Reasons why Barca will triumph today

"Blessed are the passmakers, for they shall win the Champion league once more’’

This Catalan team is universally regarded as the best team on the planet-and that is by no means a small accolade. Indeed, this team is regarded has the best to have ever played the game by respected sportwriters.
People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. This Barca team makes us feel good about the beautiful game.

With Guardiola calling the shots from the bench you’d be foolish to bet against this team in today’s final. If there was one weakness of great Barca teams of old, it was in defence. Guardiola has largely eliminated this by his obsession with his players closing down their opponents in organised packs.
At age 40, Guardiola stands on the brink of winning his second Champions League trophy. Sir Alex Ferguson had to wait till he was 57 to win his first and Arsene Wenger is still waiting at the age of 61!. He(Guardiola) has already won an unprecedented sextuple with this club (in 2009)-La Liga,copa Del Rey, Champions league, Spanish Super cup, UEFA Super cup and FIFA Club World cup
This chap is still barely in his middle age-mind-blowing :-O


The ‘Usual suspects’- in today's final

Andres Iniesta- you won’t believe how much this chap is revered in Spain!. The Spanish press call him Don Andres. He finds passes with consummate ease, his movement and ability to create space is awesome. He also has an eye for goals. Hear former teammate Eto’o: ‘’whenever Iniesta is on the pitch, he creates a spectacle."

Xavi- Quite simply the best midfielder in modern football, and one of the greatest 'centre' midfielders of all time. While virtually never relinquishing possession, he creates countless goals through his legendary vision, reads the game beautifully and chips in his own fair share of goals too-player!

Messi- There is no athlete on earth greater than Lionel Messi right now. I make this bold submission without any qualms. Often, you struggle to find the superlatives to describe this mercurial player!. This season, he has 52 goals and 24 assists in 54 games to his credit-Phenomenal! . You’d be silly to bet on him not adding to this impressive tally at Wembley today!. He is simply the jewel in the Barca crown. The variable which you can’t really control. If life’s a box of chocolates, he’s the guy who bought the box and is still deciding whether to sample the goods or just leave it sitting on his coffee table for his nephew-that’s how talented this fella is :-)

Puyol- the captain, intensely commitment and rugged as a defender. Goes about his defensive duties with panache. Club fans refer to him as "The Wall"

Pique-developed greatly as a defender since leaving ManU where he was a bit part player. Strong, athletic and capable of scoring the odd goal too. Gives all for the cause. If somebody will break his nose or gash his head for the Barca agenda-you don’t have to be a Rocket scientist to guess that it will be Pique. His beautiful girlfriend-Shakira-also gives him rockstar credibility!. Well, sorta :-)

David Villa -nicknamed El Guaje (The Kid) not quite reached the phenomenal heights of his Valencia days. If his performances in a Barca shirt were “bosoms” he’d be Omotola Jalade- not a lot there, but enough to notice :-). Which means he can still hurt you on his day!

Today Jack(Barca) and Jill(ManU) will go up the hill. At the end of the day, you’ll only see Jack on the hill, cos Jill would have been knocked off :-)

I told you so!

Barca only had to turn up to win the match