He played a key role in the final before being replaced in the 53rd minute by striker Nwankwo Kanu.Patrick Kluivert scored a late goal to lift Ajax to a 1–0 victory over the Italian giants,who Seedorf would later go on to represent for a decade. While at Ajax, he was part of a trio known as "De kabel", composed of Edgar Davids, Patrick Kluivert and himself. Later, Winston Bogarde and Michael Reiziger would be added to the group to make it a quintet; what had started as a friendship was then taken over during the UEFA Euro 1996 to describe the group.
