2011 CL Final: FC Barcelona - Manchester United FC 3-1 - Champions!

[FCBarca]

What did that Al Jazeera chick ask?

Such a windup question about the Clasicos & RM as being the world's biggest/best club, would Barca winning mean they are getting closer to RM?

Such a douche, when she asked Pep more about the Clasicos, she tried to get a 2nd question in but the moderator had already set the pressy rules and it was 1 question/per

BTW, TV3 have shown some funny scenes around Wembley & Hyde Park

 

[Pedro17]

I'm so excited for the game! Nervous too, anything can happen when its just one game for the cup.

 

[Creepy]

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One for the United fans.. =)

 

[alex 10]

im so Nervous :flagvl8:

 

[IrvDizzle]

Ibrahim Affelay anyone?

 

[Unbiased United]

[YOUTUBE]Cj15TX06KFQ[/YOUTUBE]

One for the United fans.. =)

Probably not the best place to show this, with it being a Barca forum lol! :flagvl8:

But as a United fan I thought it was great....hope SAF shows it the troops before the game tomorrow.

 

[Barcanista]

A 31 year old with injury problems isn't worth £45m no matter how good he is or his trophy haul. No one would pay that, he's a great player but one a player is over 30 their value decreases.[/QUOTE] ALEX SONG

That's utter bullshit. You don't even have a valid argument, you just assume that a player gets worse by his age.

Please, just think about it for a second, what's he gonna lose, his pace? He's already very slow. His strength? Has never had that.
Xavi is an exceptional player because he completely lacks speed and physical ability, but his vision and techniqual ability are out of this world.
None of those things get worse by age, he has proven that he's good enough to completely outplay any 4-man midfield on his own despite his lack of pace and strength, so what says he couldn't do that for 4-5 more years?
He doesn't even run that much, he's just incredibly smart, and positions himself at the right place basically all the time.

 

[Ode to Django]

agreed he uses his intelligence and awareness more than anything

 

[IrvDizzle]

Boss Hova's (aka Xavi) # of La Liga games he has started has declined over the last three years ... 34 to 31 to 29. CL matches have remained around the same 11-11-10 (will be 11 as of tomorrow) ... but that's not a surprise considering the international commitments he's had in the last three summers (ECup, Confed Cup, WCup). he needs this summer off. I want him on a beach somewhere for all of June and July.

 

[Messi10]

Tomorrow is the day when we will be crowned European champions for a 4th time don't worry guys! We will win!

 

[Mes que un club]

He doesn't even run that much.

While i agree with the rest of your post, this is not quite true. He is typically the player in our squad who runs the most.

 

[Pepe Silvia]

I hope we slaughter Man United tomorrow. Slaughter.

 

[Yugi]

I have a weird feeling, very weird about the final score
In my head it´s 4:1 with MU scoring first

 

[DucdeOrléans]

A quick look on the history of the two clubs in terms of trophies:

FC Barcelona:

Domestic
Spanish Championship
Winners (21): 1928–29, 1944–45, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1973–74, 1984–85, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11
Runners-up (22): 1929–30, 1945–46, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1981–82, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1996–97, 1999–00, 2003–04, 2006–07
Spanish Cup
Winners (25): 1909–10, 1911–12, 1912–13, 1918–19, 1921–22, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1927–28, 1941–42, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1962–63, 1967–68, 1970–71, 1977–78, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2008–09
Runners-up (10): 1902–03, 1918–19, 1931–32, 1935–36, 1953–54, 1973–74, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1995–96, 2010–11
Spanish League Cup
Winners (2): 1982–83, 1985–86
Spanish Super Cup
Winners (9): 1983, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010
Runners-up (7): 1985, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999
Copa Eva Duarte (Predecessor to the Supercopa de España)
Winners (4): 1945, 1948, 1952, 1953
Runners-up (2): 1949, 1951

European
European Cup / UEFA Champions League
Winners (3): 1991–92, 2005–06, 2008–09
Runners-up (3): 1960–61, 1985–86, 1993–94
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Winners (4): 1978–79, 1981–82, 1988–89, 1996–97
Runners-up (2): 1968–69, 1990–91
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (the forerunner to the UEFA Europa League)
Winners (3): 1955–58, 1958–60, 1965–66
Runners-up (1): 1961–62
UEFA Super Cup
Winners (3): 1992, 1997, 2009
Runners-up (4): 1979, 1982, 1989, 2006

Worldwide
FIFA Club World Cup
Winners (1): 2009
Runners-up (1): 2006

FC Barcelona: Total number of trophies: 75 (61 national and 14 international)


Manchester United

Domestic
League First Division (until 1992) and Premier League: 19
1907–08, 1910–11, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11

Cups

FA Cup: 11
1908–09, 1947–48, 1962–63, 1976–77, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2003–04
League Cup: 4
1991–92, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10
FA Charity/Community Shield: 18 (14 outright, 4 shared)
1908, 1911, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1965*, 1967*, 1977*, 1983, 1990*, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010 (* shared)

European
European Cup/UEFA Champions League: 3
1967–68, 1998–99, 2007–08
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1
1990–91
UEFA Super Cup: 1
1991

Worldwide
Intercontinental Cup: 1
1999
FIFA Club World Cup: 1
2008

Manchester United: Total number of trophies: 59 (52 national and 7 international)

Clearly we have a significant advantage. 16 trophies to be precise.

 

[Fourteen]

I hope we get another Alaves - Liverpool, except the Spanish team winning this time.

5-4 please.