UEFA Champions League: Bayern Munich v Inter 2010 final

The 2009/10 UEFA Champions League final held at Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu saw Jose Mourinho's Treble-chasing Inter take on German champions Bayern Munich.

2010 UEFA Champions League final date, time and venue

The 2010 UEFA Champions League final took place at 20:00 BST on Saturday 22nd May 2010 at the Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid, Spain.

2010 UEFA Champions League final teams

Bayern Munich (4-4-2): Butt, Lahm, Van Buyten, Demichelis, Badstuber, Robben, Van Bommel, Schweinsteiger, Altintop (Klose 63'), Muller, Olic (Gomez 74')

Substitutes: Rensing, Gorlitz, Contento, Pranjic, Tymoshchuk, Klose, Gomez

Inter (4-2-3-1): Julio Cesar, Maicon, Lucio, Samuel, Chivu (Stankovic 68'), Zanetti, Cambiasso, Sneijder, Eto'o, Pandev (Muntari 79'), Milito (Materazzi 90+2')

Substitutes: Toldo, Cordoba, Materazzi, Stankovic, Muntari, Mariga, Balotelli

Attendance: 73,490

Referee: Howard Webb (England)

2010 UEFA Champions League final score and goalscorers

The 2010 UEFA Champions League final between Bayern Munich and Inter at the Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid finished 2-0 to Inter, with Diego Milito scoring both goals.

Bayern Munich v Inter story of the final

While it's a rarity not to see Bayern Munich in the latter stages of the UEFA Champions League these days, the club stood on much shakier ground in the noughties. The German giants hadn't made a final since their win in 2001, and had only made one semi-final. They'd sacked manager Jurgen Klinsmann towards the end of the previous campaign with Bayern falling short in the title race, with Louis van Gaal taking the reins in the summer.

The Dutchman quickly returned the Bavarians to the pinnacle of German football, winning a league and cup double, with just one leg of the Treble remaining.

In the opposite dugout was Jose Mourinho. Arguably the world's best manager at the time, Mourinho was seeking redemption following his unceremonious sacking as Chelsea manager three years earlier, not to mention his being overlooked for the Barcelona job in favour of Pep Guardiola.

After his first season in charge, Mourinho made the desired tweaks to his squad, including the arrivals of Lucio, Thiago Motta, Diego Milito, Samuel Eto'o, Goran Pandev and Wesley Sneijder.

Of course, these weren't signings for the future; Sneijder was the youngest at 25, while Lucio was 31, Eto'o was 28 and Milito was 30. This was very much about the here and now, with Inter looking to compete on all three fronts.

The Nerazzurri did just that. They'd beat Roma in the Coppa Italia final, wrapping up the league with five straight wins to pip Roma to another trophy. Bayern Munich were all that stood between Inter and the Treble, bidding to win a first European Cup since their legendary side of the mid-1960s.

While Van Gaal had made his name playing a brand of attacking football, Mourinho had done just the opposite; the Portuguese's top priority was being hard to beat. His teams had to be physical, combative and tactically disciplined, traits showcased to their fullest in their backs-to-the-walls defeat of Barcelona in the semi-finals.

Where perhaps Mourinho struggled in the second half of his managerial career was his ability to manage egos; at Inter, he had no such obstacle. His team was made up - as most of his early teams were - of hard-working, robust players who would obey tactical instructions. Mourinho had the likes of Javier Zanetti, Esteban Cambiasso and Dejan Stankovic in the engine room - not flashy players, but reliable players.

Even Eto'o, a world-class striker, was moved out wide and expected to track back for the benefit of the team. Only the playmaking Sneijder was given the creative freedom to operate how he pleased - a freedom he used to great effect.

A Mourinho final was never going to be expansive; his Inter side wouldn't be too adventurous, nor would they gift Bayern any openings, and it took until the 35th minute for the first real chance of the game.

Milito, who'd had just four seasons of top-flight experience in Europe prior to his move to Inter (albeit scoring 77 goals for Real Zaragoza and Genoa in that time), was slipped through by Sneijder, who was arguably the world's best player in 2010.

Showing incredible poise, Milito sat Hans-Jorg Butt down with a feint, lofting past the keeper to give Inter the lead. The Italians had seen little of the ball but had snatched a lead, and while Bayern continued to control the game, they could've found themselves 2-0 down at half-time when Milito returned the favour only for Sneijder to fire straight at Butt.

Bayern finally got a clear sight of the Inter goal early in the second half, but the 20-year-old Thomas Muller directed his effort at Julio Cesar.

As the German champions began to apply more pressure as the game wore on, Inter were afforded the chance to counter. Eto'o found Milito out wide facing up to Daniel van Buyten, the Argentine wrong-footed his man to go down the outside, slotting past Butt to put Inter 2-0 up and on the brink of history.

It was a finish that rivalled his opener, and if there was any side in world football you didn't want to find yourself 2-0 down to, it was Mourinho's Inter in 2010.

Bayern threw more bodies forward in desperation but never really threatened. Inter would see the game out and be crowned champions of Europe again.

Speculation was rife that Mourinho would leave at the end of the season to join Real Madrid. Fittingly, his final game for Inter was in what would become his new home, joining Real Madrid in the summer, and leaving Inter as a Treble winner.

Bayern Munich v Inter stats

	Bayern Munich	Inter
Goals	0	2
Shots	21	11
Shots on Target	6	7
Saves	5	6
Possession	68	32
Corners	6	2
Fouls	16	13
Offsides	0	0
Yellow cards	2	1
Red cards	0	0

Bayern Munich v Inter Man of the Match

Match-winner Diego Milito won the UEFA Man of the Match after his brace, while Wesley Sneijder was awarded the Fans' Man of the Match.

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