[78] Forward Thierry Henry and semi-final-winning midfielder Andrés Iniesta were also doubts for the final; Henry damaged his right posterior cruciate ligament in Barcelona's 6–2 league win over Real Madrid on 2 May 2009, while Iniesta was discovered to have suffered a tear in his right thigh following Barça's 3–3 draw with Villarreal on 10 May. [181] The Barcelona captain promptly held the trophy aloft with accompaniment from the UEFA Champions League Anthem and explosions of golden confetti, before leading his team on a lap of honour. The special thing about refereeing is that it is a very thin line between heaven and hell.”. The entire theme was based on a colour scheme of deep red and silver-white. 28/04/2009 Live [188] Ferguson paid tribute to Messi and the midfield partnership of Xavi and Iniesta,[187] while Wayne Rooney lauded Iniesta as "the best player in the world". GUUS HIDDINK has claimed Chelsea's 2009 Champions League semi-final defeat to Barcelona might have been fixed - even though the referee has owned up to making mistakes. This position amongst the top eight European clubs meant that they would avoid drawing former European champions Barcelona, Inter and Real Madrid until at least the first knockout round, although they were faced with the prospect of drawing Bayern Munich or Roma. Ovrebo, who works as a psychologist in Oslo now, turned down FOUR Blues' penalty claims and Chelsea were cruelly eliminated by Andres Iniesta's 94th-minute goal for Barca which put them through on the away goals rule. At the time Uefa dismissed the conspiracy theories around the game. “But everyone agrees the refereeing that night was not optimal. No, I can’t be proud of that performance.”. While trying as hard as possible to be objective here, this is clear as day. THEN you earn a corner, from which a shot is blocked by a blatant arm right on the end of the referee’s nose. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. [65][66], The official match ball for the 2009 Champions League final was the adidas Finale Rome. They wore blue for their first European Cup final against Benfica in 1968, but wore red for both of their most recent finals in 1999 and 2008. [44][45] The draw had determined that United would play the first leg at home, and after Rooney, Tevez and Ronaldo had early chances, John O'Shea opened the scoring, firing home a Michael Carrick cross after Arsenal had failed to clear a corner. “Some days you are not at the level you should be. Looking back at the replay, Malouda looks to be outside the box when Dani Alves blocks him off. [48], The Stadio Olimpico in Rome was selected as the venue for the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final at a meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on 4 October 2006. [12], As winners of the UEFA Champions League, Barcelona competed in the 2009 UEFA Super Cup, in which they beat 2008–09 UEFA Cup winners Shakhtar Donetsk 1–0 at Stade Louis II in Monaco on 28 August 2009,[10] and in the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup in Abu Dhabi,[11] where they beat Estudiantes of Argentina in the final. Supporting your club in the stadium? [78], Manchester United's starting right-winger from the 2008 final, Owen Hargreaves, missed the match as he was still in rehabilitation after a double knee operation to cure his tendinitis problems that had seen him play little part in the 2008–09 Champions League campaign. [4] Having been on FIFA's list of internationally accredited referees since 1999,[69] Busacca had experience of officiating 32 UEFA Champions League matches, six of them during the 2008–09 season, and most recently the second leg of Manchester United's quarter-final against Porto on 15 April 2009.
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