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Didier Drogba wins the Champions League title for Chelsea
“It was written, I think, a long time ago. I want to dedicate this cup to all the managers we’ve had before, all the players I’ve played with before.
“They (Chelsea players) never give up until the end. This team is amazing.”
Drogba was on his knee, praying in the middle circle as Bastian Schweinsteiger walked to the spot to take his team’s last penalty. Schweinsteiger hit the post with his low shot and Drogba then stepped up for the decisive effort.
Facing the hostile Bayern crowd and Manuel Neuer, the Bayern goalkeeper who had already saved Juan Mata’s first shot, Drogba looked calm.
Neuer’s routine before each shot is to jump up and down, shake the crossbar in an intimidating way and then keep jumping as the opponent prepares to shoot.
Drogba remained calm, took a short run-up and drove the ball inside the right post while sending Neuer the wrong way.
And Chelsea had the title it had been trying to win ever since Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich bought the club in 2003.
