Bayern Munich 2 - Deportivo 3

Munich: Kahn; Sagnol (Hargreaves 46'), Kuffour, Linke, Tarnat; Salihamidzic; Jeremies (N Kovac 78'), Ballack, Ze Roberto (Zickler 80'); Elbar, Pizarro. 4-4-2.
Deportivo: Juanmi; Héctor, Naybet, Donato, Romero; Sergio, Mauro Silva; Víctor (Toro Acuña 70'), Valerón, Fran (Capdevila 66'); Makaay (Luque 85'). 4-2-3-1.

Goals:
0-1. 12. Makaay. Ran on to Valerón chipped pass and beat Kahn with low shot.
0-2. 45. Makaay. Tap in on far post after Héctor crossed in from right wing.
1-2. 57. Salihamidzic. Fired shot into roof of net after ball ran loose on right.
2-2. 64. Elber. Placed looping header into top of net from Hargreaves corner.
2-3. 77. Makaay. Took Valerón short pass and ran on to shoot under Kahn.

Deportivo La Coruña carried on where Real Madrid and Valencia left off the day before, recording the first ever win by Spanish teams in Bayern Munich's Olympic stadium. Real Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia have visited the Bavarian capital twelve times since 1967 and the best they had done so far had been three draws. Depor showed them the way though, with a display of efficient football which gives them the start they were hoping for in probably the hardest group in the first stage.

The man of the match was undoubtedly Roy Makaay, who in the absence of the injured Diego Tristán scored a historic hat-trick to give his side the best possible start. The Dutch striker opened the scoring when a visionary Valerón put him through with a beautifully weighted reverse angle pass, and added a second on the stroke of half time from Héctor's low cross. Sergio could have got another in between if he had not ran the ball too far, and Munich's only replies were a couple of headers over the bar from Pizarro.

The introduction of Hargreaves at the break though inspired a comeback from the Germans, and Salihamidzic pulled one back firing a shot into the roof of the net after the defence charged down Pizarro's shot. Depor were on the back foot, and a well placed header from Elber following a Hargreaves corner made it all square seven minutes later.

Capdevila came on for Fran to close the game down, but it was the presence of Toro Acuña a few minutes later which put Depor back in the match. After a period of pressure from the Spaniards, Valerón put Makaay through once again, and with the defence caught flat footed he ran on to fire a shot under Kahn. Depor had succeeded where all others had failed, and they must now be full of confidence for the visit of AC Milan next week.