THE SECOND TREBLE




Last night Champions League final was one if not the biggest of all time

Whichever team that walked out the champion

Was going to complete the historic treble

THE TEAMS




(Barcelona, the Spanish League Champion & Copa Del Rey Champion)

Going into the match,

Barcelona had previously eliminated the champions of England, France & Germany

With Man City, PSG & Bayern Munich being the teams that they knocked out

& standing in their way of completing a historic second treble in club history

Was none other than another champion, the old lady...Italian Champion Juventus

With club legend Xavi last ever match for the club before heading to Qatar

Barcelona was determined not to disappoint

& with the deathly trio of Messi, Suarez & Neymar up front

They are surely the favorites going into the final in Berlin



(Juventus, the Italian League Champion & Tim Cup Champion)

For Juve, the old lady was the clear underdog

The recently revived Italian Champion was not expected to make the final

Not until they knockedout last year champion Real Madrid in the semi finals

Juventus was just in the second division of Italian football several years back

The Phone Scandal Incident left people thinking maybe that was the end of Juve

But the old lady proved all doubters wrong

Not only making back to the top division in one year time

They were back on top sooner than people expected

Fast forwards to 2015, they are the League Champion & Tim Cup Champion

They knockedout then champion Real Madrid

& all of the sudden found themselves one step away from completing the treble

Going into the biggest match of their life

Club legends like Buffon & Pirlo along with veteran Evra & Tevez

Knows full well along with Xavi of Barcelona,

This could be their last chance to win Europe's biggest prize

But standing in their way was no ordinary team

They need to be better than the best to just perhaps stands a chance to beat

Barcelona- the critically acclaimed Best Team In The World

Without first choice centre back Chellini who was out injured

The task seems rather impossible

THE MATCH



Juventus started the match rather positively

They weren't afraid to go forward 

Despite giving Messi, Suarez & Neymar the space to break them down

& to all critic's surprise, Barcelona started the match nervously

Making cheap mistake in the opening two minutes

Giving Juve hopes of possibly upsetting the red hot favorites from Catalan

But it wasn't long until Barcelona brought them back to reality

The brilliant Iniesta cuts in Juve defence with ease

& suddenly found himself one on one with Juve's keeper Buffon

Cool calm collective, Iniesta passed the ball sideways for the unmarked

Ivan Rakitic who putted the ball swiftly into the net

It was 1-0 to the Spanish Champion after just 4 minutes



The rest of the first half was intense,

Barcelona keeps on putting pressure & getting better & better

While Juventus struggles to keep the score as narrow as possible

Tension begins to build as the half plays on

Vidal & Pogba of Juventus started committing stupid fouls

& both was soon receiving yellow cards from the referee

Half time came to the delight of the struggling Italian Champion

They got 15 minutes to sort things out & try to get themselves level

Half Time: Barcelona 1 Juventus 0


Second half kicked off as Barcelona continues on the offense

Juventus seems calmer after the break

They waited & waited for their chance to break

& 10 minutes into the second half, their chances arrived

Barcelona keeper Ter Stegen kept out Carlos Tevez snap shot

But the ball would than dropped to of all players

Former Real Madrid striker Alvaro Morata,

Morata as calm as possible putted the ball into the back of the Barcelona net

1-1 after 54 minutes of football

& Juventus's confidence started growing yet again

Momentum suddenly shifted back to the side of the Italian Champion


No sooner later, controversy struck

Juventus's midfielder Paul Pogba was brought down in the Barca penalty area

He wanted a penalty for it, but was not given by the referee

Juventus continues to protest as Barcelona kicks on & was on counter attack

The ball was under the feet of the brilliant Messi 

Messi cuts through Juve's defense easily yet brilliantly

Juve's keeper Buffon rushes out trying to stop the best player in the world

Messi with the ball looks up & strike the ball as hard as he can

But veteran keeper Buffon denies him!

Suarez would show up out of nowhere & caught the rebounded ball

BANG!

Juventus's defense beaten yet again, merely 15 minutes after Juve had equalized

2-1 on 68 minutes, Barcelona go back in front again thanks to Suarez

All while Juventus was still protesting about Pogba's possible penalty incident


Barcelona goes back in front as Juventus suffers huge blow in confidence

Less than 2 minutes after Suarez's goal

Neymar heads in another goal for Barcelona

As the Juve fans in attendance stood silent

3-1, it was all over for the Old Lady after 70 minutes

That was until Neymar's goal was cancelled in yet another controversial event,

Replays shows that the ball hit Neymar's hand before going into the net

Therefore the goal was disallowed due to hand ball, the scores remains 2-1

It was Neymar & Barcelona turns to protest


Juventus tried & tried but wasn't able to beat Ter Stegen & Barcelona again

6 minutes later, 

Fans from both side cheered 

As Barcelona legend Xavi came on the pitch in a Barcelona shirt for the last time

Xavi came on to replace another club legend in Iniesta 

Iniesta who helped created Barcelona opening goal earlier in the match 

Puts the captain armband around the shoulder of Xavi

As Xavi went on to captain Barcelona through the final 15 minutes of the match



Near the end in a desperate attempts at goal, 

Juventus throw up all their player into the penalty box of Barcelona

Hoping to level the scores through a corner in the 96th minutes

& once again they got caught off guard 

As Barcelona hits them with yet another deathly counter attack

This time, it was truly to be the death nails in Juve & the match's coffin

Neymar with lighting speed ran to the Juventus penalty area with the ball

& there wasn't a single Juventus defender who could react 

To the speed of the Brazilian born superstar

& with virtually the last kick of the ball & the match

Neymar makes it 3-1 in the 97th minutes, he got his goal eventually

As the referee immediately blow the final whistle to end the match

Full Time: Barcelona 3 Juventus 1



Thus Barcelona was crowned the winner of the 2015 UEFA Champions League

Their first Champions League win since 2009 when they beat Manchester United

& same as 2009, they completed the treble 

(League title, Copa Del Rey & now Champions League)

Barcelona became the first & only team in history to win a second treble

Veteran Juventus legends Pirlo & Buffon left the pitch in tears 

Knowing that was probably their last chance at the big trophy



Xavi was also in tears but in tears of joy 

As he ended his Barcelona career in terrific fashion

For the final time as a player of Barcelona

He hoisted the Champions League trophy high in the air

As the night concluded in the triumph of Barcelona 

A.K.A officially once again, The Best Team In The World



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