Manchester United v Fiorentina | Highlights | 1999/2000

#ManUtd #Fiorentina #UCL
On this day in 2000 A relentless and purposeful United put Italian outfit Fiorentina to the sword with a confident 3 - 1 victory at Old Trafford
Man Utd 3 - 1 Fiorentina (h)
Goals: Cole 20', Keane 33', Yorke 70'
March. 15. 2000
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[@arkane5260]

United fan here but Batistuta, what a LEGEND!!

[@kiely4561]

That goal still haunts me to this day lol, Batistuta was lethal

[@rkempo]

Batitstuta was a hero of mine as a kid, and his goal here was an example of why. Straight down the middle, but he hit it with so much suprise and power the keeper had no chance.

[@TheCinderellaman10]

Batistuta was fookin class. Loved watching him for Argentina and Fiorentina.

[@davidazzopardi360]

Mud and mud is the best thing under this weather today I love ❤️

[@hughjass8430]

These European nights at OT back in the 90s and early 2000s were unbeatable. In a 5/6 year period, United went from tentative underdogs in Europe to champions. So many superstars of that era in fantastic matches. I miss the buzz of big nights like this. It was like going to war.

[@ppppickup]

not even a united fan but i miss them myself. even though universally united were not liked at the time, i still bet 90% of the country wanted you to win. fantastic occasions on itv that anybody could watch. tydlesley and big ron in the gantry. had a special feeling where it felt like the champions league

[@Connief1990]

What an atmosphere. I watched this live, at the age of 9....

[@TheStrongmansteve]

This Man Utd team was insane to watch. The football was fast, vertical, rock and roll football. 4 or 5 passes, then a shot at goal!

[@MhmmdA3RI]

better gameplay backthen compare to this nowadays hm

[@dennilly]

Ryan Giggs. What a player.

[@shahzadirani]

7:16 to 7:24 Andy Cole - such an underrated baller. 4th in the list of all time PL goals scored (that too with 0 penalties).

[@thaboseane502]

How I miss these comentators. They made the games soo epic!

[@WhoTheHellIsHarvy]

As much as I always hyped up Batistuta and everyone is giving him plaudits here, look at Andy Cole. What a striker he was, and playing like Del Piero here. What a touch, awareness, range of passing, shooting. What a beast.

[@eternallysinner]

Yeah, Bati was more of a power striker. He lacks finesse in dribbling, ball control, passing , but give him enough time and space, hed shoot that rocket

[@eplv3432]

Andy Cole was pure class.

[@cubecubesson6779]

​@@eplv3432I can vividly remember when the announcement was made about Kevin Keegan selling him to Utd. Time, place, everything. He was an exciting player! Goal King Cole! Under remembered I reckons

[@peterwinter3515]

Andy Cole is one of the best striker's we've ever had.

[@lozcontreras]

Second highest goals from open play in the entire history of the Premier League #AndrewCole

[@tesco-gaming]

Im a United fan and im 32yo's old i remember Batistua's goal like it was yesterday.. i always remember him as a jesus lookalike.. i miss the old united.

[@MrThedonhead]

Sounds like dementia?? This should not seem like yesterday im sirry to say

[@tesco-gaming]

@@MrThedonhead hahaha who the f**k are you mate

[@victorriwa6547]

@@MrThedonhead😂

[@Amit-ov3or]

Arguably the best midfield 4 in modern English club history

[@leehammett8717]

I loved Batistuta what a player

[@TonguePunchMyFartBox.]

Gabriel Batistuta was in the top 3 number 9's in the 90's. Hell of a striker 🔥

[@WhoTheHellIsHarvy]

With Andy Cole and Ronaldo?

[@TonguePunchMyFartBox.]

@@WhoTheHellIsHarvy R9 definitely number 1 but Raul in top 3 for me. Cole was class though.

[@Al-ji4gd]

@@WhoTheHellIsHarvy Andy Cole? LOL. he was good, but come on. Probably not even top 20 from that era.

[@jackmurphy6864]

@@WhoTheHellIsHarvy Cole playing in what was a poor/average league for most of the 90s, so he won't be in it.

[@latitudeselongitudes1932]

Best in the 90s were Ronaldo, Romario and Batistuta

[@arthurmorgan8529]

Giggs ripped one of the best sides in Europe apart that night

[@manutdretrorever7z]

The Winger Giggs was exciting to watch

[@jackmurphy6864]

They were far from one of the best sides in Europe that season. 7th in the league, won 4 of their 12 CL games. They had a few major stars, but to many average players around them.

[@Vuqar_alman]

Gabriel Batigol what a legend ❤😮

[@eplv3432]

The golden age of football. Prime Man Utd vs prime Fiorentina

[@fullspeedaheadbarcelona]

Batistuta, sweet fucking Jesus. Absolutely wonderful goal Manchester United fan

[@davidazzopardi360]

Machine used to be a good idea for

[@barryb90]

Roy Keane was an absolute warrior. He was on a different level to everyone that season. Rui Costa and Batistuta were gems of players.

[@bryanleeyf87]

Indeed he was. 6 goals and top scorer for United the champions league that season. And yet you have idiots calling him a dEfEnSiVe mIdFiElDeR

[@esamThaRed]

That Batistuta goal is beautiful, they don't produce strikers like that anymore.

[@MrChrisBarker]

To be fair, Coles equaliser was just as good.. 👍

[@Marsbati]

@@MrChrisBarkerCole’s equalizer just proved that Toldo made a mistake, he could’ve saved it.

[@barrymckenna8547]

@@Marsbatiif bosnich had just stood there he would have saved the goal

[@USCFlash]

@@MrChrisBarker Cole's equalizer was from 10 yards closer and bounced 6 times 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MrChrisBarker]

@@USCFlash accuracy. Just as good as a blast.

[@sd3457]

I just love that Big Ron is still so obviously in love with the club over decade after he was sacked.

[@maribelajarbersama1490]

Batistuta !!!!! ❤

[@tumainiemmanuel195]

Andy Cole was quality 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Blindswordsman1994]

The days of 442 playing with two wingers! Missed those days!

[@That_Random_Bloke]

What a player Batistuta was. Fantastic

[@manutdretrorever7z]

World class striker. One of the best ever!

[@MrChrisBarker]

Definitely, rarely lauded like he should be.

[@beany1987]

Told, rui Costa, batistuta, amorusso, Di livio, mijotivic had some real classy players in that team.

[@TheCinderellaman10]

After Fiorentina scored the opener it actually awoke Man utd and then a wave of attack after attack just like the great roman armys and greek armys in the battlefields. Such a continuous assault plus the roar of the old trafford crowd it actually drowned the opposition. In this 99 treble winning season utd became titans in the footballing world

[@choccybarr4662]

THIS WAS ONE OF MY FAVOURITE MATCHES OF ALL TIME. TO WITNESS A BLOCKBUSTER FROM BATIGOL, AND UNITED WIN 3-1. THIS IS WHAT CHAMPIONS LEAGUE NIGHTS ARE ALL ABOUT.

[@davidecd]

What a midfield we had: Giggs, Keane, Scholes, Beckham. IMO best midfield in the world then.

[@uxasnemorosa]

Batistuta speed of lighting striker. The apex predator of goals.

[@aaronsempa5820]

You look at Giggs and then you take a look at the current crop of United wingers and wonder 😂😂😂

[@iainmartin2350]

The top players were spread out more therefore creating a far number of good sides with an elite player more often,in this case Batistuta

[@nikocoklat2]

Fiorentina squad was world class : Toldo, Rui Costa, Mijatovic, Chiesa, Di Livio, Heinrich, Repka & Batigol Prime

[@pranaakbary9924]

Best era of football

[@anjarnisubiyakto9255]

Sebelum jadi fans berat Man United...saya juga penggemar liga italia...Fiorentina zaman itu memang lagi naik daun...saya masih ingat beberapa pemain kuncinya ..seperti Batistuta...Rui Costa...Thomas Repka...Angelo Dilivio...Mauro toricelli...Toldo...dengan pelatih Traptaptoni yg terkenal dgn siulannya...

[@imneverwrongsometimestruthlies]

That first touch by Andy cole and shot to score was class

[@MarianoFreyreX]

Batistuta, a Legend Alive.

[@smo4082]

This United side would rip city apart.

[@MrMamooshka]

For all the talk of Batistuta, that first goal of Cole's was surgical.

[@miguelangelprietobello5842]

what a goal by batistuta

[@maksimlipecki232]

Golden age of football and Man Utd.

[@LienLeon]

When i fell in love with football. Great player's.

[@rakibmahmudovee5544]

Batigol !!! what a striker

[@peterellis9105]

Great atmosphere, Old Trafford is so quiet now.

[@norneaernourn8240]

I watched this live with friends. We were surprised Rossitto got sent off for that. Sometimes in the EPL, they don't even get booked for it lol. But yeah, nights like that were magical. The passion was just something else.

[@bryanlee1564]

I grow up with this team and love this team with all my heart ❤️ United ❤.

[@TheChico868]

Cole and Yorke what a feared partnership

[@anthonymcken6050]

Really thus United team should have won at least two UCLs back then they were easily one of the top three teams in Europe and like you said with Cole and Yorke they were feared.

[@Nathan-sc7hs]

@@anthonymcken6050 for roughly 4/5 seasons we had the best midfield and one of the best forward lines anywhere in the world (first cole and yorke, then van nistelrooy) ... scored goals for fun in the 99-00 season too. Our undoing in the ucl that year, and for a number of years after, was in defence (esp. between the sticks - never replaced schmeichel until van der sar) and incompetent defenders like silvestre. Fergie selling jaap stam and being somewhat naive with his tactics cost us as well. We were at times much too open at the back against the best teams in europe - hence queiroz appointment. Anyway, the Real Madrid side (who went on to win the cl that millennial year) had no business beating us in the quarters. True, they were clinical with their chances, but rode their luck enormously, as wave after wave of attack crashed against their defence. That night signalled the arrival of casillas who had the performance of his life at the tender age of 17 i believe.

[@simsey33]

When the CL was a special competition

[@RvPologi]

Miss football like this, simple but funtastic.

[@newtonheath8458]

Roy Keane leading the goalscorers from Manchester United that season in the Champions League..the captain scored 6...that's fking insane, no wonder why Real Madrid wanted him.

[@manutdretrorever7z]

Bayern and Juventus wanted him too.

[@newtonheath8458]

@@manutdretrorever7z That’s right.

[@bryanleeyf87]

and yet you have idiots calling Keane a dEfEnSiVe MiDfIeLdEr

[@miguelangelprietobello5842]

amazing goal by andy cole to put the 1 - 1

[@domunsatis3838]

I'M A BIG FANS OF MANCHESTER UNITED ,IT'S MY LIFE, TO WHEN M.U .PLAY FOOTBALL, I'M BE,HAPPY 😮😮😮

[@evanderacchedi4621]

Spirito da vero fiorentino ( "mai sehond'a nnessuno"), in quel guerriero in maglia viola n°9..... chiede con insistenza la palla e sensa pensarci mezza volta spara, prima un missile di six a filo palo e gli inglesi si cambiano le mutande, poi alla prima palla centrale scarica un ss20 di dex sotto la traversa 😄 supercazzuto il capitano dei viola. C'importa una sega com'e' finita, (si filtrava troppo poco a centrocampo e difesa non di livello) , a parte l'immenso Toldone. 1 febbraio 1969 Avellaneda Gabriel e' LEGGENDA ⚜️💜⚜️

[@Dandroid5000]

Batigoooooool!!! ❤

[@user-fp1bj7bf8o]

Дуайт Йорк та Енді Коул: солодка парочка,як їх називали😊😊😊

[@MultiVince95]

Wednesday 15th March 2000

[@johncreedon7847]

Stacked utd team. So pacey and accurate. Had 2 brutes in stam and keane. Flair galore from becks giggs scholes and york and coles were a killer combo up front.

[@MrKAKARONALDOMESSI]

How I wish I could go back to March 15 00

[@harrison3879]

Wow, do I miss these days of United, I’ve been watching a lot of the good old games lately because they’ve been so shit this year, hope they can improve for the rest of this season.

[@petercipriano5659]

Cole is so criminally underrated. He was truly one of the greatest pure strikers of the 90’s/00’s.

[@dondamon4669]

Shame Ron Atkinson got sacked as he was a great commentator and always seemed to be fair for both teams and treated all the players with respect whilst talking about them unlike commentators today like Jenas, Dublin or Wright

[@NazarioLogans]

Nostalgia LEGENDARY Football~ ⚽🔥😎

[@delmanpronto9374]

united had no business beating such a strong opposition 3-1. just goes to show how good this united team was then. legends all over the pitch. a far cry from what we see today.

[@jackmurphy6864]

They were far from great that season. 7th in the league, won 4 of their 12 CL games. They had a few major stars, but to many average players around them.

[@user-yi6wz8gf7c]

Ryan Giggs is a wonderful footballer

[@eplv3432]

Love this channel. These retro Man Utd videos are true gems ❤

[@samuelmvictor607]

Magic gigs

[@cubecubesson6779]

Andy Cole was a baller!

[@LoneWolf-sg5qk]

Oh the days ❤❤GGMNU SAF 👑 YOU LEGEND SIR MAKING IT ALL HAPPEN THANK YOU MAN UTD 4 LIFE

[@Rureal42]

I was there. In the opposite stand where Batistuta scored so had a perfect view of it flying into the net.

[@chrisbee487]

I was at this game. Onelovemufc

[@peternsiah99]

This is the Real Manchester United team. Absolutely awesome.

[@michaharbuziak6169]

Stary,dobry Man United.

[@stewartgrindlay9760]

9:10 Keane “It’s two yards Gary” moment

[@sidesporran2000]

That was the team

[@motorheadphysics5356]

The team spirits was another level….but now is just awful

[@hijackedmemes888]

Bro Giggs and Scholes were a menace to football.

[@evanderacchedi4621]

Gabriel è leggenda! ⚜️💜⚜️

[@pipobinhun5780]

กิ๊กพลิ้วมากตอนหนุ่มๆ

[@DannoAviation]

Knew this was the game where Batistuta scored that absolute banger… saw it as a kid. A seriously underrated player.

[@skippy1012]

Underrated?

[@USCFlash]

Nobody with a brain underrates Batistuta.

[@bryanleeyf87]

There it is. The stupid underrated comment. Nobody with a brain cell would call him underrated. He was a fucking monster of a striker and well cheered by all. What's next? Vieri is underrated? We're already starting to see idiots calling Fowler underrated.

[@genokemp2433]

Yorke /Cole People i know often told me i hate Utd but they are pleasure to watch

[@dondamon4669]

Imagine being the best player and captain of a side that wins the treble and not winning the ballon dor! Its ridiculous! Should of been Keane or Beckham that won

[@tcsingh100]

listen, that andy cole goal is vasty under rated..world class

[@Dandroid5000]

Not at all........simple cushion, turn and an instinctive shot into the corner. Pretty basic stuff for any decent striker that. Not denying Cole was a top player, but shots like that should be your basic bread and butter, if you're putting the time in on the training pitch.

[@Ligerpride]

This was still a good United team and Bosnich was a decent goalkeeper.....but you could already tell United weren't quite at the level they were at for the previous season. Schmeichel was a huge player to replace and the dip in quality without him was enormous. The same to a lesser extent is true of Berg instead of Johnsen for this game. The decline would continue quickly as Stam would leave and various other figures would leave or reach the end of their careers.

[@ICM_IlleCapello]

6:02 🔥🔥🔥

[@aji722]

Back when serie A club was amazing better than now

[@Dandroid5000]

Yeah, the 90's was the golden age for Italian football......wish we could turn the clock back and have all those classy players entertaining us all again.

[@redrizal5371]

Yeah

[@AlexPius-sh5dr]

Time when Manchester is Red

[@vincenzoaltomare1783]

Fantastic United! Amazing performance

[@assemblyish]

I was a 19 year old going to these games on a Wednesday night , £2.50 a pint , £25 for a ticket ❤

[@ppppickup]

was £25 really cheap at the time?

[@assemblyish]

@@ppppickup no still expensive but not like £55-£100 a ticket now

[@sudarmaji77]

Giggs and Cole. wow

[@simon0044]

Cole was so good. We didn’t know how good we had it at the time. The ground noise and support are amazing too. It dead nowadays

[@jackwei22]

Keep in mind winning the UCL wad very tough for English teams to do compared to today.

[@parrinyapinjalurnpun8907]

Batistuta Batistuta Batistuta Batistuta Batistuta the best

[@user-pf2ko5oe5l]

Классный футбол

[@trudeausbackbone1304]

Back when the Champions League was a proper tournament.

[@arthurmorgan8529]

Correct. Nowadays you won't see a game like this in the groups. It's always 1 good side, 1 mediocre team and 2 farmer teams. It's a joke now I agree. You don't get good matches till at least the quarters now usually

[@eFMe-fk1xh]

@@arthurmorgan8529 You are right, the tournament now is too big (sponsors! money!, you know)there are too many teams in the supposed League of the Champions; once upon a time they were all great teams, with only 1 smaller in team here and there. That sucks a lot of excitement from the group stage, and you always know who's gonna pass it. Also, having sooo many teams in the UCL means that the Europa League have even worse teams. Bleah

[@anthonymcken6050]

​​@@arthurmorgan8529 This was the 90s mate that's why there was a depth of top quality in most teams.

[@arthurmorgan8529]

@@anthonymcken6050 exactly. The Barcelona team that got knocked out in the 98/99 group stage with xavi and Rivaldo would piss this current tournament without breaking sweat

[@anthonymcken6050]

​@@arthurmorgan8529 The 90s is called the 'golden era' of football for a reason by football writers, historians, players and coaches. World Cup 98 remains the best WC I've ever seen.

[@brianlam1121]

You would think that now that Man United are the Champions League which means more games for them and it will make their league form drop. It's a complete opposite. It raises their morale which means they will win more matches in the League.

[@DynamoRyan]

Remember watching this when I was 13. Amazing goal by Batigol, but what a game. Love the moment at 10:08 when you can hear Trappatoni going apoplectic at his players, never noticed that before lol. That United team was special. Undone by a very good Real Madrid team in the Quarter finals that year, shame. COYR

[@anthonymcken6050]

The atmosphere was electric even watching this again. Cole and Giggs were on fire that night. This side really should have won another UCL during that era they were sublime.

[@prestozer]

5:10 the giggsy dribsy

[@Cat-D-Lee]

Wow I went to the away game in Florence when European away games were proper you didn't even need a ticket police just let you in and said it's for your own safety 😂

[@MrThedonhead]

People began to take Giggs for granted! He was a thorne against the opposing team every game. Was one of the best players in the world for a good few years and even if his stats aren't like some players today's it's because it was a different game and he had to do the dirty work as well. And in every game he was terrorising the other team wearing them down

[@dondamon4669]

You are so wise, maybe wiser then you know

[@bryanleeyf87]

Err no? Everybody who watched him play back then never took him for granted. Opinions of a bunch of young kids who watched Giggs play when he's 50+ does not hold any weight at all.

[@FootkerSnookball]

Being 1 footed also would've played his part in not getting the numbers others can.

[@iwanriduan8434]

Batigoal

[@BlastPain]

I've recorded this one on tape, damn 😢

[@MrThedonhead]

Shame they sacked Ron Atkinson just for saying something stupid, he was a brilliant commentator it shouldn't of mattered the words he uses to display his anger towards them