GERMANY: FOOTBALL/SOCCER - Disappointed Bayern Munich fans in mourning after Chelsea win Champions League final 4-3 on penalties

Record ID: 861064

  • Title: GERMANY: FOOTBALL/SOCCER - Disappointed Bayern Munich fans in mourning after Chelsea win Champions League final 4-3 on penalties
  • Date: 20th May 2012
  • Summary: MUNICH, GERMANY (MAY 19, 2012) (REUTERS) CRYING BAYERN MUNICH FAN SITTING ON SIDE OF ROAD, COVERING HIS FACE WITH A BAYERN SCARF AFTER WATCHING GAME IN PUBLIC VIEWING AREA ON LEOPOLDSTRASSE VARIOUS OF BAYERN FANS STANDING AROUND IN DISBELIEF FANS WALKING PAST ON LEOPOLDSTRASSE (SOUNDBITE) (German) BAYERN FAN WEARING SCARF SAYING: "Bayern played so much better, so much better. And then something like this happens. But that's soccer, nothing you can do about it. Chelsea won and we're good losers. Let's hope next time will be better, in the next season" (SOUNDBITE) (German) BAYERN FAN WITH GLASSES SAYING: "It was definitely not justified." (SOUNDBITE) (German) BAYERN FAN HUGGING HIS FRIEND SAYING: "It was absolutely terrible what happened here. There never should have been a penalty shoot-out in the first place. Bayern Munich should never ever have lost" (SOUNDBITE) (German) BAYERN FAN WEARING CHECK SHIRT SAYING: "Bayern should have won, honestly, because Chelsea did exactly the same thing as with Barcelona, they were just standing around in the back. Stupid" BAYERN FANS
  • Embargoed: 4th June 2012 13:00
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  • Location: Germany
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  • Topics: Sports
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  • Story Text: Stunned Bayern Munich fans left public viewing areas in the city on Saturday (May 19) with a bitter taste in their mouths after their team outplayed Chelsea in the Champions League final, but still lost.
    Chelsea stunned Bayern Munich to win the Champions League for the first time with a 4-3 penalty shoot-out in the Allianz Arena after a tension-packed final had ended 1-1 after extra time on Saturday (May 19).
    "Bayern played so much better, so much better. And then something like this happens. But that's soccer, nothing you can do about it. Chelsea won and we're good losers. Let's hope next time will be better, in the next season," said one fan.
    Another commented: "It was definitely not justified."
    "It was absolutely terrible what happened here. There never should have been a penalty shootout in the first place. Bayern Munich should never ever have lost," said another disgruntled fan.
    "Bayern should have won, honestly, because Chelsea did exactly the same thing as with Barcelona, they were just standing around in the back. Stupid," a fourth fan said.
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