On May 26, 1993, in Munich, Marseille became the first French club to win the Champions Clubs Cup. A coronation for history, because OM remains the only French representative to have its name on the list.
On May 26, 1993 in Munich, two years after their defeat against Red Star Belgrade in the final of the Champions Clubs’ Cup at the end of the penalty shootout, OM are again in the final. This time, it is AC Milan which presents itself on the road to the Marseillais. At the end of an undecided match, thanks to a single goal scored by Badsile Boli with a header, Bernard Tapie’s team became the first French team to lift the “big-eared cup”. 30 years after this historic final, relive this evening in pictures.
Before this final, the president of OM Bernard Tapie alongside Silvio Berlsuconi, the iconic president of AC Milan, who brought the Rossoneri to the top. (GEORGES GOBET / AFP)
To face AC Milan, favorites in this final of the European Cup of Champions Clubs, OM coach Raymond Goethals decided to rely on a dense 5-2-3 system. Standing, from left to right: Fabien Barthez, Franck Sauzée, Marcel Desailly, Rudi Völler, Basile Boli. Squatting, from left to right: Jocelyn Angloma, Abedi Pelé, Didier Deschamps, Alen Boksic, Jean-Jacques Eydelie and Eric Di Meco. (GEORGES GOBET / AFP)
In goal, the young Fabien Barthez has the confidence of “Raymond-la-science”, the Marseille coach. At 22, he will be one of the revelations of this final, holding in check the Milan attack of the triple Golden Ball, Marco Van Basten. (PATRICK HERTZOG / AFP)
During the first period, OM suffered under the repeated assaults of AC Milan like Milan captain Franco Baresi, strong in front of Abedi Pelé. (PATRICK HERTZOG / AFP)
Half an hour into the game, Basile Boli asked for a change because of discomfort in his left thigh. OM president Bernard Tapie orders the central defender to stay on the pitch. In the 44th minute, on a corner from Abedi Pelé, the French international rose in the air and scored the only goal of the game with his head, for eternity. (GARRO THIERRY / PROVENCE)
Former darling of the Vélodrome stadium where he spent six seasons, Jean-Pierre Papin is in the camp opposite, but can do nothing to avoid the defeat of AC Milan against OM. (Patrick HERTZOG / AFP)
It is a little after 10 p.m., OM become the first French club to win the Champions Clubs Cup. The striker, Basile Boli, is celebrating this historic victory with the 25,000 Marseille supporters who made the trip to Munich. This time no tears like after the defeat in the final two years earlier in Bari. (GEORGES GOBET / AFP)
In difficulty in this final, midfielder Didier Deschamps becomes the first captain of a French team to lift a European Cup. He will win a second with Juventus Turin in 1996. (GEORGES GOBET / AFP)
On June 1, the champions celebrate their European title on the Vieux-Port in Marseille. The Marseille players are welcomed as heroes by the tens of thousands of supporters who have come to commune with the winners. (BEATRICE PINOT / AFP)
Carried in triumph to the Vélodrome stadium by his players, and in particular Didier Deschamps, Bernard Tapie is at the top of Europe, before starting a dizzying fall following the VA-OM affair. (TSCHAEN / SIPA)
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