1974-75Template:, Nevertheless, the Red Devils managed to contain most of Chelsea's attacks.

[61], The clubs were able to distribute their tickets however they wished; Manchester United chose to make their allocation available to all Executive Seat Holders and any Season Ticket Holders who had successfully applied for a ticket to at least one of the club's five away Champions League matches between the group stage and the quarter-finals,[62] while Chelsea opened up applications to all club members and season ticket holders.

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Additionally, most of Moscow's hotels were full on the night of the game. 1985-86Template:, It was contested by Manchester United and Chelsea, making it an all-English club final for the first time in the history of the competition. "[100], Ricardo Carvalho, Frank Lampard and Avram Grant all refused to point the finger of blame at John Terry, but assistant manager Henk ten Cate admitted that Terry was not originally due to take one of the first five penalties (if Drogba had not been sent off, he would have taken the fifth penalty).

The quarter-final matches represented the fifth and sixth times these two clubs had met in Europe in just over 12 months. The committee – who decided the venue for the 2009 final and the 2008 and 2009 UEFA Cup Finals at the same meeting – based their decision on a number of factors, including stadium capacity, safety and security facilities, and accessibility.


The FA Cup? Kalou then sent Van der Sar the wrong way to make it 5–5. [65], One of the major concerns for English fans attending the final was the acquisition of visas for entry into Russia.

Recipients of those tickets were determined by a random ballot following an online application process that ran from 28 February to 19 March 2008.

Manchester United won 6-5 on penalties. The second leg at Stamford Bridge was won 2–0 by Chelsea, to claim a 3–2 aggregate victory over the Turkish side. [14], Manchester United were drawn in Group F along with Roma, Sporting CP and Dynamo Kyiv. Chelsea also won the last cup game between the two – a 1–0 extra time win in the FA Cup Final in May 2007 – although United got their own back in the Community Shield the following August, winning 3–0 on penalties after a 1–1 draw in normal time. The 2008 final's design was announced on 31 October 2007 in a ceremony at the Luzhniki Stadium, attended by the ambassador for the final, former Russian goalkeeper Rinat Dasayev. [46] The first leg at Anfield was a 1–1 draw, in which Chelsea got a 95th-minute equaliser through a John Arne Riise own goal after Dirk Kuyt had put Liverpool 1–0 up just before half-time. 2015Template:. Drogba came very close to turning Joe Cole's low cross home for the winner four minutes from time, but fired wide. The market pool share is estimated to have a total value of €280 million, shared between the 32 clubs who qualified for the group stage. 1992Template:. Chelsea FC offered Terry counselling as a result of his devastation following the miss of his penalty, and subsequently, the loss of the final. The match was played at the Luzhniki Stadium, in Moscow, Russia, to determine the winner of the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League. 1977Template:, The higher pot contained teams ranked 61 or higher. Vladimir Hriňák (Slovakia). 1973-74Template:, In the Premier League games between the two sides in the 2007–08 season, United won 2–0 at Old Trafford in Avram Grant's first game in charge of Chelsea on 23 September 2007, while Chelsea won 2–1 at Stamford Bridge in the return game on 26 April 2008. Nicolas Anelka, who took the decisive penalty, already branded "Le Sulk", revealed he did not actually want to take a penalty, citing lack of warm-up time as the reason. Following a fracas involving most of the 22 players and the match officials, Didier Drogba received a red card for a slap on Nemanja Vidić, becoming only the second player in history to be sent off in a European Cup Final – the first being Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann in 2006.

1957-58Template:, 1986-87Template:, [47] Chelsea won the second leg 3–2 after extra time, with two goals from Didier Drogba and one from Lampard sending the Blues through to the first Champions League final in their history. Chelsea had a few opportunities to take the lead, with Essien breaking free of United's defence in the 54th minute, only for his left-footed shot to curl well over the goal. [54], As part of the marketing for the match, a unique design concept has been developed for each Champions League final since 1997, inspired by the cultural and historical heritage of the host city. Terry also wrote an open letter, published on Chelsea's official website, apologising for missing the penalty and costing Chelsea the trophy.

This result increased United's consecutive home win record in the Champions League to 12 and ensured that United reached the final unbeaten. 2003-04Template:, By this point, the stadium's capacity was 103,000; however, renovations in the mid-1990s reduced the capacity to just under 85,000. The teams also had identical records going into the semi-final, each having won eight and drawn two of their ten games, scoring 18 goals and conceding just five.

Fans' Man of the Match: One holiday company gave an alternative to hotels: a cruise ship. 1963-64Template:, The 2008 UEFA Champions League Final was a football match that took place on Wednesday, 21 May 2008 at 20:45 CEST (22:45 MSD). Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. However, following the violence that occurred at the UEFA Cup Final, Greater Manchester Police determined that any victory parade could only take place later in the summer. [113] Sky's team consisted of presenter Richard Keys, joined in the studio by Graeme Souness and Jamie Redknapp, and Ruud Gullit via phone, with commentary from Martin Tyler and analysis from Andy Gray. [106] Buck also confirmed plans to trim the Chelsea squad by selling at least three players, and said that discussions were due to take place regarding Didier Drogba's future with the club, after the striker reportedly expressed a desire to leave earlier in the season. The draw was conducted by UEFA General Secretary David Taylor, Giorgio Marchetti, UEFA's director of professional football and Bruno Conti, the ambassador for the final in Rome. 1991-92. Owen Hargreaves levelled things up with a shot into the top corner. 2008–09 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, 2008–09 UEFA Champions League group stage, 2008–09 UEFA Champions League knockout phase, Top Scorers - Final - Wednesday 27 May 2009 (after match), "2008/09 UEFA Champions League access list and calendar", "Qualification for European Cup Football 2007/2008", CSKA without UEFA license, Tomov takes the guilt, "CSKA Sofia banned from Champions League over unpaid debts", "Draws for UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup", "Europe's finest set for group stage draw", "Arsenal 1-3 Manchester United (agg 1-4)", "Statistics — Tournament phase — Assists", 2008–09 All matches – season at UEFA website, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2008–09_UEFA_Champions_League&oldid=975119660, Articles with unsourced statements from October 2020, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, 16 September 2008 – 27 May 2009 (competition proper).

Chelsea also received €5.4 million for participation and €7.7 million for the first three knockout rounds, but received only €5.1 million from the group stage, having drawn two more games and won two fewer than Manchester United.

Giggs was next up and he was also successful. Manchester United were drawn in Group F along with Roma, Sporting and Dynamo Kyiv.
[79] A week before the game, Ryan Giggs was philosophical about his chances of being included in the starting line-up;[80] he was eventually named as one of seven allowed substitutes. The market pool share had a total value of €277 million, shared between the 32 clubs that qualified for the group stage. However, the draw was held before the second qualifying round was played, which meant that Kaunas and BATE Borisov effectively moved into the higher pot, replacing the teams they eliminated.

[86][87] Chelsea's failure to clear the loose ball gave Michael Carrick the chance to extend his side's lead, but Čech was again equal to the task with another save. Martin Balko (Slovakia) Manchester United were the first defending champions to reach the semi-finals since the introduction of the first knockout round in the 2003–04 season. Mourinho's replacement was former Israeli national team coach Avram Grant. Chelsea's second match was against Spanish club Valencia, whom they beat 2–1, leaving Chelsea with four points from their two matches. 1996Template:, Unlike the first knockout round, teams from the same group or country may be drawn together from the quarter-finals onwards. 1971-72Template:, The first leg at the Camp Nou saw United spend most of the game defending, while Barcelona tried to pass the ball around them. Manchester United fans display a card mosaic reading "Believe". Log in for free to watch the highlights. National Football Teams without an confederation, 2020 League of Ireland Premier Division table, 2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage#Group F, 2007–08 UEFA Champions League group stage#Group B, https://football.fandom.com/wiki/2008_UEFA_Champions_League_Final?oldid=186628, A place as Europe's representatives in the.

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Rio Ferdinand won the toss of the coin, and opted for United to go first in the shoot-out.

That was as close as either team got to a goal in the first leg and it ended 0–0. [115] In the United States, viewership was split between the English language channel ESPN2 and Spanish language channel ESPN Deportes; viewership on ESPN2 averaged at 1.097 million, while ESPN Deportes received an average of 213,000 viewers, totalling 1.31 million. Edwin van der Sar (Manchester United)[94][95] The pool was split in proportion to each national association's strength in the television market, with the Premier League clubs receiving around €60 million in total from the pool. Template:Flagicon Edwin van der Sar (Manchester United) On 31 October, in Moscow, the Final's new design was presented to public. The artificial pitch had also been relaid with turf shipped from Slovakia just days before the final. Champions League era, 1992–present finals.

2014Template:, 1966-67Template:, 1991Template:, Congratulations on this excellent venture… what a great idea! 1983Template:, Ryan Giggs was then introduced in place of Scholes, making a record 759th appearance for Manchester United. 1967-68Template:, The 2008–09 UEFA Champions League was the 54th edition of Europe's premier club football tournament and the 17th edition under the current UEFA Champions League format. The draw for the first and second qualifying rounds was held on Tuesday, 1 July 2008 in Nyon, Switzerland. [citation needed], Chelsea faced Greek side Olympiacos in the first knockout round. In addition to prize money received from earlier in the competition, Manchester United received €7 million for winning the final, while Chelsea received €4 million. Below is the qualification scheme for the 2008–09 Champions League: For the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2007 UEFA country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2002–03 to 2006–07. On B/R Live, fans can now watch full replays of 11 Champions League finals since 1999, all free. [74] He was also selected to referee at the 2000 Summer Olympics, the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups, and the European Championships in 2004 and 2008. Manchester United were the first defending champions to reach the final of the competition since Juventus in 1997, but they failed to become the first club to defend the European Cup since Milan in 1990. The first leg at Anfield was drawn 1–1.