventus) Juventus midfielder Pavel Nedved won the Ballon dOr for his exploits in 2003, but that spring he watched helplessly as the Bianconeri were defeated in the Champions League Final by AC Milan on penalties. 10.2009: Barcelona vs. Manchester United: Eric Abidal (Barcelona) Incredibly, six years passed between Nedveds Champions League Final suspension and that incurred by Barcelona defender Eric Abidal. Barcelona went on to win 2-0.
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