New season Uefa Champions League

[HoyaSaxa03]

as a relatively disinterested observer, arsenal looked like the better team for 75 minutes ... barcelona was way too cute with their set-pieces (ronaldinho in particular) and generally just didn't take advantage of their 11-10 advantage until late
 
 henry looked good, but needed to score on that one wide-open opportunity in the 2nd ... ljungberg made a great play on a steal deep in barcelona territory and should have scored as well ... eto'o is a great player, that shot he scored on was just money, but ronaldinho really seemed out of it for much of the match
 
 really there's no way arsenal could have held off barcelona for 75+ minutes at 11-10 without their keeper, it's impressive that they lasted as long as they did

[thingsfallapart]

Yeah Henry should have netted that one.

[stu47]

I know the arsenal keeper was the backup, and really barca scoring was inevitable, but the two goals he gave up looked relatively soft in the grand scheme of things....he should have came off the line a little more to close down eto'o, and the other one was just throw his legs
 
 not knocking barca, they clearly outplayed arsenal, and even arsenal's goal had to come off a set-piece given after a dive, lol

[Frank Gallagher]

Arsehole player diving...NEVER! I won't hear of such blastphemy!!!
 
 All I can say is. HA HA HA HAHAHAHAHAHAHA HE HE HEHEHEHEHEHE couldn't have happened to a more deserving bunch of wankers. The red card was a textbook redcard without question, and it's nothing less than that prick deserves for all the crap he's been getting away with all season.
 
 Congratulations to Barca, for once the best team in Europe for the season wins the trophy.
 
 So were do you think Henrietta will be next season? Comparing his runners up medal with the winners medals of his new team mates perhaps?
 
 As for Ballack and Schevchenko (sp?) to chelski, that's just two more egos to add to that time bomb...that team will implode at some point, mark my words.

[Barcelona]

Just got back from vacation in Barcelona. Couldn't make it to the final this time, I am going to get in the UEFA's website wait list for next year's final in Athens (not that I am sure we will reach the final, but just in case given how few tickets go to each team). The celebration in Barcelona was fantastic but there is nothing like watching these games live, for people in Barcelona this is like the final of the World Cup). For what friends and relatives who went to Paris told me, the atmosphere was great and very good relationship with Arsenal fans (Mourinho surely has something to do). Looking forward to next season!!  Let's see if we can get our third trophy in the next couple or three years. Seeing how things are developing in Italy, the final next May should be again between an English and a Spanish team.

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by Barcelona:
 The celebration in Barcelona was fantastic

my parents were in barcelona during the game, picked me up a ronaldinho jersey and said it was an insane atmosphere ... i can't imagine a similar scene here in the states, maybe the red sox winning the world series

[Frank Gallagher]

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa08:
   

Originally posted by Barcelona:
 The celebration in Barcelona was fantastic

my parents were in barcelona during the game, picked me up a ronaldinho jersey and said it was an insane atmosphere ... i can't imagine a similar scene here in the states, maybe the red sox winning the world series [/b]

I somehow think Barca winning the Champs league happens a little more often than the smelly sox winning the *ahem* world series.