A pal and I watched the game from Brit’s Pub in downtown MPLS yesterday where the ratio was easily 3:1 United to Barca fans.

The first few minutes of the game were controlled by United and thus their fans looked on us with dominance. We thought, “Oh, no”.

But then, Barca suddenly and collectively began to play like gods and never let up, relentless during the 80-odd minutes that remained.

The United fans around us fell into a deep and dark depression as we wooted, yelped and hollered Barca to their championship.

Here are the two goals of the game, both by Barca, in two minutes or less:

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Today is the day, meeting a pal downtown to watch – GO BARCA!!!

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[From SoccerSlave]

Ten-man Barcelona denied Chelsea of a place in the Champions League final in the cruelest of fashions with a 93rd-minute away goal at Stamford Bridge.

A stunning first-half volley from Michael Essien looked to have earned Chelsea victory and set up a repeat of last year’s Champions League final against Manchester United, where they could seek their revenge.

But Andres Iniesta beat Petr Cech in the third minute of added time to send the Spanish bench and their fans delirious and leave Guus Hiddink heartbroken.

At the final whistle, Chelsea’s players gathered around referee Tom Ovrebo, who had waved away at least four penalty appeals during the game.

The scenes descended into anger when Drogba came out of the tunnel to confront the Norwegian official and was shown a yellow card.

Ovrebo had a poor game and was marshaled down to the tunnel by Chelsea stewards as Drogba continued to complain about his performance.

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