[QUOTE=“Manuel Zelaya, post: 1154978, member: 377”]You struggle with the concept that football is a team game. Before this great Barcelona team (and its talismanic leader Messi) came along, Barcelona had won the European Cup once in 50 years. In the last 10 seasons, they’ve won it on four occasions.
It was Juventus and Italian football that came up short last night, not Messi.
Juventus, now the biggest losers in European Cup finals. 6 final defeats from 8 appearances, moving ahead of the 5 defeats of Benfica and Bayern. For the supposed standard bearers of catenaccio, that was unacceptable defending last night - the joint worst defensive performance by an Italian side in 27 final appearances, emulating the three goals conceded by Milan in 1958 and Juventus themselves in 1997.[/QUOTE]
Milan also conceded 3 in 2005 as I recall.