Paying the Penalty: The XI UCL finals settled by shootouts

Sport360 staff 10:52 29/05/2016
Champions League Finals - Penalties

A rollercoaster 2016 Champions League final culminated in Real Madrid lifting their 11th trophy on the 11th occasion the final had been decided by a penalty shootout.

Here, Sport360 takes a look at all the finals to have been settled by the drama of a shootout.

2016: REAL MADRID 1-1 ATLETICO MADRID (Real Madrid won 5-3 on pens)

Having won the Champions League back in 2014 against the same opposition, this year’s final required penalties to decide which Madrid team would take home the trophy. In the end it came down to Cristiano Ronaldo after Juanfran saw his effort hit the post and roll out, with CR7 slotting away his penalty to seal La Undecima for Los Blancos.

2012: CHELSEA 1-1 BAYERN MUNICH (Chelsea won 4-3 on pens)

Bayern Munich succumbed to defeat on home turf, losing out to Chelsea in a tense shootout at the Allianz Arena. Didier Drogba, who was named Man of the Match, scored not only the equalising goal but the penalty that decided the game, sending Manuel Neuer the wrong way.

2008: MANCHESTER UNITED 1-1 CHELSEA (Man Utd won 6-5 on pens)

On a chilly night in Moscow, Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar made the crucial save from Nicolas Anelka after John Terry had  slipped with a chance to win the trophy. Ryan Giggs had converted the Red Devils’ key spot-kick in sudden death to claim his second Champions League winner’s medal and the club’s third title.

2005: LIVERPOOL 3-3 AC MILAN (Liverpool won 3-2 on pens)

In one of the greatest comebacks in the history of football, Liverpool miraculously recovered from 3-0 down in the first half to take the game to penalties. Andriy Shevchenko’s weak effort was saved by Jerzy Dudek, giving Liverpool a famous fifth European Cup triumph.

2003: AC MILAN 0-0 JUVENTUS (Milan won 3-2 on pens)

It was the first time these two Italian giants came face-to-face in a final, but an altogether turgid affair did little to inspire. The shootout was one of the most controversial to date, as replays showed both goalkeepers to be consistently off their line for a few saves. Unlike two years later, Shevchenko managed to keep his cool to secure victory for Milan.

2001: BAYERN MUNICH 1-1 VALENCIA (Bayern won 5-4 on pens)

In a game where penalties were the overall theme, with both sides having been awarded spot-kicks in regular time (Bayern were actually awarded two penalties but only managed to convert one), it was Oliver Kahn’s heroics between the sticks that handed Bayern the trophy. Kahn immediately consoled opposite number Santiago Canizares rather than celebrating after Bayern won the shootout, earning him a FIFA Fair Play Award.

1996: JUVENTUS 1-1 AJAX (Juve won 4-2 on pens)

Having both scored in the first half, no-one had expected the game to go all the way to penalties, but nonetheless, it was Juventus who prevailed after scoring all of their spot kicks, ensuring they won the European Cup for the second time.

1991:  RED STAR BELGRADE 0-0 MARSEILLE (Red Star won 5-3 on pens)

In what was described as one of the “most boring finals ever” by former Red Star Belgrade player Sinisa Mihajlovic, the man himself – a set-piece specialist – was among those to convert as the Serbians lifted the famous trophy for the first, and thus far only, time.

1988: PSV EINDHOVEN 0-0 BENFICA (PSV won 6-5 on pens)

Having secured the Dutch Cup and Eredivise title, an entertaining penalty shootout victory against Benfica gave Guus Hiddink’s PSV Eindhoven the Treble.

1986: STEAUA BUCHAREST 0-0 FC BARCELONA (Steaua won 2-0 on pens)

In what can only be described as an absolutely superhuman performance from the Romanian side’s goalkeeper, Helmuth Duckadam – dubbed ‘The Hero of Seville’ – saved all of Barcelona’s penalties and single-handedly gave Steaua Bucharest their first European Cup.

1984: LIVERPOOL 1-1 A.S. ROMA (Liverpool won 4-2 on pens)

The first ever European Cup final to be decided by penalties was back in 1984, at AS Roma’s Stadio Olimpico. Regular time and extra-time wasn’t enough to separate the teams, who both had plenty of chances, with the memorable ‘jelly legs’ of Liverpool keeper Bruce Grobbelaar inspiring the Reds to a 4-2 shootout win.

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