Barcelona beat Manchester United  2-0 to win the UEFA Champions League, an annual football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. The match was played at the 72,698-capacity Stadio Olimpico in Rome, the home of Roma and Lazio, on 27 May 2009, for the fourth time following 1977, 1984 and 1996.[1]

The match was contested between Barcelona and holders Manchester United, who were the first defending champions to reach the final since Juventus in 1997, who unsuccessfully sought to be the first team to retain the European Cup since Milan in 1990. It was the fifth year in a row in which the final involved at least one English team.

The two goals were scored by Samuel Eto’o and Lionel Messi.

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