Did you all know in this forum that:

Barcelona has scored the most goals in this season's Champions League (27).

The Catalans have faced Manchester United 10 times in European play. Barca's record against the English outfit is dead even with three wins, four draws and three losses.

The Camp Nou giants have scored in their last 20 Champions League encounters. Rubin Kazan was the last team to shut them out back in November 2009.

Lionel Messi is the CL's top scorer with 11 goals in the current campaign.

Barcelona won the last European Cup final at Wembley in 1992 beating Sampdoria 1-0 in extra time.

Xavi and Sergio Busquets are the only two players to complete more than 1000 passes in the 2010-11 CL.

Manchester United is riding a 12-game unbeaten streak in this year's edition of the Champions League.

Edwin Van der Sar will make his 99th overall appearance in the competition on Saturday.

The Red Devils have conceded only four goals in the tournament.

Alex Ferguson's side has reached its third CL final in the last four years.

United succumbed to a 2-0 defeat against Barca in the 2009 final at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.

Manchester United's last loss in the CL came against Bayern Munich in March 2010

Reasons why Barca will triumph today

"Blessed are the passmakers, for they shall win the Champion league once more’’

This Catalan team is universally regarded as the best team on the planet-and that is by no means a small accolade. Indeed, this team is regarded has the best to have ever played the game by respected sportwriters.
People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. This Barca team makes us feel good about the beautiful game.

With Guardiola calling the shots from the bench you’d be foolish to bet against this team in today’s final.  If there was one weakness of great Barca teams of old, it was in defence. Guardiola has largely  eliminated this by his obsession with his players closing down their opponents in organised packs.
At age 40, Guardiola stands on the brink of winning his second Champions League trophy. Sir Alex Ferguson had to wait till he was 57 to win his first and Arsene Wenger is still waiting at the age of 61!. He(Guardiola) has already won an unprecedented sextuple with this club (in 2009)-La Liga,copa Del Rey, Champions league, Spanish Super cup, UEFA Super cup and FIFA Club World cup
This chap is still barely in his middle age-mind-blowing :-O


The ‘Usual suspects’- in today's final

Andres Iniesta- you won’t believe how much this chap is revered in Spain!. The Spanish press call him Don Andres. He finds passes with consummate ease, his movement and ability to create space is awesome. He also has an eye for goals. Hear former teammate Eto’o: ‘’whenever Iniesta is on the pitch, he creates a spectacle."

Xavi- Quite simply the best midfielder in modern football, and one of the greatest 'centre' midfielders of all time. While virtually never relinquishing possession, he creates countless goals through his legendary vision, reads the game beautifully and chips in his own fair share of goals too-player!

Messi- There is no athlete on earth greater than Lionel Messi right now. I make this bold submission without any qualms.  Often, you struggle to find the superlatives to describe this mercurial player!. This season, he has  52 goals and 24 assists in 54 games to his credit-Phenomenal! . You’d be silly to bet on him not adding to this impressive tally at Wembley today!. He is simply the jewel in the Barca crown. The variable which you can’t really control. If life’s a box of chocolates, he’s the guy who bought the box and is still deciding whether to sample the goods or just leave it sitting on his coffee table for his nephew-that’s how talented this fella is :-)

Puyol- the captain, intensely commitment and rugged as a defender.  Goes about his defensive duties with panache. Club fans refer to him as "The Wall"

Pique-developed greatly as a defender since leaving ManU where he was a bit part player. Strong, athletic and capable of scoring the odd goal too. Gives all for the cause. If somebody will break his nose or gash his head for the Barca agenda-you don’t have to be a Rocket scientist to guess that it will be Pique. His beautiful girlfriend-Shakira-also gives him rockstar credibility!. Well, sorta :-)

David Villa -nicknamed El Guaje (The Kid) not quite reached the phenomenal heights of his Valencia days. If  his performances in a Barca shirt were  “bosoms” he’d be Omotola Jalade- not a lot there, but enough to notice :-). Which means he can still hurt you on his day!

Today Jack(Barca) and Jill(ManU) will go up the hill. At the end of the day, you’ll only see Jack on the hill, cos Jill would have been knocked off :-)

United wins d match

chelseabmw:

None of the super mods online

hmm so you mean a moderator is not allowed to put a thread on the home page?
so you guys role is to ban and issue warnings?

finally. power to the people.

the voice of the people, the voice of god.

Barca will do the playing, Manutd will carry the day. The plan: allow them play around with the ball, when Alves leaps 4wd for attack, gain possession, thru pass for Nani/valencia to make the run, while the two central defence splits to cover for Alves, chicharito sneaks in to get the winner,

reports of slight drizzle in wembley. wonder what a wet pitch would mean for the game.

meanwhile gates open at 1630 hours

chelseabmw:

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Tnx for your patience

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rumour has it that hernandez would be starting on the bench to be replaced by darren fletcher

who thinks this years final is a fix? viewing figures for the finals is an estimated 400 million in 150 countries.

last year final only drew 200 million.

So UEFA stands to gain more money from this years CL. Hmmmm, gets me thinking. That Pepe red card.

what is the time for the match. nigeria time

cisse7575:


Messi has taken the most shots in the competition (31) and is also the player who has been on the receiving end of the most fouls (30).

Hmmm fascinating I'll say.
but from which blog did you get this data from.

~Borat~:

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lolzzz. . . . I swear,they are too demanding

barcelona 3- man u 0

A must watch

Let the better side win

Barcelona is always lax towards the last 10minutes of a game.Something for SAF to ponder and exploit to our advantage.

aieromon:

Barcelona is always lax towards the last 10minutes of a game.Something for SAF to ponder and exploit to our advantage.

if this were true how come they spanked rreal madrid and arsenal?

We need NO miracle!

ONE UNITED

snowdrops:

if this were true how come they spanked rreal madrid and arsenal?

Well,judging by the games against Arsenal,i maintain my point especially the second leg where Mr Pinky Bendtner ought to have settled it for Arsenal.
Rewinding back to last season's UCL,how do you explain Barcelona conceding two goals after a comfortable lead?
We won't go down without a fight.