11.   Stuttgart lost is second appearance in a European final.

12.   The victory put Parma in a European final for the third consecutive year.

13.   They also are sure bets to be part of the French national team that qualified for the European finals.

14.   Vicenza, a provincial Italian side, was trying to join up-market Italian clubs Juventus, Inter Milan and Lazio in European finals next month.

15.   Unlike Barcelona and Bayern Munich, neither Slavia nor Bordeaux have been close to a European final in any of the three cup competitions.

16.   At the European finals, third-place Croatia departed the award stand and the arena before the Yugoslavian anthem was played.

17.   Sam Torrance took the plunge as he beat fellow Scot Colin Montgomerie in the European final of the World Championship of Golf at the Oxfordshire Club on Tuesday.

18.   The Brive player injured his ankle in the European final against Leicester two weeks ago in Cardiff.