International Break and being sick got me bored as hell so decided to start (re) watching the ucl finals. Starting with the earliest one I could find on Bookd. I was sadly only a hatchling during Peps Barcelona and SAFs United, so I didn't watch this one live. Both teams were looking to get their 4th UCL title and United were entering the fixture with an advantage of the rematch of the 2009 final being played at the Wembley stadium. On the road to the final they beat reigning Ligue 1 runners up Marseille, Ancelottis Chelsea and Rauls Schalke. While Barca on their journey beat Arsenal with 4 goals from Messi, Ukrainian Champions Shakhtar and an iconic El Classico in the semi final that they won thanks to Pepe's red, Messi's brace and Pedros goal. First half Barca was dominant with about 400 passes and 69% ball posession (nice), thanks their iconic midfield trio Busquets, Iniesta and Xavi, who absolutely ran the midfield the entire match. But United weren't chuds and fought well in my opinion. After a classic tiki-taka goal from Pedro, the Red Devils (not Kaiserslautern) answered with a beautiful goal from the balding Rooney. The half ended leveled, but it was obvious who ran the game. Second half the Catalans were just as dominant. Therefore in the 53' minute, a 23 year old Lionel Messi made history with an iconic goal from a low driven shot outside the box. That marked his 12th goal in 13 UCL games to give Barcelona the lead. Every single goal in this final was a banger, including David Villas brilliant goal to make it 3-1 and bury the game. You can question his facial hair choice but not his finishing. The Puyol cameo at the end also made me laugh, no disrespect of course Great Match, had everything you wanted. Atmosphere, fun football, great goals and the better team lifting the Trophy. It's giving me a case of anemoia