it is something very special indeed to make it to a uefa champions league final now these two teams
are intent upon tasting glory welcome to the showpiece event on the european club calendar
derrick ray here in the commentary position joined tonight for live coverage
by stuart robson it is chelsea facing manchester city well what a night derek
two great teams a perfect pitch a magnificent stadium and millions watching around the world
what more could you ask for apart from maybe different commentators
so
and this is how it looks for chelsea edward mendy stands between the posts
antonio rudiger plays alongside thiago silva in central defense and goro kante starts alongside
giorgino in the center of midfield and team over now starts alongside romelu lukaku
introducing the starting players for manchester city edison between the posts powell walker
plays with chihuahua cancello in the full back positions kevin de bruyne plays with rodrigu
in central midfield and on this tactical set up they have just the one player in attack
and now the champions league final commences
possession one
and he's beating him here well it's a poor
tackle good defending at the end and danger reverse it for now
and a throw in forthcoming
kevin de bruyne
and greelish
joao cancelo well the clearance half-hearted
danger reverse it for now
i couldn't quite find his teammate
in the position from which they could potentially do a bit of damage here
lukaku they've given it away
greelish
and the challenge holds them in their tracks
tremendous ball played through and he's in
and a goal for chelsea they've hit the front in the champions league final
well let's see this again this is counter attacking football at its very best
but really the goalkeeper should never be exposed that easily great team goal but woeful defending
and back underway one nil it is
and showing fine vision
well the keeper is happy the bar was there well it was certainly a chance to get back into the game
and you have to say they're a bit unfortunate but they do need to finish off one of these chances
well not hard to read that pass he's protecting it effectively
now well as those stats show us chelsea haven't controlled the possession of the game but they're
the trophy
maybe well that's a cute finish he just gets his toe underneath the
ball and lifts it over the keeper it's a good bit of skill and an excellent goal
well a second goal for them here
successfully cut out
that's peely creta
this is thiago silva
lukaku romelu
loves to attack from the wide areas but nothing comes of it good defending it was
it might be perfectly set up for the counter attack you know good tackle it'll be a throw
given away by [ __ ] and the electronic board showing one additional minute
and so the halftime whistle has gone here at the party press in paris
45 minutes separating these two sides from glory
the second half of the champions league final begins
losing custody of it kante
teammate and support superb save well he should score of course but that's a brilliant save
keen to take it short here
really vital interception here very quick thinking there
unable to get himself back on side here well he was always going to be offside
that was the wrong option and manchester city will go to their bench
that's not a bad ball well it's a moment he would like to have back if possible
well city as the stats highlight i've had most of the ball but their attacking players been too slow
mainly due to a lack of movement of the front players at some point
they have to threaten the space in behind the defenders otherwise they're going to lose this
joao when you saw the situation developing
he's going forward well here and the flag does go up must have been tight
mount here's chilwell
chill well
well nothing comes of it it looked promising
into the final 20 minutes and it's a really poor challenge now what's the referee going to do
about it well the card is out and it's yellow yeah it's clumsy and it's like definitely a yellow card
a change in the offing for city
taking care of business defensively here
lukaku
now with georginio moving the ball forward with purpose
on the textbook interception well the attack finally comes to nothing and the keeper has it
can they hit on the break
it's a perfect challenge
but he keeps going but a good piece of defending to bring it to an end
joao cancello
fernando silva
interception to snuff out the danger
they've got it now what can they do
and this is not over not yet anyway
well that was a fairly easy finish in the end but he still had to take it
he won't mind how they come though
so
three minutes of stoppage time that's what the officials have said
on space for them here
splendor tackle and a throw in
chelsea have returned to the high altar of european football champions league winners
well just look at the emotions out there joy and relief on one side despair and heart take
on the other but we've got the right winners here they fully deserved it on the night
for these players well it's the night of their lives
and they're determined to enjoy every millisecond
well they have to make the most of this don't they it's a great feat what an achievement from them
well they don't need to be reminded about what comes next
it's the presentation of the coveted champions league trophy
well there's some tired players out there but what you can be sure of they'll find some
energy when they get their hands on the trophy they'll be going mad in the next few moments
the champions league winners chelsea well this is what they wanted what a moment for these players
they've worked so hard to win this trophy they've been fantastic and you can feel the emotion
it's natural to reflect on this final but so much hard work has gone into the entire campaign