Manchester United and Chelsea had played each other 150 times prior to the Champions League final, including 18 meetings in domestic cup competitions (the See more

Manchester United
Manchester United were drawn in Group F along with Roma, Sporting CP and Dynamo Kyiv. … See more

Identity
As part of the marketing for each Champions League final since 1997, UEFA commissions … See more

Summary
First half
After a fairly cagey first 21 minutes, the first major incident of the game occurred when Scholes and Makélélé clashed in mid-air, resulting in both players being booked and … See more

The Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow was selected as the venue for the match at a meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on 4 October 2006. The committee – who decided the venue for the 2009 final and the 2008 and 2009 UEFA Cup finals See more

Having missed what would have been Chelsea's winning penalty, John Terry had to be consoled by his manager, Avram Grant. The Manchester United players formed a guard of … See more

Broadcasters
The match was shown simultaneously in the United Kingdom by free-to-air channel ITV1 and subscription channel Sky Sports 1, whose networks in 2005 had won the rights to broadcast UEFA Champions League matches … See more