Manchester United for the first time in many years are going into a match as the underdogs,very few people are giving them any chance of grabbing their fourth European title.Barcelona possibly the best ever team to have played on this planet with their pass to death philosophy have had a wonderful season with their tiki-taka style getting even better.
Many of my friends who hate Man Utd(almost all of them) are praying for a humilliation for the Red Devils,and i keep telling them rather arrogantly how United are going to thrash the Catalans.Of course there is this fear in the back of my head that if something goes wrong then it will be two months of unbearable torture from the people who support Liverpool,Chelsea,Arsenal,
So what is my dream Champions League final? How would the game at Wembley play out if i was the Supreme One,if i was God!
15 minutes before kickoff
Both the sets of players are warming up,with Barcelona practicing the short passing which they dont actually need to, and United simply shooting or waving to their fans.Surprisingly Bebe has made the bench for the final,Sir Alex said that it was a tactical decision taken to exploit a weakness in the Barcelona backline,all the Barcelona backroom staff are urgently checking out Youtube and ZonalMarking to compile a dossier on Bebe for Pep,as he didnt have Bebe scouted.
Kickoff
Barca start off as usual dominating possesion,Xavi orchestrating from the center and Carrick unable to cope with him.Just as Man United start to get their tempo going with Rooney dragging Puyol out of place,Xavi plays a delicate one two with Iniesta and then puts in a wonderful ball toVilla who is one on one with Vds.Villa hits it straight at the Dutchman,making the commentator proclaim “Even Berba would have scored that”.The same trend continues as Barca miss chance after chance and United look like lost school boys on the pitch.Ferguson has just asked Scholes and Fletcher to warm up.Puyol has Hernandez in his pocket,the little pea seems tiny before the monstrous Catalan,not even able to touch the ball.
30-45 mins
Sergio Busquets then pulls off a brilliant dive which would make Michael Phelps proud,but unfortunately it was outside the penalty box and Barca just get a free kick which Xavi makes a mess of it.Barcelona get frustrated having had so many chances and not even one hitting the back of the net,even Messi gets booked for a challenge on Park who for the whole match followed him like the Hutch dog.The neutrals get bored and Michel Platini leaves for the toilet not returning until the second half.Ferguson asks Phelan to get back up batteries for his hair dryer.The camera spots John Terry in the stands along with Miss Imogen Thomas.The score remains 0-0 as the referee blows his whistle.
The teams come out of their tunnels for the second half,Carrick looks a bit dull it seems he faced the full force of the hair dryer.Colin Firth in the stands too seems a bit dull,because it seems he is not the best actor even at Wembley presently and people are wondering how did he get the Oscar.And then it came,the moment all United fans had nightmares about,Messi getting past one,two,three and four United players and poking the ball past VDS.A wonderful goal from the Argentinian sparks wild celebrations among the Barca fans and i get a barrage of texts,tweets with vulgar expletives.
As Ferguson looks at his watch at 65 mins,there is little time remaining.He brings on Scholes for Carrick and Nani for Valencia.Scholes starts out by a nasty tackle on Xavi and earns himself the usual yellow card.
70-90 mins
Time is running out for United as they commit more and more men forward.Barcelona find gaps in the United defence and David Villa misses an excellent chance to double the lead.Then Wayne Rooney wins a corner off Pique and United prepare to take the corner.Ryan Giggs places the ball,and looks over to check his teammates and finds Paul Scholes lurking at the edge of the box.Giggs then sends a delighful ball to Scholes who hits an outstanding volley straight into the net with Valdes rooted to his spot.There is pandemonium among the United supporters,and Gary Neville runs on to the pitch and kisses Scholes.