On 20 May 1998, Mijatović scored the winning goal in Real Madrid's 1–0 victory over Juventus in the 1998 UEFA Champions League Final. This was Real Madrid's first UEFA Champions League after 32 years. The following season was Mijatović's final season with "Los Blancos"; at the end of the season, the 30-year-old Mijatović was sold to Italian Serie A club Fiorentina.