‘Folks all the time say the Germans by no means quit, that we’re by no means crushed. However Manchester United did it to us in 1999 – they had been preventing and believing till the tip’: Bayern Munich defender displays on heartbreak of Champions League closing

Bayern Munich defender Markus Babbel has mirrored on the 1999 Champions League closing which noticed his facet agonisingly lose to Manchester United after two stoppage time objectives from the English facet.

For Babbel, the assumption Manchester United confirmed at Camp Nou on Could 26 that night is one thing he did not fairly anticipate – particularly not in opposition to a German facet. Certainly, after Mario Basler had opened the scoring within the sixth minute of the match, Bayern had been in charge of the sport, even hitting the publish and bar amongst many different possibilities, and regarded destined to be lifting the Champions League trophy come the tip of the sport.