In 1999 Manchester United capped an incredible season by beating Bayern Munich in the dying seconds of the Champions League Final to secure an amazing treble. Fast forward 10 years and it’s now Barcelona celebrating a treble of trophies as they captured the biggest prize of all in Rome last night. Congratulations on winning the Champions League. Barcelona were simply beautiful.
After the first 10 minutes it seemed United had this game in the bag. Barcelona were nowhere. Then a goal from Eto’o stunned the Red Devils and they never recovered. Messi turned it on like Britney Spears on Grammy night. Xavi and Iniesta ruled the midfield. They were brilliant and my prediction for United to win was wrong, wrong, wrong!
A shout out must go to Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola. What a first season as coach of one of football’s most famous clubs. He was a very successful player for Barca many moons ago. And now he has delivered the treble in his first season. Where does he go from here? Hopefully he’ll experience the same success Sir Alex Ferguson has enjoyed over the last 15 years. He’s a good bloke and there’s no question he has created a great environment for these players in the dressing room. They have a great spirit and the coach should be patted on the back for that.
But after last night’s game, the real debate will begin. Who is the best player in the world? Surely on last night’s display it’s Messi right? Or Is Ronaldo still the best in the world? Who has bragging rights for the 2009-10 season?
best player of the year has just got to be messi. He is just been playing awesome football. He doesn’t cry when a foul is not given to him, he doesn’t stomp the floor when a penalty is not awarded to him.He just gets back up and heads for goal.Example was last night when he was sandwiched by 2 players,no moaning just the ball at his feet ready to go score. If we were matching messi and ronaldo last year then there would have been a contest.Ronaldo has just not been that great this season. Messi all the way. Barca CONGRATS!! u totally are the best team in Europe. Man U time to Pique urselves up cause last night was just Messi.x
LOL. LOL. LOL. Love your closing line. Very nice. This year I agree with you that it’s got to be Messi. Iniesta plays pretty sexy football too. Would be great to see him in the Premier League. Maybe even playing in North London??!!!!
Definitely not Ronaldo! But he’ll keep his flopping well into 2010 for the world cup.
Iniesta and Xavi two outstanding midfielders, so good they keep players like Fabregas on the bench. Iniesta’s ball control is amazing, especially while he was gliding past the United defence. Barcelona truly demonstrated total football this year and deserve to make history. Pep Guardiola keep it up!
Wouldn’t it be great to see either or both of them playing in the Premier League? I think they are Barcelona for life??