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From Michael DiChiaro | goal.com
In the summer of 1999, the Bianconeri won the trophy that earned them access to the UEFA Cup: it remains, to date, the last European title won by Madama.
A cup that the coach from Lecce knows very well, having won it as a footballer (precisely with the bianconeri) in 1993, when it was still known under the old denomination of the UEFA Cup
A victory - gained in the double final against Borussia Dortmund - which was the prelude to the advent of Marcello Lippi on the zebra-striped bench, and under whose guidance Madama would win a Champions League , an Intercontinental Cup and a European Super Cup between May 1996 and January of 1997.
A real feast of titles destined to precede the beginning of an authentic curse that will afflict the zebra-striped club in the continental area.
Over the next 26 years, in fact, Juve will play another 5 Champions League finals, succeeding in the bleak feat of losing them all: in 1997 against Borussia Dortmund, in 1998 with Real Madrid, in 2003 with Milan, in 2015 with Barcelona and again in 2017. with the Blancos.
A sensational lack of titles (partially) interrupted in the summer of 1999, culminating in the victory of the Intertoto Cup. Hall of Fame in hand, nothing but the last European trophy won by Juventus.
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