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Lazio drew 0-0 with Atletico in the Olympic stadium for a 1-0 aggregate win after a commanding display at the back.
And statisticians will have been drooling at the statistics thrown up by the result of this uninspired semifinal, second leg.
Lazio and Inter Milan, who earlier beat Spartak Moscow 4-2 on aggregate, will meet in the fourth all-Italian final in nine years, and the first all-Italian UEFA Cup final since Juventus against Parma in 1995.
It will also be Inter Milan's fourth UEFA Cup final in nine years following wins in 1991 and 1994 and a runner-up spot to Schalke 04 last season.
Lazio had to do without suspended Yugoslavian international Vladimir Jugovic, who scored in their 1-0 win in Spain. But Atletico had its own absentees in midfielder Jose Luis Caminero, who has scored three UEFA Cup goals this season, and defender Denia Sanchez.
Lazio's Croatian Alen Boksic, who has scored 10 goals in the Italian league this season, looked dangerous up front in the first half, but was denied a clear-cut chance.
And at the other end of the pitch Atletico's Italian international Christian Vieri was also having a frustrating time. The Lazio defense ensured Vieri, who is the top scorer in Spain with 21 goals, was unable to produce his usual clinical finishing.
Alessandro Nesta, suspended for the first leg, was particularly outstanding in the Roman club's rearguard and it was no surprise when Atletico's best chance before the break came from long range.
Yugoslav Milinko Pantic tried his luck from fully 30 meters and the ball only just flew past keeper Luca Marchegiani's left-hand post.
Atletico coach Raddy Antic brought on out-and-out striker Jose Mari for left winger Lardin in the second half as Atletico urgently looked to score.
And Mari was only on five minutes when he missed easily the best chance of the match, leaving Antic with his head in his hands. Vieri fed Mari a defense-splitting pass and, with only 'keeper Marchegiani to beat, he shot wildly left-footed into the side netting.
Antic once more injected striking talent as he fielded youngster Igor Paulovic for defender Christian Diaz with a quarter hour to go.
But the match petered out as a spectacle and Atletico, who managed its first corner with three minutes to go, found itself unable to break Lazio's miserly defense.
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