The night of Champions League Final finally ends... And its Manchester United who won the Final in Moscow. Congratulations to Manchester United...
The scores for the match is 1-1 after extra time and Manchester United won in the penalty shoot-out with 6-5.
The first half was largely dominated by Man Utd, and on the 26th minutes, they got their deserved lead through a Ronaldo header with cross from Brown on the right. After a minute later, Chelsea almost equalize through Ballack with a header, lucky that Van Der Sar is there to the rescue. Man Utd dominated much in the first half. But, against the run of play, on the stroke of half time, Essien shoot from distance and the shot deflected twice before Lampard shoot towards the empty net after Van Der Sar was wrong-footed and slipped. So, the score at half time is 1-1.
The second half was like a revival from Chelsea. Chelsea was dominating at whole in the second half, but lacked the cutting edge only noted chances were Drogba's shot hit the post on the 76th minutes. After that, Ryan Giggs made his record breaking appearance in to substitute Paul Scholes on the 82 minutes. The match then went to extra time after a goal-less draw in the extra time.
In the extra time, both team have a go at each other in the center of the pitch. Midfield control was key in this match, in this stage, Makelele, Lampard and Ballack vs Hargreaves and Carrick. Both team had their own chances. Lampard shot hit the bar after a nice build-up. Then Ryan Giggs shot was blocked by John Terry while going into the empty net. And before the end, we manage to see a red card shown to Didier Drogba after he attempt to slap Vidic in the face. It is a fracas started after Tevez kicked the ball out for Chelsea in the throw-in and they got intimidated by that. I didn't understand the incident at all and also why or how Chelsea players reacted to it. They did this to Man Utd twice earlier. Each team had their own chances. Soon, both half of the extra times finally ends, and it goes to penalty shootout.
1st Man Utd: TEVEZ Scored
1st Chelsea : Ballack Scored
2nd Man Utd: Carrick Scored
2nd Chelsea: Belletti Scored
3rd Man Utd: Ronaldo Missed !!!
3rd Chelsea: Lampard Scored
4th Man Utd: Hargreaves Scored
4th Chelsea : Ashley Cole Scored
5th Man Utd : Nani Scored
5th Chelsea : John Terry Missed !!!
6th Man Utd : Anderson Scored
6th Chelsea : Salomon Kalou Scored
7th Man Utd : Ryan Giggs Scored
7th Chelsea : Anelka MISSED!!!
Van Der Sar was the hero for the night!!!
Myth: In the last Decade, Champion League's Final Penalty Shoot-out were always won by the red jersey team. Liverpool vs AC Milan = Liverpool won while in Red Jersey, AC Milan vs Juventus = AC Milan won in red jersey, Bayern Munich won penalty shootout in Red Jersey too.
Myth: Remember the last time a important player of a team get red card in the extra time and then lose in the penalty shootout. Familiar with that? It is Zinedine Zidane in the World Cup 2006 Final. France played brightly, so as Italy. The same things happen tonight in the Champion League Final 2008.
English Premier League 2007/2008 Champion & UEFA Champion League 2007/2008 Champion : MANCHESTER UNITED
All the best!!!
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