Champions League - Ronaldo blames tactics

Eurosport - Thu, 28 May 17:57:00 2009

Reaction from the players after Barcelona stunned holders Manchester United to win their third Champions League crown with a 2-0 victory.

FOOTBALL 2008-2009 Liga de Campeones Barcelona-Manchester United Cristiano Ronaldo / Foto: EFE - 0

Cristiano Ronaldo: "The tactics were not good, everything went wrong. We have to give credit to Barcelona, but they were a bit lucky to be here because Chelsea did not deserve to lose and no-one has mentioned that. I have to congratulate Barcelona, they were better but only the winners get talked about."

Rio Ferdinand: "I don't think there's one of us out there can say we played well to be honest, as individuals or collectively. (The first goal) was a bit of a sucker punch, we'd had a few good chances before that. But no excuses, not on today's performance they were the better team. Special moments decide these games and they were deserved winners today."

Wayne Rooney: "Barcelona are a brilliant team and in my opinion Andres Iniesta is the best player in the world. Against a team like that if you don't take your chances, they will punish you. That is what happened. It is very disappointing and the feeling at the moment is not a good one. We are hurting. But we have to forget it and look forward to next season."

Ryan Giggs: "We are disappointed with the result and the performance. We didn't turn up tonight. They turned up, they played some great football. We didn't really. At times Barcelona can make you look silly because they keep the ball so well. At times we maybe chased it and didn't keep our shape as we should have."

Edwin van der Sar: "Rome doesn't bring me luck. We started well then after the first goal we suffered and we didn't play at the level we are used to."

Lionel Messi: "This is the most important win of my life. I am the happiest man alive and I am happy for myself, for my family and for my country."

Thierry Henry: "I've been waiting so long to get this title and finally today. The last five minutes were the longest of my life. You never know what can happen - we were playing against best team in the world. It's amazing. All year we played the same way, we wanted to play football. I don't think we started well. We had to play better, then we passed the ball the way we can. It's my daughter's birthday today so it's a double celebration."

Andres Iniesta: "I am speechless, the Cup is so beautiful. It's the perfect ending to a spectacular season."

Samuel Eto'o: "What we have done is historic, this is fantastic. I'm not sure that my goal was crucial for us to win the Champions League but it was certainly important. The whole team played fantastic, from Xavi to Iniesta, who was coming back from injury. It's been a great team effort from the start of the season."

****Compiled from RTP, AFP, Reuters, PA Sport, Sky Sports and ITV****

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  1. translation:
    ronaldo: " we should have played­ against chelsea cause i think we have better chances to­ win. they gave us a very strong team to play against.­ that is not fair". cry cry cry.
    what an idiot.

    From Afaf, on Fri 29 May 10:03PM

  2. I new that,They were playing against best team in the­ world(MANCHESTER UNITED). It's amazing.Up United­ says Afolabi Qudus(Johnbosco)

    From johnbossco112, on Fri 29 May 8:43PM

  3. THAT IS SO FUNNNY MAN UTD FAN PS THE BEST TEAM WON O­ YES MAN UTD ARE GOING DOWN HILL MAN U WILL NOT WIN­ AGAIN YNWA YNWA YNWA YNWA YNWA YNWA LIVERPOOL BEST TEAM­ IN LEAGUE

    From sophiecannell, on Fri 29 May 8:33PM

  4. if i was fergie i would of brought myself on. wuda­ played better. PARK 4 @#$%

    From rickysenti55, on Fri 29 May 8:04PM

  5. EVERY TIME MAN/U GET BEAT ALL THAY DO IS TWINE SAD­ T.W.A.T.S. FROM K DOLAN

    From kevindolan747, on Fri 29 May 6:50PM

  6. the main reason united lost was because they didnt have­ a howard webb or a rob styles or a mike riley to pull­ them out of it as they can always rely on the refs when­ they are in trouble in the premier league as against­ spurs and many other teams.john

    From JOHN, on Fri 29 May 6:48PM

  7. EVERY TIME MAN/U GET BEAT ALL THAY DO IS TWINE SAD­ T.W.A.T.S.

    From kevindolan747, on Fri 29 May 6:42PM

  8. piece of advise to man u,

    next time man u plays­ magnificent Barca again, instead of chasing the shadow­ at middle of the pitch, u guys should ask politely,­ "excuse me senor, can i have my ball back,­ pleeeeassseeee...."

    From carlamms, on Fri 29 May 6:40PM

  9. Man united were simply outplayed. They didnt pick up­ danger men like Messi and they let players like Iniesta­ and Xavi run through 3 or 4 players without putting a­ tackle in. Also the chances they had, they didnt­ capatilise. So many man u players could have scored eg:­ Park, Giggs and Ronaldo had about 5 chances that were­ either saved or scuffed
    Barcelona deserved the win.­ They played awesome!

    From asher.randall, on Fri 29 May 5:34PM

  10. yeah

    From alyas_karmani, on Fri 29 May 5:28PM

  11. "Perfection is possible. There is no antidote to­ Barcalona's exquite football. United bled to death­ slowly" what the newspapers say AS Spain

    From Frank400a, on Fri 29 May 3:46PM

  12. has it settled in yet? but the loss of course, what­ else. silent seems to have made considerable progress­ judging from his comments, from venom to praise for his­ fellow manc supporter. better than nothing i­ s'pose. is the diva crying still or has he moved on­ to the next manc prostitute?

    From go, on Fri 29 May 3:42PM

  13. the lady boy talks out of his open crotch nickers

    From Burt, on Fri 29 May 3:22PM

  14. the lady boy talks out of his open crotch nickers

    From Burt, on Fri 29 May 3:20PM

  15. iniesta was by far the man of the match. he was­ incredible, and with man u being pretty poor (thats­ being nice) then it was a walk over (barcalona walked­ over the best team in the world)...

    From dodger, on Fri 29 May 12:38PM

  16. chris c =cant remove his own post and its been copied­ for future reference if needed hhhmmmmmm

    From DAZGGMU-RED-LEGEND-OF-YAHOO, on Fri 29 May 12:31PM

  17. chris c =post remove man =grow up pipsqueak

    From DAZGGMU-RED-LEGEND-OF-YAHOO, on Fri 29 May 12:30PM

  18. the best team lost

    From fahadzayyad, on Fri 29 May 12:05PM

  19. chris, disagree, daz is a legend

    From the silent assassin, on Fri 29 May 10:48AM
  20. Comment hidden due to its low rating. Show

    Daz = retarded = no pubes

    From chris c, on Fri 29 May 10:42AM
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