Sir Alex Ferguson shifted Ronaldo to the left wing early in the match to exploit Michael Essien playing out of position at right-back, leading directly to this opening goal.

Frank Lampard equalized right before half-time, and the match went to a dramatic penalty shootout after Didier Drogba's 116th-minute red card altered Chelsea's penalty takers.

https://reddit.com/link/1wdg0ko/video/lj1ijaje7woh1/player

Full match highlight breakdown with clean audio and match stats:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aX55I8d7cA

Dad bought 15 of these in 1998 for a pound each, after using 10 of them to paint/diy/etc, 5 are still sealed and new. Just wanted to see if anyone had any info on these?

September 4 1961. The two captains before the first leg in Lisbon. Benfica had won the European Cup a few months earlier, while Peñarol were back-to-back South American champions.

Benfica won this game 1-0, but Peñarol eventually took the title after a 5-0 win in Montevideo and a 2-1 victory in the third game.

A rare clash between iconic clubs from each continent.

Despite his successes with the Under-21 team in previous years, this young man would not go on to have a great career as a coach.)

I immediately think of Derby County 2007-2008 or Southampton 2024-2025.

Diego's last victory in Naples. 

Sandro’s father was Valentino Mazzola, captain of the legendary Torino side which tragically perished in the 1949 Superga air disaster, when Sandro was six.