Those are some pretty amazing stats, fuck me… :o
11 passes a minute for a full 90 minutes. Can that be right?
Fairly average one sided game… Madrid were woeful… Xavi is a class act.
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Is there another club team (of modern times) to compete with this current Barcelona bunch?
Maybe the Ajax lot of 1995?
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Edwin Van Der Sar – Holland’s most capped player of all time had rather uneventful spells at both Juventus and Fulham before enjoying a career resurgence at Manchester United. Was the hero of United’s 2008 Champions League Final victory over Chelsea, as well as setting a new Premiership record of minutes without conceding a goal.
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Michael Reiziger – A talented right back who was a permanent fixture in the Barcelona side of the late 1990′s and early 2000′s. Retired in 2007 after spending a season with Middlesborough and two seasons with PSV. Reiziger was a member of Holland’s Euro 1996, 2000 and 2004 squads as well as playing in the 1998 World Cup.
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Danny Blind – Ajax’s captain in 1995 soldiered on for another 4 years before retiring in 1999 aged 37. These days Danny Blind is employed as Ajax’s Director of Football
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Frank Rijkaard – The 1995 Champions League Final proved to be Rijkaard’s last game before retirement. In recent years, Rijkaard enjoyed success as manager of Barcelona, winning 2 titles and a Champions League. He is now manager of Galatasary.
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Frank DeBoer – A defender with great technical ability, DeBoer joined Barcelona from Ajax after the 1998 World Cup. Unsuccessful spells at Galatasary, Rangers and Al-Rayyan then followed. DeBoer is now a coach with both Ajax and the Dutch national team.
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Clarence Seedorf – Arguably the most successful of the ’95 youngsters, Seedorf’s CV boasts spells at Ajax, Sampdoria, Real Madrid, Inter Milan and AC Milan. In 2003 he became the first player to win the Champions League with 3 different clubs. As of 2009, he is still a key member of the Milan team.
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Finidi George – Following his 3 years at Ajax, George moved to Real Betis in 1996. English fans may remember him playing for Ipswich during their brief stay in the Premiership. He retired in 2004 after a season with Real Mallorca
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Edgar Davids – A ferocious tackler in the middle of the pitch, Davids was instantly recognizable for his protective glasses which he wore during matches. Davids formed a formidable midfield with Zinedine Zidane for Juventus in the late 1990′s. Following Juventus, Davids played for Barcelona, Inter Milan, Tottenham and Ajax before retiring in 2008.
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Ronald DeBoer – Like his twin brother Frank, Ronald also moved to Barcelona after the 1998 World Cup. Unlike Frank, Ronald struggled to make an impact at the Nou Camp and moved to Rangers in 2000. He retired in 2008 after a number of seasons in the Middle East.
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Jari Litmanen – On of the best players in the world at the time, Litmanen was a highly talented attacking midfielder. Like many of the 1995 side, he went on to play for Barcelona. He moved to Liverpool in 2001, in search of first team football. After being criminally underused by Gerard Houllier, Litmanen returned to Ajax in 2002. As of 2009, Litmanen is still playing professionally for Lathi in Finland. He still plays for Finland, 20 years after his international debut.
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Marc Overmars – The lightning fast winger was a key member of Arsenal‘s double winning team of 1998. He moved to Barcelona for £25m in 2000 before retiring in 2004 at the age of 31. Overmars returned to football briefly in 2008 to play for the Go Ahead Eagles in the Dutch lower leagues.
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Kanu – A substitute in the 1995 final, Kanu went on to join Inter Milan. His time in Italy was marred by a heart defect which required surgery. Once recovered, he moved to Arsenal in 1999, where he won the double in 2002. After leaving Arsenal in 2004, Kanu joined West Brom. He enjoyed a career resurgence in 2006 after joining Portsmouth for whom he scored the winner in the 2008 FA Cup final. As of 2009 he is still playing for Portsmouth.
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Patrick Kluivert – Ajax’s matchwinner in the 1995 final, Kluivert had the world at his feet. Kluivert spent an unhappy season in Milan before joining Barcelona in 1998. Despite early successes, Kluivert was released by Barcelona in 2004. Uneventful spells at Newcastle, Valencia, PSV and Lille followed before reitrement in 2008.
only got to see highlights of the game this morning. were Madrid out to rough up the Barca players? a few highlights showed questionable late tackles, and for 2 of the goals players were hit off the ball after passing and play was let continue. was it a tactic (of which Mouirinho has used before with Chelsea and Porto) to get at teh Barca players and get ‘stuck in’ or was it a case of the highlights only picking up on isolated incidents?
Great result tho, and impressive stuff from Barca.
And just to agree with Farmer, a 4-0 demolition in a European cuop final surely haas to be comparable. its a pinnacle final of 2 top teams, and Milan completely dominated and outplayed Barca that night with a superb team effort. I’d be biased, but that Milan team of the early 90’s was unreal.
wasnt impressed one iota with those lazt freeloading catalans
we will still win the league
calm down with the hyperbole about barca-inter milan twatted them away with ease last year
That was then.
This is now.
:rolleyes: 
[size=“5”]T’estimo, Barça[/size]
:barcasmile:
Oh my head…
What a force Barca have become after releasing the free loading lazy cunt Zlatan. 
Is Ronaldo the new Zlatan?
No, in fairness to him I thought he was the only Madrid player in the first half trying to make things happen.
I would just like to wish Xavi all the best on his day off today and hope those mushrooms come up easy for him :barcasmile:
+1
There were plenty of late tackles alright. It was a feisty enough game and Puyol put in a few heavy tackles but won the ball with his first three and was booked for the fourth. Real were either very unfortunate with the timing of their tackles or had decided to rough it up a little. Didn’t work at all though.
WTF is this ment to mean? :blink: He is 29.
Not only is it comparable Gman, but it was better than Barca’s last night. On the grounds of it being a European Cup final. Granted that was a huge league game last night, but it was just that - a league game.
To do what Milan did to Barcelona in 1994 without Costacurta and Baresi, up against Stoichkov and Romario, was unbelievable really. I actually throught Barcelona in the 2009 Champions League final was special as well, but Man Utd weren’t anything near the same class as the Catalans in 1994.
Hard to believe a team could possibly play as well as Barca did last night for long spells though. Can’t remember that 94 game in any detail but could easily have not quite deserved a 4-0 scoreline, last night could have been 8 or 9 nil such was the dominance and it was all the play apart from the goals that was just as impressive. And this is against a previously unbeaten Madrid team with the best manager in the world, the second best player and a starting XI which cost 292 million.
Sid Lowe obviously has the serious horn for Barca but I’d say it would be hard not to if you’re living there watching them most weeks. I’ve been over a few times and couldn’t believe how good they were. It’s like a different sport at times. Of course they’re not guaranteed to win anything but in terms of pure performance on the night last night just can’t be beaten. Just hope they do win the Champions League again this year and then they are definitely up there with the very best of all time.