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Penalties – 3 – 4
FT Bayern Munich 1 – 1 Chelsea
Muller 83 Drogba 88
Bayern dominated the first half, but did not make it count squandering a hatful of chances, with Arjen Robben and Thomas Muller missing the mark far too often.
The pattern continued in the second.
When Thomas Muller finally made it count eight minutes before time, it looked like it was all over for Roberto di Matteo’s men. However, Drogba appeared out of nowhere two minutes before time to head in an equaliser and it was game on.
Chelsea got back in for the next five mnutes, which included three minutes of extra time, and when Drogba sent a free kick into the crowd the game finished 1-1 after normal time.
Three minutes into extra time though, a Drogba foul on Franck Ribery opened the way for a Arjen Robben penalty which was sensationally saved by Petr Cech.
From now onwards, it appeared that the omens were good for Chelsea and that Bayern would rue all those squandered chances, which included that miss by Robben, as well a great one early in the second half of extra time.
Bayern continued to attack, but they just couldn’t get the ball into the back of the net as the game went into a penalty shoot out with that man Drogba sealing the deal.
19 Saturday May 2012
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TEMPLATE COMMENTARY
Nothing about Roberto Di Matteo’s side and how it has managed to get into theย Champions Leagueย final to meet Bayern Munich has been convincing.
Not the performances, which include a very fortunateย defeat of a Barcelona side whose manager was clearly tired of looking at the endless stream of silverware coming his way.
Nor the appearance of his players whose best days are clearly behind them – ย that includes the once great Drogba as well those players that have for some reason made it into the England squad for the summer’s European Championships.
So, it would take a brave man to bet against a German side that boastsย amongst others, the latest Dutch superstar, one Arjenย Robben in its ranks.
But Chelsea, have got a momentum, similar to the way Liverpool and Manchester United before them had going for them.
Call it the ‘It’ factor, call it what you like – they have team spirit that will mean they will overcome this Bayern Munich sideย in Munich to become European Club Champions.
The performance will not please their billionaire owner Roman Abramovich, however that will be an argument for another day – for this is Chelsea’s moment.