The Champions League final was held at the Allianz Arena on 19 May 2012, with Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich taking on the Blues Chelsea. Fast forward to the 88th minute, Bayern led by one goal, and perhaps Heynckes and people are convinced that Bayern will once again hold the Big Ears Cup. At this point, Chelsea won the first corner of the game! Mata drove out from the right, the Blues "Monster" Drogba was 9 meters away from the goal, a lion flicked his head to attack the goal, Neuer touched the ball but could not change the direction of the ball, the score was rewritten to 1-1, Drogba single-handedly dragged the game into extra time...
( Drogba equalised with a header in the 88th minute )
97th minute of extra time! The two sides 1-1, then Ribery won a penalty for the team, this is the last contribution he can make for the team, the penalty was taken by Robben, but the kick was lost, because the kick was too serious Cech guessed the right direction and saved, could have killed the game with this penalty, but he failed, the game had to enter a cruel penalty battle, the first three rounds of teammates Ram, Gomez, Neuer three successively, the Blues' Mata shot, Bayern thought the victory was in hand, next, Bayern Orić and Piglet who came out in succession lost, Chelsea, already on the edge of the cliff, pulled back again, and Drogba's goal also determined the outcome of the game. A new European title was born, and Drogba led the old Chelsea boys to the first Champions League in team history...
( Drogba, one goal to win the Champions League )
( Old boys, finally come true )
(Drogba thanks the fans, how can such a player not love?) ）
The everlasting "Warcraft" in the fans' hearts played for Chelsea for a total of 8 years from 2004 to 2012, leaving the golden years of his career at Stamford Bridge, bringing Chelsea 3 Premier League titles, 4 FA Cups, 2 League Cups and the first Champions League in the history of the Blues. Time flies, and Drogba recently said that he will spend his final season in 2018, "I am 40 years old, it is time to say goodbye to the green field".
( Drogba, one-goal win )
Didier Drogba was born on 11 March 1978 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, a large city of nearly 5 million people, the economic center of Côte d'Ivoire and the largest French-speaking city in Africa. Drogba went to France at the age of 5 and began a homeless "french drifting life", playing as a right-back in the local junior team, after which he frequently moved to various small clubs until the age of 19, when he received a professional contract from Ligue 2 Le Mans. Although he has been working abroad for many years, Drogba's love for his hometown of Côte d'Ivoire has never diminished, he has always cared for his war-torn hometown, he wants to use his own strength to shoulder the responsibility of calming the turbulent situation of war in the country, and fight to change the fate of this country!
In October 2005, he seized this opportunity, Germany's Fifa World Cup Africa Qualifier, Drogba led the Côte d'Ivoire team to defeat Sudan and successfully qualify, reaching the World Cup for the first time! After the game, Drogba knelt down to pray that the two sides of the national civil war conflict would lay down their arms and return peace to the people, and through the lens of the Ivorian television station, he led his teammates around him to kneel and pray for the end of the civil war, "There is something more important than war for Africa, all African stars should bear a heavy responsibility, because everyone in Africa believes in football", Drogba kneeling down to pray for peace The footage of Drogba kneels and prays for peace After several months of repeated broadcast on Ivorian television, countless Ivorians wept for it, and finally as Drogba wished, The civil war situation has been alleviated.
(Drogba kneels in front of the TV station )
This "Warcraft" from Africa has also done a lot of work in the club. Drogba and Lampard, Terry, Cech, and Ashley Cole, who moved to the Blues in 2006, formed the Predatory Blues, and under the leadership of head coach Mourinho, the Blues' wheels overwhelmingly rolled over the Premier League, creating a series of great miracles. Drogba and this team have driven every stamford bridge fan crazy, but it is gorgeous enough to never go any further, leaving Mourinho with no more time to stay at Stamford Bridge and watch the lineup he has built create more success...
( Warcraft and Madman's Embrace )
The 2006 World Cup in Germany was the first World Cup in which Côte d'Ivoire participated, and when Côte d'Ivoire reached the final round of the German World Cup in history, Drogba once again called on the two warring sides to cease fire and shouted out the voice of peaceful reunification on behalf of the people in this war-torn land.
( Local fans love Drogba )
In March 2007, in order to further promote domestic peace, Drogba proposed that the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Madagascar be held in rebel-controlled areas to promote the peaceful reunification of the country. Before the match, Drogba presented a pair of soccer shoes to the former rebel leader with the slogan "Unity for Peace" printed on it. In this match, Côte d'Ivoire won 5 goals to Madagascar, and everyone cheered and sang together after the game. The people of Côte d'Ivoire have said: "It was Drogba who stopped the civil war". This is seen as a miracle created by Drogba, who finally contributed to the peace of the motherland with his influence and practical actions, and he is a well-deserved national hero. In 2010, Drogba was selected as one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine magazine, which is a rare honor in world football...
( 2010 Time Magazine 100 People — Drogba )
In 2012, when Robert Di Matteo took over the team temporarily, Chelsea were already desperate to compete for the fourth place and could only struggle to qualify for next season's Champions League by winning a Champions League title. Back to the exciting moment at the beginning of the article, when Drogba adjusted his breathing, began to run, got up to hit the goal, and the ball rolled into the bottom left corner of the goal steadily! The new King of Europe was born under the night sky at the Allianz Arena, and it was also the brightest moment of Drogba's career, he did it, and the 34-year-old Drogba finally conquered the continent of Europa as he wished...
( Drogba celebrates Champions League victory )
After the Champions League final, Drogba left Chelsea, where he had played for eight years, to begin his own "journey of discovery in world football". He first moved to Shanghai, China, to join Shenhua, and after half a season, he went to Turkey, joined Galatasaray and enjoyed the famous barbecue, and also captained the American major league team Montreal. The most memorable of this was that two years after bidding farewell to Stamford Bridge, Drogba returned to Chelsea in the 14-15 season to work with the "special man" Mourinho again. The reunion of The Monster and the Madman is bound to set off a storm in the Premier League, that season Chelsea won the championship without suspense, and Drogba also really said goodbye to Chelsea as a player at the end of the season, so that Drogba's Blues career ended perfectly.
( Chelsea and Drogba )
We will never see the "three bars" on the grass again. His passion for football and his love for the country have deeply influenced the young generation of Ivorian players, who did not belong to the responsibilities of the players but did not hesitate to carry it on their shoulders, bravely stood up when the people needed him most, and made great contributions to the peace of Côte d'Ivoire. He's a name that still makes everyone boil decades later, he's the king of Stamford Bridge, he's a wanderer with a deep affection for the african land, he's Didier de Roba.
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