Barcelona team was crowned the winner today of the UEFA Champions League after winning the Olympic Stadium in Rome to Manchester United by 2 to 0.
In the beginning the game the Manchester team took the initiative, mainly through Cristiano Ronaldo, with some dangerous moves, and a free kick at minute 2, which failed to specify in the Korean goal Park, after the rebound that gave Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes.
But after 10 minutes play from Eto'o put Barcelona in profit in the first attack pretensions that made the Blaugrana. After this both the processing of the game changed and Barcelona started having more and more the possession of the ball, complicating Manchester could not get the ball to worry the team nor English. So ended the first half without scoring and a lot of plays for Barcelona in profit.
Manchester in the second half came in search of a tie, entering from the beginning of the second half, Carlos Tevez and within minutes the Bulgarian Berbatov. However, despite these changes, the Manchester could not get the ball and attack with danger to Barcelona, \u200b\u200bwho could not connect any dangerous backlash. Then
Manchester put on the field the veteran Paul Scholes in place of Ryan Giggs to try to recover the ball in midfield and could attend one of the strikers on the pitch but gave no result.
was then on 70 minutes, good play of Barcelona ends in a cross from the right by Xavi, which is connected over so impeccable Messi, placing the ball at the far post by Van der Sar thus putting the 2 to 0 in favor of the Barcelona final.
In the final minutes of Manchester tried but never had the strength to be presumed he could get the discount and the Barcelona attacks easily controlled.
In sum was won with a final total Barcelona justice, and not to rough it, showing that it is currently the best team in Europe.
With this victory Barcelona gets its third European Cup, in addition to those obtained in the years 1992 and 2006. Lionel Messi was also the scorer of the Champions League with 9 goals.
Barcelona becomes the fifth European team to achieve the triple crown, or whatever it is, winning in a single season league, Copa del Rey and Champions. Thus, joins Celtic, Ajax, PSV and Manchester United in the select club of the elect.
For ten years no one got it. Interestingly, the last one was his rival in the final, Manchester United. There have been many great teams that won the European title up, but very few have achieved the perfect season. The Barcelona and is one of them, being the first English team to do so.
The Glasgow Celtic was the first, beating Inter in 1967, the legendary Ajax of Cruyff and Neeskens in the early seventies was as follows: the 1988 from PSV coach Guus Hiddink was the second Dutch team to do so, and the Manchester United in 1999 that took her hand the cup to Bayern Munich in the Nou Camp when the Germans and cherished, was the last. Pep Guardiola
entered the select group of technicians who also won the Champions League as a player. In addition, Guardiola is the third coach to have achieved the same computer.
The other coaches are:
- Miguel Muñoz (ESP) (Real Madrid, champions in 1956 and 1957 as coach of Real Madrid champion in 1960 and 1966).
- Giovanni Trapattoni (ITA) (Milan player, 1963 and 1969, as coach of Juventus Turin, 1985).
- Johan Cruyff (NED) (Ajax Amsterdam player, 1971, 1972 and 1973 as coach of Barcelona, \u200b\u200b1992).
- Carlo Ancelotti (ITA) (Milan player, 1989 and 1990, coach Milan, 2003 and 2007).
- Frank Rijkaard (NED) (Milan player in 1989 and 1990 and the Ajax of Amsterdam in 1995 as coach of Barcelona, \u200b\u200bin 2006).
- Pep Guardiola (ESP) (1992 Barcelona player, coach Barcelona, \u200b\u200b2009).
Here is the final compact.
Congratulations to all the people of Barcelona!
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