fantastic showing of superiority by Barca.
Rooney was left to his own devices to playmake attack for the better part of the match. That was too much to ask of for anyone really.
Chicharito just lacked service and experience to stay onside grand occassion understandable.
Park was wack, Valencia was owned by Abi, Vidic and Rio were slow and very old looking. In all they got destroyed.
No diving no playacting no crowding refs. No excuses.
Xavi was magical. I don't think I saw him walking once.
Iniesta was like injecting heroin in your eyes.
Messi my lawd just out to kill the whole time. Villa and Pedro's pressure and relentlesness were so critical.
Ill be back to post more once I get to a laptop
Congrats guys we did it!!! Barca!!!!!!!!!!
Iniesta was so quite, yet so sick. He was winning fouls and wasting time with that, he was making so many sick turns to get the ball out of tricky situations and he was holding onto the ball until things cleared up. My favorite player to watch.
I did not say anything about the match but I did participate in the chat a little bit.
The game went in three phases, with Barcelona making the best of it.
Is Barcelona playable? Yes. Are they the deserved winners? Yes. Would have it been a shame if they didn't win? Yes. Give them space to play and they will murder you, and give them time to play and they will find the space to kill you. Manchester United had the game, as they did last time, in the first ten minutes and then retreated. If they had organized their running more, they would have scored, Alves was so shit, Xavi was always hustled off the ball, Iniesta did not make a single forward run, Messi dropped extremely deep. That was Manchester's chance, and they did not take it. They gave Barcelona the ball and for a moment spectated, only to realize that they have just given Barcelona what they want the most, the ball. The goal was only a matter of time and it did come, classic Barcelona. Pedro, cheeky fucker just hanging out all on his own and he wouldn't miss it for the world. VDS was shit in keeping it out standing in the middle of the goal too.
When Man U had no other choice but to press Barcelona, Rooney did very very well to score. His goal, was better than all of Barcelona's goals. Sick one twos, sick finish, a lot of determination.
Second half I thought Man U would have the edge, more motivated, they had controlled the game the first ten minutes and they would just have to repeat that. Except they failed where Madrid did, they scattered the ball for Chicharito to chase and for Rooney to fight for. Not a chance in hell against Pique and Mascherano. With Busquets dictating the play so deep, they were just all over the place and worse, out of breathe. Madrid were able to maintain their strength and stamina, Man U were, in the words of SAF, shot! They were beat, at 1-1.
Messi just curled it around Vidic and VDS didnt even see it, not until its too late anyways for his tall body. At 2-1, Man U were content with the defeat so was Alex. Villa had to get in there, he was working his ass off the first half, and I think this was the most perfect strike ever, what a wicked curl, such a tease. No chance in hell anyone could get to that. Proves to be the best striker in the world, just a magnificent shot. One wish: Come on Del Bosque, use him the full 90 minutes, tire him out!!!
Not to take anything away from this Man U, their sheer balance and instinct has taken them far, but I thought this final should have been between the best two in the world, Madrid vs Barcelona. Barca might have still went home winners, though they would have put up a much tighter challenge.
Again, Barcelona are playable, you'd just have to have the confidence to play them. Problem is, no one ever does, not with so much at stake anyways.
