Who was the last Italian team to reach a Champions League final?

History has shown that reaching a Champions League final is always an arduous task, and in this edition of the Champions League there is a good chance that an Italian team will return to the top of Europe. It is not 100% confirmed, but the good result of Inter at Benfica’s home, winning 0-2, invites us to think what will happen and they will face the winner of Milan vs. Naples. Therefore, today from 90min we bring you the last time an Italian team reached a final:

Two of the great powers of the moment met in Cardiff to show Europe who was the King. On the one hand, Juventus from Turin at home, with a team full of legends. Names like Buffon, Bonucci, Chiellini, Dani Alves, Dybala or Higuaín were in their ranks. Morale was through the roof in Turin, they reached that final after having eliminated Barcelona in the quarterfinals with a great performance by Paulo Dybala and defeating one of the revelations of that edition in the semifinals, Mbappé’s Monaco , Bernardo Silva and company… Reasons they had to believe.

On the other side came the all-powerful Real Madrid of the sorcerer Zinedine Zidane. A group of constellations made up of the feared ”BBC” (Bale, Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo) a midfield with Kroos, Modric and Casemiro and with Sergio Ramos as captain leading the whites. His path was not easy either, Bayern Munich in the quarterfinals and Atlético de Madrid on the rise of Cholo Simeone in the semifinals.

In the grand final, as has been the case in recent years, Real Madrid continued to be intractable. Cristiano Ronaldo struck first, but Mandzukic with a final kick from the Chilean kick left Keylor Navas without arguments. Perhaps with a few centimeters more the Costa Rican could have stopped the Croatian’s ball. The 1-1 was reigning at halftime.

After the equator, as always happens in the Champions League, the details were crucial. Casemiro finished off on goal from 35 meters picking up a rebound and after hitting a defender he went into Gigi Buffon’s goal. The score was 1-2 and without time to blink Cristiano Ronaldo made it 1-3 just three minutes later from a pass from Luka Modric.

With Juventus already collapsed and going desperately for the goal, a young Marco Asensio who came on from the bench made the final 1-4. This was the last time an Italian team reached the final.

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