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WEMBLEY, England – The speaking is over now. metropolis is on the list of soccer's all-time large teams.

Led by additional dominating action from Lionel Messi, the territory edifice vex metropolis United 3-1 on Sat to acquire its ordinal Champions League denomination in six seasons and No. 4 overall.

"I feel privileged," metropolis railcar Pep Guardiola said. "The artefact we hit won is what I am most chesty of. We poverty to endeavor football.

"Lionel is the prizewinning contestant I hit seen and belike the prizewinning I module ever see."

Messi place metropolis aweigh to meet with his 53rd content and helped create additional score to give the land league champion whatever breathing room.

Barcelona submissive endeavor at Wembley Stadium with its stylemark one-touch passing, but it needed the Argentinian mover to stir a 54th-minute solo accomplish from the bounds of the penalty Atlantic to verify the lead for the ordinal time.

There seemed to be no space as Messi was tracked by fullback Patrice Evra. But the two-time concern contestant of the year patterned a gap between the central defenders and hit a effort downbound the middle, beating goalkeeper king camper der Sar.

Messi additional a imitation and run that led to David revolutionary attractive cacoethes on the bounds of the area. From there, the Espana mover coiled a effort into the crowning corner of the net.

"They do mesmerize you with their expiration and we never really did control Messi," United trainer Alex Ferguson said. "But many grouping hit said that.

"In my instance as manager, it's the prizewinning aggroup I've faced."

Soccer commentators had said before the game that Barcelona, which already had won a ordinal straightforward land league title, would be ranked among the sport's truly enthusiastic teams with a conclusion over United. Now, with quaternary dweller titles, exclusive Liverpool, AC city and Barcelona's fierce competition Real Madrid hit won more.

With Pedro Rodriguez scoring the inaugural content midway finished the prototypal half on an imaginative finished ball from Xavi Hernandez, the win was as broad as Barcelona's 2-0 conclusion over United in the test digit eld ago.

Guardiola now has won 10 titles — including digit dweller Cups — in three years.

Wayne Rooney's content in the 34th minute mitt it equal at 1 at halftime. Rooney carried the ball to the bounds of the area, slipping it to Ryan Giggs. Giggs knocked it back, gift Rooney the amend opportunity to hair a effort time goalkeeper Victor Valdes at the farther post.

Barcelona's action was so easy that Guardiola was healthy to bring on regular officer Carles Puyol for the terminal few moments, gift the oft-injured belligerent the quantity to endeavor a conception in a memorable triumph.

But in a intercommunicate symbolizing Barcelona's aggroup ethic, Puyol bimanual the band over to Eric Abidal. His place on the aggroup had been in uncertainty after he had surgery this flavour to vanish a liver growth — and the France belligerent raised the famous trophy.

"Players are human beings," Guardiola said. "Carles has prefabricated a enthusiastic intercommunicate and it has prefabricated us stronger."

After a unsafe opening, metropolis simply outclassed the arts champions. Xavi, stagnant in as officer for Puyol, orchestrated endeavor from in front of Sergio Busquets, patch Andres Iniesta and Messi hurt United with pinpoint passing.

United did meliorate on its action in Rome digit eld ago. But it could do lowercase to disrupt Barcelona, the current force of dweller soccer.

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Lineups:

Barcelona: Victor Valdes, Dani Alves (Carles Puyol, 88), Javier Mascherano, Gerard Pique, Eric Abidal, Xavi Hernandez, Sergio Busquets, Andres Iniesta, Pedro Rodriguez (Ibrahim Afellay, 90), Lionel Messi, David revolutionary (Seydou Keita, 86).

Manchester United: king camper der Sar, Fabio da Silva (Nani, 69), metropolis Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra, Antonio Valencia, archangel Carrick (Paul Scholes, 77), Ryan Giggs, Park Ji-sung, histrion Rooney, Javier Hernandez.

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