Chelsea overcame a resilient Portsmouth to win a dramatic FA Cup final 1-0 at Wembley Stadium Saturday and achieve its first League and Cup Double. Didier Drogba got the winner with a 59th minute free-kick after Chelsea hit the woodwork five times in the first half and Frank Lampard missed a late penalty. In an astonishing match of twists and turns, Kevin-Prince Boateng, who scored from the spot in the semifinal at Wembley, saw his 56th minute penalty saved. The triumph gave the west London side a second straight FA Cup final victory, after it beat Everton last season, and its third success in four seasons. Although the newly-crowned Premier League champion dominated relegated Portsmouth in the opening half, it was thwarted on five occasions when Drogba (twice), Frank Lampard, Salomon Kalou and John Terry all hit the bar or post. Despite that Portsmouth's incredibly vociferous fans made the greater noise inside the sun-drenched stadium and stayed to applaud their side even after defeat. The match turned Chelsea's way when Boateng's penalty, awarded after substitute Juliano Belletti brought down Aruna Dindane, was saved by Petr Cech's legs. Drogba fired home a 25-meter free-kick three minutes later that went in off the inside of a post to maintain his record of scoring in all six competitive matches he has played for Chelsea at Wembley - three semifinals and three FA Cup finals. Lampard fired wide from the spot in the 88th minute after a Michael Brown had clattered into him but Chelsea had already done enough to become the seventh club in English history to win the Double, the 11th time the feat has been achieved. Chelsea began as the favorites to beat Portsmouth which is in administration, has debts of 138 million pounds ($201.2 million) and finished bottom of the Premier League. Some pundits had forecast a record FA Cup final victory following Chelsea's 8-0 trouncing of Wigan Athletic when it clinched the league title at Stamford Bridge last Sunday. But Portsmouth, many of whose players might have been playing their last match for the club because of the financial problems and relegation, weathered the storm. In contrast Chelsea had just one first half scare with Cech producing an outstanding reflex save to deny Frederic Piquionne. Kalou was guilty of one of the most blatant misses in any Cup final after 27 minutes when he shinned an Ashley Cole cross against the bar in front of an open goal from four meters. A minute later Chelsea captain Terry headed the ball against the bar again with the under-fire James beaten. Portsmouth rode its luck once more 10 minutes later when James pushed Drogba's 30-meter free kick against the bar. The right-hand post came to Portsmouth's rescue again two minutes later when Drogba cracked the ball against it from close range with England goalkeeper James again beaten. The icing on the cake for Chelsea's England defender Ashley Cole was a place in the record books as he climbed the steps to the Royal Box and collected his sixth FA Cup winners' medal. Bayern wins German Cup Bayern Munich captured its eighth domestic double by routing Werder Bremen 4-0 in the final of the German Cup Saturday. Bayern can complete a rare treble if it beats Inter Milan in the Champions League final in one week in Madrid. Arjen Robben scored from a penalty in the 34th minute, Ivica Olic doubled the lead in the 51st, Franck Ribery added the third in the 63rd and Bastian Schweinsteiger completed the victory in the 83rd. Bayern stretched its German Cup title record to 15, one week after clinching its 22nd league championship at the same Olympic Stadium in Berlin. Bremen captain Torsten Frings was sent off in the 76th.
