2008 UEFA Champions League Final
Match programme cover
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| Event | 2007–08 UEFA Champions League | ||||||
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| After extra time Manchester United won 6–5 on penalties |
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| Date | 21 May 2008 | ||||||
| Venue | Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow | ||||||
| UEFA Man of the Match |
Edwin van der Sar (Manchester United) |
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| Fans' Man of the Match |
Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) |
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| Referee | Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia) | ||||||
| Attendance | 67,310 | ||||||
| Weather | Cloudy 14 °C (57 °F) 96% humidity |
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The 2008 UEFA Champions League Final was a football match that took place on Wednesday, 21 May 2008, at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia, to determine the winner of the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League. It was contested by Manchester United and Chelsea, making it an all-English club final for the first time in the history of the competition. 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. It was the first European Cup final played in Russia, and hence the easternmost final in the tournament's history. It also marked the 100th anniversary of Manchester United's first league triumph, the 50th anniversary of the Munich air disaster, and the 40th anniversary of United's first European Cup triumph in 1968. It was Manchester United's third European Cup final after 1968 and 1999, while it was Chelsea's first.
Manchester United won the match 6–5 on penalties, after a 1–1 draw following extra time. Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring for Manchester United in the 26th minute with a header from a cross by Wes Brown, but Frank Lampard equalised shortly before half-time. The second half and most of extra time passed without incident until Chelsea's Didier Drogba was sent off for slapping Nemanja Vidić four minutes from the end. In the penalty shoot-out, Ronaldo missed Manchester United's third kick, giving John Terry the chance to win the game for Chelsea, only for him to slip and hit the post. Edwin van der Sar then saved Nicolas Anelka's effort from Chelsea's seventh kick to give Manchester United their third European Cup title.
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