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Date of the game
Date of match: 28 \ 05 \ 2011
The timing of the match: 08: 45 pm GMT
The timing of the match: 06: 45 pm GMT
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Date of match: 28 \ 05 \ 2011
The timing of the match: 08: 45 pm GMT
The timing of the match: 06: 45 pm GMT
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When Uefa scheduled the Champions League final for Wembley Stadium, they would have had fantasies about such a match-up - Manchester United, standard-bearers of modern-day English football, against Barcelona, a team capable of otherworldly brilliance.
ردحذفFor millions on the subcontinent as well, this is the dream final. Popular perception paints the region as cricket territory. While there is no doubting that, it should be remembered the number of people in the subcontinent who tune in to the World Cup every four years is more than three times the population of the United Kingdom.
In Lyari Town, Karachi's footballing hotbed, crime levels drop during World Cup month. The streets of Dhaka are divided on colour lines - the sky-blue and white of Argentina on one side, the gold and green of Brazil on the other. In India, the states of West Bengal, Goa and Kerala pretty much come to a halt. In Kerala's Malappuram district, you can even drink a milkshake in your team's colours.
You won't see that fervour tomorrow night, but there will be huge interest, perhaps enough to eclipse the Indian Premier League final in Chennai.
Manchester United, for a variety of reasons, has been the club of choice for hundreds of thousands. Barcelona play the sort of football that fans here cherish, full of trickery and imagination. For those who love both teams, Saturday night will present a dilemma.
While you would be right to view a significant number of the United fans as glory-hunters, there are quite a few whose ties to the club go back more than a generation.
English football was never a big deal in India, post-independence, with little or no newspaper space and radio airtime devoted to it.
That changed 53 years ago when British European Airways Flight 609 crashed on the slick runway at Munich-Riem Airport. The "Busby Babes" who died that day may not have been household names in India, but the nature of the tragedy - talent snuffed out in its prime - struck a chord with millions around the world.
Duncan Edwards epitomised that sense of loss, and though United's fortunes took a sharp turn for the worse in the two decades that followed the famous triumph at Wembley in 1968, those that had become aware of the club during its darkest hour kept the faith.
United red is the third-most popular sporting attire on urban India's streets, after Sachin Tendulkar's India jersey and the Mumbai Indians shirt. To understand why United rate so highly you have to look at how satellite television changed India's sporting landscape.
Even in the early 1990s, the BBC World Service's sports round-up was the only way to follow the fortunes of your club. Then, Rupert Murdoch and ESPN Star Sports came along. By the time Sir Alex Ferguson had had enough of Mark Hughes, Paul "Big Time Charlie" Ince and Andrei Kanchelskis, the wheels were in motion for a television revolution.
When Alan Hansen, no Ferguson fan after being overlooked for Scotland's 1986 World Cup squad, declared that "you'll win nothing with kids", Indians - at least in the major cities - were able to decide for themselves. Many watched that David Beckham goal against Wimbledon and the success of a young and vibrant team in England and Europe earned for them the patronage of a new generation.
But India and English football are not an easy fit. The up-and-at-'em style favoured by the likes of Howard Wilkinson, Sam Allardyce and Tony Pulis makes most fans recoil in horror. They want someone who can dribble like Diego Maradona, pass like Xavi and boss a game like Zinedine Zidane in his prime. Go to any little space where football is played and the emphasis is on skill - often mistaken for over-elaboration - rather than strength and speed.
It is not a philosophy that has served Indian football well; the national team has done nothing of note since the 1960s
© DeporGoo
ردحذفCHAMPIONS LEAGUE - Los dos equipos buscan su cuarta Copa de Europa
Televisión y horario Barcelona vs Manchester United
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27 de Mayo de 2011 - 10:27h
Adrián Rubio |
FC Barcelona y Manchester United ponen punto y final a la temporada 2010/2011 con la gran final de la Champions League, el mejor partido posible que enfrentará a los dos mejores equipos del mundo en la actualidad. Ambos llegan tras ganar sus respectivas Ligas y buscan su cuarta Copa de Europa, en un partido con sabor a revancha inglesa tras la final del 2009 que ganó el Barça y un duelo con todos los ingredientes para que se vea el mejor espectáculo del planeta. Lo viviremos este sábado a partir de las 20:45 por Tve 1/Autonómicas y a través de DeporGoo.
Guardiola se ha llevado a toda la plantilla a Londres y sólo tiene la baja del argentino Gaby Milito. El resto están descansados y a disposición de un técnico culé que podrá alinear su once de gala con un Eric Abidal que ha aprovechado el final de temporada para ponerse a punto físicamente tras su operación en el hígado. Todo apunta a que con la vuelta de Puyol al centro de la defensa Mascherano será suplente.
En el Manchester United Alex Ferguson tampoco tiene que lamentar bajas importantes, tiene toda su artillería a punto y sólo tiene que decidir con qué esquema intentará frenar al Barça y cuáles serán las piezas que desplegará sobre el césped del nuevo Wembley. La gran incógnita del once titular es la presencia de un solo delantero, Rooney, o la habitual pareja formada por el inglés y el ‘Chicharito’ Hernández. Será la despedida del fútbol de un mito como Van der Sar.
Conviene recordar los últimos enfrentamientos entre los dos. El más reciente la final de la Champions en Roma en el año 2009 que ganó el Barça por 2 – 0 con goles de Eto’o y Messi. Un año antes el Manchester United había dejado fuera de la final de Moscú a un equipo entrenado por Rijkaard eliminándolo en semifinales tras ganar por 1 – 0 en Old Trafford con gol de Scholes después del empate a cero de la ida en el Camp Nou. Eran los últimos días del Barça de Ronaldinho y Deco.
Para terminar es interesante apuntar que los dos equipos buscan su cuarta Copa de Europa y que los dos ya ganaron una en el ‘viejo’ Wembley. El Manchester en 1968 y el Barcelona en 1992 con el histórico gol de falta de Koeman en la prórroga.
Posible once Barcelona
Valdés, Alves, Piqué, Puyol, Abidal, Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta, Pedro, Villa y Messi.
Posible once Manchester United
Van der Sar, O'Shea, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Carrick, Fletcher, Giggs, Valencia, Park y Rooney.
FC Barcelona – Manchester United en Wembley, sábado 28 de mayo a las 20:45. El colegiado Viktor Kassai pitará la final de la Champions League, primera vez que el Barça disputará un encuentro con este árbitro. Los dos equipos, campeones de sus respectivas ligas, cerrarán la temporada con el que promete ser ‘partido del año’.
ردحذفLos de Pep Guardiola buscan su cuarta Champions League y el técnico se convertiría en el entrenador más joven en lograr dos ‘orejonas’. Ante miles de personas, millones de espectadores y por las televisiones de todo el mundo, FC Barcelona o Manchester United se coronarán como nuevo ‘Rey de Europa’.
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