[164] Both players went for the follow-up, but the Dutch goalkeeper was first to the ball and sent Puyol sprawling. [140], United responded with their first extended period of possession of the half, working the ball into wide areas to be crossed into the middle, but Rooney's first couple of attempted centres were well cleared by Piqué.
[64], More than 3,000 Manchester United fans congregated just outside the city in a field that came to be known as "Fergie's Field". The shirt hold does not seem to influence Drogba in any way but I still think it is a penalty as Abidal kicks out after the ball but only touches Drogba's legs.
[191], The match turned out to be the last for Cristiano Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez as Manchester United players, as Ronaldo completed a world record £80 million transfer to Real Madrid on 1 July,[192] while Tevez chose not to make his loan spell with the club permanent and joined their local rivals, Manchester City. We've moved on.
The main shame for me is that I think Chelsea were the stronger team going into the Champions League Final against United so had we not been fucked over I think we could have had some revenge for 2008.
Do you ever not talk complete shit? I'm not saying they would have, but at least give it some fucking consideration. When it happens to Barca players I usually shrug it of and forget about it. Was the Chelsea-Barcelona 2009 fixed?
Barcelona, on the other hand, had won two of their five European Cup finals – they wore orange for their win over Sampdoria in 1992 but wore their usual blue and red stripes for their most recent win in 2006 against Arsenal.
The match was won by Barcelona of Spain, who beat England's Manchester United 2–0. I haven't seen this game but I've seen a couple references to this game and how terrible the refereeing was and I was wondering if anybody had a link to watch it or download it or something because I would really like to see it. Carrick was first to the ball for Manchester United, but he could only head it as far as Xavi, who passed to Andrés Iniesta. Penalty on Henry: http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/3427/screenhunter82apr051538.jpg (watch the highlights if you want proof it's in the penalty area), 2 major chances for Eto'o running free at the keeper (wrongly called offside): http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg41/scaled.php?server=41&filename=96669389.jpg&res=landing, http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg440/scaled.php?server=440&filename=24190054.jpg&res=landing. [53] Approximately 10,000 tickets were made available to the general public, with recipients determined by a random ballot following an application period that ran from 2 to 16 March 2009. Chelsea vs. Barcelona 1 - 1.
[15], By virtue of their third-place finish in the 2007–08 La Liga, Barcelona entered the 2008–09 Champions League at the third qualifying round.
Shots from both Zlatan Ibrahimović and Adriano hit the frame of the Manchester United goal in either half of the match, but they were unable to find the back of the net, and the 2–0 result sent the English champions through to the next stage of the competition. Save yourself the heart ache. [156] The resulting corner reached Berbatov on the far side of the goal, but it was deemed to have crossed the goal line first and Barcelona were awarded a goal kick, from which they launched another attack.
[59] Fans were also warned to avoid certain areas of the city that are known to be frequented by members of Rome's Ultra fan groups. [85] On the other hand, following John O'Shea's winning goal in Manchester United's semi-final first leg victory over Arsenal, United manager Alex Ferguson suggested that the Irish utility player would be guaranteed a place in the starting line-up were United to reach the final. Summary; H2H Comparison; Venue ; Europe European Championship; EC Qualification; WC Qualification Europe; UEFA Nations League; Baltic Cup; UEFA Champions League. Messi and Henry also scored to seal a 4–0 home victory before half-time. The rest of the match continued much the same as the first leg, with Barcelona retaining most of the possession.
[162] While the referee played advantage after Scholes' foul, Iniesta cut inside from the left wing and hit a shot that was saved above the head of Van der Sar. Francesco Buragina (Switzerland)[4]
[103] In a rehearsed corner move, Xavi played the ball back to the edge of the penalty area towards Messi, but the tournament's top scorer was unable to make a proper connection. Barcelona did suffer defeat the last time they met Napoli, a 2–2 loss on away goals over two legs in the semi-final of the 2009/10 Europa League. Since the Barcelona home kit clashed with both Manchester United's home and European away kits, the Red Devils wore their white domestic away kit for the first time in a European Cup final. The colour scheme was a traditional Roman burgundy with a gold border around the stars. Watch full match replay videos of European top leagues such as Premier league, La Liga, Bundesliga, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, Scottish Premiership, Championship and others leagues latest football fixtures . I propose BAN for anyone bringing up this game. [112] The Cameroonian then found Messi, who cut inside and hit a curling 25-yard shot that just shaved the top of the crossbar. Sprinkle cheerful smile so that the world back in a variety of colors. [4] Having been on FIFA's list of internationally accredited referees since 1999,[69] Busacca had experience of officiating 32 UEFA Champions League matches, six of them during the 2008–09 season, and most recently the second leg of Manchester United's quarter-final against Porto on 15 April 2009.
[122] The corner kick was taken short and the eventual cross was headed behind for another corner on the opposite side by Evra.
[90], Meanwhile, midfielder Darren Fletcher was forced to miss the final after picking up a red card in the second leg of the semi-final. Meanwhile, Dani Alves received his third yellow card of the knockout phase, ruling him out of Barcelona's next match, and Eric Abidal was given a straight red card for a foul on Nicolas Anelka as the French forward was through on goal. [44][45] The draw had determined that United would play the first leg at home, and after Rooney, Tevez and Ronaldo had early chances, John O'Shea opened the scoring, firing home a Michael Carrick cross after Arsenal had failed to clear a corner. The sheepish look on Piques face in the post game interview said it all, they were all clear penalties, he knew it, everybody knew it. The pain.
It was like 7 years ago.
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Everyone has moved on, this has been discussed to death and never results in anything positive. [29] The lack of an away goal meant Bayern Munich would have to win by five clear goals to qualify for the semi-finals. [12], Barcelona and Manchester United had previously faced each other nine times in European competitions: three times in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and six times in the UEFA Champions League. First game will be ignored.
Everyone seems to focus on the 2nd leg at Stamford Bridge, and that's understandable since that game had the majority of the decisions going Barca way, and just the fact that the non called penalties were the last impressions. [9], Both teams had won the UEFA Champions League before; Manchester United had three titles, while Barcelona had two.
if justice was done they wouldn't have been in the final. The other three matches finished in draws: two 3–3 and one 0–0.
It had been expected that defender Wes Brown would also miss the match after suffering a recurrence of a foot injury,[81] but he returned to training quicker than expected and was involved in United's match against Hull City on 24 May,[82] although he picked up a slight knock during the game.
No ref would have given 4 penalties in this game.
The ref was biased and it was one of the most biased refereeing of the modern age.
[52], Although the usual capacity of the Stadio Olimpico is over 72,000, this was reduced to approximately 67,000 for the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final. [168] Rooney also took the second corner, which was met by Berbatov, but he put the ball high over the crossbar.
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