Chelsea Wins The Champions League for The First Time

Chelsea has won the Champions League for the first time in the club's history after beating Bayern Munich 4-3 on penalties after 120 minutes match.

Didier Drogba's winning spot kick in a penalty shootout satisfied Roman Abramovich's after nine-year long dream of winning the Europe's elite club competition, European Champion’s League.

A high tense final was held in Germany, where much of the first half saw Chelsea apply similar tactics that they show against Barcelona in the semifinal stage of the competition.

However, the game opened up after the break as both teams went in search of the winning goal, and Bayern thought it had found it with just nine minutes left on the clock through Thomas Muller header.

The trophy seems like will be owned by Bavaria, but Didier Drogba's header almost at the end of the match mean the final would be taken into extra time.

The added time still could not determine who would win, meaning penalties were needed to decide which side would win for Champion’s League 2012. 

Bastian Schweinsteiger's missed spot kick gave Drogba the chance to banish his side's demons of the 2008 final against Manchester United, which he duly took to crown Chelsea as European champion four years on.

For Bayern, the club has now finished runner-up in two of the previous three Champions League campaigns, and has ended the season without a trophy after losing out in the Bundesliga and the DFB-Pokal.

Meanwhile for Chelsea, Caretaker Roberto Di Matteo has now won the FA Cup and the Champions League during his brief reign at Stamford Bridge, while also securing champion’s league place for next season replace Tottenham Hotspur that finish in 4th rank in English Premiere League

Harits Abdurrahman

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