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'Casillas could've stood behind his goal & we'd still have hit him!' - Nowotny reflects on 2002 Champions League final

Former Bayer Leverkusen defender Jens Nowotny has hailed the performance of Iker Casillas in the 2002 Champions League final, recounting the night that helped grow the Spaniard's legend.

Casillas made a memorable cameo at Hampden Park in Glasgow, as Real Madrid defeated the Bundesliga side 2-1 to lift Europe's biggest club prize.

The game would be remembered for Zinedine Zidane's stunning first-half winner, as the Frenchman volleyed a ball home that dropped from the sky to score one of the Champions League's greatest ever goals.

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But Casillas also played his part in Madrid's European title.