2020 UEFA Champions League final

The 2020 UEFA Champions League Final was the final match of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League. It was played on 23 August 2020 at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal, between Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich. The match was held behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey. Originally, it had been scheduled to be played at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, on 30 May 2020. On 17 June 2020, the UEFA Executive Committee chose to relocate the final to Lisbon as part of a "final-eight tournament" consisting of single-match knockout ties played in two stadiums across the city.

 Teams 
In the following table, finals until 1992 were in the European Cup era, since 1993 were in the UEFA Champions League era.
TeamPrevious final appearances (bold indicates winners) Paris Saint-GermainNone Bayern Munich10 (1974, 1975, 1976, 1982, 1987, 1999, 2001, 2010, 2012, 2013)

 Venues 

The final was originally scheduled to be played at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, on 30 May 2020. However, UEFA announced on 23 March 2020 that the final was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 17 June 2020, the UEFA Executive Committee chose to relocate the final to Lisbon as part of a "final-eight tournament" consisting of single-match knockout ties played in two stadiums across the city.

The UEFA Executive Committee chose the Estádio da Luz, officially known as the Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, in Lisbon as the final venue at their meeting on 17 June 2020.

The home stadium of Benfica since 2003, it was rebuilt to host five matches of UEFA Euro 2004, including the final. Before its demolition in 2003, to make way for the new 65,000-capacity ground, the original Estádio da Luz hosted the 1992 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, where Werder Bremen beat Monaco 2–0, and the second leg of the 1983 UEFA Cup Final, where Anderlecht secured a 1–1 draw with Benfica to lift the trophy.

Lisbon had also hosted a European Cup final in 1967, when Celtic beat Inter Milan 2–1 at the Estádio Nacional. Lisbon also hosted the 2005 UEFA Cup Final at the Estádio José Alvalade, home of Benfica's local rivals and finalists Sporting CP, who lost 3–1 to CSKA Moscow.

 Background 
Paris Saint-Germain reached their first Champions League final. They entered the final having played 110 matches in the European Cup and Champions League, the most for a final debutant, surpassing Arsenal's record of 90 matches prior to their final appearance in 2006.

Bayern Munich reached their eleventh Champions League final, tying Milan for the second-most finals behind Real Madrid's 16. Recently, they appeared in the 2013 final, in which they won 2–1 against Borussia Dortmund for their fifth title. 

 Road to the final 
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away; N: neutral).
 Paris Saint-GermainRound Bayern MunichOpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResult Real Madrid3–0 (H)Matchday 1 Red Star Belgrade3–0 (H) Galatasaray1–0 (A)Matchday 2 Tottenham Hotspur7–2 (A) Club Brugge5–0 (A)Matchday 3 Olympiacos3–2 (A) Club Brugge1–0 (H)Matchday 4 Olympiacos2–0 (H) Real Madrid2–2 (A)Matchday 5 Red Star Belgrade6–0 (A) Galatasaray5–0 (H)Matchday 6 Tottenham Hotspur3–1 (H)Group A winnersFinal standingsGroup B winnersOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legKnockout phaseOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg Borussia Dortmund3–21–2 (A)2–0 (H)Round of 16 Chelsea7–13–0 (A)4–1 (H) Atalanta2–1 (N)Quarter-finals Barcelona8–2 (N) RB Leipzig3–0 (N)Semi-finals Lyon3–0 (N)

 Pre-match 

 Identity 
The original identity of the 2020 UEFA Champions League Final was unveiled at the group stage draw on 29 August 2019.

 Ambassador 
The ambassador for the original Istanbul final was Hamit Altıntop, who finished as runner-up in the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League with Bayern Munich as well as winning the 2003 and 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cups with Schalke 04.

 Officials 
On 20 August 2020, UEFA named Italian Daniele Orsato as the referee for the final. He was joined with Lorenzo Manganelli and Alessandro Giallatini as assistant referees, Massimiliano Irrati as the video assistant referee and Marco Guida as the assistant VAR official. The fourth official was Ovidiu Hațegan, while Roberto Díaz Pérez del Palomar and Alejandro Hernández Hernández served as the offside and support VAR officials, respectively.

 Team selection 
Each team made one change to their starting line-up following the semi-finals. After recovering from injury, Keylor Navas started in place of Sergio Rico. For Bayern Munich, Hansi Flick decided to replace Ivan Perišić, and Kingsley Coman on the left wing. Jérôme Boateng was also fit to start for Bayern, having suffered a minor injury in the semi-final which required him to be substituted off at half-time.

 Match 
Details
The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held on 10 July 2020 (after the quarter-final and semi-final draws), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

 GK 1  Keylor NavasRB 4  Thilo KehrerCB 2  Thiago Silva (c)  CB 3  Presnel KimpembeLB 14 Juan Bernat   CM 21 Ander Herrera   CM 5  MarquinhosCM 8  Leandro Paredes    RF 11 Ángel Di María   CF 7  Kylian MbappéLF 10 Neymar  Substitutes:GK 16 Sergio RicoGK 30 Marcin BułkaDF 20 Layvin Kurzawa    DF 22 Abdou DialloDF 25 Mitchel BakkerDF 31 Colin DagbaMF 6  Marco Verratti   MF 19 Pablo SarabiaMF 23 Julian Draxler   MF 27 Idrissa GueyeFW 17 Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting   FW 18 Mauro IcardiManager: Thomas Tuchel300px GK 1  Manuel Neuer (c)RB 32 Joshua KimmichCB 17 Jérôme Boateng   CB 27 David AlabaLB 19 Alphonso Davies  CM 6  Thiago   CM 18 Leon GoretzkaRW 22 Serge Gnabry    AM 25 Thomas Müller  LW 29 Kingsley Coman   CF 9  Robert LewandowskiSubstitutes:GK 26 Sven UlreichGK 39 Ron-Thorben HoffmannDF 2  Álvaro OdriozolaDF 4  Niklas Süle    DF 5  Benjamin PavardDF 21 Lucas HernandezMF 8  Javi MartínezMF 10 Philippe Coutinho   MF 11 Michaël CuisanceMF 14 Ivan Perišić   MF 24 Corentin Tolisso   FW 35 Joshua ZirkzeeManager: Hansi Flick

Man of the Match:
Kingsley Coman (Bayern Munich)

Assistant referees:
Lorenzo Manganelli (Italy)
Alessandro Giallatini (Italy)
Fourth official:
Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)
Video assistant referee:
Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Marco Guida (Italy)
Offside video assistant referee:
Roberto Díaz Pérez del Palomar (Spain)
Support video assistant referee:
Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)Match rules
90 minutes
30 minutes of extra time if necessary
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
Twelve named substitutes
Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time

 Statistics 

+First halfStatisticParis Saint-GermainBayern MunichGoals scored00Total shots65Shots on target21Saves12Ball possession38%62%Corner kicks22Fouls committed89Offsides10Yellow cards01Red cards00

+Second halfStatisticParis Saint-GermainBayern MunichGoals scored01Total shots37Shots on target11Saves01Ball possession40%60%Corner kicks22Fouls committed813Offsides11Yellow cards43Red cards00

+OverallStatisticParis Saint-GermainBayern MunichGoals scored01Total shots912Shots on target32Saves13Ball possession39%61%Corner kicks44Fouls committed1622Offsides21Yellow cards44Red cards00

 Related pages 
 2020 UEFA Europa League Final
 2020 UEFA Women's Champions League Final
 2020 UEFA Super Cup

References

Notes

Other websites
 UEFA Champions League (official website)

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