Petr Cech has admitted that he momentarily thought Chelsea had triumphed of their 2008 Champions League remaining penalty shootout in opposition to Manchester United… solely to grasp with horror that John Terry’s decisive spot kick had gone the incorrect facet of the publish.
The performances of each goalkeepers in that remaining have been studied ever since, with Edwin van der Sar’s thoughts video games in opposition to Nicolas Anelka earlier than he saved the ultimate, decisive strike in sudden loss of life significantly fascinating.
Sir Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United ultimately triumphed, however it might all have been totally different had skipper Terry not slipped and hit the publish, and as an alternative maintained Chelsea’s faultless file – Cech having made the one prior save.
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Petr Cech thought John Terry had scored essential 2008 Champions League remaining penalty
Chatting with FourFourTwo, Cech admitted he thought the trophy was on its strategy to Stamford Bridge when he saved Cristiano Ronaldo’s strike – the fifth penalty within the shootout, and United’s third.
Yeah, once I saved that penalty and we have been scoring ours with confidence,
“However the worst factor about it was this: as a goalkeeper, you’re on the facet of the purpose. It’s a must to be outdoors the field, on that left facet of the publish.
Terry’s penalty narrowly missed the publish (Picture credit score: Getty Photographs)
“After we received to the final penalty and JT took the ball, I used to be simply considering, ‘Don’t cross the keeper along with your shot’. I used to be positive Edwin der Sar would dive, anticipating JT to shoot throughout him, so I used to be considering, ‘Shoot my facet and let’s see what occurs’.
“After I noticed Edwin dive the opposite approach and the ball coming to my facet, I jumped up, as I assumed that was it. Then I noticed the ball cross the publish, which appeared very unusual from my angle. It took me a few seconds to grasp what had occurred. Then I needed to shortly take care of the entire emotion and get again to enterprise.
“We ended up on the incorrect finish of that remaining, however that’s a part of soccer, or any top-level sport. Generally you come shut and should take care of the frustration. It wasn’t meant to be.”
Cech did ultimately get his palms on the trophy after a penalty shootout 4 years later, doing the appropriate approach for all 5 of Bayern Munich’ s spot kicks and saving from Ivica Olic and Bastian Schweinsteiger.
Manchester United ended up successful the sport (Picture credit score: PA)
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