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Talent completely unknown until Bayern Munich's success in the 2001 Champions League
 |  May 23, 2001...Milan, Italy..."Bayern Munich had two chances Wednesday to win the Champions Cup on penalties...Only able to convert one of two from the spot in regulation, the German powerhouse outlasted Valencia in a back-and-forth shootout, 5-4, to capture the club's first Champions Cup in 25 years...Following a 1-1 end at regulation -- with each team's goal coming on a penalty shot -- and a scoreless 30 minutes of overtime, each club missed two of the first five attempts in the shootout...Finally, Bayern Goalkeeper Oliver Kahn was decisive, stopping Mauricio Pellegrino's attempt and making Valencia -- a 3-0 loser to Real Madrid in the final a year ago -- runner-up for the second straight season. A Calgary-based German coach, from Munich, watched Owen develop from a promising 13-year-old left-sided midfielder and set up his trial at Bayern when he was 16...
For a relatively unknown English player, winning the Champions League and the Bundesliga at the age of 21 is no mean feat. He began to establish himself in the Munich team in the 2000/01 season and has already been described by German legend Franz Beckenbaeur as a "huge talent". He is without doubt the most promising youngster Bayern could have ever unearthed. |
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