Champions League Final

[basslinejunkie]

good prediction dark!!

yea united were piss poor....totally outplayed and outclassed.......awesome watching united getting battered like that.....every time a decent team goes out and attacks united they crumble....vidic and ferdinand were shocking

how many times do you see man utd come back full force when they go a goal down? it was not the same united team at all tonight.......

bingo. they get found out big time when they play good sides.

barca are on a diffrent level to any other team at the mo tho.the way they keep the ball and pass is the best we have seen by a mile in our generation. mind you, fergie played right into their hands with his masterful tatics!!

[C.O.Prodigy]

totally different team.

They start of by playing Park on the right with 3 upfront (4-3-3)and they almost score on their first chance, they have a go at attacking barsa for a good 7-8 first minutes which was brave and honorable but they folded on the first counter-attack of barsa's, one chance one goal - champions.

I think they looked different cause of their formation, they didn't count on being 1-0 after the first barca attack, Eto, fine little dink magick trick, lighting beating the defense - check mate.
Barca was playing ole passing ole countering and ole style.

Man utd los debacolos.

[Numeric]

They start of by playing Park on the right with 3 upfront (4-3-3)and they almost score on their first chance, they have a go at attacking barsa for a good 7-8 first minutes which was brave and honorable but they folded on the first counter-attack of barsa's, one chance one goal - champions.

the first goal killed united, our players couldn't recover, the formation and personnel didn't help and although it's easy with hindsight, i don't think the 4-3-3 works without fletcher or hargreaves in there spoiling, carrick looked like his old sleep-walking self and anderson was out of his depth bless the lad, as soft as the goals were, i don't think it would be fair to single out the united defence for critisism, or the forwards, this battle was lost in midfield and that's where barca shone brightest, iniesta and zavi played well and we couldn't match them

the nature of the defeat is difficult to stomach but i'm glad that united won't have to play the super cup and club championship games next season

[C.O.Prodigy]

the first goal killed united, our players couldn't recover, the formation and personnel didn't help and although it's easy with hindsight, i don't think the 4-3-3 works without fletcher or hargreaves in there spoiling, carrick looked like his old sleep-walking self and anderson was out of his depth bless the lad, as soft as the goals were, i don't think it would be fair to single out the united defence for critisism, or the forwards, this battle was lost in midfield and that's where barca shone brightest, iniesta and zavi played well and we couldn't match them

the nature of the defeat is difficult to stomach but i'm glad that united won't have to play the super cup and club championship games next season

Goog points. That's how I see it aswell. The way both teams played made for a great game. I'm sure United had the power to suffocate the game and play a 4-5-1 or a 4-4-2 with more players in the middle but they wanted to attack Barsa and to play football and they lost. Good for them I say, you can't win them all. It's interesting that Sir Alex thought that defending against Barca would be futile. Xavi and Iniesta - Class. Messi and Eto - magick.

[Numeric]

chelsea proved that it's possible to spoil against barca, they had chances to put both games of the semi final tie well beyond the catalans, you have to admire barca though, they were up against it at stamford bridge and they turned on the style in the final so they are worthy winners

united missed fletcher and hargreaves last night, they're not as creative or skilled as zavi or inesta but they would have proved a lot more difficult to play against than carrick and giggs were, also, no team wants to start a champions league final with o'shea at right-back, he's done quite well this season but we really need wesley in there

i'm praying for next season that hargreaves can get fit and stay fit as united are a lot more solid when he's on the pitch, and there's a few exciting creative players coming though such as ljajic, who is expected to be something really special, united will be back

[Microdot]

bingo. they get found out big time when they play good sides.

Utd were unbeaten in Europe in nearly two years until getting beat by the best team in Europe on Wednesday, so that's complete shite son.

There's no shame in being beaten by a team as good as Barca. Especially when they play as well as they did the other night.
I think Fergie got the tactics wrong tbh, but regardless of that, Utd's heads dropped when the first goal went in and for that there's no excuse.

Still, been a good season for Utd overall, best team in England, and 3 trophies in the cabinet, can't complain at all.