Thursday 24 May 2012

Champions League Final

Wow! What a tremendous way to finish off the Champions League Final. They worked so hard to get to the finals and now that they got there, they worked their butts off in the finals. This was an incredible battle between the Bayern Munich FC and Chelsea FC at the Allianz Arena in Munich. 70,000 people watching this game in the stadium and it was said that approximately 150 millions football fans were watching this grand finale.
Bayern scored the first goal at the 82nd minute, not an amazing goal. In my opinion, I don't think that the goal scorer really knew exactly what he was doing with the ball. All he did was header the ball downwards and got a lucky bounce that hit it up and off the crossbar in. Peter Cech, the Chelsea goalkeeper, couldn't do anything about it. Bayern just got really lucky with this header into the back of the net. But Chelsea, especially their striker Drogba, knows how to make a response! In the 88th minute, Chelsea receives a corner kick, taken by Mata. He finds the head of Drogba and Drogba, with a beautiful header, turns his forehead at the right second and finds the back of the net. It's all tied up at 1-1 at 90 minutes, so they go to extra time! 3 minutes into extra time, Drogba goes from hero, to zero. Drogba makes a silly foul in their own 18-yard box, giving Bayern a free penalty. Robben from Bayern goes up to take the kick, but Chelsea's keeper, Peter Cech, makes a brilliant save, as he guesses the right side. I found this quite funny because Robben used to play for Chelsea, so Cech has some experience practicing with Robben's shots. Cech made the save to keep Chelsea in the game! As we got to 120 minutes, we found ourselves still in a 1-1 draw, so the only solution became present. Shootout. Many mixed emotions were flying through the air at Allianz Arena. Munich scored their first shot, but as Mata comes up from half to take the penalties, Neuer, Bayern Munich's goalkeeper, saves it! Bayern is up 1-0 in shootout. Next round, both teams put it in the back of the net. 2-1 Munich. A quite spectacular
decision from Bayern, they decide to let their keeper take a penalty, and scores a clutch goal. But Lampard steps up and responds with a beauty goal. 3-2 Munich. Next round was an important goal for Munich to score, but Cech was ready for it, as he dives the right way and stops it! Cole goes to the spot for Chelsea and puts it in easily. 3-3 tie. Final round players step up, and Schweinsteiger hits the post! Drogba goes and takes his shot. This is Drogba's last shot as a Chelsea player, as next year he will be signed as a free agent. And what a beautiful final shot it was. Drogba finishes the game 4-3 in the shoot out and Chelsea has won it!!! What a finish to an amazing season! Beating what is sai to be the best team in the world in semo-finals (Barcelona) and beating a world-wide phenomenon goalkeeper on Bayern Munich in shootout! Di Matteo, coach of Chelsea, must be a very proud man!

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