The fans. The stadium. The players. The atmosphere.
It was absolutely outstanding. There is no better word to describe that.
Barcelona conquered Rome that nite with a superb display of possession, proving again that football is still the best game in the planet. The Catalans outclassed the Devils with an excellent 2-0 win in the the Staduim Olimpico, Rome. Goals from Samuel E’to and Lionel Messi had earned Barca as a rightful UCL champions.
Barca was dominating the whole game since the start of the first minute. Superb play from Puyol, Pique, Xavi and Iniesta were the key factors that helped Barca to clinch the title. Puyol played an excellent right back to stop Ronaldo from terrorizing the defense. Barca playmakers, Xavi and Iniesta produce amazing through balls and crosses that that was enough to crushed Man U’s dream of retaining the title.
On the 10th minute, Cameroon striker , Samuel E’to opened up the scoring to give Barca an early lead. E’to dribbled past Vidic and produce an unstoppable shot past keeper, Van Der Sar. United’s morale went down after the first goal. However, United had a couple of chances, but it was not enough to salvage a point.
Eto the scorer
In the 2nd half, Barca still maintain their possession. There was a freekick awarded to Barca. Xavi took the stunning freekick and it almost went in, but the post denied it. Ji Sung-Park had a great opportunity to equalize after a cross from Rooney, but the ball was too high for him to head in. In the 70 minutes, Messi’s magic proved that he is much better that Ronaldo. A devastating cross from Iniesta to Messi, totally unmarked and produce a stunning header past the keeper. After that, Devils were playing rough especially Scholes and Ronaldo.
Messi's magic
Tevez and Messi tussling against each other
In the end of the game, you could see Barca fans went wild in the stadium. During the medal giving ceremony, you could also see that all Man U’s player were in sour face. They produce a very poor display that nite. As a result, they were outplayed.
The Catalans celebrate after winning the title.
And Barca’s manager Pep Guardiola is one happy man.
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