BARCELONA VS MAN UTD 3-1

Barcelona vs Man Utd 3-1. Man u vs barcelona The dominance of Barcelona did not slacken. They created the third goal to Manchester United’s goalkeeper. This time turn to David Villa who listed his name on the list of scorers.
Pedro Rodriguez is created barca Barcelona’s goal in minute 27 with bait breakthrough preceded by Xavi Hernandez. Last name not terkawal United with a good defender.
Through a peaceful settlement, Pedro was successfully break into Edwin Van der Sar’s net.
Prick Rooney on the right side followed by a pass to Ryan Giggs. The ball returned by Giggs to Rooney.
Through the right leg kick to the far post, Rooney was successfully break into the nets Victor Valdes.
Barca is still continuing their dominance early in the second half. And the result, they were back ahead on 54 minutes through Lionel Messi.
Gol Messi was created after he dribbled a moment in front of Manchester United’s penalty box.

2 min: Sergio Busquets is down holding his face. In fairness, he's within his rights, as Carrick's just welted the ball onto his head from close range. "The team sheets reveal one black cloud on Barcelona's horizon," suggests Lou Roper. "Although it is wonderful that Abidal has recovered from his health scare, he is ponderous even when fit; Valencia (the world's greatest one-legged player) may have considerable joy tonight unless he can be compelled to use his left boot for purposes other than running and standing (this would constitute a Big News Item)."

3 min: A really bright start by Manchester United here. Hernandez is snapping away in the tackle, and nearly sets Rooney up on the edge of the area. But not quite: Pique is on hand to clear. Barcelona haven't managed to string anything together yet; they're not looking nervous, but much more of this high-tempo stuff from United, and they might do soon enough.

5 min: "Solid body language from Vidic at the front of the United line-up in the tunnel," reckons Sean Boiling. "Whereas I thought Xavi looked nervous." Well, as Wembley reverberates to the piercing sound of whistles, Valdes hacks the ball out of play. Then Park slides in on Messi to win the ball, though his hoick forward catches Hernandez offside. This is very impressive stuff by United, who have flown out of the blocks.

7 min: A peach of a pass by Carrick, dinked over the Barca back line from the left wing in an attempt to set the busy Hernandez free down the inside-right. The striker's offside. Barca can't get hold of the ball at all.

8 min: Rooney causes Mascherano all manner of bother as the pair chase a long, high ball from Van der Sar down the inside-left channel. Valdes is forced to run to the edge of his area and punch clear. "I'm not neutral, I want them both to lose," begins Linda Howard, very promisingly indeed. "I'm going to a pre-Memorial Day cook-out where absolutely no-one will have this match on their minds - Manchester who? - yet I'll be twitching a bit knowing that it's going on and that somebody will have to win. Horrible feeling, this. Not as horrible as actually mourning someone on Memorial Day I suppose. More beer and hot dogs for Ms. Sunshine over here (twitch-twitch)."

9 min: Barcelona string two passes together! Well done, Barca! Well done!

10 min: Barca are a jittery mess. Hernandez is nearly set free down the middle. Pique has it covered, but nearly pokes the ball past Valdes, who is advancing to clear himself. The pair are right next to each other, and Pique's nervous prod is immediately whacked back upfield by an irate keeper. Hoof! Hoof! The two thuds are almost immediate, like a very short drum'n'bass track.

11 min: And yet it's Barca who nearly carve out the first chance, in the 2009 sucker-punch style. Messi turns and dinks a ball down the inside-left channel, giving Villa a split second in the area. He can't get his shot away, though, and a United challenge sees the ball blocked out for a corner. In the true English style, the corner is wasted, a complete waste of time.

14 min: After being hit by that whirlwind start, Barca have settled a bit. A lot of passing around. An awful lot of it. Villa turns on the right-hand edge of the United area and slips Xavi free down the right. The ball's whipped in low, where Pedro sidefoots wide right from six yards or so. That's an amazing miss, played out to almost total silence as Wembley collectively sucks its teeth.

17 min: Iniesta saunters past Carrick, with two other United players afraid to make a challenge as Spain's World Cup winner advances towards the box. His attempt to spring Pedro clear down the left is too heavy, and the danger's gone. But Barcelona have finally turned up.

18 min: Messi dances past four or five challenges in double-quick time, having started his run by nutmegging Carrick. The attempted little flick to release Pedro doesn't come off. "I find myself watching contemporary dance instead of the match," writes Gary Naylor, timing his run perfectly. "Probably not so different really."

20 min: Villa, 20 yards out, drops a shoulder and sends a low shot towards the bottom-right corner. Van der Sar, in his final match, parries brilliantly.

21 min: Villa, on the right-hand edge of the box, looks for the bottom-left corner. Van der Sar is down well to snaffle, but only in the nick of time, the ball for a split second looking like it had passed the keeper on its way to the corner. United are up against it now.

23 min: A goal-saving tackle by Vidic, who denies Messi just as the Barca genius had burst into the area down the inside-right channel. That's majestic. This is all Barcelona now. One positive sign for United is that Barca appear hell-bent on walking the thing into the net; twice one of their players has had possession in the United area in the last couple of mintues (first Villa, then Pedro), and twice they've attempted elaborate flicks to open United up like a tin can, when an agricultural hoof might have paid dividends.

25 min: Rooney and Giggs both overplay as they shuttle the ball out of defence. The ball's soon lost, and Messi's soon bearing down on the area again. This time it's Ferdinand's time to make a last-ditch challenge. Messi rolls around on the floor in frustration, before beating the turf in frustration.

26 min: United calm it down with a bit of possession. They've not seen much of the ball during the last quarter of an hour.

27 min: WELL, THIS HAS BEEN COMING. Barcelona 1-0 Manchester United. And how simple. Xavi dribbles towards the United box. He draws four United players, then flicks a pass out to Pedro, who romps into the box down the inside-right channel and passes a confident effort into the bottom-right corner.

29 min: A mountain to climb for United, then. Shades of 2009, in that the opening goal has visibly deflated them. Barcelona are looking very assured, keeping the ball very well, like that's news.

32 min: A couple of half-arsed sorties upfield for United. Evra's upended down the left, but the free kick is witlessly humped into the area, allowing Pique enough time to chest the ball down and amble off with it. "Watching the match thus far, I note that Ryan Giggs has found the anonymity he's been seeking." Ladies and gentlemen, please put your hands together for Mr John Dalby, he's here all week, try the paella.

34 min: OUT OF NOTHING, BUT WHAT A GOAL! Barcelona 1-1 Manchester United. It's lucky John Dalby got his Giggs gag in a couple of minutes back. Rooney drives forward, rolls the ball to Giggs in the Barca area down the inside right, and runs onto a square-pass return, sidefooting powerfully into the top-left corner from the penalty spot. What a delicious finish! Valdes had no chance, the ball bending away from him. What a game-changer this could be, because United were really on the ropes there. One small thing, though: Giggs was half a yard offside as Rooney played the ball forward to him. There will no doubt be more on this should United win.

37 min: Xavi has a dig from the edge of the area, but it's useless, spooned over as he falls backwards. It's going to be very interesting to see how Barcelona respond to Rooney's goal, because they were totally bossing the game before it went in.

38 min: A lot of Barcelona passing again, but there's slightly less snap in it at the moment. United, on the other hand, look much more solid.

39 min: Now Iniesta takes a whack from distance. He attempts to curl one at pace into the top left, but Van der Sar rises and plucks it from the sky. United will be happy enough to keep Barcelona restricted to those.

40 min: Messi should release Pedro into the area down the left, but the pass is too strong. Pedro manages to keep it in, but the ensuing intricate antics go around in ever decreasing circles.

42 min: Pedro fresh-airs a sidefooter from eight yards after Xavi and Messi work a clever free kick on the edge of the United box. Barcelona still look the more likely, but there's a lack of certainty in every pass that wasn't there before Rooney's goal.

43 min: Messi twinkles straight down the middle of the pitch, drawing United's back four towards him before dinking a pass out to Villa on the right-hand edge of the box. Villa slaps in an immediate low cross, but Messi, sliding in under pressure from Carrick, can't connect from six yards.

HALF TIME: Barcelona 1-1 Manchester United. After three seconds of added time, the Hungarian referee Viktor Kassai blows for the interval. Well, that flew by. Two great finishes - the second goal controversially offside - and very little in the way of midfield faffing. More, please! Though some people are never happy: "Most interesting thing from that first half was the puff of turf as Van der Sar's clearance landed just before the referee finished the half," blasts David Wall. "I thought the FA had fixed that or is it just cosmetic for the cameras? What state is the surface going to be in come Monday for the Championship play-off final?!"


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