First big European Title in Club competition for Fernando Torres. The number 9 was crowned UEFA Champions League Champion after beating host FC Bayern in Munich. Blues won the German side in own through the penalty shoot-out after 120 minutes. It all seemed lost when Bayern Munich took the lead after 82 minutes of a game they dominated in the face of some high-class Chelsea defending, but showing the resilience yet again that had taken Blues this way to Munich, Didier Drogba netted with two minutes left to play after a Mata corner won by Fernando Torres, who came onto the pitch some minutes before replacing Kalou. .

This is how Torres’ remembers his first Champions League title: “The atmosphere of the stadium was tremendous. The chants of fans echoed from all sides and even more so when the match began. The game grew up as we had planned. Bayern took the lead and we did our best for not conceded. When they pressed further, we were more united against the difficulties. We played intelligently and with our heads, doing what was necessary to take it forward. We faced a great team and we knew that. Our only chance was to take advantage from our assets and we read the game well”.

“The most difficult moment was when Müller scored in the 83rd minute. By then our forces were in short supply and the extra time at 0-0 seemed like the best solution, but they managed to score and we felt trapped. But still our dream was strong enough for us to level the score with a corner from Mata leading to Drogba´s header. Afterwards came the extra time and penalties. Cech was our saviour, stopping shots from Olic and Schweinsteiger, whilst Drogba scored the winning penalty proclaiming us Champions of Europe”.

“Every match, of course every final, is different. They can´t be compared. I have now lived through five finals and, although luckily in all of them my team won, they were all different. But that of Munich is the one where I suffered most: to see it from the sidelines, to enter the pitch with everything lost, to live the outcome in the way that it was… When Drogba scored the final penalty I felt an inexplicable emotion. My childhood dream became a reality and I will never forget it”.

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