After a poor first season, he became a regular for the Merengues albeit as a substitute; in the 2001–02 UEFA Champions League final, in which he played the full 90 minutes, he was involved in the play that led to Zinedine Zidane's wonder strike against Bayer 04 Leverkusen, in an eventual 2–1 win.
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