Man United win dramatic Champions League Final

Manchester United - Chelsea

It’s the most important match of the season for both Manchester United and Chelsea. A success in this Champions League Final will be discussed by many generations as it will be one of the most important entries in the history of the two clubs. Manchester United have the opportunity to win their third Champions League trophy while Chelsea don’t have such a trophy in their honours list.

Manchester United - Chelsea

Man Utd Lineup [4-4-2]
1 E. van der Sar
6 W. Brown
5 R. Ferdinand
15 N. Vidic
3 P. Evra
4 O. Hargreaves
18 P. Scholes
16 M. Carrick
7 C. Ronaldo
10 W. Rooney
32 C. Tevez

Chelsea Lineup [4-3-3]
1 P. Cech
5 M. Essien
26 J. Terry
6 R. Carvalho
3 A. Cole
13 M. Ballack
4 C. Makelele
8 F. Lampard
10 J. Cole
11 D. Drogba
15 F. Malouda

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Game starts now!

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0 mins: Manchester United kick off and we are underway!
1 mins: Essien fouls Ronaldo on the wing, free kick to Man Utd
5 mins: Ferdinand clears from Maloudas cross, throw in to Chelsea
8 mins: John Terry clears the ball from his penalty area
12 mins: Goal kick to Man Utd
14 mins: Ronaldo and Hargreaves unlucky with a 1-2 attempt
15 mins: Ronaldo destroys Essien on the wing, Hargreaves is close to getting a head on the cross
17 mins: Free kick to Chelsea on the edge of their own box
18 mins: Corner kick to Manchester United
18 mins: Makalele fouls Ronaldo, free kick to Manchester United on the edge of the box
19 mins: Free kick cleared by Lampard. Foul on Scholes by Makalele in a dangerous position. Scholes is bleeding from a face wound
Paul Scholes Yellow Carded
22 mins: FChelsea break forward, cross to Drogba put out for a Chelsea corner by Vidic
23 mins: Terry misses the corner, Man Utd throw in.
Confirmed MAkalele booked also from Scholes incident
25 mins: Foul to Manchester Utd in the centre cirle, played to Hargreaves. Cleared by Cole.
26 mins: GOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLL! Ronaldo with a header from the left. 1 – 0 Man Utd.

27 mins: Chelsea kick off, within seconds Ballack blasts a shot over the bar
30 mins: Ronaldo unlucky after again easily passing Essien. Essien is having a terrible time of dealing with him.
31 mins: Drogba injured jumping for the ball, Scholes plays the ball out of play to allow treatment
31 mins: Avram Grant is NOT HAPPY! He has not spoken to any of his staff or players since the goal
32 mins: Ronaldo again takes possesion, this is turning into the Ronaldo Show
33 mins: Brilliant save from a point blank header by Ballack, corner to Chelsea. Corner cleared again.Rooney clears up the park
34 mins: Carvalho mistake allows both Tevez and Carrick to have shots from 5 yards – both saved by Chech!
40 mins: Ashley Cole claims for a penalty after bursting forward, but rightly not given
42 mins: Rooney crosses to Tevez who is incredibly unlucky not to get full contact on the ball from 3 yards out
43 mins: Free kick to Chelsea on the edge of Mancehster uniteds box, foul by Rio Ferdinand.
Rio Ferdinand Yellow Carded
44 mins: Ballack takes the free kick and curls it just over
GOOOAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLL! Frank Lampard equalises after a deflection, Van Der Saar helpless

45 mins: Carvalho with a poor challenge on his countryman Ronaldo
Carvalho Yellow Carded
47 mins: Half time whistle blows – Man Utd the better team but the only thing that matters is the score. 1 – 1 and what a game so far!

45 mins: Chelsea kick off the 2nd half
47 mins: Scholes plays the ball forward, cleared by Cole
49 mins: Ferdinand plays it back to his own box, ronaldo moves up the wing and wins a throwin
51 mins: Essien shoots, shot blocked by Vidic. Joe Cole shoots and out for a by kick
53 mins: Essien shoots, shot blocked by Vidic. Joe Cole shoots and out for a by kick
54 mins: Nevra crosses but slightly too high for Hargreaves, again excellent lead up play by Ronaldo
55 mins: Essien pushes forward and gets a clear shot from the edge of the box, but wastes his shot and fires over
56 mins: Attacking throwin to chelsea. Cole crosses but an excellent clearance by Vidic. Corner to Chelsea
57 mins: Corner wasted, but but chelsea attack again. Ballack sends his shot wide from 30 yards
58 mins: Hargreaves commits a foul deep in the chelsea half, but takes an arm in the face from Makalele
59 mins: Chelsea win a corner, taken by lampard but cleared by Vidic. Malouda and Makalele attack, but cleared by Rooney from his own box
61 mins: Foul to chelsea, quickly taken by Ballack to Cole. Chelsea unlucky to have it cleared. Again Essien fouls Ronaldo, free kick to Chelsea
62 mins: Ballack fouled by Tevez. Played long but cleared.
64 mins: Ronaldo to Tevez to Carrick, but the cross picked up by Essien
65 mins: Drogba wins a free kick just outside Man Utd’s box
65 mins: Malouda’s cross cleared by Carrick
66 mins: Malouda’s shot blocked, before Lampards shot is deflected out for a corner
66 mins: Lampards corner headered over by Terry
67 mins: Another chelsea corner, taken by Malouda and cleared by Ronaldo
68 mins: Rio Ferdinand just manages to cut out Lampards ball into the box, but goes down injured. Appears to be cramp.
70 mins: Cech plays the ball forward but picked up by Van der Saar
71 mins: Carvalho clears for a corner, Tevez bundles Makalele to the ground and he appears injured. Tevez is lucky not to have conceded a foul
73 mins: Cech wins a foul coming for the corner. PLayed upfield to Essien
74 mins: Ronaldo breaks forward, Joe Cole just intervenes to put it out for a corner
74 mins: Ronaldo just fails to get his head on the corner, it goes out for a goal kick
76 mins: Malouda goes down claiming a penalty after Ferdinand challenges, the Ref waves it away
77 mins: Evra exteremely lucky to get away with hitting a player in the face
78 mins: Drogba shoots from outside the box, hits the post!!!
80 mins: Malouda crosses to Drogba. He’s under pressure from Vidic and puts it out for a goal kick, that was a good chance
84 mins: Malouda wins a free kick, the cross goes in to Drogba but he blasts it wide. Drogba claims it should have been a corner and he appears to be correct
85 mins: Essien charges forward, gives the ball to Lampard. Cole crosses but Ferdinand is there to make sure it goes out for a goal kick
Substitution: Ryan Giggs comes on for Paul Scholes, 85 mins
88 mins: Cech gathers Man Utd’s cross and plays the ball forward. Rooney fouled by Ballack
89 mins: Joe Cole attacking and in the box but it goes out for a goal kick. Chelsea are certainly putting pressure on in the later stages of this game
+2 minutes of injury time to be played
91 mins: Ronaldo crosses but easily cleared
92 mins: Another Ronaldo cross but goes out for a goal kick
FULL TIME: Extra time coming up! Excellent game so far!

00 mins: Chelsea kick off extra time.
1 mins: Van der Saar has the ball, played forward to Brown. Giggs crosses but cleared by Essien
2 mins: Terry just blocks Tevez from what would surely have been a goal
Substitution: Kalou comes on for Malouda, 2 mins
4 mins: Beautiful play by Chelsea, Lampard collects in the box and shoots, he hits the bar!!!
6 mins: Joe Cole is injured and leaves the park for treatment
7 mins: Kalou attacks, passes to Essien who wins a corner kick
8 mins: Lampards corner headed wide by Carvalho
Substitution: Nicholas Anelka comes on for Joe Cole, 8 mins
8 mins: Lampards corner headed wide by Carvalho
10 mins: Evra cuts it back to Giggs, somehow John Terry manages to get his head on the shot to prevent a certain goal! Corner to Man Utd
11 mins: Corner whipped in but Drogba fouls
Substitution: Nani on for Wayne Rooney, 11 mins
11 mins: Ronaldo crosses to Tevez, who shoots when he should have passed. Saved by Cech
13 mins: Nani’s pass goes too long and out for a goal kick
14 mins: Free kick to chelsea, crossed into the box. Wes Brown puts it out for a corner
15 mins: Carvalho heads it wide
HALF TIME: 2nd half coming up!

15 mins: Man Utd kick off
16 mins: Lampard passes to Anelka, back to Lampard, passes to Ballack but his shot strikes a defender
17 mins: Ronaldo takes possession in the centre, passes to Giggs. Essien clears
18 mins: Drogba goes for a ball in the box but fouls Vidic
18 mins: Man Utd play the ball forward, Giggs is unlucky to put the ball out for a goal kick
20 mins: Chelsea attack, Vidic fouls Anelka directly in front of his own box. This could be a good chance for Chelsea
Nemanja Vidic Yellow Carded
21 mins: Drogba rockets the free kick directly at goal but it goes wide
22 mins: Nani attacks, Ronaldo shoots but hits a defender in a crowded box. Evra gets the ball to Hargreaves, but Cech gathers his cross
24 mins: Several players are now under the effects of cramp, this looks like it will be going to penalties
24 mins: Carvalho and Tevez start pushing each other, almost every player on the park is now arguing and shoving each other. Its all kicking off here, Drogba has slapped Vidic!
Ballack Yellow Carded
Tevez Yellow Carded
Drogba RED Carded
28 mins: 10 man Chelsea win a throw in, they will surely now settle for penalties
31 mins: Both Nani and Ashley Cole goes down injured. Penalties must now be inevitable!
Substitution: Anderson comes on for Wes Brown, 34 mins
FULL TIME: Penalties coming up!

Man Utd to take first

Tevez up first, low to the right and he scores!!!
Ballack takes, goes to his right and its in the net!!!

Carrick goes to his left, he scores!!!
low to his right, sends the keeper the wrong way and its a goal!!!

Ronaldo goes to his left, HE’S MISSED!!! SAVED BY PETR CECH
Frank Lampard goes to his right, Van der Saar gets his fingers to it and it creeps in!!!

Hargreaves crashes the ball into the top corner, GOAL!!!
Asheley Cole strike the ball, it looked saved but its in the net! GOAL!!!

Nani must score to keep Manchester United in it, he runs up and just sneaks it past Cech at the left. GOAL!!!
John Terry if he scores will win the cup for Chelsea, he runs up and HE HITS THE POST!!!! MISS!!!!

Anderson takes the first sudden death penalty, straight down the middle and its a GOAL!!!
Kalou steps up to keep Chelsea in it, calmly places is it in the net, GOAL!!!

Ryan Giggs takes his run up, its a GOAL!!!!!! bottom corner
Anelka must score, and he runs up and ITS SAVED!!!!!!!!! MANCHESTER UNITED ARE CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!

Manchester United players celebrate, the Chelsea players are in tears! What a finish to a truely remarkable game! Please post your comments and let us all know what you think!