Barcelona crowned KING OF EUROPE in Rome

last SG · 2009-05-28T16:15:05+00:00

ROME - Barcelona deposed Manchester United as European champions with a 2-0 victory forged by a superb display of controlled attacking soccer in the Champio...

Poolman SG

no la , somebody saying Barcelona don't deserve to be in the Final ....

Then when Messi got the World Player of the year , they will say : Messi are lucky to win the title , should be Ronaldo la bla bla bla ...

Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic insists manager Guus Hiddink's tactics for their failed Champions League semi against Barcelona were spot on.

"After the match, we were terribly upset," said Ivanovic in the interview with Russian newspaper Sovetski Sport. "We all understood that it had been possible to beat Barca. Hiddink picked brilliant tactics - to bind their hands and feet, to nullify Messi.

"Messi was to be isolated from the ball. So we cut the supply from his team-mates and the plan worked! 'We deserved the victory. But in the end the only trophy that we can still win is the FA Cup."

yea.. barcelona don't even deserve to play in the final.

if not for kelong referee 4 penalty denied WTF

Poolman SG

i am glad majority , including me , said Barcelona did very well to be European Champion .

I am even more happy , majority of genuine MU fans , gracefully endorsed Barcelona is the better team to win that night .

Good job guys !!!

Poolman SG

messi did better than ronaldo this season.

no doubt .... but UEFA do things quite clear cut .... the best player that won the domestic league and UCL will win .

And Messi definitely stands out in this instance .

HyuugaNeji SG

I think chelsea dont deserve to be in the final because they have too many old legs and due to their slow and sloppy defending, they allowed barca to score an injury time winner. Injury time goals of course should count.

If not, you can take away manutd's glory in the champ league final against bayern munich in 1999 because manutd scored two late goals.

omgukilledkenny SG

no doubt .... but UEFA do things quite clear cut .... the best player that won the domestic league and UCL will win .

And Messi definitely stands out in this instance .

I dont think so, i think even if Man Utd had won the UCL, a Barca player will still grab the award.

I can't think of any Utd player that can match the form of any Barca player. imo Vidic comes closest, but how often you see a defender winning the Ballon D'or?

alwaysdisturbed SG

If not, you can take away manutd's glory in the champ league final against bayern munich in 1999 because manutd scored two late goals.

i think chelski players are not having anything against the goal scored by barca in the injury mins. but they are just unhappy about not getting the penalties.

but i think they were up with an extra man for a good 20 mins of the game and didn't want to press on to attack. instead they sat back and defend, defend and defend and concede at the end. earlier in the game, they had couple of chances, if they had good finishing, they would have killed the game for barca. regarding the penalty claims, i think the only clear cut one was pique's handball. chelski players ought to know not always a penalty = goal. if the penalty was saved, it could still have gone barca's way.

Poolman SG

football is full of controversy .

Maradona's handball ? Against England ....

If not for that handball ... will England win the World Cup ?

Some diehard say yes , some anti say no ....

The last one say Argentina was The World Champion . History written 1986 , Argentina was The World Champion !!

Nothing can changed that .

Barcelona is current UCL Champion , nothing can changed that now !!

HyuugaNeji SG

Aiya, in almost every crucial match, there will always be penalties claims that got rejected or dubious penalties given. As professionals, they should grow up and move on.

omgukilledkenny SG

football is full of controversy .

Maradona's handball ? Against England ....

If not for that handball ... will England win the World Cup ?

Some diehard say yes , some anti say no ....

The last one say Argentina was The World Champion . History written 1986 , Argentina was The World Champion !!

Nothing can changed that .

Barcelona is current UCL Champion , nothing can changed that now !!

Controversies, thats what makes football so interesting.

HyuugaNeji SG

i think chelski players are not having anything against the goal scored by barca in the injury mins. but they are just unhappy about not getting the penalties.

I think its part of hiddink's tactics that he want chelsea to focus on defence despite being 1 man extra. His tactics would have worked if chelsea dont have so many old legs who cant defend at the last moment.

Feeling sore that his tactics had failed at the last minute (possibly last few seconds), hiddink decide to contest those penalties claims, when normally he would not.

Poolman SG

I love Barcelona .... not until last night , i dislike the fake Marcelona fans , i saw riots in Catalan , killing some , injured some ..... shop were damaged ... public property were ruined etc .... Riots police were called in , water dispersal equipments were used .....

And they just walked away without any punishments .

Roma fans were the same ....

They never get punished by UEFA ...

If Liverpool fans did the same things ... i dun no what will happened ?

But in 2005 , we don't see that in Merseyside .

We dun see that in Manchester City , did we ?

I dun like that ... also in Nigeria killing people after MU lost .

Sorry a bit off topic , felt suxs , was like telling myself :" wtf "

Jffdevil2 SG

yes,u fuck poolman.ur liverpool has killed more than 90 pplein a single match,remember hillsboro??liverpool fc should be vanished from football league anywhere in the world.

and theONLY reason why man utd los to barca was rooney's boots kanA stolen by liverpool fanS.

limpper SG

Barcelona Bus

Treble-winners Barcelona finally met their match on the streets of their home city as up to a million fans flocked to welcome them home from their Champions League final triumph on Thursday.

The Catalans have outplayed all comers to win the Spanish League, King's Cup and now the Champions League, but they struggled to make their way through the crowds to the Nou Camp to complete their celebrations.

Having beaten Manchester United 2-0 in Rome on Wednesday, the squad flew back to Barcelona on Thursday afternoon and it was coach Pep Guardiola and captain Carles Puyol who carried the European Cup down the steps from the plane.

They boarded an open-top bus and with the trophies propped up inside the front windscreen, set off for a journey that would take over three hours. A second bus drove behind pumping out music.

Spanish media reported that up to a million fans thronged the streets to greet them.

The players, who all wore blue shirts emblazoned with "Cup, League and Champions", danced, sang songs, waved flags and sprayed drinks over the fans.

The club threw open the doors of the Nou Camp and a capacity 98,000 crowd had to wait for over an hour past the scheduled arrival time for the team to make their entrance and kick off the evening's festivities.

After the final on Wednesday night, around 100,000 fans celebrated in the centre of Barcelona, but events turned ugly later on.

Local police told Spanish media they had detained 119 people mainly for public disorder offences and causing damage. Medical services dealt with injuries to 153 people, with 23 needing hospital treatment.

limpper SG

Robinho30

Manchester City forward Robinho says he was delighted to see the Blues' city rivals Manchester United lose the Champions League final in Rome.

Sir Alex Ferguson's side - attempting to become the first team to win back-to-back Champions League crowns - lost 2-0 to Pep Guardiola's free-flowing Catalans courtesy of goals from Samuel Eto'o and Lionel Messi.

And Robinho, who joined the Eastlands oufit from Real Madrid last summer, has revealed he was rooting for his former club's arch-rivals, rather than his current ones.

"I was cheering for Barca. First, because I have friends there and also because United are our biggest rivals," he said in The Sun.

"I was sure Barca would prove they are Europe's best team.

"Not just Europe, they have the greatest and most powerful squad in the world."

And the Brazilian took a second swipe at the Premier League and Carling Cup champions, by insisting their is no contest in the Ronaldo vs Messi debate.

"Messi proved without a doubt he's the best," he said.

Jffdevil2 SG

tiko win win lar........once upon a time when liverpool won the champions league.....tat was when ar???when policemen in sg wear slipper??

limpper SG

Messi41

Newspaper headlines and reaction reaction to Barcelona's 2-0 victory over Manchester United in the Champions League final in Rome on Wednesday.

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ENGLAND

The Times

UNITED LEAVE ROME IN RUINS

"They were outclassed by an outstanding Barcelona team -- a group of players who showed what grace, elegance and class of the highest order still exist far beyond the Elysian fields of the Barclays Premier League." - Oliver Kay

The Daily Mail

HUMBLED

"Manchester United's dream of a second successive Champions League triumph was shattered by the genius of Lionel Messi."

"United were passed to death by the seductive brilliance of Barcelona." - Martin Samuel

The Independent

BEAUTIFUL BARCA STRIP THE FALLEN OF THEIR CROWN

"To call Barcelona the champions of Europe this morning is to give them their lesser title. The one they demand, unquestionably, is champions of football." - James Lawton

Daily Telegraph

BARCELONA FLATTEN UNITED'S EMPIRE

"Messi, so small of frame yet so immense a talent, industrious as well as inventive, ended the debate over who was the best player on the planet." - Henry Winter.

REALITY CHECK TOUGH TO ACCEPT

"Barcelona's geometric wizardry was a ligature that squeezed the life out of United's challenge." - Kevin Garside

The Guardian

AS GLADIATORS CLASH, MESSI IS THE CHAMPION

"The clash of the world's two best teams and the two most gifted footballers on the globe ended with Manchester United losing a European Cup final for the first time in four appearances and Barcelona's Lionel Messi asserting his domination over the Premier League's Cristiano Ronaldo."

Daily Mirror

"Manchester United were on the wrong end of one of the most one-sided Champions League finals there has ever been last night. They marched into the Stadio Olimpico with dreams of becoming the first team to retain the trophy but they were sent away with a flea in their ear for their impudence."

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SPAIN

El Periodico

TOUCHING HEAVEN

"This resounding victory is a message to those who only believe in results and winning. Barca have imposed a style of play that has earned millions of eulogies from every corner of the world.

"The most widely-broadcasted text message of 2009 has now been sent, in large, golden letters: It is possible to win playing well and putting on a spectacle. Copy this model. Be daring." - Johan Cruyff column

Marca

THIS TEAM IS A WORK OF ART

"Barca were brave in the face of adversity and stayed true to their convictions. To the exceptional merit of the players needs to be added the mark of their coach. Guardiola has overtaken the legendary Cruyff to become the principle reference in the history of Barcelona." - Santiago Segurola.

"There is no antidote to Barcelona's football. A treble, exquisite play, youth-team players, Guardiola... Perfection. Well yes, it turns out perfection does exist." - Alfredo Relano

Mundo Deportivo

"Pep knew he had to convert this team into a historical one. Before the start of the game he showed the players a video with examples of each one's best moves, interspersed with images of gladiators. Yesterday the best players in the world were artists when they had to be, and gladiators when required." - Santi Nolla

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ITALY

Gazetta

STUPENDOUS BARCA

"The King Juan Carlos was in the stands, the queen Barcelona was on the pitch. Come the final whistle, they all celebrated a third, deserved, 'Blaugrana' Champions League, after sinking ex-champions Manchester United.

"A true final and a true lesson from the debutante Guardiola, who celebrates his third title after the league and King's Cup."

limpper SG

Barcelona Fans2

PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria - A Manchester United fan in Nigeria killed four people when he drove his minibus into a crowd of Barcelona supporters after his team lost the Champions League final, police said on Thursday.

The crowd in the town of Ogbo were celebrating Barcelona's victory after Wednesday night's match when the bus drove into them. A police spokeswoman said 10 people were injured and the driver was arrested.

"The driver had passed the crowd then made a U-turn and ran into them," she said.

Barcelona beat Manchester United 2-0 in what was hailed as a "dream final" between two of Europe's best clubs. Both teams have large fan bases in Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation.

Earlier this month in Nairobi, an Arsenal fan in football-mad Kenya hanged himself wearing his beloved team's shirt after their defeat to Manchester United in the Champions League semi-finals.

Jffdevil2 SG

u bitch

Poolman SG

knn this moron still alive , we thought this moron already hanged himself at Shankly's Gate yesterday .... Talk only No actions .

Anyway , this moron . it is a pussy anyway .

It will be dead and buried one day .

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