I'm not a Chelsea fan what so ever but credit where credit is due. The ref didn't give cards for a lot of incidents tonight. And as for the money, Alex Ferguson spent hundreds of millions throughout the years at Utd and only won two Champions League titles. It's not easy even for great managers to win in Europe regardless of money.
Unlucky Benfica? Maybe they shouldn't have been blazing shots over the bar all night. Lovely passing but their finishing was muck. Cech made one great save, that was it. They scored one goal, a penalty, and conceded two from bad defending. So unlucky! Please give me a bucket before you comment again!
I LOVE this comment. Yes benfica had more shots, but like half of them were from 30 or 40 yards out! When Ivanovic scored the header, that wasn't luck, it was really bad defending from Benfica's part. I mean there 3 benfica players around Ivanovic, but none of them even went for the ball, Ivanovic was the only one that jumped!
Benfica were so much better than us in the first half, luckily their finishing was sub-par. Some might say it was undeserved, but the fact is, Benfica didn't "deserve" it either. You don't "deserve" a goal, you either get one or you don't. Chelsea got the goals, Benfica didn't...
Anyways, congrats Benitez. As the season (with benitez at the helm) went on and on, the team gelled together better and we are definitely finishing it on a high.
Maybe it wasn't undeserved if we go by your logic, but Benfica were the better team and history is sadly only going to remember Chelsea as the winners...anyway congrats to Chelsea
Absolutely disgusted for benfica and their fans, losing 2 cups in 5 days at the last minute, even by playing so well...Lack of luck and the opposing team had plenty...
its obvious that benfica played better, had much more chances etc...
but they did not score, so many chances wasted, is that luck or just benifica being wasteful and proving again that they dont have form for championship games?
my opinion is its luck + benifica not doing enough
anyway, congrats to chelsea for winning another title and making history
These silly comments are getting really old.. You don't win 2 european trophys out of 'luck'. get a grip.. last goal was definitely not supposed 'luck' either. ridiculous.
Love the comments about how much chelsea millions.. lots of european teams have spent millions upon millions without winning anything..
Unlucky Benfica, losing 2 trophies in 2 crazy circumstances must be depressing.. They played the better game yesterday, but squandered multiple chances with ridiculous 30 yard shots and no complacency.
There are too many spoilt kids nowadays who think that the only respectable way to win a trophy is having 70% possession playing tika-taka.
Parking the bus, long ball, it doesn't matter to me whoever scored more goals won the tactical battle and are worthy winners. You don't see generals on a battlefield ordering their troops to fight like ballet dancers, it's whatever it takes to win no matter how ugly. Just because one army decided to fight like ballet dancers doesn't mean that everyone else has to.
congrats to Chelsea Fans
Delighted for Benitez. He can leave with his head held high after all the abuse he took from the so called fans.
At least they got 1... out of the possible 7 whilst spending £82.5 million on players.
Another European trophy Chelsea have robbed, worse team again but still won it... sad.
Unlucky Benfica!
No card for the handball? okay!
And luck, again.
Benfica were so much better than us in the first half, luckily their finishing was sub-par. Some might say it was undeserved, but the fact is, Benfica didn't "deserve" it either. You don't "deserve" a goal, you either get one or you don't. Chelsea got the goals, Benfica didn't...
Anyways, congrats Benitez. As the season (with benitez at the helm) went on and on, the team gelled together better and we are definitely finishing it on a high.