United fan here but Batistuta, what a LEGEND!!

@kiely4561

2 ай бұрын

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

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

@davidazzopardi360

25 күн бұрын

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

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.

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

17 күн бұрын

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

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).

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

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

@davidazzopardi360

25 күн бұрын

Machine used to be a good idea for

Ryan Giggs. What a player.

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

3 ай бұрын

better gameplay backthen compare to this nowadays hm

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

I loved Batistuta what a player

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

11 ай бұрын

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

@tesco-gaming

11 ай бұрын

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

@victorriwa6547

10 ай бұрын

@@MrThedonhead😂

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

11 ай бұрын

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

11 ай бұрын

Andy Cole was pure class.

@cubecubesson6779

11 ай бұрын

​@@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

8 ай бұрын

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

@lozcontreras

8 ай бұрын

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

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

@WhoTheHellIsHarvy

11 ай бұрын

With Andy Cole and Ronaldo?

@Arse-Crack

11 ай бұрын

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

@Al-ji4gd

9 ай бұрын

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

@jackmurphy6864

7 ай бұрын

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

@latitudeselongitudes1932

7 ай бұрын

Best in the 90s were Ronaldo, Romario and Batistuta

Arguably the best midfield 4 in modern English club history

Gabriel Batigol what a legend ❤😮

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

2 ай бұрын

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

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

@manutdretrorever7z

Жыл бұрын

The Winger Giggs was exciting to watch

@jackmurphy6864

7 ай бұрын

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.

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

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

@MrChrisBarker

11 ай бұрын

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

@Marsbati

6 ай бұрын

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

@barrymckenna8547

6 ай бұрын

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

@USCFlash

4 ай бұрын

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

@MrChrisBarker

4 ай бұрын

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

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

Andy Cole was quality 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Batistuta !!!!! ❤

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

Best era of football

what a goal by batistuta

What a player Batistuta was. Fantastic

@manutdretrorever7z

2 жыл бұрын

World class striker. One of the best ever!

@MrChrisBarker

11 ай бұрын

Definitely, rarely lauded like he should be.

@beany1987

10 ай бұрын

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

This United side would rip city apart.

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

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

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

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

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

Batigol !!! what a striker

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.

Cole and Yorke what a feared partnership

@anthonymcken6050

Жыл бұрын

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

11 ай бұрын

@@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.

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.

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

Batistuta, a Legend Alive.

Great atmosphere, Old Trafford is so quiet now.

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

Golden age of football and Man Utd.

amazing goal by andy cole to put the 1 - 1

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

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.

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...

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

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

When the CL was a special competition

Miss football like this, simple but funtastic.

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.

Ryan Giggs is a wonderful footballer

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

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

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

7 ай бұрын

Bayern and Juventus wanted him too.

@newtonheath8458

7 ай бұрын

@@manutdretrorever7z That’s right.

@bryanleeyf87

2 ай бұрын

and yet you have idiots calling Keane a dEfEnSiVe MiDfIeLdEr

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

How I wish I could go back to March 15 00

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

7 ай бұрын

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.

That was the team

Time when Manchester is Red

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

Magic gigs

Andy Cole was a baller!

I was at this game. Onelovemufc

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

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

กิ๊กพลิ้วมากตอนหนุ่มๆ

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

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

10 ай бұрын

Batigoooooool!!! ❤

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

Nostalgia LEGENDARY Football~ ⚽🔥😎

This is the Real Manchester United team. Absolutely awesome.

Wednesday 15th March 2000

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

@Dandroid5000

10 ай бұрын

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.

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

Stary,dobry Man United.

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

Классный футбол

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

@skippy1012

8 ай бұрын

Underrated?

@USCFlash

4 ай бұрын

Nobody with a brain underrates Batistuta.

@bryanleeyf87

2 ай бұрын

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.

Bro Giggs and Scholes were a menace to football.

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

Back when serie A club was amazing better than now

@Dandroid5000

10 ай бұрын

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

9 ай бұрын

Yeah

Back when the Champions League was a proper tournament.

@arthurmorgan8529

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

@@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

Жыл бұрын

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

@arthurmorgan8529

Жыл бұрын

@@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

Жыл бұрын

​@@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.

Fantastic United! Amazing performance

6:02 🔥🔥🔥

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

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.

Giggs and Cole. wow

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

Жыл бұрын

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.

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

@ppppickup

17 күн бұрын

was £25 really cheap at the time?

@assemblyish

16 күн бұрын

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

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 😂

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

The real champions league times

Batigoal

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

5 ай бұрын

You are so wise, maybe wiser then you know

@bryanleeyf87

2 ай бұрын

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

Ай бұрын

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

“ Speed of light strike from Gabriel Batistuta! He’s done it again against English opposition and he silenced the old trafford! “

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.

Andy Cole doesn't get the respect he deserves

I've recorded this one on tape, damn 😢

Rui ⚜️💜©️🔟