Fifteen months on from their epic UEFA Champions League final, FC Bayern
München and Chelsea FC meet at Prague's Stadion Eden in the UEFA Super
Cup.
• Chelsea stunned Bayern with a dramatic penalty shoot-out
victory in the German club's own stadium last May, Didier Drogba – who
had cancelled out Thomas Müller's 83rd-minute opener – converting the
winning spot kick to take the European Cup to Stamford Bridge for the
first time.
• Bayern came back to become only the second club –
after AC Milan (1993, 1994) – to win the European Cup 12 months after
losing in the final. Goals from Mario Mandžukić (60) and Arjen Robben
(89) earned a fifth triumph as a thrilling final against Borussia
Dortmund at Wembley ended 2-1.
• Chelsea also left it late,
Branislav Ivanović's towering header three minutes into added time
settling the UEFA Europa League final against SL Benfica at the
Amsterdam ArenA. The Blues became only the third club – after Juventus,
AFC Ajax and Bayern – to win all three major European club competitions.
•
Both clubs have suffered UEFA Super Cup disappointment; Chelsea,
winners in 1998, were overrun by Club Atlético de Madrid in Monaco 12
months ago while Bayern lost in 1975 (v FC Dynamo Kyiv), 1976 (RSC
Anderlecht) and 2001 (Liverpool FC). No other team has finished
runners-up three times without winning the trophy.
• The match
provides a sub-plot in the teams' new coaches; Bayern's Josep Guardiola
and José Mourinho of Chelsea know each other well from their time in
charge of FC Barcelona and Real Madrid CF respectively.
Previous meetings
•
In the 2012 UEFA Champions League final, Müller's late header had
seemingly given Jupp Heynckes' Bayern victory, but five minutes later
Drogba headed an equaliser for a Chelsea team managed by Roberto Di
Matteo. Former Blues winger Robben had an extra-time penalty saved by
Petr Čech and there was more spot-kick misery for Bayern in the
shoot-out, despite Juan Mata's miss; Čech saved from Ivica Olić and
Bastian Schweinsteiger, leaving Drogba to convert the decisive kick and
give Chelsea http://www.uefa.com/uefasupercup/season=2013/matches/round=2000456/match=2012139/prematch/background/index.htmla 4-3 penalty triumph.
Referee: Jonas Ericksson (Sweden)
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