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Impotence in Rome wore white. The target of Cristiano Ronaldo, this white-and-white future. White unpolluted and useless to the imagination of the boat, which brought to light the bad gear CR-7. Furious at the outcome, the outside game and missed opportunities, brought to the elbows Puyol, culé symbol, and has won a deserved yellow. And of course, the rival supporters, including champagne toast and toast him with abroncó viciously, as if they already play in the Bernabeu.

Not spared or even approached the stage to collect the medal from the losers. He heard the words of consolation from Michel Platini and the 20,000 fans who played in the Olympic glory, pending the screens, he spent the final whistle and angry. He saw it as the next symbol of the highest rival madrileño.

Lost everything in the Christian Roman night, the cup, the duel with Messi and above all, nerve. Difficult to digest for someone so proud, knowing All flavors of success. A year and six days after the end of Moscow to a lofty altar, knew the bitter truth of football.



Encouraging start
And that was so impressive that, with six shots in just 22 minutes. One of them, you put a direct free Valdes in severe trouble. Other slightly crossed. He also booted a spectacular out-yellow Piqué. A brief sampling of his repertoire, which gradually came down to the football symphony azulgrana.

And after the break came despair. Especially after the 2-0 Messi. That went for a walk spoiled child, the same type that offers whimsical pots to replace Ferguson when osa was thinking when the Pichichi the Premier. First got an arm into a jump Puyol, who wanted to lift the Lawn hurt when hit.

It would not be the last to suffer the captain and symbol azulgrana. Only six minutes later, enraged by a torn right was greeted with a plantillazo the Portuguese. Fit with the pose of the yellow perdonavidas. There was no way to fit that defeat. Nor Scholes and Vidic proved their greatness with two kicks and killer second over Busquets and Messi. The champion had bitten the canvas. Christian symbol, was a headless king and crown.

The current champions, Manchester United, Barcelona and possibly the two best teams of the moment, the dispute on Wednesday in the Rome Olympic final of the Champions League football (18h45 GMT), the world's most prestigious club tournament.

Both reach the decisive match of the Italian capital having won in mid-May the title in their respective national leagues, although Barcelona also won the Copa del Rey and look for a historic 'Treble'.
In recent months, the outcome of the game and the men who directed Josep Guardiola has given wings to the fans of the team, already dreaming of the third European crown, after those obtained in 1992 in London and in Paris in 2006.

"On Wednesday, do not fail," said Catalan coach on their ward on Saturday, when the club celebrated with their fans at the Camp Nou double the national league in a match where the team fell 1-0 to Osasuna in the than the coach reserved for the holders to several European final.

Despite the apparent euphoria, the challenge is complicated, with a Manchester United will try to be the first to validate the European title since 1990, when Milan won 1-0 at Benfica in Vienna, after the final goleado 1989 to Steaua Bucharest (4-0).




The team from Old Trafford is also supported by its effectiveness in the finals of the maximum continental event, where he has coveted final three (1968, 1999, 2008) and has completed all of them lifting the championship trophy.

The veteran technician United, Alex Ferguson has warned in recent weeks, the potential of Barcelona. "We must be aware that the threat comes not only from England. The key comes from Barcelona," Scots coach, predicted in late March, when newly to contest the knockout round.

His words were visionary and equipment azulgrana, who sealed his move to the final with a tie in the dying ground of Chelsea, threatens to deprive the Premier League for a new title, after the English championship placed three of its representatives in the semifinals.

The game also will result in Rome expected duel between the two players will compete for the honorary title of 'best player in the world': the Argentine Lionel Messi and Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo.

The international Albiceleste reached the finals as top scorer of the competition, with eight targets and is facing a golden opportunity to shine in a wide final and claim his candidacy for the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player Award, which won the last edition in Portuguese rival.

The low marked the preparations for the Barcelona, which has altered their usual eleven. While Manchester United may not have sanctioned the Darren Fletcher and Rio Ferdinand is a doubt due to injury, Guardiola will be thwarted in defense of the suspended Dani Alves and Eric Abidal, Rafael Marquez and the injured.

In attack, Thierry Henry and Andres Iniesta, injured since the beginning of the month, are also doubts, while Barca have forced recovery. apuestas en internetOff the field, the end was a large deployment of security in and around Rome to prevent violent incidents, both swollen with displaced with local 'tifosi' radical. In addition to the arrival of support staff from England and Spain, has decided to ban alcohol sales in much of the city to coincide with the date of the game.

The Cameroonian living day to day with the Argentine and has no doubt about who is the new genius of world football.

Samuel Eto'o always plainly says what he thinks, whether in the mixed zone after a party or, as he did yesterday, at a press conference in which it was presented as new ambassador TF1. Web 'freesports.fr' collected statements in which the Cameroonian had no doubts in stating who is number one in the world at the moment, one that deserves, according to him, the Ballon d'.

Beyond the summaries that each weekend are made of the most important leagues in Europe, which often serve to enable journalists to vote for their candidates, Eto'o believes hold the key to choose a fair, the winner "Cristiano is a great player, but Messi is above the whole world at the moment, both in training and in matches. Performs actions and gestures that no one had ever done before when there are people who gets up early to earn 1,000 euros a month. "

Still, Eto'o believes he was tried for his last campaign, "in which he was injured a long time," he said. And acknowledges: "My season was mediocre, although it marked 16 goals in 18 matches." But the Cameroonian is ambitious. That is why we chose to stay rather than accept the offer millions of Uzbekistan: "It would have been good for my image," he confesses to French television. The striker also him. " And that says something only a player who has been alongside the best players in the world can say so outright: "This is the new Maradona. It is a player who makes dream. "

Perhaps part of the blame for his insistence on staying in the club when he was one of those identified to leave last summer outside the Argentine. Either way, and, above all, seen the results, that episode did not affect him for nothing: "I do not regret anything. It would be unfair had time to analyze the level of play for Barca Guardiola: "The current system is not very different from last season with a 4-3-3, but in spirit, is closer to the game developed by the team Cruyff. " And acknowledging that "we are in the highest, but we must be prudent."

For Zidane, Cristiano Ronaldo is the favorite for the Ballon d'

The former owner of the game of football selection of France and Real Madrid's Spanish player, Zinédine Zidane, considered on Tuesday that Portuguese English Manchester United, Cristiano Ronaldo, is the favorite to get the Golden Ball and traditional of the journal France Football.

"For all that he has won this year, I think that (Cristiano Ronaldo) is the favorite," said "djchris' this Tuesday the outskirts of Madrid on the sidelines of a futsal match organized by a brand of sports clothing. Cristiano Ronaldo competes for the Lauro in particular with the Argentine Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) and Spanish Liverpool's Fernando Torres.