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Wednesday May 21, 2008 Finished Luzhniki Stadium

Manchester United 1 - Chelsea 1 (6-5)

Manchester United

  • Ronaldo 27’

Chelsea

  • Lampard 45’
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  • Live Commentary

    Time:120'
    • Manchester United
    • Chelsea
    • PEN GIGGS SCORES...AND ANELKA MISSES!!!! UNITED ARE CHAMPIONS!!!
    • PEN NANI SCORES....3-3...ASHLEY COLE SCORES 4-3 CHELSEA...HARGREAVES MAKES IT 4-4....TERRY MISSES!!! 4-4....ANDERSON SCORES 5-4....KALOU...5-5!!
    • PEN RONALDO MISSES!!! Still 2-2 LAMPARD SCORES...3-2 CHELSEA!
    • PEN CARRICK SCORES...2-1 BELLETTI SCORES..2-2
    • PEN TEVEZ SCORES....1-0 BALLACK SCORES...1-1
    • 120+4 And that's it. Penalties here we go.
    • 120+3 Double change, with pens in mind. United bring on Anderson for Brown. Chelsea bring on Juliano Belletti for Makelele.
    • 120+3 Ronaldo crosses, but it's too long for Tevez.
    • 120+1 Ashley Cole and Nani clash heads in the Chelsea box. Both are down.
    • 117' Essien joins the growing list in the book for a foul on Evra.
    • 115' It's all gone a little crazy here. Ballack and Tevez get booked and DIDIER DROGBA GETS A RED CARD!!!!! He slapped Vidic across the face. It was petty and stupid and he should know better.
    • 113' United with a spell of pressure, but a couple of attempted crosses fail to beat the first man.
    • 111' Drogba shoots high and wide.
    • 110' Vidic goes in the book for a crude lunge on Anelka. Dangerous position for Chelsea, central and about 25 yards out.
    • 110' Kalou catches Vidic with a high foot, and United have the chance to punt play down the field.
    • 107' United with the possession at the start of the final period.
    • 105' And we're away in the second half of extra-time. It doesn't get any tenser than this.
    • 105' First half of extra-time over, and still we're no closer to a winner. Both sides are going for it.
    • 101' Rooney makes way for Nani for United.
    • 100' GIGGS ALMOST GETS THE FAIRYTALE GOAL! Evra burst forward and cut back for the Welshman, but Terry got his head in the way of his goalbound effort.
    • 98' Another change for Chelsea. Nicolas Anelka replaces Joe Cole.
    • 97' Tense stuff, as you can imagine. The game is opening up, and there will almost certainly be chances to win it before we get to the dreaded penalty shoot-oyut.
    • 93' LAMPARD HITS THE BAR!!! He spun on a sixpence in the box there, but his left-foot shot from 10 yards hit the underside of the bar.
    • 92' Chelsea make their first change. Malouda is replaced by Salomon Kalou.
    • 92' Nice interplay between Tevez and Rooney, but Cech ends the danger.
    • 91 The first half of extra-time is underway...Chelsea have brought on Kalou to try and freshen up their attack down the left...
    • 90' Extra-time it is! Chelsea dominated the second half to the same degree United did the first. 1-1 is about right. Get ready for 30 minutes more!
    • 87' First change of the night. Paul Scholes is replaced by Ryan Giggs, who now breaks Bobby Charlton's all-time appearance record for United.
    • 87' Cole does well to drive in a cross from the right, but Drogba can't make decent contact.
    • 85' Malouda dinks one in towards Drogba, who spins and shoots wide. FIVE MINUTES TO GO!!
    • 81' Tevez lets fly from approaching 30 yards. It's high and wide.
    • 78' DROGBA CUTS INSIDE AND HITS ONE FROM 20 yards...ONTO THE POST!!!
    • 76' PENALTY SHOUT FOR CHELSEA! Malouda goes down after clipping a leg against Ferdinand. The referree waves play on. Good decision.
    • 74' Ronaldo beats one, and shoots wide from a tight angle.
    • 71' Finally some respite for United, who win a corner after Carrick's shot is deflected behind.
    • 68' Ferdinand is down, holding his hamstring. It looks like cramp. He's up and seems to be ok.
    • 67' Chelsea are really on top now. Malouda swings in a corner from their right, but Ronaldo clears. It comes straight back.
    • 65' Lampard tees up Florent Malouda, but Ferdinand blocks.
    • 61' Niggly stuff between Ballack and Tevez. That would be quite some street fight.
    • 58' Chelsea are really coming into this now. They were outplayed in the first half, but now they're beginning to dictate the pace of the game.
    • 55' Essien breaks for Chelsea, and cuts inside to make room for a shot. Over the bar.
    • 53' Ronaldo finds Evra once more, but his cross is just slightly too long. Great stuff from Ronaldo once more.
    • 50' Ronaldo is fouled by Ballack, who's lucky to escape a booking. That was a cheap shot.
    • 48' Scholes clips a ball in towards Hargreaves, but Ashley Cole does well the clear his lines.
    • 46' And we're away in the second half. No changes have been made. The teams line up as they were.
    • 45+2' And that's it for a fabulously entertaining first half. United had the better of it, but Chelsea remained calm and when the chance arrived Lampard put it away clinically.
    • 45' GOOOOOALLL!!!! Chelsea are level. Essien struck a hopeful ball forward, and it deflected off two players before falling perfectly into the stride of FRANK LAMPARD, WHO SLOTS HOME COMFORTABLY!!
    • 44' BALLACK SHOOTS...Just over.
    • 43' Rio Ferdinand goes in the book for a foul on Lampard right on the edge of the box...dangerous position for Chelsea.
    • 43' ANOTHER GREAT CHANCE FOR UNITED!! Rooney broke on the right and sent over a low cross, which somehow evaded the outstretched boot of Tevez.
    • 38' United fans are roaring loudest, their side have played with flair and control so far. But Chelsea are far from out of this.
    • 35' WHAT A BREAK FROM UNITED...Ronaldo crosses and Cech saves brillliantly from Tevez's diving header. Michael Carrick follows up with a sidefoot from the penalty spot, but Cech saves again!
    • 34' Lampard crosses deep to Drogba, and his header back across goal is met after a bounce by BALLACK!!! What a save from Edwin Van der Sar.
    • 30' Brown finds Ronaldo, and once again he out-jumps Essien at the far post. This time he can't control his header.
    • 27' GOOOOOAAAALLLL!!!!!!!!! Guess who!! Brown cuts in and crosses left footed to Ronaldo at the far post, who directs a wonderful header past Petr Cech from 10 yards to bag his 42ND GOAL OF THE SEASON!!!
    • 25' Ronaldo and Evra linking well, but they don't manage to get a cross in this time. Anderson is warming up - Scholes is struggling.
    • 23' Ashley Cole with some good work for Chelsea, and Vidic is forced to head Lampard's cross behind for a corner.
    • 21' We've got some shenanigans here. Makelele catches Paul Scholes with a high foot and Rooney and Scoles get involved in some funny business. The result is yellow cards for both Scholes and Makelele.
    • 20' Claude Makelele fouls Ronaldo on the touchline, and United have a chance to whip in a dangerous ball here...
    • 17' Lovely stuff from Ronaldo, who cuts inside and releases Evra on the left. His cross is headed clear by John Terry.
    • 15' Fascinating start to the match. United have shown more ambition, but Chelsea haven't looked troubled so far.
    • 11' Good possession for United, but there's no penetration so far. Chelsea haven't got going yet.
    • 8' Hargreaves sends over a good cross, but Carvalho is well placed to head clear. United are having the better of the early exchanges.
    • 6' Nemanja Vidic tries to find Tevez with a long ball over the top, but it's too strong.
    • 3' Frantic start to the game, both sides appear to be slipping under foot. The pitch is slick and wet.
    • 2' Ronaldo is tripped by Essien and wins a free-kick. Essien looks to have the job of marshalling the Portugeuese star.
    • 1' And we're off. United kick off, in red shirts, white shorts and white socks. Chelsea are in all blue. WHAT AN ATMOSPHERE!!
    • - AVRAM GRANT: This is a great opportunity for us. A great occasion and a great opportunity.
    • - Here are the subs. Chelsea: Cudicini, Shevchenko, Mikel, Kalou, Alex, Belletti, Anelka. United: Kuszczak, Anderson, Giggs, Nani, O'Shea, Fletcher, Silvestre
    • - United's line-up is arguably the more surprising. Sir Alex Ferguson has left Ji-Sung Park out of the squad completely and Carlos Tevez will start alongside Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo in a three-pronged attack.
    • - Looking at the line-ups Chelsea have gone with the team most experts predicted. Their 4-3-3 will see Frank Lampard and Michael Ballack getting forward to support Didier Drogba through the middle, while Florent Malouda and Joe Cole work their magic on the wings.
    • - Just under an hour to go, and the atmosphere is already building superbly in Moscow. Tonight's game is possibility the most hyped club match in history.
    • - Good evening and welcome to our LIVE!! coverage of the Champions League final. We'll cut straight to the chase - the teams are in... Chelsea: Cech, Essien, Terry, Carvalho, A Cole, Makelele, Ballack, Lampard, J Cole, Molouda, Drogba United: Van der Sar, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Hargreaves, Carrick, Scholes, Ronaldo, Rooney, Tevez

  • Team Stats

    Manchester United Stats Chelsea
    55% Possession 44%
    13 Shots 25
    5 Shots on target 1
    0 Saves 3
    5 Corners 8
    25 Fouls 22
    1 Offsides 2
    4 Yellow cards 4
    0 Red cards 1
    27 Tackles 28
    403 Accurate passes 282
    103 Bad passes 72

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Manchester United
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Edwin Van der Sar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 6 0
      5 Rio Ferdinand 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 41 2 3
      3 Patrice Evra 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 35 21 5
      6 Wes Brown 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 27 2 6
      15 Nemanja Vidic 0 0 0 5 3 0 0 36 13 4
      16 Michael Carrick 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 60 7 1
      18 Paul Scholes 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 53 12 2
      4 Owen Hargreaves 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 36 3 4
      7 Cristiano Ronaldo 1 5 1 0 9 0 0 32 25 0
      10 Wayne Rooney 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 23 3 0
      32 Carlos Tevez 0 5 2 4 2 0 0 27 6 2
      17 Luís Almeida da Cunha 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 0
      29 Tomasz Kuszczak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Ryan Giggs 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 7 3 0
      27 Mikael Silvestre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Anderson Oliveira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Darren Fletcher 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 John O'Shea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Chelsea
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Petr Cech 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 4 0
      6 Ricardo Carvalho 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 19 1 1
      3 Ashley Cole 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 33 13 5
      26 John Terry 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 18 6 3
      10 Joe Cole 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 17 3 5
      4 Claude Makelele 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 41 4 3
      8 Frank Lampard 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 42 17 4
      13 Michael Ballack 0 7 0 2 3 0 0 33 7 0
      5 Michael Essien 0 3 0 5 1 0 0 28 1 2
      15 Florent Malouda 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 18 9 3
      11 Didier Drogba 0 5 0 4 4 2 0 14 4 0
      21 Salomon Kalou 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 3 1
      39 Nicolas Anelka 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
      12 John Obi Mikel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      35 Juliano Belletti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Andriy Shevchenko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      33 Alex da Dias Costa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Carlo Cudicini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 115' It's all gone a little crazy here. Ballack and Tevez get booked and DIDIER DROGBA GETS A RED CARD!!!!! He slapped Vidic across the face. It was petty and stupid and he should know better.
    • 100' GIGGS ALMOST GETS THE FAIRYTALE GOAL! Evra burst forward and cut back for the Welshman, but Terry got his head in the way of his goalbound effort.
    • 93' LAMPARD HITS THE BAR!!! He spun on a sixpence in the box there, but his left-foot shot from 10 yards hit the underside of the bar.
    • 78' DROGBA CUTS INSIDE AND HITS ONE FROM 20 yards...ONTO THE POST!!!
    • 45' GOOOOOALLL!!!! Chelsea are level. Essien struck a hopeful ball forward, and it deflected off two players before falling perfectly into the stride of FRANK LAMPARD, WHO SLOTS HOME COMFORTABLY!!
    • 43' ANOTHER GREAT CHANCE FOR UNITED!! Rooney broke on the right and sent over a low cross, which somehow evaded the outstretched boot of Tevez.
    • 35' WHAT A BREAK FROM UNITED...Ronaldo crosses and Cech saves brillliantly from Tevez's diving header. Michael Carrick follows up with a sidefoot from the penalty spot, but Cech saves again!
    • 34' Lampard crosses deep to Drogba, and his header back across goal is met after a bounce by BALLACK!!! What a save from Edwin Van der Sar.
    • 27' GOOOOOAAAALLLL!!!!!!!!! Guess who!! Brown cuts in and crosses left footed to Ronaldo at the far post, who directs a wonderful header past Petr Cech from 10 yards to bag his 42ND GOAL OF THE SEASON!!!
    • - Good evening and welcome to our LIVE!! coverage of the Champions League final. We'll cut straight to the chase - the teams are in... Chelsea: Cech, Essien, Terry, Carvalho, A Cole, Makelele, Ballack, Lampard, J Cole, Molouda, Drogba United: Van der Sar, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Hargreaves, Carrick, Scholes, Ronaldo, Rooney, Tevez

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Lubos Michel

  • Manchester United

    Manager: Alex Ferguson

    Captain: Rio Ferdinand

    On the Field

    • van der Sar
    • Brown Substitution Out (120′)
    • Ferdinand Yellow Card
    • Vidic Yellow Card
    • Evra
    • Hargreaves
    • Scholes Yellow Card Substitution Out (87′)
    • Carrick
    • Ronaldo Goal
    • Tevez Yellow Card
    • Rooney Substitution Out (101′)

    Subs

    • O'Shea
    • Silvestre
    • Giggs Substitution In87′
    • Kuszczak
    • Fletcher
    • Nani Substitution In101′
    • Anderson Substitution In120′

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Chelsea

    Manager: Avram Grant

    Captain: John Terry

    On the Field

    • Cech
    • Essien Yellow Card
    • Terry
    • Carvalho Yellow Card
    • Cole
    • Makelele Yellow Card Substitution Out (120′)
    • Ballack Yellow Card
    • Lampard Goal
    • Cole Substitution Out (98′)
    • Malouda Substitution Out (92′)
    • Drogba Red Card

    Subs

    • Anelka Substitution In98′
    • Cudicini
    • Shevchenko
    • Alex
    • Belletti Substitution In120′
    • Kalou Substitution In92′
    • Mikel

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None