Champions League Final: Barca runs titles  

The FC Barcelona is the winner of the Champions League Final 2009: The excellent ball magician deposed in a duel of the giants Manchester United defender title.

It caused an early hit from Samuel Eto'o in the 10th Minute before 67,000 football fans at the sold-out Stadio Olimpico in Rome and a Kopfballtor by Lionel Messi (70) for the highly deserved 2:0 (1:0)-success record against the English champion. This drove the Catalans their third winning the most important trophy in club football after 1992 and 2006. For Man Utd on the other hand, continued the curse of the Defender continues. Like his 15 predecessors, the Premier League club last year's victory will not be repeated, and had to be after 25 unvanquished Champions League games the first time in a European Cup final to beat.

Barcelona's stunning star ensemble, en route to the final to FC Bayern in the quarter and humiliated FC Chelsea in the semi-luck with niedergerungen had managed to triumph in the Eternal City as the first Spanish club triple from a national championship, cup and European Cup-winning crown . Barca coach Josep Guardiola was also the trainer as the first art piece, equal in its premiere season, the coveted trophy with Henkel ears to win. Manchester United coach Sir Alex Ferguson Hero, however, was the third winning the Champions Trophy as well as his club failed the fourth victory in the noble competition.

The duel, in which as hoped instantly blinding ball aesthetics instead of conventional blood vault program was started with a free kick from Cristiano Ronaldo Kracher, after only 87 seconds Barca final man Victor Valdes before significant problems noted. Even tried twice, the Portuguese with dangerous shots, then stopped short Eto'o - and painful for Man Utd - Ronaldo, the upcoming show. After a pass from Andres Iniesta, he and Nemanja Vidic are also outsmarted Final Man United Edwin van der Sar.

In the private duel with Cristiano Ronaldo to the role of the best footballer in the world would now Barcas Messi (19) can no longer stand back and sat with a shot like a line from the edge of an exclamation point penalty. Manchester was impressed, responded only, instead of Chelsea in the semi demonstrated aggressively against Barcas dreaded ball circulation dagegenzuhalten. Barca had too much space, and - somewhat surprisingly - even physical benefits.

Man Utd showed too little, because the locks and injuries on the same three positions changed Barca defense to bring in a predicament. In addition Cristiano Ronaldo was up to the mid-term no whistle "Red Devil" on Final hotter temperature. Barcelona was by this time only to be ashamed, not strongly enough to the second gate to push. The champagne football of the initial phase had now a little lost its sparkle. Only shortly before the break brought Messi (44) after a Dribbling van der Sar again in embarrassment.

From a quick burst of Manchester was also the beginning of the second half nothing to see. On the contrary, Barca made the right pressure. Thierry Henry (48) danced from the defense, but failed to cool to van der Sar. When free of the strong Xavi (53.) prevented the post a second-hit Barca.

Just as Manchester yet more pressure surreptitiously and sparked memories of the dramatic turn in the legendary final in Barcelona against FC Bayern (2:1) 1999 came, the only 1.70 meters tall mouse Messi magic - and the best calculated with a Kopfballtor. The Ninth Gate in the Champions League season, made the Argentinian whirlwind not only for the recent Champions League scorer king, but also to Topfavoriten for election to the world footballer of the year.

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