I am not sure there was any neutral who have the remote thought that we will beaten in that game .that Barca team was considered the best team in the world and no one dared to assume otherwise IIRC
But ,isn't there is betting on those games? if there a record for that it could give us an indication on who was considered underdog back then
I had complete confidence in Barca beating Man Utd in Rome. By far the best team in the world, and after the Stamford Bridge and Bernabeu games within that one week, they were on a roll. The team was peaking at just the right time.
But the odds actually favoured United.
Our friends at Sky Bet have plenty of markets for tonight's match. Barcelona can be backed at 9/5 for victory, Manchester United are 6/4 and you can back the draw after 90 minutes at 9/4.
However, this is explained by the high number of bets favoring Man Utd from Britons, the country which just that year had a major newspaper have this headline. It wasn't until after the dominating final that the British press actually gave Barca their just dues.