From: higgs on
Inter started the final with not a single Italian player.

Is this the first time that a team has ever started the CL final with
not one player from the country of location?

From: Bruce D. Scott on
higgs (kenhiggs8(a)hotmail.com) wrote:
: Inter started the final with not a single Italian player.

: Is this the first time that a team has ever started the CL final with
: not one player from the country of location?

Arsenal 2006 or am I wrong?

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From: Marc Riese on
Bruce D. Scott wrote:

>higgs (kenhiggs8(a)hotmail.com) wrote:
>: Is this the first time that a team has ever started the CL final with
>: not one player from the country of location?
>
>Arsenal 2006 or am I wrong?

Campbell and Cole started for Arsenal in this final.

Marc
From: Mark V. on
On May 26, 7:02 am, b...(a)ipp-garching.mpg.de (Bruce D. Scott) wrote:
> higgs (kenhig...(a)hotmail.com) wrote:
>
> : Inter started the final with not a single Italian player.
>
> : Is this the first time that a team has ever started the CL final with
> : not one player from the country of location?
>
> Arsenal 2006 or am I wrong?

This was in a thread awhile back. Cashley and Cole sat out one of the
semi-final matches vs. Villareal, but played in the final vs.
Barcelona.

From: The Scrutineer on
>> : Inter started the final with not a single Italian player.
>>
>> : Is this the first time that a team has ever started the CL final with
>> : not one player from the country of location?
>>
>> Arsenal 2006 or am I wrong?
>
> This was in a thread awhile back. Cashley and Cole sat out one of the
> semi-final matches vs. Villareal, but played in the final vs.
> Barcelona.
>

Sol Campbell and Ashley "Cashley" Cole

People forget that an Englishman actually scored for Arsenal!!!