Real Madrid 5–3 Leverkusen: UEFA Champions League, 17 October 2000

The match

Real Madrid and Leverkusen finished 5–3 in the UEFA Champions League on 17 October 2000. The match was played in the first group stage in Madrid.

Real Madrid won the match by 2 goals.

Goals and key incidents

Guti scored in minute 4 (Real Madrid). Thomas Brdaric scored in minute 20 (Leverkusen). Iván Helguera scored in minute 24 (Real Madrid).

Ulf Kirsten scored in minute 55 (Leverkusen). Guti scored in minute 64 (Real Madrid). Raúl González scored in minute 75 (Real Madrid).

Paulo Rink scored in minute 77 (Leverkusen). Luís Figo scored a penalty in minute 87 (Real Madrid).

Competition and tie context

The same sides also met on 27 September 2000, when Leverkusen finished 2–3 against Real Madrid. That is a separate match result in this competition campaign.

The fixture was played in Group A of the first group stage. The match result belongs to this stage of the competition in the 2000/01 season.

Venue and attendance

The UEFA match record identifies the venue as Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid.

The recorded attendance was 59,327 spectators.

The teams’ wider campaign

Real Madrid came into this fixture after a Leverkusen 2–3 Real Madrid result on 27 September 2000 in the same competition campaign. Their next match in that campaign was Real Madrid 4–0 Sporting CP on 25 October 2000.

Leverkusen came into this fixture after a Leverkusen 2–3 Real Madrid result on 27 September 2000 in the same competition campaign. Their next match in that campaign was Leverkusen 1–0 Spartak Moskva on 25 October 2000.