 Kunyora kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Munguva yeChirimo cha1999, mushure mekunge runyerekupe rwaClaudio Ranieri rwabatanidzwa neAtlético Madrid kirabhu yakatsiva murairidzi mukuru weItaly mwaka unouya, sarudzo dzekupedzisira dzaive Radomir Antić kubva kuAtlético Madrid aine kondirakiti kusvika 2000 na colchoneros uye Argentine Héctor Cúper kubva kuRCD Mallorca yemahara muna Chikumi uye uyo, pakupedzisira, akagadzwa semurairiri mutsva. Valencia CF yakabuda senhabvu yepasi rose inorema mushure mekusvika kumagumo eChampions League. Murairidzi mutsva Héctor Cúper akatarisa zvakanyanya pakuita kuti dziviriro isakundike, kunyangwe, kunyangwe paine fungidziro yakajairika yeValencia inodzivirira zvakanyanya, ivo vakatobvuma huwandu hwakaenzana hwezvinangwa zveligi sezvavaive nemurairidzi wavo wekare Claudio Ranieri. Pakati pevatambi vakakosha vaive mugadziri wemutambo Gaizka Mendieta akavhoterwa semutambi wepakati akanakisa muChampions League, mumwe wepakati Gerard, muchengeti wepagedhi Santiago Cañizares, winger Javier Farinós uye mutambi Claudio López, uyo akatengeswa kuLazio pakupera kwemwaka. Lazio yakanga iri vavengi veValencia mumakwikwi ekupedzisira eChampions League, izvo zvakaguma nekukunda 5-2 kweValencia vachipesana nevakundi veItaly. Gerard akatengeswawo, kuchikwata chakanga chamurera, Barcelona, nokuda kwe15 miriyoni. Barcelona yakanga iri vavengi veValencia mumasemi-fainari, uye yakanga yapwanywa 4-1 kure. Kukundwa 2-1 paCamp Nou kwakaona Valencia ichipfuurira kuenda kumagumo kuStade de France, kwavakauya kuzosangana neReal Madrid mumutambo wekutanga weSpanish wekupedzisira. Zviroto zveValencia zvakaputswa nekukundwa zvakajeka ne3-0. 