Nemanja VIDIC

Manchester United

Nemanja Vidic - Manchester United - UEFA Champions League Final 2008

Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw

Date: 21 May 2008

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    • POSITION
      Central Defender
    • DATE OF BIRTH
      Wednesday, 21 October 1981
    • PLACE OF BIRTH
      Uzice, Serbia
  • INTERNATIONAL
  • Serbia
  • WORLD CUP
  • CLUBS
  • Manchester United
    • Club Career Dates
      2006 - 2014
    • League Debut
      Wednesday, 1st February 2006 in a 4-3 defeat at Blackburn Rovers (Aged: 24)
    • Club Career
      211 Premiership games 15 goals.
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Nemanja VIDIC - Manchester United - UEFA Champions League Final 2008

The top row middle pictures above show Nemanja celebrating with his team mates seconds

after Edwin Van Der Sar had saved the all important kick from Nicolas Anelka which won the

trophy for United. The action pictures are all from the game itself, including Nemanja trying

to shake off the effetcs of cramp in extra time and then giving his central defensive partner

Rio Ferdinand a helping hand as he too struggles with the same problem !

 

MANCHESTER UNITED 1:1 CHELSEA (1:1) - Man Utd won 6-5 on pens  Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, 21st May 2008, Attendance - 69,552.

1:0 Ronaldo (26), 1:1 Lampard (45)

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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

 

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)


Referee: Lubos Michel (Slovakia)