Manchester United will have completed a quadruple haul of trophies or Barcelona a treble when the Champions League final finishes on Wednesday. Coaches Alex Ferguson and Pep Guardiola have given their final news conferences, the teams have held their last training sessions and the world awaits a dream final between two of the biggest clubs in Europe.
Final Champions League Preview:
What To Expect for tonight final match:
- Manchester United will play in an all-white strip when they face Barcelona in the Champions League final on Wednesday, just as they did when they beat them in the 1991 European Cup Winners' Cup final.
- Rio Ferdinand has declared himself fit for Champions League final against Barcelona.
- Clash of The Titans between Ronaldo & Messi
- Who Will Take Home The Champions League Title: King Of Europe
- Manchester United have won all of their previous European finals - 4-1 v Benfica in 1967-68, 2-1 v Barcelona in 1990/91 (Cup Winners' Cup), 2-1 v Bayern in 1998-99 and they won on penalties against Chelsea last term following a 1-1 draw.
- The teams have met in one final prior to this game, in 1990-91 when United defeated Barcelona 2-1 in the Cup Winners' Cup Final.
- These two sides came face to face in last season's Champions League semi-final. United prevailed 1-0 on aggregate thanks to a Paul Scholes goal in the second leg at Old Trafford.
- Barcelona have only managed to win once in their last eight Champions League fixtures against an English side.
- The Catalan side have scored just one goal in their last four European games against a team from England.
- United are unbeaten in their last seven Champions League meetings with Spanish sides.
- Manchester United are currently on an all-time record 25 game unbeaten run in the Champions League.
- United have kept a clean sheet in 13 of their last 18 Champions League matches.
- Away from Old Trafford in the Champions League, United are unbeaten in 13 successive matches - including last season's final v Chelsea.
- Edwin Van der Sar has kept more clean sheets than any other goalkeeper in the Champions League this season - seven.
- Manchester United are one of only three sides to have appeared in a European Cup/Champions League final on more than one occasion and have a 100 per cent record (1968, 1999, 2008). The other sides are Nottingham Forest (1979, 1980) and Porto (1987, 2004).
... Glory, Glory Manchester United ...
err..I think Barca will win..hehehe..but that will not be an easy win, I guess.
ReplyDeleteThanks man! Nice post prior the final. The preview is very nice :)
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ReplyDeleteNo matter who's win tonight, hopefully we can see a great game... It's better winning with goal difference rather than penalty shoot out...
So may the best team win...
... Glory, Glory, Manchester United ...