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BEWARE: CONTAGIOUS FEVER IN TOWN!

Saturday 19th May 2012

7:45pm, Nigeria Time.

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2011-12 season final

FC Bayern Munchen (Germany) vs Chelsea FC (England)

Venue for 2011-12 CL final: Allianz Arena

* Bayern Munich are the first team to benefit from home stadium advantage since the Champions League was inaugurated in the 1992-93 season. The last time a team played at home in a European Cup final was in 1984 when the visitors, Liverpool, beat AS Roma on penalties after a 1-1 draw in Rome.

* It is the first time since AC Milan beat Liverpool in 2007 that neither of the two teams contesting the final is the reigning champion in their own country. Bayern finished second in the Bundesliga this season and Chelsea placed sixth in the Premier League.

* Bayern are playing in their fourth CL final and their ninth in the CL/European Cup. They have won the CL once (2001 on penalties after a 1-1 draw with Valencia) and the European title four times after three successive wins between 1974 and 1976.
* Chelsea are playing in only their second CL final and have never been European champions. They lost on penalties to Manchester United in the 2008 final after a 1-1 draw.

* A Chelsea victory would break a jinx that has prevented teams from Europe's biggest capital cities -- London, Paris, Rome, Moscow and Berlin -- from becoming European champions.

Gomez

* Bayern striker Mario Gomez has scored 12 goals in his 11 CL games this season and a remarkable 20 in his last 17 matches in the competition. He is just two behind the record of 14 in a CL season set by Barcelona's Lionel Messi in the current campaign.

* Bayern coach Jupp Heynckes won the CL with Real Madrid in 1998 and would become only the third team boss to win the title with two different clubs after Ottmar Hitzfeld, with Borussia Dortmund in 1997 and Bayern in 2001, and Jose Mourinho, with Porto in 2004 and Inter Milan in 2010.

Drogba

* Chelsea manager Roberto Di Matteo, who took over in mid-season, remains unbeaten in the CL after four wins and a draw in his first five matches in charge.











Acknowledegments:
- Statistics from The Times of India's STATBOX
- Pictures from Google search