What happened in the UEFA Champions League finals between English teams

This Saturday, Manchester City and Chelsea will fight for the most important title in Europe. In the past, there are two antecedents of definitions between teams from that country: Manchester United against The Blues, in the 2007-08 season, and the most recent between Liverpool and Tottenham, in the 2018-19.

There are only a few hours left for Manchester City y Chelsea faces are seen in the great Champions League final. This Saturday, in Porto, the two English teams will seek to achieve eternal glory by raising the long-awaited Orejona, in a confrontation that will mean the third time in history in which teams from that country collide in the definition maximum at European level.

The background in the past there are two and one of them involves precisely one of the current finalists: In the 2007-08 season, Manchester United became champion of the Champions after beating in the penalties to the blues; while in the 2018-19 edition, Liverpool won 2-0 in the decisive match against Tottenham to shout champion.

Final Champions League 2007-08: Manchester United – Chelsea and a dramatic penalty shootout

The story in the remembered final between the two English teams, played at the Luzhniki Olympic Stadium, in Russia, on 21 May 2008, I was going to start on the right foot to Manchester United, what featured Carlos Tevez in the headline eleven: In the 26th minute, Cristiano Ronaldo won in the heights and headed 1-0.

Before the close of the first half, Frank Lampard took advantage of a rebound, and later the slip of Edwin Van der Sar, to push her to the back of the net and tie the finish for Chelsea.

In the regulation 90 minutes everything remained equal and the duel extended to the length. There, both had chances to score, but neither managed to achieve it, taking the definition to the criminal.

That batch remained in the memory -not very pleasant for Blues fans-, because after Ronaldo failed the third shot, John Terry had the penalty on his feet so that Chelsea became champion. However, the central and captain slipped in the execution and failed. From then on, the Red Devils executed perfectly and Van Der Sar became the great hero: Nicolas Anelka saved the penalty and United lifted, in an end to the heart attack, the third Champions League in its history.

Final Champions League 2018-19: Liverpool shouted champion against Tottenham

The last Champions League final between two English teams is fresh in the memory: it dates from 1 June 2019, in the Wanda Metropolitano. In that definition, Liverpool had an overwhelming start to the Tottenham Mauricio Pochettino – who made his debut in a Champions League final – and did not forgive him. At 30 seconds, a hand of Moussa Sissoko In the area gave the Jurgen Klopp the opportunity to hit quickly from the twelve steps: Mohamed Salah took responsibility and changed penalty for goal.

The Spurs felt the entrance shock and the final was uphill. Beyond the some shock in the second half, Liverpool was superior and ended up putting the 2-0 definitive at 86´ thanks to the left-foot of the admitted Divock Origi. In this way, Klopp’s men lifted the 2018-19 Champions League.

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