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City Slickers: 5 Players Mark Hughes Should Be Targeting
The summer transfer window is looming and once again Manchester City are expected to be the Premier League’s big spenders. It seems no target has been too audacious since new owners transformed them into the world’s richest club, and now with time of their side for the first time, you can expect big, box office…
Why Gerrard and Iniesta are better than Messi and Ronaldo
All we’ve been reading about these past few weeks is Messi this, Ronaldo that. The seemingly never ending debate on which player is the best has granted, been a whole load of fun, yet for me it’s also been tiresome in equal measure. There can be no doubt that Lionel Messi won his individual battle…
A tale of two trebles: Manchester United v Barcelona
By winning the Champions League on Wednesday evening Pep Guardiola could stand be chucked in the air safe in the knowledge that he had become the first manager in Spain to have won a treble that comprised of a league and European Cup double. Even though they failed to retain the Champions League it’s still been…
Soccerlens Podcast: The Embarrassed United, The Brilliant Barcelona and their summer transfers
On the fourteenth episode of the Soccerlens Podcast, Stephen Darwin is joined by the editor of TEAMtalk.com, Simon Wilkes to look back at Barcelona’s triumph over Manchester United in the Champions League final in Rome. The show will be debating exactly where things went wrong for Sir Alex Ferguson and his side and Simon will be offering his thoughts…
Barca rule Europe, and have done it their way
For nine minutes, I was smug and self-satisfied, as well as disappointed. My pre-match predictions were being played out in front of my eyes; the men in all-white were on top, and the Catalans were struggling to adapt to the intensity of their play. Victor Valdes had taken just thirty seconds to nervously prod a…
The True Value of The “Champions” League
“Ceux sont les meilleurs equips” “Die Meister, die Besten, les meilleurs equipes, the champions.” What UEFA has tried to do in the infamous CL anthem played before European nights, during European nights, and even during those new god-awful commercials played during half-time is instill in all viewers the sense that the teams that participate in…
Barcelona 2-0 Manchester United – Live Blog – UEFA Champions League Finals – 27 May 2009
Watch Manchester United v Barcelona live online here. Barcelona (Eto’o 10′, Messi 70′) 2-0 Manchester United Stadium: Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy Competition: UEFA Champions League Final Date: 27 May 2009 Kickoff: 18:45 GMT, 14:45, EST Barcelona clinched the Treble as they humbled Manchester United in the Finals of the UEFA Champions League! Soccerlens brought you…
The Big Interview: Lionel Messi on imposing Barca’s style on Manchester United and stopping Cristiano Ronaldo
Like a butterfly floating around the pitch, Lionel Messi has an uncanny ability for making things look easy. With the ball at his feet and a pair of defenders flanking him on both sides, what seemed like a lost cause only seconds before turns into an opportunity to make the opposition pay. And with the…
Soccerlens Podcast: Manchester United v Barcelona Preview and Newcastle hit rock bottom
On episode thirteen of the Soccerlens Podcast, Stephen Darwin is joined by Off The Post’s Rob Parker and Soccerlens blogger Neil Jones to preview the Champions League final and to sum up the final day of the Premier League season. The show will be looking in detail at the showpiece clash between Manchester United and Barcelona and there’s also a chat about what the future may…
Manchester United v Barcelona – The Numbers
Here’s a look at key Champions League, Manchester United and Barcelona stats going into Wednesday’s game. Victor has done a great job previewing the Champions League final so once you’ve browsed through the stats below, head over to the match page for discussion, live coverage and the post-match report. Top scorers 2008/2009 Champions League Player…
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