Barcelona got the crown

So, while I was predicting a one-sided final for Man.Utd, Barcelona trashed the red devils hopes of a back-to-back CL title. Funny thing football, the same aspects we’d thought were going to favor Manchester ended to help the team from Catalonia. The spirit of a young and highly collective team paid off, even with them playing with a complete new defensive line-up.
In the end, the score of 2-0 to the blaugranas is pretty good to the English team. The scheme of Pep Guardiola made him lift the trophy in incredible fashion, becoming the six man to do it as a player and coach (Munoz, Ancelotti, Trapatonni, Cruijff and Rijkaard have done it before) and the first to conquer the triplete (Spanish word for the championship, cup and CL).
In the field and beside being the first team to shoot at goal, Man.Utd never really seemed on the game, the amount of loosed balls on the midfield and the lack of attitude when trying to recover the ball on the defense have destroyed the English side. On the other hand, Barcelona keep an aggressive football, with lots of possession and with Puyol, Toure, Sylvinho and Busquets proving themselves to the fans and shouting ‘we are not second choices’.
Bottom line, any team that suffers a header from Messi can’t win really anything. Poor fair-play from the reds in the end, with the referee letting Scholes and Ronaldo to stay on the field the entire match.

Tip: Beside Guardiola’s achievement, two new factors, Spain is now single top club in the CL with 12 wins and Gerard Piqué became the second player in football history to win back-to-back titles in different clubs, equalizing Paulo Sousa in the mid 90’s with Juventus and Dortmund.