Friday, May 19, 2006

FC Barcelona Win Champions League

Spanish Side FC Barcelona beat Arsenal in a 2-1 victory to become European Cup Champions for the second time in their history. The Champions League Final held in Paris on Wedsnesday May 17, had drama as Arsenal's goalkeeper Lehmann got red carded at the outset of the first half and put Arsenal down to 10 men. Despite being down a man, Arsenal opened the scoring with a Sol Campbell header at the 37th minute of the first half. With 20 minutes to go in the second half, Barcelona brought on Henrik Larsson, who turned the game around with both assists on goals by Etoo (76th) and winning scorer, Belletti (80th). Watch the UEFA highlights of Barcelona and Arsenal dueling in the Champions League Final.