Barca played cracking after their slightly jammy opener, deserved to win. Puyol, Iniesta and Messi were giants.
Mesa upset though.
Several mistakes by Fergie I felt. Carrick was flat footed all match, he should have kept Anderson on and had him man mark Messi, he seemed to be the only guy who was agile enough to tackle him. Couldn't believe that he put Tevez on first before Berbatov when we were struggling to keep the ball. He should have stuck to his guns when he said Ferdinand needed match practice if he was to play, he looked off-pace all game.
Park should have been taken off earlier, O'Shea should never have started, far too ponderous to be able to handle Messi and Henry, he should have risked Rafael, I think he would have paid dividends.
Very annoyed by his pragmatic approach to his team seection, he hasn;t got a team right for any of his Champion's League finals, even though he's won two. He betted on Puyol being too old to handle Rooney and Ronaldo, just like he thought Matthaus was too old to handle Giggs in 99. BIG mistake.
I think Carrick needs to step back next season, he just doesn't have the agility or the pace. I wouldn't pay £25m for Tevez and if we get a good offer for Berbatov I say take it, even though I've been defending him all season. Grab Benzema and give Welbeck/Macheda/Campbell a chance. I wish Scholes' contract was up this year, he would never have been offered another year like he has, he's past it, legs have gone since the last third of last year.
If we'd had Hargreaves and Rafael I believe we would have won the game. Then again, they had no Milito, Alves or Abidal so we can't complain.