Chelsea 2012 UCL Final Home Shirt

Chelsea 2012 UCL Final Home Shirt

The Chelsea 2012 UCL Final shirt is a memorable piece of football history, worn during Chelsea’s victorious Champions League final against Bayern Munich. The shirt features a classic blue design with the ‘Final Munich 2012’ details prominently displayed.

Lampard was pivotal in the semi-finals of the 2011–12 Champions League against the heavily favoured defending champions Barcelona. Bookmakers had Barcelona on the shortest odds to win a second consecutive Champions League title, and various commentators opined that Chelsea would have to produce their best two games of the season – and hope that Barca played their worst two – to upset the Catalan giants.

In the first leg at Stamford Bridge, Lampard stripped Lionel Messi off the ball then played a cross-field pass to Ramires, who set up Drogba for the only goal of the game, giving Chelsea a 1–0 advantage. In the second leg at the Camp Nou, Lampard assumed the captaincy after Terry was sent off early in the game. Down 2–0 to Barça just before half-time, Lampard assisted Ramires’ goal with a through-pass which levelled the aggregate score at 2–2 while putting Chelsea ahead on away goals.

Chelsea teammate Fernando Torres added another goal in stoppage time to give Chelsea a 3–2 victory overall and produce one of the greatest upsets in the history of European football. This set up Chelsea’s match with Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena for the Champions League final.

Home shirt as worn in the season when Roberto Di Matteo was appointed as caretaker manager after the sacking of André Villas-Boas. The Italian inspired the side to an unlikely FA Cup and Champions League double, sealed in dramatic style with a penalty shoot-out victory over Bayern Munich.