Barcelona vs. Manchester United: Barca’s road to UEFA Champions League final 2010/11----Part 1
Barcelona will take on Manchester United in the final of the 2010/11 UEFA Champions League 2010/11 at the Wembley Stadium on May 28, 2011. The two teams played against each other in the final of the 2008/09 competition as well; the Catalans emerged as comfortable winners with a 2-0 score line in that game. Bettor.com now looks back on how the Catalans terrified the teams to setup a dream final.
Group Stages
Barcelona 5-1 Panathinaikos
After trailing by a goal in the 20th minute of the game, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Daniel-c9879 Alves and Pedro Rodriguez. A classy performance from the hosts in the opening game of the competition proved why they were tagged as the favourites before the start of the campaign.
Rubin Kazan 1-1 http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604
The Russians dominated Pep Guardiola’s team when the two sides met in the 2009/10 competition and collected four points from the two games played in the group stages. Barcelona trailed early in the game once again after http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Villa-c10629 scored from the penalty spot in the second half.
Barcelona 2-0 FC Copenhagen
Not at their usual best, but the Catalans finished the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 against a defensive Danish unit. Messi provided the hosts with an early lead after his long range screamer found the back of the net in the 19th minute. Barcelona wasted several clear-cut scoring opportunities throughout the game and could have easily gone on to win by 5 or 6 goals. However, the Argentine sensation doubled his tally just on the stroke of full-time whistle to take Barca home.
FC Copenhagen 1-1 Barcelona
The Danish Champions repeated the same tactics from the reverse fixture at the Camp Nou and played with a defensive highline. The visitors expected a goal spree when Messi put them front in the 31st minute of the game but an instant equaliser from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Claudemir-c9286 and an astounding defensive performance from the hosts held the visitors to a draw and made Barcelona wait for qualification to the next round.
Panathinaikos 0-3 Barcelona
Barcelona made a strong return from a stalemate at Copenhagen and ruled the roost against the Greens at the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pedro-c29582 opened the scoring for the visitors in a hard fought first half. Messi scored the second for the visitors just after the hour mark before Pedro added a final nail to the host’s coffin to seal the qualification to the round-of-16.
Barcelona 2-0 Rubin Kazan
Guardiola decided to give first team opportunity to some of his youngsters in the final game of the group stages. The game was a mere formality for the hosts, as they had already qualified for the next round but their hunger for win was still evident in the game. Young defender, Andreu Fontas opened the scoring immediately after the resumption of the second-half, and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Victor-c36011 Vazquez added the second goal to record an emphatic victory.
Position
Team
Played
Won
Drawn
Lost
GF
GA
+/-
Points
1
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6
4
2
0
14
3
11
14
2
FC Copenhagen
6
3
1
2
7
5
2
10
3
Rubin Kazan
6
1
3
2
2
4
-2
6
4
Panathinaikos
6
0
2
4
2
13
-11
2
Article continued in http://www.senore.com/Barcelona-vs-Manchester-United-Barcas-road-to-UEFA-Champions-League-final-2010-11-Part-2-a71228of the Barcelona’s road to UEFA Champions League final 2010/11
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