MANCHESTER UNITED 1:1 CHELSEA (1:1) - Man Utd won 6-5 on pens
(Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, 21st May 2008, Attendance - 69, 552)
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Manchester United: Edwin van der Sar, Wes Brown (Anderson 120), Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra, Owen Hargreaves, Paul Scholes (Ryan Giggs 87), Michael Carrick, Cristiano Ronaldo, Carlos Tevez, Wayne Rooney (Nani 101)
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Chelsea: Petr Cech, Michael Essien, Ricardo Carvalho, John Terry, Ashley Cole, Claude Makelele (Julian Belletti 120), Michael Ballack, Frank Lampard, Joe Cole (Nicolas Anelka 99), Florent Malouda (Saloman Kalou 92), Didier Drogba
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1:0 Ronaldo (26), 1:1 Lampard (45)
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Penalties - Man Utd first: 1:0 Tevez (scored), 1:1 Ballack (scored), 2:1 Carrick (scored), 2:2 Belletti (scored), 2:2 Ronaldo (missed), 2:3 Lampard (scored), 3:3 Hargreaves (scored), 3:4 A. Cole (scored), 4:4 Nani (scored), 4:4 Terry (missed), 5:4 Anderson (scored), 5:5 Kalou (scored), 6:5 Giggs (scored), 6:5 Anelka (missed)
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Referee: Lubos Michel (Slovakia)
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(The main photo above shows the ecstatic United players - Nani is far left - at the very moment United goalkeeper Edwin Van Der Sar had just saved Nicolas Anelka's penalty to win the Champions League final against Chelsea. The match had finished 1-1 a.e.t. but United held their nerve in the shoot-out to win 6-5, with Nani taking - and scoring - United's fifth penalty.)