Ole Gunnar Solskjaer remembers the past at Camp Nou

DBasia.news –  Mario Basler’s goal helped Bayern Munich to a 1-0 lead over Manchester United in the 1998-99 Champions League final. The position lasts until the normal time of 90 minutes.

Alex Ferguson (not yet given an honorary title Sir) did not panic. Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer were put off the bench to replace Jesper Blomqvist and Andy Cole. Man United are not broken.

Two corner kicks taken by David Beckham became the key to the rise of Man United. The best dramatic comeback drama in European history, club history, was created in three minutes of added time.

Sheringham took advantage of the turmoil in front of the Bayern goalkeeper when he deflected the ball to Ryan Giggs’s goal. Player number 20, Solskjaer, is in the right position when the second goal is created in the 90+ 3 minutes.

Sheringham gore Beckham’s free-kick deflected it towards Solskjaer’s feet who converted it into a goal. Solskjaer ran close to the football pole in the corner and celebrated the goal with an iconic celebration stretching his legs and opening his arms wide.

Before the goal was created, Solskjaer had created two opportunities from a header that could be anticipated by The Great Kahn aka Oliver Kahn. 20 years passed. Solskjaer recalled the moment.

Men from Norway can anytime talk about these historic moments. But, there is no more precise moment than now: Man United will play Barcelona in the 2018-19 Champions League quarter-finals.

Solskjaer as manager of the Red Devils, a former player who scored a historic goal at Camp Nou in 1999, saw the draw Champions League is a sign of fate that is no longer inevitable.

“Yes, it must be like this (against Barcelona)! I received many messages from friends saying this year will be the year we advance (further in the Champions League) because my number is 20 and now 20 years have passed (from the 1999 final). return to Camp Nou again, “Solskjaer said, quoted from   Manchester Evening News.

“(At that time) became the biggest night I remember in football, of course. For all of us on the team, the night was really great. The stadium was great … and of course, we met them also in the group phase when that – score 3-3 at home-away matches. The game will be exciting. “

After the 2009 Champions League final, Man United and Barcelona meet quite often in the Champions League in the 2007-08 Champions League semi-finals, followed by two Champions League finals in 2009 and 2011. Barca beat United in the two finals but got rid of Barca in the semifinals via Paul Scholes’s long-range shot.

“We want matches like this against the biggest team. We played in the final against them in 2009 and 2011, then the 2008 semifinals when Scholesy (Paul Scholes) scored. This is the reason why fans support this club. We are looking forward to it,” Solskjaer said.

For the 46-year-old coach, visiting the Camp Nou will be the third time. After playing there in the 1999 Champions League final, Solskjaer had time to return to Camp Nou, not as a player or coach, but an audience on vacation with his family.

“I have returned once (to the Camp Nou) with my youngest son to El Clasico. It happened when I didn’t work after training Cardiff (City) and before Molde. So, I had time to spend with my children and travel,” added Solksjaer.

“I bought a ticket for us to travel to Barcelona against Real which was nice to enjoy, a great day,” he concluded.