Saturday 19 May 2012

Bayern Munich V Chelsea Live Streaming UEFA Champions League Match 19th -May 2012

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    Date: Saturday 19 May 2012
    Kick-off: 19:450

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Preview


A day of destiny awaits at the Allianz Arena as Chelsea and Bayern Munich stand on the brink of European glory after another remarkable year in the UEFA Champions League.

The continent's No.1 club competition has produced some extraordinary drama since the first round of qualifying last June and Saturday's showpiece promises to deliver a thrilling climax to the season.

A fascinating story will unfold either way in Munich, as Bayern have the chance to lift the trophy at their home stadium and Chelsea are going in search of their first European crown.

It has been Roman Abramovich's dream to win the Champions League since he took control of the club in 2003 and he has been ruthless with those managers that have failed to bring success.

Roberto Di Matteo is the eighth boss to have worked with Abramovich, having replaced Andre Villas-Boas in early March at a time when Chelsea's campaign appeared to be heading towards a dismal conclusion.

What has followed over the past couple of months could have been straight from the script of a footballing fairytale, with Chelsea now just one game away from the happiest of endings.

The Blues had already had a narrow escape to make it out of the group stage by the time Di Matteo replaced Villas-Boas, but they have since pulled off two of the all-time great European comebacks.

Trailing 3-1 against Napoli at the halfway point of their last-16 tie, Chelsea triumphed 4-1 in the second leg on a famous night at Stamford Bridge.

Having seen off Benfica in the quarter-finals, Chelsea then stunned reigning champions and tournament favourites Barcelona at Camp Nou as they somehow prevailed 3-2 on aggregate even after having captain John Terry sent off before half-time.

While both semi-finals will live long in the memory, they did come at a cost as seven players altogether will be suspended for Saturday's match.

Terry is unavailable for Chelsea after being sent off for kicking out at Alexis Sanchez, although he will be allowed to lift the trophy and plans to share that honour with captain for the day Frank Lampard if they get the right outcome.

There was an effort from the international players' union, FIFPro, to get the bans overturned for the six other players, who miss out after receiving yellow cards in the semi-finals.

Branislav Ivanovic, Ramires and Raul Meireles will watch on nervously for Chelsea and Di Matteo has had to consider his alternatives.

A potential defensive crisis appears to have been averted, though, with Gary Cahill and David Luiz recovering from hamstring problems that have kept them on the sidelines and set to forge a centre-back partnership against Bayern.

John Obi Mikel will have an important role to play alongside Lampard in midfield and Juan Mata is also a certain starter, but Di Matteo faces a big decision in attack as he ponders the possibility of playing a rejuvenated Fernando Torres alongside Didier Drogba, who could be playing his final game for the club.

For Bayern, Luiz Gustavo, David Alaba and Holger Badstuber are the players unlucky enough to be suspended for the biggest game of their lives.

Rafinha is an option to come in at full-back but Daniel van Buyten may not be fit to slot into defence and Anatoliy Tymoschuk could have to play alongside Jerome Boateng.

Toni Kroos and Bastian Schweinsteiger are likely to play in central midfield, with Thomas Muller slightly further forward and Robben, Ribery and Gomez providing the main attacking threat.

Portuguese referee Pedro Proenca will take charge of the match.

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