{"id":431875,"date":"2011-05-28T20:55:47","date_gmt":"2011-05-28T20:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/28\/messi-inspires-barcelona-to-beat-man-united-in-uefa-champs-lge-final\/"},"modified":"2011-05-28T20:55:47","modified_gmt":"2011-05-28T20:55:47","slug":"messi-inspires-barcelona-to-beat-man-united-in-uefa-champs-lge-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/28\/messi-inspires-barcelona-to-beat-man-united-in-uefa-champs-lge-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Messi Inspires Barcelona To Beat Man United In Uefa Champs Lge Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"57.5\">Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"55\">\n<div readability=\"7\"><strong><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-30106\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/2011\/05\/messi-inspires-barcelona-to-beat-man-united-in-uefa-champs-lge-final\/lionel-magic\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30106\" title=\"Lionel Messi\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Lionel-magic-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lionel Messi celebrates his goal against Manchester United<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Barcelona, inspired by the peerless Lionel Messi, delivered a soccer masterclass to overwhelm Manchester United 3-1 in the Champions League final and lift the European Cup for the fourth time on Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Messi was at his inspirational best all night at Wembley as the champions of Spain left the champions of England looking like desperate also-rans in the face of their relentless intricate passing and deadly movement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">United somehow reached halftime level at 1-1 after Wayne Rooney cancelled out Pedro\u2019s opening goal but Barcelona continued their dominance after the break.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">A superb Messi goal and a precise 18-metre curler by David Villa, underlined the Spanish side\u2019s dominance over the team they also beat in the 2009 final.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">After a short-lived United flurry at the start, Barca were soon in control as they probed constantly in and around the United box.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Although the English side kept them at bay with a series of last-ditch tackles they were eventually undone in the 27th minute when Xavi cleverly delayed a pass to open space for Pedro to calmly tuck the ball beyond Edwin van der Sar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">United looked almost out of their depth but showed why they have reached three finals in the last four seasons by conjuring a well-made equalizer after 34 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Rooney played a one-two with Michael Carrick then another with Ryan Giggs before sweeping the ball high into the net.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">Messi was millimetres away from a second goal after another high-speed give and go with Villa but somehow United reached halftime on level terms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">The parity on the scoreboard was short-lived though as Barca immediately regained control and, after more near misses, duly went ahead in the 54th minute.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">United\u2019s defenders made the fatal error of standing off Messi on the edge of the box and the Argentine maestro took full advantage driving the ball in low for the 53rd and most important goal of his remarkable season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN\">It was Messi who set up the third too as he surged into the box and, though the ball was half-cleared, it went straight to Villa who killed it instantly before curling a superb 18-metre shot into the top corner.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Visit site:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ghanasoccernet.com\/2011\/05\/messi-inspires-barcelona-to-beat-man-united-in-uefa-champs-lge-final\/\" title=\"Messi Inspires Barcelona To Beat Man United In Uefa Champs Lge Final\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Messi Inspires Barcelona To Beat Man United In Uefa Champs Lge Final<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-431875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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