Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard about to strike the ball during the Champions League Final held at Luzhniki Stadium Moscow 21
Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard about to strike the ball during the Champions League Final held at Luzhniki Stadium Moscow 21 May 2008 and contested by Manchester United v Chelsea FC The 2008 UEFA Champions League Final (Russian: финал Лиги чемпионов УЕФА 2008) was a football match that took place on Wednesday, 21 May 2008 at 19:45 BST (22:45 local time). The match was played at the Luzhniki Stadium, home ground of Torpedo and Spartak Moscow, in Moscow, Russia, to determine the winner of the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League. The final was contested by Manchester United and Chelsea, making it an all-English club final for the first time in European Cup/Champions League history. This was only the third time that two clubs from the same country had contested the final; the others being the 2000 and 2003 finals. The game was won by Manchester United 6–5 on penalties, after a 1–1 draw following extra time. In a series of coincidences, in the week during which Manchester United qualified for this Final in Russia, Russian side Zenit St. Petersburg won the 2008 UEFA Cup Final at the City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester, England.[1] In a further coincidence, Manchester and Saint Petersburg have been twin towns since 1956 (the year the European Cup final was first contested).[2] The final also saw the Russian billionaire owner Roman Abramovich bring Chelsea to the first European Cup final staged in Russia. The Moscow location made this the easternmost final in the tournament's history.[3] It was also Chelsea's first European Cup final in their history.[4] The significance for United was that 2008 marked the 50th anniversary of the Munich air disaster, and the 40th anniversary of United's first European Cup triumph in 1968.[4] In recent years, the Champions League final has been given an identity of its own with a unique logo, a design concept, and an overall theme. The objective is to help promote the final and enhance the prestige of one of the world's biggest sport
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