Arsenal v Barcelona, 17 May 2006

Score	2-1 to Barcelona
Referee	Terje Hauge
Competition	UEFA Champions League Final
Venue	Stade de France, Paris
Attendance	79,500

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KICK-OFF: 7.45pm BST Assistant referee Ole Hermann Borgan from Norway was replaced before the game after he was pictured wearing a Barcelona shirt. Both teams recorded eight victories and four draws each in their 12 matches in reaching the final. It was only the third time since the competition began in 1992 that the two teams had reached the final unbeaten. Barcelona and Arsenal had previously met each other twice in Europe. In the 1999/2000 Champions League First Round group phase, they drew 1-1 at the Camp Nou but then Barca won 4-2 at Highbury.

1 Arsenal

2 Barcelona

Goals:

Sol Campbell

Goals:

Samuel Eto'o		76
Belletti		80

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Jens Lehmann

Defender Sol Campbell

Defender Ashley Cole

Defender/Midfielder Emmanuel Eboué

Defender/Midfielder Kolo Touré

Midfielder Cesc Fàbregas

Midfielder Gilberto Silva

Midfielder Aleksandr Hleb

Midfielder Freddie Ljungberg

Midfielder Robert Pirés

Forward Thierry Henry

Starting lineup:

Victor Valdés Goalkeeper

Presas Oleguer Defender

Puyol Defender

Edmilson Defender/Centre back

Rafael Márquez Defender/Midfielder

Deco Midfielder

Ludovic Giuly Midfielder

Ronaldinho Midfielder

Mark van Bommel Midfielder

Giovanni van Bronckhorst Midfielder

Samuel Eto'o Forward

Substitutions:

Manuel Almunia for Robert Pirés	18
Mathieu Flamini for Cesc Fàbregas	74
Reyes for Aleksandr Hleb	85

Substitutions:

Iniesta for Edmilson	46
Henrik Larsson for Mark van Bommel	61
Belletti for Presas Oleguer	71

Cards:

Jens Lehmann	18	R
Emmanuel Eboué	21	Y
Thierry Henry	51	Y

Cards:

Presas Oleguer	69	Y
Henrik Larsson	90	Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Manuel Almunia

Midfielder Mathieu Flamini

Forward Reyes

On the bench:

Defender/Right back Belletti

Midfielder Iniesta

Forward Henrik Larsson

Comments:

Unused substitutes: Dennis Bergkamp, Robin Van Persie, Philippe Senderos and Gael Clichy MATCH STATS supplied by UEFA.com Shots on target: 5 Shots off target: 3 Fouls committed: 16 Corners: 4 Offsides: 1 Possession: 36% ---- Up to reaching the final, Arsenal had not conceded a Champions League goal since 27 September 2005. The sequence of ten consecutive clean sheets is a Champions League record. The previous best was held by AC Milan, who kept seven clean sheets in the 2004-05 season. Samuel Eto'o's goal was the first they had conceded in 995 minutes - also a Champions League record. ---- Arsenal had previously played 20 European matches against clubs from Spain and have won seven, drawn five and lost eight. ---- Arsenal have been knocked out of European competition by Spanish clubs on three occasions. It includes the Cup Winners' Cup Final defeats to Valencia in 1980 and Real Zaragoza in 1995. ---- Arsenal were undefeated in their 13 previous Champions League games - a club record in the competition. The Gunners' record in European competition stands at 16, between September 1993 and April 1995. ---- Jans Lehmann, who became the first player to be sent-off in a Champions League Final, has now kept goal for Arsenal for a Champions League record of 763 minutes without conceding a goal. The previous record holder was Edwin van der Sar, who did not concede a goal for 658 minutes while playing for Ajax in the 1995-96 season. The last player to score a Champions League goal against Lehmann was Bayern Munich's Hasan Salihamidzic in the 65th minute of their 3-1 victory on 22 February 2005.

Comments:

Unused substitutes: Albert Fortia Jorquera, Thiago Motta, Xavi Hernandez and Sylvio Mendes Campos Silvinho MATCH STATS supplied by UEFA.com Shots on target: 9 Shots off target: 9 Fouls committed: 20 Corners: 3 Offsides: 1 Possession: 64% ---- Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard won the European Cup / Champions League three times as a player and now joins the exclusive list of European Cup / Champions League winners as player and coach. The other four are Miguel Munoz, Giovanni Trapattoni, Johan Cruyff and Carlo Ancelotti. ---- Barca have now won the European Cup/Champions League twice, the Cup Winners' Cup four times and the Fairs Cup / UEFA Cup three times. The other teams that have completed the full set of European trophies are Ajax, Bayern Munich and Juventus. ---- Barca have previously met English opposition in three European finals. After winning the Fairs Cup in 1958 and 1960 by defeating a London XI and Birmingham City respectively, they lost the Cup Winners' Cup Final in 1991 against Manchester United 2-1. ---- This is the first time that Barca have won the Champions League. They were runners-up to AC Milan in 1993-94. ---- In 1992, they won the European Cup for the only time in its last season. They beat Sampdoria 1-0 in London at Wembley Stadium.