The bottom right photo above shows Ryan and Rio Ferdinand (out of shot) holding aloft the Champions League trophy
after the penatly shoot-out win against Chelsea on 21st May 2008. It was Giggs that scored what proved to be the winning
penalty when he calmly slotted home United's seventh kick and he can be seen celebrating the moment in the bottom left picture.
Of those seven only one was missed and when Edwin Van Der Sar saved Chelsea's next kick from Nicolas Anelka United had won
the trophy for the third time in their history. The main photo above shows the United players at the very moment that Van Der Sar
has saved Anelka's kick and the expressions on their faces say it all ! The game saw Ryan eclipse Bobby Charlton's long standing
appearance record of 758 Manchester United games in all competitions and what a fitting finale that it should be the Welshman
who scored what turned out to be the winning kick.
MANCHESTER UNITED 1:1 CHELSEA (1:1) - Man Utd won 6-5 on pens
(Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, 21st May 2008, Attendance - 69, 552)
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)
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
1:0 Ronaldo (26), 1:1 Lampard (45)
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)