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 pictures above show Paul during the Champions League final against Chelsea on 21st May 2008. Scholes was replaced in the 87 minute that night by Ryan Giggs, thus missing out on the penalty shoot-out which United won 6-5 thanks to Edwin Van Der Sar's save from Nicolas Anelka. The taste of victory must have been sweeter for Paul than most, given that he suffered the massive disappointment of missing the 1999 victory against Bayern Munich due to suspension.)