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Kaiser Beckenbauer's boast ridiculed as Bayern go out
By Pirate Irwin
PARIS, (AFP) - German football legend Franz Beckenbauer does not like being
proved wrong but his proud boast this season's Bayern Munich side was the
greatest of all time came crashing to earth Tuesday as a 2-1 Champions League
defeat by Deportivo La Coruna eliminated them from the tournament.
Not only did the four-time champions fail to make it through to the second
phase for the first time in Champions League history but they will not even
have a UEFA Cup place as consolation.
Lens 2-1 win over AC Milan ensured they could not take third spot in group G.
What will be even more galling for 'Der Kaiser' as Beckenbauer is known is
that bitter rivals Bayer Leverkusen showed them the way to do it by ensuring
their qualification despite losing their first two matches with a 2-0 home
win over Olympiakos in Group F.
Bayer's joy will be even greater as two of their stars from last season's run
to the Champions League final Michael Ballack and Ze Roberto decamped to
Bayern in the summer - Ballack's miserable night capped when he went off
injured.
Deportivo goals from Victor and a last minute effort from redhot Dutch striker
Roy Makaay spelled disaster despite Paraguayan Roque Santa Cruz giving the
Germans hope with an equaliser in the 77th minute.
Bayern manager Ottmar Hitzfeld was unable to hide his bitter disappointment.
"Psychologically we weren't stable enough. Not every player turned in a strong
enough performance to enable us to beat them away from home.
"But by nature I'm a fighter, I'm not a fair weather coach," he added
defiantly.
Bayer will join the already qualified Manchester United from Group F, despite
a weakened United going down 3-0 in Cyprus to Maccabi Haifa.
Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson said he had no regrets over leaving
players of the calibre of skipper David Beckham and Ryan Giggs back in
England.
"I have no regrets about leaving players behind. The result won't affect the
moral of the team," he said.
His Israeli counterpart Itzhak Shum, though, was thrilled with his side's
effort.
"There is not much to be happy about in Israel but we gave the Israeli people
a wonderful two hours," said Shum, whose team can still qualify for the UEFA
Cup depending on results next week.
Italian giants Juventus also booked their passage into the second phase - AC
Milan had already got their place last week making their first defeat of this
campaign to Lens irrelevant - with a 2-0 home win over UEFA Cup holders
Feyenoord in Turin.
Juventus coach Marcello Lippi said he was delighted that his severely weakened
team had ensured qualification ahead of the climactic matches in a fortnight's
time in the tournament he has made it his priority to win this season.
"Recently we've not been playing well but there have been a lot of injuries
and our schedule is so busy that we have little time to recover from one match
to the next," said the cigar-smoking Lippi.
"Nonetheless to earn qualification with one match left is quite remarkable
when you consider the problems we've had. I congratulate my players."
Second place in Group E will be decided in the final match as Newcastle's
come from behind 2-1 win over Dynamo Kiev - Alan Shearer's penalty winner
giving him his first goal in the competition - leaves the English club having
to beat Feyenoord and hope Juventus put up a strong team in Kiev next week and
win.
Newcastle boss Bobby Robson urged Juventus not to send a second string side to
the Ukraine.
"Juventus are first and now second place is up for grabs. We expect Juventus
to play it out," he said.
Barcelona kept up their domination of Group H making it five wins from five
matches with a 1-0 away success away at Bruges, Argentine Juan Riquelme
notching their 700th goal in European competition.
Turkish giants Galatasaray failed to take advantage of the Belgians defeat by
going down 2-1 at home to Russian outfit Lokomotiv Moscow and extending their
wretched home record in the Champions League to six without a win and leaving
the runners-up spot wide open for the final matches.
For Bayern and the Kaiser, though, there will be no such opportunity as the
greatest team in their history can now concentrate solely on domestic matters.
Published: October 30, 2002
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