John Terry's Penalty Miss & the Birth of Football Meme Culture

ture Cast your mind back to 21 May 2008. The Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow hosted the Champions League final between Manchester United and Chelsea - England's two biggest sides at the time. The game was huge. Cristiano Ronaldo's header opened the scoring for United, but Frank Lampard fired home an equaliser for the break. The score was 1-1, and it stayed that way. Extra time couldn't separate the two teams, so we went to penalties. Ronaldo actually missed his effort, and after four impressive...
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