Following what seemed to me to be a fair and genuine match Chelsea have beaten Bayern Munich 4-3 on penalties following a 1-1 draw to win the UEFA Champions League for the first time and in the process qualified for next year's competition at the expense of Tottenham Hotspur who will now go into the Europa League.
Things looked all over in the 83rd minute when Muller put Bayern ahead. Then in the 88th minute who else but Didier Drogba levelled it for Chelsea sending the game into extra-time. Two minutes (92nd minute) into extra-time Drogba almost undid his hardwork by bringing down Ribery in the penalty area. Chelsea's goalkeeper Peter Cech managed to save Robben's penalty though so the game had to go to a penalty shootout. Chelsea missed their first kick while Bayern missed their third and fifth leaving Didier Drogba to step up and score Chelsea's fifth winning the game and the trophy for the west London club. I know it's probably unfair on the rest of the Chelsea team but for large periods of the match it looked like Drogba was going to win it all on his own through shear force of will.
Speaking impartially thoughI think that Bayern were probably the better of the two teams on the night but couldn't find the luck. But that's football.
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