Goal.com · Apr 9, 2019
Remembering Finidi and Kanu at Ajax
The 1996 Uefa Champions League final marked the final appearance for the Dutch giants of two of Nigeria's biggest footballing stars
May 22, 1996 marked a special occasion in more ways than one.
The final of the Uefa Champions League is a showpiece on par with almost any other sporting event on the planet. However, that date was significant beyond even that: it also marked the final time that Finidi George and Nwankwo Kanu played together at Ajax Amsterdam.
It brought to an end a quite rewarding association of both players with the Dutch giants, one which had seen Louis Van Gaal’s side lift the previous year’s trophy, before mounting an impressive bid to retain.
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