20 min: Cristiano Ronaldo waves his hand by way of apology after toe-poking a shot from distance wide when a pass inside to his Wayne Rooney would have been the more sensible option. 23 min: A quarter of the match gone and it's been very entertaining so far. Did he get a nudge? Inside the Stadio Olimpico: The centre-circle is covered by a large red Champions League flag. Just as Barcelona's players aren't celebrating too raucously or wildly, Manchester United's don't look too gutted, probably because they know they were lucky to escape an even more embarrassing hiding. 48 min: Henry goes close, so very close, for Barcelona, exploiting the massive John O'Shea-shaped hole that was left at the back when United were dispossessed and caught on the break. sing the United hordes. How many of them will Barcelona use up taking this corner? Tell all those people there's no need to stand in line if they head for the nearest internet cafe. 64 min: Barcelona go forward, working the ball out to Henry on the left. Watch the full match between FC Barcelona and Manchester United in the 2009 Champions League Final. 82 min: Barcelona go forward again with Iniesta on the ball. I'm not a racist and I have nothing against Scousers. Wherever you may be! 52:29. Good save. 2 : 0 . Barcelona v Manchester United predictions can be derived from the H2H stats analysis. They obviously musn't have heard about it yet. Thanks for your company, and bye for now. 48:58. Manchester United . The bloke who sent it was so deranged he actually seemed to think that I could affect the outcome by providing an imbalanced commentary. Watch and download Manchester City vs Barcelona full match. Manchester United's Champions League run ended in the quarter-finals as Lionel Messi inspired Barcelona to a crushing victory in the second leg at the Nou Camp. exclaims Jamie Redknapp in Sky central, marvelling at Xavi and Iniesta's ability to see what's going on around them. Barcelona beat Manchester United 3-1 at Wembley to win the Champions League, with superstar Lionel Messi producing a fine display which includes his first goal on English soil. The delivery is poor and the ball goes out for a Barcelona throw-in. Before we get on with the fun, a brief safety announcement: the fire exits are there, here and off down there. Full Match Video. He spills the ball from his grasp and Rio Ferdinand is forced to step in hack clear. Barcelona are champions of Europe after a 2-0 win over Manchester United at the Stadio Olimpico. Yes Jamie, their heads are on swivels ... and so is yours. Barcelona 2-0 Manchester United (Messi 70) Messi breaks his scoring duck against an English team as John O'Shea stands staring at him with slack-jawed astonishment. 6 min: Cristiano Ronaldo tries his luck from distance, letting fly from about 40 yards. Here's hoping for a wonderful game of football between Manchester United and Barcelona in Rome's Stadio Olimpico tonight. With Andrea Bocelli providing the soundtrack on the pitch, the players emerge from the tunnel and line up. Manchester United vs Barcelona. Relive every moment of the scintillating 2009 UEFA Champions League final. What do you do when your two favorite soccer teams in the world play against each other in the final of the premier club competition on the planet? Enjoy the whole Champions League final between FC Barcelona and Manchester United, The flagship Barça school. Once again, there's too much weight on it and Barca get the goal-kick. The best sports complex in the centre of a big city. A more precise prediction, you say? The difference between United/Carrick and Barcelona/Iniesta is that the wee Catalan just doesn't make mistakes like that. 35 min: From that corner, Barca win another one, from which Vidic just beats the onrushing Pique, getting something, possibly an arm, to the ball and sending it out for a throw-in, from which nothing comes. Some substitution news: Scholes has replaced Giggs on the field and as captain. Another email, this time from Christopher Davis: "Is James Richardson the man whipping the crowd into a Frenzy in the ground tonight?" Revive el partido completo FC Barcelona vs. Manchester United de Final de la Champions League de 2008-2009 celebrado en Stadio Olimpico (Roma) en Footballia GOAL! FC Barcelona 3-3 Manchester United … Champions League Final 2009 Highlights: Barcelona Vs Manchester United 2-0 (Eto’o and Messi Goal) pomeki Subscribe Unsubscribe 1 28 May 2009 Manchester United are getting their arses handed to them on a plate here. C ompared to the twisting ball of perpetual motion they faced in the Champions League finals of 2009 and 2011, Manchester United will face the more calculated 2019-edition Messi at … 11:45 AM PT , May 27, 2009. Their humiliation is complete. Unpacking Real's Clasico win vs. Barcelona, Man United and Chelsea play it safe, Pirlo and Juve need time. This is the match sheet of the UEFA Champions League game between FC Barcelona and Manchester United on May 27, 2009. This from Andrew Cummings, who is watching in Spain. I honestly couldn't believe how many tabloid johnnies and supposed broadsheet behemoths were breezily predicting a win for Manchester United this morning. 15 min: Giggs takes the free-kick, sendning it high and wide. Eto'o goes close ... Messi goes close ... then appeals for a penalty when he goes down under a John O'Shea challenge while trying to get on the end of an Eto'o through-ball. Read more Facebook Twitter. This from Michael Hatcher: "So, those Manchester United finals in full: Benfica 68 - awfully well done; Bayern 99 - played off park for 91 mins, then do a Bolton; Chelsea '08 - win a scrappy affair on pens - just; Barca '09 - played off park by a team with a makeshift defence. Game on: Barcelona kick off, playing from right to left, work the ball back to their goalkeeper, Victor Valdes, who immediately concedes a throw-in deep inside his own half after being put under pressure by Ronaldo. The committee – who decided the venue for the 2008 final and the 2008 and 2009 UEFA Cup Finals at the same meeting – based their decision on a number of factors, including stadium capacity, safety and security facilities, and accessibility. 0 0. Wayne Rooney has been noticably quiet thus far, which is kind of understandable because Cristiano Ronaldio seems determined to win the game single-handedly for Manchester United. 5.02pm EDT 17:02. he asks. On the touchline, Dimitar Berbatov is stripping off his tracksuit and receiving instruction from Sir Alex Ferguson. In 2008–09, FC Barcelona started a new era with a new manager, former captain and Barcelona B coach Pep Guardiola, who led the team to the first treble in Spanish football history and first one to win sextuple in the club football history. Why Man United vs. … He keeps it in play and wins a corner, from which Cristiano Ronaldo heads well over despite slack marking from Barcelona's defenders. Eating rats in your council house!" Manchester United or Barcelona in the Champions League final on Wednesday. A lot of journalists in England left looking very stupid tonight ... and I'm not one of them. FT. Manchester United . Don't forget to join us for the FA Cup on Saturday as the curtain falls on our domestic season. What … It was a match that had everything – the Champions League Final in 2009 between Barcelona and Manchester United: two of the biggest clubs in the world, playing the best football, facing off in the final; Guardiola v Ferguson; the young pretender v the seasoned veteran; Messi v Ronaldo. Popular Premier League Bundesliga Serie A La Liga Ligue 1 Eredivisie Süper Lig Premier … If you backed Thierry Henry to be the first player to put the trophy on his head, go and collect. "Men against boys, as a certain Man Utd defender may have said recently," writes David Junggren. While there can be no doubt in the mind of any sentient human being that Manchester United are considerably better than England, I think a lot of the cheerleaders who've been predicting success for them tonight are basing their assessments of Barcelona on the only two matches they've seen them play this season, in which they didn't perform as shabbily as some would have you believe despite the smothering tactics employed by Chelsea. Summary; H2H Comparison; Venue; Europe European Championship; EC Qualification; WC Qualification Europe; UEFA Nations League; Baltic Cup; UEFA Champions League. Perhaps he has a basketball hoop in his back garden that needs replacing? Manchester United 18 : 30: Manchester City 17/12/20: PRL: Sheffield United 21 : 00: Manchester United 20/12/20: PRL: Manchester United 17 : 30: Leeds United 23/12/20: LEC: Everton 21 : 00: Manchester United The Official site of the Barça Foundation. Nemanja Vidic cut out a low, hard cross from the right by Carles Puyol. 50 min: With Manchester United's players being (a) knackered from chasing shadows all night and (b) having to go for it, Barcelona go close twice more while exploiting the gaping holes being torn in the United defence. 100'. Apparently they're showing the similarities between ancient Rome and modern day football. So, there we are, Barcelona deservedly lift the Champions League trophy while Manchester United scuttle back to England with their tails between their legs. 13 min: Assorted Barcelona midfielders stroke the ball over and back across midifeld, slowly advancing on the United goal. I think Chelsea put the fear of God in Barcelona and may have done Manchester United a huge favour. © 2021 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. Ajax have beaten Juventus! Messi stars as Barca cruise past Man United. Their tails are up and Manchester United's players are the ones who look a bit shell-shocked. He's been let down by plenty of his big-name players tonight: O'Shea, Vidic, Ferdinand, Evra, Carrick, Anderson, Rooney, Giggs, Berbatov, Scholes ... were all very, very poor. 27/05/2009 Live Stylish Barcelona take United's crown. Free-kick for Barcelona. VK. 26 min: Barca win a free-kick about 30 yards out from goal on the left channel. 21 min: Great diagonal ball from Michael Carrick in the centre-circle, who quarter-backs it towards wide receiver Wayne Rooney on the left flank. 76 min: Barcelona are playing keep-ball, Manchester United's players are still chasing shadows. 32 min: Tip, tap, tip ... tap .. tip .. stroke ... tap ... tip ... languids flick ... ooh laa ... Manchester United throw-in off Thierry Henry. Full Match : Barcelona 2 vs 0 Manchester United 27-05-2009. 87 min: Berbatov's been leaden-footed of touch, inaccurate of shot and generally worse than useless since coming on - it's time Ferguson cut his losses, admitted buying the Bulgarian was a mistake and got rid of him. Much to my amusement, I recently had several impossibly outraged readers accusing me of bias because I happened to mention in a commentary that I had a bet on one of the teams participating. United collect their runners-up medals: Followed by Ryan Giggs and the troops, Sir Alex Ferguson leads his side up the steps to where a party of dignitaries including Prince William, Michel Platini and Silvio Berlusconi - more of an indignitary - shake their hands. Relive every moment of the scintillating 2009 UEFA Champions League final. He plays a weighted pass to the byline for Ryan Giggs to chase, but there's a little too much weight on the ball and it rolls wide. May 25, 2009 7:00 pm May 25, 2009 7:00 pm. All rights reserved. Where's the defending? 0 0. 90 min: There'll be three minutes of injury time. FC Barcelona-Manchester United: 3:0 (2:0) 2018/2019: Quarter-finals: Manchester United-FC Barcelona: 0:1 (0:1) 2010/2011: Final: FC Barcelona-Manchester United: 3:1 (1:1) 2008/2009: Final: Manchester United-FC Barcelona: 0:2 (0:1) 2007/2008: Semi-finals: Manchester United-FC Barcelona: 1:0 (1:0) 2007/2008: Semi-finals: FC Barcelona-Manchester United: 0:0 (0:0) 1998/1999: Group D Manchester United, with added Park Ji-sung and Rio Ferdinand but no Carlos Tevez (bench), Dimitar Berbatov (bench), Darren Fletcher (suspended) or Howard Webb (not selected by Uefa): 1-Edwin van der Sar; 22-John O'Shea, 5-Rio Ferdinand, 15-Nemanja Vidic, 3-Patrice Evra; 13-Park Ji-sung, 16-Michael Carrick, 8-Anderson, 11-Ryan Giggs; 7-Cristiano Ronaldo, 10-Wayne Rooney.Subs: Kuszczak, Rafael Da Silva, Evans, Nani, Scholes, Berbatov, Tevez. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for BARCELONA VS MANCHESTER UNITED PROGRAMME. Line-ups for the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final between Barcelona and Manchester United at the Stadio Olimpico, Rome, on 27 May 2009: Date: 28 May 2009, 13:52 (UTC) Source: Barcelona_vs_Man_Utd_2009-05-27.svg; Author: Barcelona_vs_Man_Utd_2009-05-27.svg: PeeJay; derivative work: MaxBet (talk) 8 min: Another shot from Cristiano Ronaldo, who attempts to volley a dropping ball diagonally across the face of goal and into the bottom right hand corner. 100' So, there we are, Barcelona deservedly lift the Champions League trophy while Manchester United scuttle back to England with their tails between their legs. Thierry Henry was waiting in the centre if the big Serb had missed it. Park! 4 min: "Park! UEFA Champions League Semi-Final. 1080p WEB WDTeam Movies Preview 29 min: Half an hour gone and the time has flown by. Anyway, please desist from (a) firing off the same email over and over again, because the original is almost certainly already sitting in my inbox unopened (or opened and unpublished because it's a bit ... er, too good), (b) sending in emails that have absolutely no punctuation or capital letters where punctuation and capital letters are meant to be and (c) dispatching outraged accusations of bias just because I happen to describe a risible performance, misplaced pass or terrible shot by somebody playing for whatever team you support. Moments later, Scholes joins him in the book for one of his trade-mark lunges on Busquets. Gripped by jingoistic fervour, they fly in the face of all available evidence to the contrary and confidently back England, only to see their horse stumble unimpressively through the group stages before being inhumanely destroyed by a vastly superior thoroughbred in the second round or quarter-finals. Bekijk alles rondom de wedstrijd Barcelona-Manchester United (27-05-2009) (2-0) 40 min: Oh crumbs! Peep! Post-match niceties: The celebrations of the Barcelona players are fairly muted, possibly because victory came so easy to them. 10 min: There's no respite for United as Barcelona win a corner on the back of a lazy pass from Vidic. 189d Gabriele Marcotti. Barcelona v Manchester United 2009. Barcelona v Manchester United 2009. Henry's gone off for Barcelona but I'm not sure who replaced him. 90+1 min: Manchester United are 2-0 down in injury-time in a Champions League final and their opponents are taking the piss out of them, stroking the ball around the edges of their (the United) penalty area. Everyone in the wall jumped - there was definitely a case for him to drill it low and hard towards the near post ... although he'd have looked a bit of a chump if he'd pursued thatt particular course of action and those in the wall hadn't jumped. 25 min: Barcelona win the ball from Manchester United and show no sign that they're about to give it back any time soon. The only penalty shout so far has been a half-hearted one from Manchester United fans when Park Ji-sung was beaten to a through-ball by Victor Valdes, who hoofed it cleanly in to the stands. 78 min: An increasingly petulant Cristiano Ronaldo gets booked for a foul on Carles Puyol. "If so I trust you'll keep us updated on him and his gags/gaffs!" Utd - UCL 1995: all the info, statistics, lineups and events of the match 7:45pm, Wednesday 27th May 2009. He added that Vidic and Ferdinand should stop passing the ball back to their goalkeeper all the time, start making braver decisions and try play the ball out of defence. Match Report of FC Barcelona vs Manchester United FC - 2009-05-27 - UEFA Champions League ... FC Barcelona Barça. Pep Guardiola's Barcelona were ultimately crowned European champions. But anyone who watches Barcelona play week in and week out will know they're capable of a lot better and, even though Sir Alex Ferguson will have a few tricks up his sleeve, I'm going to predict a fairly comfortable win for Barca. UEFA Champions League Final. Formations, lineups and stats for Barcelona vs Manchester United Champions League 2008/2009 It's not random vandalism, as he's being very methodical and meticulous about it, carefully measuring out squares before snipping. What a semi it’ll be against … Speaking of Park, could the handful of readers who've written in to label me a racist for reproducing the lyrics of an affectionate song Manchester United fans composed about their industrious and much-loved South Korean please stop wringing your hands, moaning and get a life. If only ... Barcelona, complete with Iniesta and Henry, but no Eric Abidal (suspended), Danny Alves (suspended) or Rafael Marquez (knacked): 1-Victor Valdes; 5-Carles Puyol, 24-Yaya Toure, 3-Gerard Pique, 16-Silvinho; 28-Sergio Busquets, 6-Xavi, 8-Andres Iniesta; 10-Lionel Messi, 9-Samuel Eto'o, 14-Thierry Henry.Subs: Pinto, Caceres, Muniesa, Keita, Gudjohnsen, Bojan, Pedrito. 27/05/2009 Live Guardiola salutes his treble winners. 7:45pm, Tuesday 29th April 2008. 2008/2009. Barcelona . Not all that really, is it?". 2009 Champions League Final: Barcelona vs Manchester United Teams in 08/09. 73 min: Free-kick for Barcelona on the right flank, between penalty area and touchline. Xavi sends the ball across the edge of the six-yard box, where Puyol is first to it and plants a meaty header straight at Van der Sar. Final Barcelona vs Manchester United (2009) 2 of 4 Lionel Messi in 2008-2009 UEFA Champions League (2008). 3 min: It's all United very early doors - Barcelona's players aren't being given a moment to settle on the ball. United clear. I don't know. Yahoo! 28 min: "In an email entitled 'Another George classic', correspondent Michael Friel reveals that "acording to the renowned RTE commentator George Hamilton, Barcelona's play is not poetry in motion but 'geometry in motion' ... it's all about the angles you see.". FootballContestsHD. The center for sports knowledge and innovation. - Tokyvideo.com HT. 2008/09 FC Barcelona 2-0 Manchester United FC: Report. Barcelona 1-0 Man United (Eto'o 9) Barcelona land a sucker-punch on United, scoring with their first attack. 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