Avram Grant sympathised with John Terry after his missed penalty (Getty Images)
Click on the extended post to watch videos describing the match and results
In a battle of Great Britain's top two soccer clubs, on May 21, 2008, Manchester United beat Chelsea FC (the English team owned by Roman Abramovich, the richest man in Russia) in a Champions League final settled by penalty kicks in sudden death overtime.
The match was held at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium (a riverside venue built for the 1980 Olympics near the Vorobey Hills). In spite of the media hype about whether or not rowdy English football fans would get along with native Muscovites, the game and subsequent celebrations largely took place without incident.
Russia Today TV video about Manchester United and Chelsea English soccer fans in Moscow
Manchester U fans sing their club's anthem in a packed Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow
Comments
Regarding Russia related sports news:
In addition to the recent football (soccer) missives concerning the Champions League final in Moscow and Zenit St. Petersburg's UEFA Cup victory are these recent results:
CSKA Moskva, FIBA Euroleague men's champions for the second consecutive year:
http://www.cskabasket.com/?lang=en
Russia, IIHF men's world champions:
http://www.russiatoday.ru/spotlight/release/1338/
Posted by: Michael Averko | May 27, 2008 1:19 AM
Also in May, European champions in men's gymnastics
Posted by: colleen | May 27, 2008 6:14 PM
The gymnastics coverage has been horrific.
Here's a piece on that Russian victory:
http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/gymnastics/news/story?id=3389882&campaign=rss&source=OLYHeadlines
RTTV either didn't cover or highlight that victory:
http://www.russiatoday.ru/sports
My Quick Takes (QT) project (an emailed and posted compilation of recently released news items, with an emphasis on Russia) would've probably picked it up. I've been busy of late with other things. QT was formulated with the idea of carrying worthy news items and commentary, overlooked by the more established news gathering venues.
Posted by: Michael Averko | May 28, 2008 11:07 AM