Interesting things related to the UCL final

May 20, 2008 · Print This Article


 Manchester Utd - Chelsea it’s the 3rd final with 2 teams from the same country after Real Madrid - Valencia, 3-0 in 2000, and Juventus - Milan, 0-0/2-3 pen. in 2003.
- United is favorite for betting your money on : 2.25 is the odd for the devils, 3 for the blues and 3.2 for a draw
- The Winner will be awarded 7 million euros, and the loser 4

- Manchester met Chelsea 153 times : 65 wins, 44 draws, 44 defeats. But in the last 14 games, the devils won only 2

- United spent 375 000 euros for an after party , that will be held even if they lose.
- On the streets tickets are selled 25 times their value”.
- Both clubes have great debts : United 960 million euros and Chelsea 935.
- Scholes plays his first final , missing the one in 1999 against Bayern.
- Cristiano Ronaldo scored 31 goals in the Premier League, Drogba just 8.
- Previous, Van der Sar won the UCL with Ajax,Hargreaves - with Bayern, Sevcenko - with
Milan, Anelka and Makelele - with Real, Belletti - with FC Barcelona, Ricardo Carvalho and Paulo
Ferreira - with FC Porto.

- United won the previous two finals in 1968 and 1999, for Chelsea the final is something new.
- Grant can be the second Israelian that wins an European cup, after the midfielder Eli Ohana won the Cup of Cups with Malines in 1988.
- Park Ji-sung can be the first South-Koreean to win the Champions League.
Lubos Michel validated a fake goal of Luis
Garcia in Liverpool - Chelsea 1-0, from the 2005 semi-finals 2005.
-  “Lujniki” Stadium hosted the UEFA CUp in ‘99, Parma - Marseille 3-0.
- Whatever the result, Avram Grant will be replaced by Roberto Mancini
(favorite) or Frank Rijkaard.
- Lampard would announce after the game that he will go to Inter. Other possible goodbyes at
Chelsea: Sevcenko, Cudicini, Makelele, R. Carvalho, P. Ferreira, Wright-Phillips, Malouda,
C. Pizarro, Anelka. The boys in blue are offering 35 million euros for Robinho.

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