The final of the 2011–12 edition of the UEFA Champions League

Football match
The 2012 UEFA Champions League Final was an association football catch which took set on Saturday, 19 May 2012 between Bayern Munich of Germany and Chelsea of England at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany. The match was to decide the winner of the 2011–12 season of the UEFA Champions League, Europe ‘s prime minister club football tournament. Bayern were making their one-ninth appearance in the competition ‘s concluding, having won four and lost four, most recently losing in 2010. Chelsea were appearing in their moment final, having lost their first gear in 2008.

It was the beginning Champions League final to be held at the Allianz Arena ( known as Fußball Arena München for the final ). As tenants of the Arena, this mean Bayern were the beginning finalists to have home advantage since 1984. Both teams progressed to the knockout stages by finishing top of their group. Bayern then beat Basel, Marseille and Real Madrid to reach the final, while Chelsea knocked out Napoli, Benfica and defending champions Barcelona. Bayern took the lead late in the second half through Thomas Müller, [ 6 ] but Didier Drogba equalised for Chelsea five minutes belated to take the game to supernumerary time, in which Arjen Robben missed an award punishment, Petr Čech saving the moo drive. The teams stayed level at 1–1 and the peer went to a penalty shoot-out, which Chelsea won 4–3 to clinch their first Champions League claim. [ 7 ] In doing therefore, they became the first London golf club to win the tournament, the fifth English club and 22nd overall. As winners, Chelsea took separate in the 2012 UEFA Super Cup, losing 4–1 to Atlético Madrid, the winners of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League. The victory besides allowed them to enter the following season ‘s Champions League rival ( having failed to qualify for it by their league finishing position ) at the expense of London rivals Tottenham Hotspur, who would otherwise have entered the rival having finished fourth in the Premier League. Chelsea besides represented UEFA at the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup, entering at the semi-final stage ; however, they were beaten 1–0 by Corinthians in the final .

venue [edit ]

The Allianz Arena in Champions League final examination delivery The Allianz Arena was announced by UEFA as the venue of the 2012 concluding on 30 January 2010, although the stadium was referred to as “ Fußball Arena München ” for the catch, as UEFA does not recognise sponsorship by companies that are not among its partner organisations. [ 8 ] The stadium, which opened in 2005, was then the home stadium of both Bayern Munich and 1860 Munich, and was used for six matches at the 2006 FIFA World Cup including the open equal. The stadium was hosting its first major european final examination. The Olympiastadion in Munich, the previous home of Bayern Munich and 1860 Munich, hosted three european Cup finals ; in 1979, 1993 and 1997. [ 9 ] On each previous juncture, a european Cup final hold in Munich had produced a first-time achiever of the competition ( Nottingham Forest, Olympique Marseille and Borussia Dortmund ). [ 10 ] During the match, the stadium was illuminated in green and greenish blue to represent the official UEFA emblem of the Munich final examination, as the out shell of the Allianz Arena can change color. [ 11 ]

background [edit ]

To reach the final, in the hard phase Bayern defeated Basel, Marseille, and Real Madrid ( 3–1 on penalties after a 3–3 aggregate score ), [ 12 ] while Chelsea overwhelm Napoli, [ 13 ] Benfica, [ 14 ] and the fight champions Barcelona ( 3–2 on aggregate ). [ 15 ] Both teams reached the final having already lost out in their domestic leagues ( the Bundesliga and Premier League respectively ), but having besides reached the final examination of their domestic cup competitions ( the DFB-Pokal and FA Cup respectively ), to be played prior to the Champions League Final. Chelsea won the FA Cup by defeating Liverpool 2–1, [ 16 ] while Bayern lost the Final of the DFB-Pokal 5–2 to Borussia Dortmund. [ 17 ] Both clubs had lost their most late Champions League final – Bayern in 2010 to Inter Milan 2–0 and Chelsea in 2008 in an all-English clash with Manchester United on penalties after a 1–1 draw. While that was Chelsea ‘s only Champions League concluding, Bayern had previously played in eight Champions League/European Cup finals, winning four ( 1974, 1975, 1976, 2001 ) and losing four ( 1982, 1987, 1999 and 2010 ). The club had only met each other once in Europe before, with Chelsea winning 6–5 on aggregate in the quarter-finals of the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League. [ 18 ] The match was the one-fourth juncture that a team had reached a final of the European Cup which was scheduled to be played at their own home labor, after 1957, 1965 and 1984, and the first occasion since the tournament was rebranded to the UEFA Champions League. For this reason, fans of Bayern Munich called the equal “ Finale dahoam ” ( Bavarian for “ final at home ” ). This was the foremost time since 2007 that neither of the participants were current champions of their domestic league. This was the one-sixth time that an english side and a german side had met in a european Cup/Champions League final ; the other occasions were 1975, 1977, 1980, 1982 and 1999. It was besides Bayern ‘s fourth time facing an english side in the european Cup/Champions League final, having won in 1975 vs. Leeds United and lost in 1982 vs. Aston Villa and 1999 to Manchester United. [ citation needed ]

road to the final [edit ]

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Ticketing [edit ]

The two teams each received 17,500 tickets to distribute to their supporters. A far 7,000 tickets were available for sale to fans global via UEFA.com, with prices between €70 and €370. The remaining tickets were allocated to the local unionize committee, UEFA ‘s 53 national football associations, and commercial and broadcast partners. [ 19 ]

ambassador [edit ]

early German player Paul Breitner was named as the ambassador for the final. [ 20 ]

Officials [edit ]

In May 2012, Pedro Proença, the Portuguese referee was selected to oversee the concluding. Joining him, was companion portuguese officials Bertino Miranda and Ricardo Santos as adjunct referees, Jorge Sousa and Duarte Gomes as extra assistant referees, Tiago Trigo as military reserve adjunct referee, and Spaniard Carlos Velasco Carballo as fourth official. [ 3 ]

Opening ceremony [edit ]

The UEFA Champions League Anthem was performed by german tenor Jonas Kaufmann and violinist David Garrett. [ 21 ]

Festival and live screenings [edit ]

The UEFA Champions Festival was held at Munich ‘s Olympiapark from 16–19 May. [ 22 ] An official public riddle of the final took place at the Olympiastadion during the pit, [ 23 ] with capacity for 65,000 fans, including a section for Chelsea supporters. [ 24 ] A irregular public shield was planned on the Theresienwiese, where the celebrated Oktoberfest takes invest. [ 25 ]

peer [edit ]

team choice [edit ]

Both clubs had players missing due to suspensions ; Bayern were missing David Alaba, Holger Badstuber and Luiz Gustavo, while Chelsea were without Branislav Ivanović, Raul Meireles, Ramires and John Terry. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] Terry was suspended after being sent off in the semi-final, which mechanically excludes a player from the final. The early six all received jaundiced cards in the semi-finals, which took them over the limit of a third base yellow card of the competition, which triggers an automatic suspension from the next catch. Players union FIFPro appealed to UEFA to allow the players with jaundiced cards to play, seeing the punishment of “ missing the match of your life ” as excessively harsh ; UEFA rejected the solicitation and stated the predominate would not be reviewed for at least three years. [ 28 ] Ivanović stated how he “ had no idea [ he ] was one booking away from missing the Champions League final. ” [ 29 ] UEFA confirmed that Chelsea captain Terry would be allowed to lift the trophy should Chelsea win, in cattiness of his suspension. [ 30 ] Ryan Bertrand besides got his initial first-team beginning as a left winger ahead of his regular left back placement. only two of the 36 players had previously been in a winning squad in a Champions League final examination : Chelsea ‘s Paulo Ferreira and José Bosingwa were in the Porto police squad in 2004. Ten of the Bayern 18 had earlier been in their team that lost the 2010 final examination, although entirely four started both games : Philipp Lahm, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Arjen Robben and Thomas Müller. Eight of the Chelsea police squad had been in their suffer 2008 team, including four who started both games : Petr Čech, Ashley Cole, Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba. [ citation needed ]

Match compendious [edit ]

Bayern had control for most of the match, with Robben having the best prospect, which Čech deflected onto the frame of the goal with his legs. Chelsea, however, besides had chances, with Salomon Kalou about finishing at the approach post. Bayern kept pushing Chelsea to the restrict but missed sitters from Mario Gómez, who sent his shooting over the measure ; and Robben, who was blocked at the last moment by Gary Cahill. Bayern took the lead in the 83rd infinitesimal, when Toni Kroos crossed in to Müller, who headed the ball down into the grate, causing it to bounce over Čech and in off the crossbar. [ 7 ] Bayern took Müller off and replaced him with Daniel Van Buyten in an undertake to shore up the defense, but on 88 minutes, Drogba was first to a Juan Mata corner and powered a header past Manuel Neuer for the counterweight. Chelsea won a free bang equitable outside the sphere in the 93rd hour, but Drogba smashed it over. The game went to extra time. The first good chance of extra time was when Ivica Olić inside the box passed to Gómez but his tear was wide. Later, Drogba fouled Franck Ribéry in the punishment area, injuring him and earning Bayern a penalty ; Robben took it, but his shoot was saved by Čech. [ 7 ] In the moment half of extra time, Olić attempted to set up Van Buyten rather of taking a snapshot and the testis rolled across-the-board of Čech ‘s far mail. [ citation needed ]
Chelsea received the trophy from UEFA President Michel Platini For the first base time since 2008, when Chelsea had lost to Manchester United, the european Cup would be decided by penalties. Lahm went first and scored to Čech ‘s leftover, as Čech got his fingertips to the ball but was unable to keep it out. Mata took Chelsea ‘s beginning penalty and his fallible dart was saved by Neuer. Next was Gómez, who drilled his shoot into the bottom-right corner. David Luiz took Chelsea ‘s second penalty and scored with a powerful nip into the clear corner after a long run up. Goalkeeper Neuer took Bayern ‘s one-third punishment, and Čech went the proper direction again but was unable to keep his opposite act ‘s abject blastoff from creeping past him into the bottom-left corner. Lampard was following and he hit a hard snapshot down the middle. Olić was following, but Čech, who had guessed the chastise direction for every Bayern penalty up to that point, saved to his left field – Olic ‘s final competitive recoil for Bayern. With a find to tie the shoot-out, Cole slotted his kick into the bottom-right corner, just out of Neuer ‘s compass, leveling the scores at 3–3 and hastening sudden death. Schweinsteiger, who had scored Bayern ‘s decisive fifth penalty against Real Madrid ‘s Iker Casillas in the semi-finals, was their fifth penalty taker again, but Čech tipped his campaign onto the military post to leave Chelsea one kick away from winning the trophy. In 2008, after Drogba had been sent off in extra time, master Terry stood in as Chelsea ‘s fifth penalty taker with a chance to win but hit the outdoor of the post with his complain. now in the same position, Drogba sent Neuer the wrong way and put his kick back into the bottom-left corner to win it for Chelsea. It proved to be his final kick as a Chelsea musician until his reappearance in 2014. [ 7 ] The victory marked not only Chelsea ‘s first ever european Cup, but besides the inaugural time a London team had won the competition – previously, aside from Chelsea ‘s 2008 kill to United, which was the last time an english club had won the competition, Arsenal had besides lost the 2006 final examination in Paris against Barcelona. [ 7 ]

Details [edit ]

Bayern Munich[5]
Chelsea[5]

Statistics [edit ]

First half[4]

Statistic

Bayern Munich

Chelsea

Goals scored

0
0

Total shots

13
2

Shots on target

2
1

Saves

1
2

Ball possession

60%
40%

Corner kicks

8
0

Fouls committed

4
9

Offsides

0
1

Yellow cards

1
0

Red cards

0
0

Second half[32]

Statistic

Bayern Munich

Chelsea

Goals scored

1
1

Total shots

14
5

Shots on target

4
2

Saves

1
3

Ball possession

52%
48%

Corner kicks

9
1

Fouls committed

6
9

Offsides

1
0

Yellow cards

0
2

Red cards

0
0

Extra time[32]

Statistic

Bayern Munich

Chelsea

Goals scored

0
0

Total shots

8
2

Shots on target

1
0

Saves

0
1

Ball possession

59%
41%

Corner kicks

3
0

Fouls committed

4
8

Offsides

0
1

Yellow cards

0
2

Red cards

0
0

Overall[4]

Bayern Munich

Chelsea

Goals scored

1
1

Total shots

35
9

Shots on target

7
3

Saves

2
6

Ball possession

56%
44%

Corner kicks

20
1

Fouls committed

14
26

Offsides

1
2

Yellow cards

1
4

Red cards

0
0

See besides [edit ]

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