The competition was won by Manchester United, coming back from a goal down in the last two minutes of injury time to defeat Bayern Munich 2–1 in the final. Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjær scored United's goals after Bayern had hit the post and the bar.
The answer to go in the blank would be ''river'' because the river was very vast and it was useful for many functions, so the English wanted to claim it.
