That's it. The two finalists are known. Unique and Francescani!
FratiFrancescani - FC Real Manager 2:1 PSO (1:1 FT, 2:2 ET)
The Cinderella story continues! FratiFrancescani are the first Italian team to be in the ML Champions League Final ever!
Judging by the quality of play, Real Manager had the better rating: 71 against 63 but on field the Italians were better in attacking as 60% of their chances went on target against Real's 50%.
FF got a present right from the start as David Alaba pushed Ananta Mukhia inside the box and Alessandro Cosmi converted the penalty into an early lead. 1-0 FF.
FF continued to put pressure on the Romanians but fantastic perfomance by Petr Čech kept his team in the game. Real got the equaliser finally at the 77 minute when Robin van Persie headed in Franck Ribéry's corner 1-1.
At Extra Time Real put a lot of pressure right from the start and made it worth at the 102 minute. Ricardo Kaká passed to Neymar da Silva who completed the comeback 2-1 Real. However, FF were far from giving up, coming from the break the Italians put non-stop pressure and at the 113 minute Lucas Moura with an excellent pass found Akua Oppong, and the later found the net 2-2.
Penatlies: Akua Oppong scored the first penalty and Gustavo Alvez saved Robin van Perise penalty making it 1-0 to FF.
Petr Čech replied with a save, Alessandro Cosmi was the shooter, but Neymar da Silva carelessly sent his penaly wide.
To Neymar's luck Ananta Mukhia shot his penaly wide and Mario Götze equalised 1-1.
Gilbert Carter and Gareth Bale missed both penalties and we're down to the final decisive penalites.
Azim al-Asadi did his work but Franck Ribéry missed his penalty and sent the Italian fans celebrating.
(missing interview)
FratiFrancescani
3-5-2 Continental
| Gustavo Alvez |
68 |
| Leo Locatelli |
33 |
| Mansour Ashoobi |
99 |
| Gianluca Tagliaferri (out 75) |
44 |
| Jean-Philippe Meunier |
76 |
| Lucas Moura |
75 |
| Azim al-Asadi |
99 |
| Maurizio Brugnoli (out 75) |
52 |
| Ananta Mukhia |
57 |
| Alessandro Cosmi |
73 |
| Lê Anh Chung (out 75) |
55 |
| Donato Maiucci (in 75) |
31 |
| Gilbert Carter (in 75) |
59 |
| Akua Oppong (in 75) |
70 |
FC Real Manager
4-4-2 Continental
| Petr Čech |
99 |
| Sergio Ramos |
65 |
| Vincent Kompany |
64 |
| Ashley Cole (out 75) |
41 |
| David Alaba |
56 |
| David Silva (out 24) |
60 |
| Franck Ribéry |
82 |
| Gareth Bale |
59 |
| Mario Götze |
99 |
| Neymar da Silva |
67 |
| Lionel Messi (out 60) |
55 |
| Ricardo Kaká (in 24) |
99 |
| Raphaël Varane (in 75) |
68 |
| Robin van Persie (in 60) |
93 |
Unique FC - Lions of Darkness 2:1
Unique is off to a second Final in a a row and fourth in 6 seasons.
It was a bit dissapointing game from these teams as the winner put a 63 rating but a win is a win and Leo is sure happy with this.
The first goal came after 36 minutes, a magnificent ball by Christer Fursth went to Mr Krokkert and the later with a great shot put Unique into the lead 1-0.
Krokkert continued his great game with an assist on the 57 minute - his corner made it to Kelly Brook and with a great header it's 2-0 to Unique.
Christophe Kinet gave a little hope for LoD (Lions of Darkness) with a consulating goal 9 minutes from time but it was too little too late, 2-1 final score.
"It was a boring game reallym not a lot happened. I think we cancelled each other out despote both of us looked to to attack for most of the game, there wasn't a lot in it but I think my team did just about enough to deserve the victory" said Leonidas. This is Unique's fourth Final in 6 seasons and as managers we all want to know how: "I've managed to fill my team with very goof performers, i've been lucky to be able to find the right players at the right time". About the Italian manager: "I don't know anything about him to be honest, he must be a very good manager though. He qualified from his groupt above KA who is one of the best managers around, then beating Hanni, Mac and Alex, all games he was considered underdog so I won't be taking him lightly! It's a fantastic achievement for him but i'm sure he doesn't feel like he's done yet!"
Unique FC
3-5-2 Mixed
| Frode Sharma |
44 |
| Kelly Brook |
91 |
| Michelle Keegan |
56 |
| Luciano Pinto (out 60) |
58 |
| Gemma Arterton |
56 |
| Mr Krokkert |
97 |
| Georgie Thompson |
66 |
| Zooey Deschanel (out 65) |
50 |
| Christer Fursth |
65 |
| Jean VanBuel (out 45) |
64 |
| Rosie Huntington-Whiteley |
66 |
| Megan Fox (in 60) |
70 |
| Hayden Panettiere (in 60) |
51 |
| Mila Kunis (in 45) |
50 |
Lions of Darkness
4-4-2 Mixed
| Bryan King |
49 |
| Harry Cripps |
44 |
| Mark Beevers (out 45) |
52 |
| Alan McLeary |
57 |
| Kevin Muscat |
59 |
| Kevin O'Callaghan (out 60) |
57 |
| Alex Rae |
70 |
| Tim Cahill |
46 |
| Martyn Woolford |
85 |
| Derek Possee |
52 |
| Chris Wood (out 60) |
48 |
| John Marquis (in 60) |
44 |
| Christophe Kinet (in 60) |
72 |
| Alan Dunne (in 45) |
46
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