Beautiful Game at its best!

While there are many teams that play the game beautifully, Barcelona played it beautifully and won it all. It is indeed a not so common to see teams do both. Their faith in playing attractive football was rewarded so well! And that's why it is such a beautiful game! Needless to say that they had some of the most talented players in the world at their disposal to do that. Their belief in the way they play has to be applauded by any true football lover.

While I couldn't watch the game live, what I heard was a superb performance that left United no chance. While Messi may not have been the star performer of the night, he remains at the very top of the talented individuals that make up this most beautiful spectacle called football! While Ronaldo has loads of talent, Messi comes out more as a team man than Ronaldo who comes out a self centered player who is more interested in himself than the team. His antiques in EPL when he was substituted when United was leading comfortably doesn't go very well of a team man. Also Ronaldo doesn't seem to raise his game on big games like these - while Messi seems to relish the big games.

While ManU has been the most consistent team in England, they were suspect against quality teams like Barcelona and Liverpool. With all their money, I thought the team lacked quality in some departments especially in the midfield. There is no real replacement for someone like Roy Keane and Scholes is not getting any younger. So Sir Alex Ferguson needs to beef up their midfield and defence a bit.