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Chelsea's miracle run in the UEFA Champions League climaxed Saturday with a rather improbable win in the final over host Bayern Munich. Facing certain loss with time running out, the Blues managed to pull off what had to be considered a lost cause in enemy territory at Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany.

The Blues won their very first Champions League crown via a penalty-kick shootout, 4-3, after playing Bayern to a 1-1 deadlock after 120 minutes. Ivory Coast international Didier Drogba turned out to be the man of two hours, connecting for the equalizer goal in the 88th minute and scoring the winning goal in the shootout to give Chelsea owner and oil baron and billionaire Roman Abramovich the European championship he had so desperately sought for nearly the past decade.