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UEFA Champions League · First group stage, Group B · 27 October 1999

Batistuta Beats Seaman At Wembley

Arsenal 0–1 Fiorentina · Wembley Stadium, London

Batistuta hits one clean at Wembley and Arsenal are beaten.

Arsenal were playing their Champions League home games at Wembley, and Fiorentina needed a win. Batistuta waited until the 75th minute, then hit a fierce shot from a tight angle that Seaman could not stop. It stayed 1-0, Fiorentina went through to the second group stage and Arsenal dropped into the UEFA Cup.

Fans walking up to the old Wembley and its twin towers, June 1999, four months before Batistuta's goal
Photo: Responsible? · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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