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The 2021 UEFA Champions League Final was the final match of the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League, the 66th season of Europe ‘s premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 29th temper since it was renamed from the european Cup to the UEFA Champions League. It was played at the Estádio do Dragão in Porto, Portugal on 29 May 2021, [ 5 ] between English clubs Manchester City, in their first UEFA Champions League final, and 2012 winners Chelsea.
The final was originally scheduled to be played at the Krestovsky Stadium in Saint Petersburg, Russia. however, ascribable to the delay and resettlement of the 2020 concluding to Lisbon as a resultant role of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the final hosts were shifted back a year, with the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey rather planning to host the 2021 final. [ 6 ] Two weeks before the final examination, UEFA announced that it would be relocated to Porto to allow a restrict number of fans to attend the match. [ 5 ] Chelsea won the concluding 1–0 for their moment UEFA Champions League title. [ 7 ] As winners, they earned the right to play against the winners of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League, Villarreal, in the 2021 UEFA Super Cup, and besides qualified for the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup .
Teams [edit ]
In the following table, finals until 1992 were in the European Cup era, since 1993 were in the UEFA Champions League era.
venue [edit ]
The match was the fourthly european Cup/Champions League final to take station in Portugal, and the first to take topographic point outside Lisbon, which previously hosted finals in 1967 at the Estádio Nacional and in 2014 and 2020 at the Estádio district attorney Luz. This was the first time the european Cup/Champions League final took position in the same state in consecutive seasons. [ 8 ] The Estádio do Dragão previously hosted matches at UEFA Euro 2004 and the 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals. additionally, this final was the beginning since 2004 to be held in a stadium with capacity lower than 60,000. [ citation needed ]
initial host choice [edit ]
For the details on the survival of Saint Petersburg as the original host for the final examination, see 2022 UEFA Champions League Final § Host choice An open bid procedure was launched on 22 September 2017 by UEFA to select the venues of the finals of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, and UEFA Women ‘s Champions League in 2020. Associations had until 31 October 2017 to express interest, and offer dossiers must be submitted by 1 March 2018. Associations hosting matches at UEFA Euro 2020 were not allowed to bid for the 2020 UEFA Champions League final. [ citation needed ] UEFA announced on 3 November 2017 that two associations had expressed interest in hosting the 2020 UEFA Champions League final. [ 9 ]
The Atatürk Olympic Stadium was selected by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meet in Kyiv on 24 May 2018. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] On 17 June 2020, the UEFA Executive Committee announced that due to the delay and move of the 2020 concluding to the Estádio district attorney Luz, Istanbul would rather host the 2021 final examination. [ 6 ]
move to Porto [edit ]
ascribable to the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey, Premier League english Aston Villa offered to have Villa Park in Birmingham as the venue for the Champions League Final alternatively of Istanbul to hold 8,000 english fans, which could be affected by travel limitations. [ 13 ] Villa Park has previously hosted the 1999 Cup Winners ‘ Cup Final, the survive final of that UEFA contest. It besides hosted the 2012 FA Community Shield, besides contested between Manchester City and Chelsea, due to Wembley Stadium – England ‘s national stadium – hosting the Olympic football tournament finals in the previous days, being picked in separate because of its equidistance between Manchester and London. On 7 May 2021, Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps advised against any fans traveling to Turkey for the game. [ 14 ] In negotiations with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, UEFA would entirely consider Wembley as a electric potential venue within the United Kingdom, and required guarantees that their officials, sponsors and journalists would be nontaxable from the UK COVID-19 travel restrictions. [ 15 ] The british Government was ineffective to agree to this, [ 16 ] and on 13 May 2021, UEFA announced the final was relocated to the Estádio do Dragão in Porto, Portugal, [ 5 ] a nation which was on the british “ green list ” for unrestricted travel during the pandemic. [ 16 ]
setting [edit ]
Manchester City were playing in their first european Cup/UEFA Champions League final examination. They had previously played in one european final, the 1970 european Cup Winners ‘ Cup Final, and won. They became the ninth distinct english side to play in a european Cup/UEFA Champions League final. This was the third gear UEFA Champions League final examination for director Pep Guardiola, and his first since the two wins with Barcelona in 2009 and 2011, both against Manchester United. [ 17 ] City were seeking to become the first club to win its first european Cup/UEFA Champions League concluding since Borussia Dortmund in 1997, which seven clubs had failed to do in between. [ 18 ] Chelsea were playing in their third gear european Cup/UEFA Champions League final, and the beginning since their acquire in 2012 away against Bayern Munich. In addition, they had previously played in the UEFA Cup Winners ‘ Cup and UEFA Europa League finals doubly each – winning all. In addition, Chelsea became the inaugural baseball club ever to see its men ‘s and women ‘s teams reach the Champions League concluding in the like season, having qualified for the 2021 UEFA Women ‘s Champions League Final as well. Head coach Thomas Tuchel became the beginning director to reach the European Cup/UEFA Champions League concluding in consecutive seasons with different clubs, having lost the 2020 final to Bayern Munich while coaching Paris Saint-Germain. [ 19 ] This was the third all-English concluding in the history of the contest, after 2008 in Moscow between Chelsea and Manchester United and 2019 in Madrid between Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur. This was besides the third straight Champions League final to feature a first-time finalist, after Tottenham in 2019 and Paris Saint-Germain in 2020. This was the third confluence between the teams in Europe, having previously met in the semi-finals of the 1970–71 european Cup Winners ‘ Cup, where Chelsea won both legs 1–0 en path to their beginning european trophy. It was besides the second major cup final between them, after the 2019 EFL Cup Final, which City won on penalties following a scoreless draw after extra time. The teams met twice during the temper ‘s Premier League, with each side winning away : City won the first peer 3–1 at Stamford Bridge, while Chelsea won the second 2–1 at Etihad Stadium three weeks before the final. In between, Chelsea beat City 1–0 in the FA Cup semi-finals, denying City the casual of winning an unprecedented quadruple. [ 20 ]
road to the final examination [edit ]
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
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Officials [edit ]
Spaniard Antonio Mateu Lahoz ( center ) officiated the final along with assistants Roberto Díaz Pérez del Palomar ( left ) and Pau Cebrián Devís ( right ). On 12 May 2021, UEFA named Spaniard Antonio Mateu Lahoz as the referee for the final. Mateu Lahoz had been a FIFA referee since 2011, and was previously the one-fourth official in the 2019 UEFA Champions League Final. He officiated six prior matches in the 2020–21 Champions League season, with one match in the play-off turn, four in the group stage and one quarter-final leg. He served as a referee at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, and was selected as an official for UEFA Euro 2020. He was joined by six of his boyfriend countrymen, including adjunct referees Pau Cebrián Devís and Roberto Díaz Pérez del Palomar. Carlos del Cerro Grande served as the fourthly official, while Alejandro Hernández Hernández acted as the video recording assistant referee. Juan Martínez Munuera and Íñigo Prieto López de Cerain were appointed as adjunct VAR officials, along with polish reviewer Paweł Gil. [ 2 ]
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Opening ceremony [edit ]
American DJ and electronic music manufacturer Marshmello performed a virtual show for the opening ceremony before the pit, along with Selena Gomez and Khalid. [ 24 ]
match [edit ]
drumhead [edit ]
Pulisic assail The match kicked off around 8 post meridiem in front of a push of 14,110. In the fourthly hour, Kai Havertz played the ball across the Manchester City penalty sphere but it was gathered by Ederson. Five minutes late, a long bang from Ederson found Sterling, who controlled the ball and was about to shoot when he was dispossessed by Reece James. [ 26 ] : 11 Havertz then passed to Werner, who missed the ball from close rate when attempting to shoot. In the 15th hour, Mason Mount passed to Werner, who shot straight at Ederson, before then seeing a subsequent strike tipped away for a corner. Ben Chilwell played in a crabbed to the far post but N’Golo Kante ‘s header went over the Manchester City bar. [ 26 ] : 10 In the 28th moment, Phil Foden was played in on goal and was about to shoot when Antonio Rüdiger tackled him. Two minutes late, Kyle Walker sent the ball across the Chelsea punishment area but it fizzed merely out of Mahrez ‘s scope. With ten-spot minutes of the one-half remaining, İlkay Gündoğan became the first player to be booked after a foul on Mount. [ 26 ] : 9 In the 38th moment, Kante played the musket ball to Havertz, who was denied a shooting opportunity by a harness from Oleksandr Zinchenko. A moment late, Chelsea were forced to make the first substitution of the match with the hurt Thiago Silva being replaced by Andreas Christensen. Three minutes before half-time, Chelsea took the tip. Mount passed to Havertz, who went one-on-one with Ederson, and although the goalkeeper rushed out and deflected the ball away, Havertz passed it into an empty web to make it 1–0. There were three minutes of arrest time. [ 26 ] : 8 Neither side made any batting order changes during the interval. Manchester City dominated the early stages of the second half. [ 26 ] : 7 Twelve minutes into the half, Rüdiger was booked for a pollute on City ‘s Kevin De Bruyne, who was injured in the challenge, leaving the pitch ascribable to the new concussion protocol, in tears, to be replaced by Gabriel Jesus. Two minutes late, Manchester City appealed for a penalty when the ball struck James on the branch in his own punishment area, but the VAR follow-up decided against a foul, noting that the ball deflecting off James ‘ chest of drawers first. In the 64th minute, Bernardo Silva was replaced by Fernandinho for Manchester City before Christian Pulisic came on for Werner for Chelsea. [ 26 ] : 6 With 21 minutes remaining, City pressed for an equalizer. Mahrez ‘s thwart to Gündoğan was cleared by César Azpilicueta. Four minutes later, Pulisic flicked the musket ball to Havertz, who passed it rear to Pulisic, but his undertake nip rolled precisely past the City goalpost. In the 75th minute, Sterling passed to Jesus, but the ball was cleared by Chilwell. Manchester City made their third substitution when Sergio Agüero came on for Sterling. [ 26 ] : 5 Mateo Kovačić was brought on for Chelsea to replace Mount in the eightieth minute, and five minutes belated, Agüero attempted to find Foden with a loft cross to the far post, but the ball was well caught by Édouard Mendy in the Chelsea goal. A hour later, Walker played a cross-field out-swinging spend which narrowly missed both Agüero and Foden. Two minutes from the end of the match, Jesus was booked for a foul on Havertz before Christensen made a obstruct to maintain his side ‘s run. At the end of even clock time, the one-fourth official displayed that a minimum of seven minutes of stop would be played. [ 26 ] : 4 In the concluding hour, Mahrez ‘s half-volley from the border of the Chelsea penalty sphere went precisely over the crossbar, and the match was brought to an end with Chelsea winning 1–0. [ 26 ] : 3
Details [edit ]
A “ home ” team was determined, for “ administrative purposes, ” [ note 1 ] through a especial draw held on 19 March 2021, [ 27 ] after the quarter-final and semi-final draw .
Manchester City[4] | Chelsea[4] |
Statistics [edit ]
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See besides [edit ]
Notes [edit ]
- ^ Each of the two finalists is able to wear their first-choice colours. If, however, there is a collide of colours that necessitates a kit change from one club, then the club designated as “ the off side ” must use an alternate kit. In the actual 2021 final, both teams wore their first-choice colours .
- ^ Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a one-fourth opportunity in extra meter, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra fourth dimension .
References [edit ]
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