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The 2007 UEFA Champions League Final was a football match played at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece on 23 May 2007, to decide the winner of the 2006–07 UEFA Champions League. English club Liverpool faced Italy's A.C. Milan in a repeat match-up of the 2005 final. A.C. Milan won the match 2–1, after two goals by Filippo Inzaghi.
Before 2007, A.C. Milan's last triumph had been in the 2003 final, while Liverpool's was against Milan in the 2005 final. Liverpool and A.C. Milan started their UEFA Champions League campaigns in the Third Qualifying round; both sides progressed to the group stages and won their respective groups. Liverpool and A.C. Milan beat former champions on their way to the final. A.C. Milan beat 1967 champions Celtic, four-time champions FC Bayern Munich, and 1999 winners Manchester United. Liverpool beat defending champions FC Barcelona and 1988 winners PSV Eindhoven. Liverpool also beat Chelsea F.C. in the semi-final stage for the second time in three years.
