My pulse did 72 a second!!

It was one among the most eagerly awaited matches of the season…a monumental occasion …the final of the European championship in club football! And on this occasion it was between Manchester united and Chelsea..for the readers who are new to club football…Manchester united (manu) and Chelsea are the football powerhouses in England.Earlier this season when they faced off in the championship within England Chelsea got the better winning Manu 2 to 1..But Manu had the final laugh winning the championship in England too..The contest went to the wire with Manu finally getting the better of the blues with a lead of two points!

As far as the European championships are concerned both played great football to make the final bid on the coveted trophy..The day 21st may unfurled many thrills for the fans all around the world..it was a red letter day in the books of Chelsea and Manu..it was the final of the European Championships. Now,people glued to their sets..waiting for the kick-off which finally came at around mid-night in the Indian time..after some good football…we saw Cristiano Ronaldo head one ball into the net…nothing except god himself could have stopped that from going inside! The red-devils surged ahead!!!!
The world’s best player had proved his worth yet again..

Hang on! After a couple of close chances for the reds..at the fag end of the first half Frank lampard brought the blues in the game again with a goal which can only be described as a comedy of errors and some cool football by the blues also!

After a first half which belonged to the reds except for the last minute…the blues charged up by their goal in the last minute came back strongly and full points to them on that. Then with the players even with more chances could not get past either goalies..had to go into the extra time searching for any changes..the tension mounting and the piece of silver in display on both the podium and their minds did nothing to ease the already monumental tension on them.

With the second period of extra time seeing the send off for the blues striker Didier Drogba on slapping Tevez..the climax was approaching…with the dead-lock failing to be broken the final had to go into the penalty shoot outs..

The gravity of the occasion and the expectation of the millions of fans across the globe were weighing heavily on the minds of the players..the first penalty was taken by the reds …and..IN!!! The blues too put one past Van der sar..then came the second…Cristiano Roanldo…a goalies nightmare…the fans were very assured but! Darn it! It wasn’t to be so!!..it was one of the days where his deception took an off day..Petr Cech saved what was the most toughest penalty in terms of the tension and the skill of the person shooting it..Phew! the the reds put all the remaining 3 in and the blues had not faltered till the fifth..now…Manu on 4 penalties on 5…chelsea with four on four John Terry the captain taking it..he was taking it with all the prayers of his team and fans… along with the expectations and hopes of his manager,team and fans!..He slots it,and Chelsea go through as champions of Europe..avenging their loss to manu earlier at the English Championship…Now was the moment…But we saw a repeat of the Euro 2004 Beckham miss in the quarter finals against Portugal…JOHN TERRY SHOT WIDE!!!!
Then it was like in the same chance if one team shoots and the other team misses the shooter is the victor! Ryan Giggs slotted one past Petr Cech when Nicolas Anelka did not manage the same against Van der sar..Manchester united were crowned the champions of Europe in a colourful and fitting ceremony to the champions and also not to be too harsh on the blues they played some great football too!

It was eventually football and the ones with nerves of steel who won…the match will be remembered for the high quality football it produced and of course the pulse raising it caused across the world for over two hours !!!..Phew…I had never before experienced such a nerve racking…I cant imagine how it would have been for the players..
Now that they have won the technical acumen of Sir Alex Ferguson never comes under the scanner as his do-gooders romp home with 2 of the 4 championships..Lets see what the future has to bring!!! :)