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The Dutch master was bettered by his pupil when Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan strolled to a comfortable 2-0 victory in the Champions League final over a weak Bayern Munich team coached by his one-time boss Louis van Gaal. Argentina's Diego Milito scored twice, once in each half, as Inter Milan squeezed the life out of a hesitant Bayern team to end a 45-year wait for its third title.The victory might also signal Mourinho's exit from Inter and move to Real Madrid, where Saturday's final was played before 80,000 people at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium. Within minutes of winning his second Champions League with two different clubs, he said it was more probable that he would go than stay. The Argentina striker Milito scored in the 35th and 70th minutes at the Bernabeu to add the title to Inter's triumphs back in 1964 and '65. The merited victory _ Inter dominated the game _ meant that Mourinho completed the triple triumphs of the Champions League and domestic league and cup successes and became only the third coach to win the title with two different clubs. The loss meant that Bayern missed out on the treble, having also won the domestic league and cups. Franz Beckenbauer, honorary president of Bayern, said Inter deserved its victoryBefore the medal ceremony, he left his Inter players and walked over to the Bayern camp, hugging van Gaal as he had promised at the news conference on the eve of the final.
