barcelona 2-0 manchester united
la liga champion vs premier league champion, the dream final. i took a day off to watch this.
this season barca's form is excellent, just look at the total scored by henry(26), eto'o(35) and messi(38). it takes one whole team to score that amount of goals, eeerm.. probably still can't meet that number. xavi and iniesta are my favourites =)
and thanks to barca, manu can't retain the title. cocky manu fans.
finally, henry won what he failed to win in 2006 in the final. the only medal that he's short of.
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my personal player ratings for the match.
barcelona:
victor valdes - 6.5
nothing much to do for the whole game, but made a good save against ronaldo at a close range after 2-0 up.
puyol - 8.0
catalan skipper played out of position to become a right back due to suspension and injury of other players. he made rooney look invisible in the 1st half, and contained ronaldo well in the 2nd. did well when goes forward to join the attack. flawless...
pique - 7.5
ex manu player, a rock at the back and helpsed out toure well. most improved barca player this season.
yaya toure - 6.5
another out of position player, an emergency centre back. his position is bad, but overall did well enough to keep a clean sheet.
sylvinho - 7.0
during the pre-match, everyone says he'll not be good enough as a replacement. and he did well to shut his doubters. did well going forward given his age of 35.
busquets - 7.0
cover the 2 creative centre mid well. expect more from him in the future.
xavi - 8.5
expect nothing less from him, excellent performance. controlled the midfield, made an assist for messi for the 2nd goal. thats what happen when you give him that much of time and space.
iniesta - 9.0
my man of the match! made his run in the middle at the manu's defence and lead to eto'o 's goal. a constant threat throughout the whole game. even when he's playing at the left striker after henry is subbed.
thierry henry - 6.5
so happy for him, finally win his champions league medal, although it's not with arsenal T_T. he's abit off form, clearly not fully fit after his injury. tricked ferdinard and almost scored 1 himself.
messi - 8.0
all eyes on him, scored the 2nd goal with a header. winner of this year's fifa world player of the year?
eto'o - 7.5
good technique to score the 1st goal, and barca took control after that.
manchester united:
van der sar - 8.0
best player from fergie's side. made many good safes to keep it at 2-0. although he failed to cover his near pole against eto'o 's goal.
o'shea - 6.0
did ok, but the speed of barca's strikers is too much for him.
ferdinard - 5.0
bad. shaky defence. but did a few interception.
vidic - 5.0
i expected more from him, and he just won player of the league. worst game i've seen from him.
evra - 5.5
claim himself to be the best left back. -_-
carrick - 6.0
looks 2nd tier in front of xavi.
giggs - 5.5
nothing much to note from him.
anderson - 5.0
nervous in the final, and loss the ball too easily.
park ji sung - 5.5
1st asian player to play in the CL's final, but made no impact.
rooney - 5.5
anonymous in the game.
ronaldo - 6.5
so much talk from him before the game, the official player of the year plans to win the game all by himself. shoot from 40m, and unwilling to pass when team mates are obviously in better position. show off pony who get kicked in the ass.
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