We proved you all wrong
Cech says glory was revolt against critics
Published: Today at 11:48
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The Blues keeper defied an Arjen Robben extra-time penalty and two shoot-out spot-kicks to stun favourites Bayern Munich in their own Allianz Arena.
And Cech - celebrating a "dream" early 30th birthday present - believes Chelsea's 4-3 triumph on penalties after a 1-1 draw proved everyone wrong.
He said: "It was a kind of revolt against everybody - because everything was going against us and we didn't have results.
"Andre Villas-Boas had to leave.
"He was sacked and everybody was saying, 'You have no chance against Napoli, second leg'.
"Everybody wrote us off against Barcelona, everybody said that Bayern is playing at home, that we have missing players, and we have no chance.
"So, we kept proving everybody wrong."
Like Drogba - who followed up his 88th minute equaliser with the decisive shoot-out strike - Cech insisted Chelsea's triumph was their destiny.
The Czech international, who has been at Stamford Bridge since 2004, added: "It must have been because all those years we've been really doing well in the league and were so unlucky in the Champions League.
"This year, everything was going wrong in the league. We finished in sixth place, where we had never finished since I joined the club, and it was the moment where we won the Champions League.
"So many times this season, people wrote us off, and we said, 'Okay, everybody keeps writing us off, but we will do it'. Finally! It's been eight years.
"The chance came and in a moment when nobody expected it. We grabbed the chance.
"I said prior to the game that if we win the cup, I don't want a cake, and this is the best present I can get. It's a dream come true."
Cech said of his penalty saves: "It was fantastic and when I saved the first one, in extra-time, obviously it gave me confidence for the penalty shootout."
Blues' skipper John Terry - banned last night - missed a spot-kick in Russia that would have meant shoot-out joy, rather than defeat, in the 2008 final against Manchester United.
Cech added: "I saw Didier step up for the fifth one and thought, 'This was the moment that should have happened in Moscow'.
"When he scored, for the first time in my life I didn't know what to do. I heard him crying. I was crying, shouting. It was unbelievable."
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