Saturday, 19 May 2012

Champions

Well, what a final. Chelsea had the worst of it for 80 minutes and somehow it was still 0-0, but with little more than five minutes to go, Munich finally made the breakthrough.

One of the most telling statistics of the night, showing how the German side had dominated the game, was the corner count, which was about 15-0. With only a couple of minutes left, Chelsea get their first one of the game, Drogba comes to the near post, and heads it home.

Off we go into extra time. Drogba is the centre of attention again as he brings down Ribery in the box, but Cech saves the penalty, and there are no more goals in the 30 added minutes.

Bizarrely, Chelsea send Mata forward to take their first spot kick, and it is saved, but they cling on, and Cech makes a save on the fourth penalty and it's back to level pegging at three out of four each.

Schwiensteiger hits the post, and all of a sudden Chelsea have a kick to win it.

Up steps that man Drogba again, and coolly puts it in the corner.

Amazing stuff!

And yes, I was cheering Chelsea on. Having Spurs in the Champions League next year would have been great, but Chelsea deserved their moment of glory.