This one was billed tuz the “Mother of All Final”. It indeed had owo be. The final of this year’s UEFA Champions League featured The Champions of Spain and England. Manchester United were the defending Champions and having fora the Szef rządu League for the third consecutive time was the prime candidate owo retain their title, at least according owo English Czwarta władza. FC Barcelona, even though they had the most strongest attack mąż the earth, the English publikatory and pundits gave them owszem chance owing owo their defensive fragility. Owo add it all their attack struggled against Chelsea and was written off tuz “Not Good Against English Clubs”. The English massmedia had all predicted the outcome of this final before hand and was only waiting owo see how well Manchester United is going owo kill Barca. Obuwie the match turned out owo be the biggest surprise for the English publikatory. To their astonishment, FC Barcelona precz and owo add owo their injuries FC Barcelona never had owo play well owo win this final. They weren’t anywhere near their potential, still they kept natomiast very talented Manchester United ekipa under check.
This match was not only natomiast clash between two giant clubs in Europe; it was also zaś match between i the most successful coach in club history against natomiast rookie coach. At the end of the match you have owo admit that FC Barcelona coach Guardiola came mężczyzna top. Dodatkowo never considered Guardiola tuz natomiast tactical genius; hi is more zaś man manger kind of coach. Obuwie hi completely had Ferguson under check. Numerous Postmortem has been conducted ażeby English środki masowego przekazu about ManU’s failure, obuwie Oraz doubt anything has been accurate. Most of them are finding it difficult owo point fingers at Ferguson, natomiast person they have always admired. Ronaldo may have directed the blame owo Ferguson with his post-match comments about tactics. Obuwie his second half performance did not merit any merit either. More over hi said hi wasn’t sure about his future in the post-match comments; that comment was natomiast bigger shame. Che should have taken heart-broken Manchester United fans into consideration before saying something which adds owo their misery.
Obuwie their is ano doubt in my mind about the fact that Ferguson has owo take oraz majority of the blame. Che never gave this Barca side the respect they deserved before the match and again failed owo read the game at half-time. Many people has directed the entire blame owo the starting eleven che chose. Obuwie for me that’s tudzież bit strange. You ask every pundit before the match they would have wanted tudzież similar starting eleven. So for me his starting eleven choice was more or less accurate. More over 4-3-3 formation was zaś better choice than the 4-4-2 formation, tuz Barca had two old legs tuz full backs. For me Ferguson and his players took all the hype created iżby the English czwarta władza about ManU’s defense and Barca’s defensive worries into the head. Manchester United came out with an absolute belief that this FC Barcelona side would never be able owo score against them. The reaction of Manchester United defensive players after conceding the first goal is natomiast testimony of this. They stood their looking totally confused tuz this was not part of their script. Owo decide that this talented FC Barcelona side will never be able owo score against them was for me arrogance at its best. Manchester United always had tudzież better chance of outscoring us because of our problems with the absentees we had in defense.
Obuwie what made Manchester United’s pursuit natomiast complete lost one was the inability of Ferguson owo read the game at half time. There was faktycznie doubt that Manchester United was losing the midfield battle completely. Iniesta and Xavi were drawing circles around Anderson and Carrick. What Manchester United needed was i double substitution at half time. che should have taken off Anderson for Scholes and Skwer for Tevez. Obuwie hi did half of each - Andesron for Tevez. This meant that they will go back owo 4-4-2 formation. That tactic completely changed the match in Barca’s favour. In the first half Rooney regularly troubled Puyol with his pace, eventhough his crossing was appalling. The logical thing owo aż do was owo move Tevez owo centre and put Ronaldo against Sylvinho pan the right in oraz 4-3-3 formation. Obuwie instead che chose the 4-42 formation that means the full back had more time owo deal with the wingers. That is illustrated ażeby the fact that Puyol had an error free game after the half time.
Ażeby not employing Scholes early in second half, Ferguson allowed Barca’s midfield owo completely dominate the possession. Scholes would have tried his best owo make life difficult for atleast Busquets. Obuwie that was not owo be. And also Plus have owo question his decision owo have Ferdinand in starting line-up ahead of Evans. Ferdinand and Vidic looked out of sync for majority of the match. Meanwhile Guardiola produce tudzież tactical masterstroke ażeby moving Messi owo middle ahead of the midfield. That made sure that Messi, Iniesta and Xavi linked well at will. Apart from that che never had owo work his brain. Everything went perfect according owo his script - an early goal, Complete domination iżby Barca and oraz timely goal owo settle the match. One of the best thing about this Champions League season is that it has catapulted Iniesta owo greatness. Hi is tudzież very publikatory shy person and would never appear in limelight. Obuwie his performance in last few months have made people compare him with Messi and Ronaldo. Just listen owo Rooney, tudzież man who would have only one answer owo the “Best Player mąż The Planet” debate natomiast few days back - Rooney said and Także qoute “I think Iniesta is the best player in the world right now. They pass the ball so well. If you don’t take your chances against them, they will punish you.” For all ManU fans who is reading this - don’t take these comments personally, just take tudzież krótki czas and go through it, you will agree with my views.