Giovane Élber and his kiss of the knee in Madrid
Giovane Élber and his kiss of the knee in Madrid It’s been 25 years since a 1-0 win away at Real Madrid set Bayern on their way into the Champions League final and earned Giovane Élber – and his knee – a place in history. Ahead of Tuesday’s quarter-final first leg at the Bernabéu, fcbayern. com looks back on that iconic moment.
One chance taken Élber himself called it a “miracle”. Just 12 days after a knee operation, few people expected the Brazilian to feature in such an important match in the semi-final first leg in Madrid. But the striker declared himself fit and would go on to be the hero in Spain, scoring the only goal of the night in the 55th minute.
His knee withstood the pressure and was rewarded with a big kiss. Dieser Inhalt kann hier leider nicht dargestellt werden. Zum Anschauen kannst du die Website des FC Bayern München besuchen: Artikel auf fcbayern.
com The game at the Bernabéu turned into a real case of rearguard action by Bayern. Oliver Kahn repelled all that came his way, with Élber lurking up front. “We said before kick-off that we’ll get a chance, maybe two.
We need to take them,” the Brazilian later revealed. And he was correct. Casillas caught out Élber also admitted afterwards that he didn’t even know where the goal was as he shot on the turn a good 20 metres out.