{ "id": "champions-league-1994-final", "type": "entity", "name": "UEFA Champions League 1993/94 final (Milan 4-0 Barcelona)", "summary": "Milan beat Johan Cruyff's Barcelona 4-0 in Athens on 18 May 1994 - Massaro twice, Savicevic's lob and Desailly - having arrived as underdogs with both first-choice centre-backs suspended, so a stand-in captain lifted the trophy. The four-goal margin was not exceeded in a European Cup final until 2025.", "locale": "en", "tags": [ "champions-league", "uefa", "finals", "records" ], "relations": [ { "rel": "counted_in", "target": "champions-league-titles-by-club" }, { "rel": "margin_record_broken_by", "target": "champions-league-2025-final" } ], "questions": [ "Who won the 1994 Champions League final?", "Who scored in Milan's 4-0 win over Barcelona?", "What was the biggest winning margin in a European Cup final?" ], "claims": [ { "id": "c1", "text": "Milan beat Barcelona 4-0 in the 1993/94 UEFA Champions League final at the OACA Spiros Louis in Athens on 18 May 1994. Daniele Massaro scored on 22 and 45 minutes, Dejan Savicevic on 47 and Marcel Desailly on 58.", "sources": [ "uefa-ucl-1993-94-season-review", "uefa-ucl-1994-final-report" ], "confidence": 0.95 }, { "id": "c2", "text": "Milan went into the final as underdogs for the first time in living memory, their back line hit by suspensions: Franco Baresi and Alessandro Costacurta were both unavailable after cards shown in the semi-final win over Monaco. Mauro Tassotti captained the side in their place and lifted the trophy.", "sources": [ "uefa-ucl-1994-final-report", "uefa-ucl-1993-94-season-review" ], "confidence": 0.95 }, { "id": "c3", "text": "Fabio Capello's answer was to attack rather than contain. Massaro prodded in at the far post after Savicevic had beaten Josep Guardiola on the right flank, then doubled the lead on the cusp of half-time. Savicevic made it three when Sergi Barjuan dallied on a bouncing ball, lobbing Andoni Zubizarreta from distance, and Desailly powered into the box and placed his shot into the top corner just before the hour. Christian Panucci had earlier had a goal disallowed, and Savicevic also hit the upright.", "sources": [ "uefa-ucl-1994-final-report" ], "confidence": 0.94 }, { "id": "c4", "text": "The defeat was only the second of Barcelona's European campaign that season, after a surprise 3-1 loss at Dynamo Kyiv in the second round - and this time there was no second leg to recover in.", "sources": [ "uefa-ucl-1993-94-season-review" ], "confidence": 0.94 }, { "id": "c5", "text": "The four-goal margin was not exceeded in a European Cup final until Paris Saint-Germain beat Inter 5-0 in 2025, which UEFA describes as the biggest-ever margin of victory in a European Cup final.", "sources": [ "uefa-ucl-2024-25-final-report" ], "confidence": 0.93 }, { "id": "c6", "text": "It was the first time Milan had won the Scudetto and the European Cup in the same season, a year after losing the final to Marseille. Capello called the performance perfection, and Massaro said he was taking home two things: his two goals and Hristo Stoichkov's shirt.", "sources": [ "uefa-ucl-1994-final-report" ], "confidence": 0.94 }, { "id": "c7", "text": "The 1993/94 edition changed shape: the first two rounds still fed a group stage, but where the group winners had advanced straight to the final the previous year, knockout semi-finals were introduced. Barcelona beat Porto 3-0 at the Camp Nou and Milan beat Monaco 3-0 at San Siro to reach Athens.", "sources": [ "uefa-ucl-1993-94-season-review" ], "confidence": 0.94 } ], "takeaways": [], "faqs": [], "evidence_tier": "primary", "evidence": { "level": "industry_observation", "source_types": [ "industry_observation" ] }, "moat_flag": true, "winning_edge": "The 4-0 survives as a scoreline and a Savicevic lob. What is bound here is why it was a shock: Milan arrived as underdogs with both first-choice centre-backs suspended, which is why Tassotti, not Baresi, lifted the trophy. The record status is also stated more precisely than usual - the margin was not exceeded until 2025, which is a narrower claim than saying it stood alone as the record.", "confidence": 0.94, "last_verified": "2026-08-09", "canonical_url": "https://futbolatlas.app/k/champions-league-1994-final", "api_url": "https://futbolatlas.app/api/k/champions-league-1994-final.json", "jsonld": { "@context": "https://schema.org", "name": "UEFA Champions League 1993/94 final (Milan 4-0 Barcelona)", "description": "Milan beat Johan Cruyff's Barcelona 4-0 in Athens on 18 May 1994 - Massaro twice, Savicevic's lob and Desailly - having arrived as underdogs with both first-choice centre-backs suspended, so a stand-in captain lifted the trophy. 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