We've reserved an area in the pub Keatings (The Church) to see the Final of the Champions this wednesday 27th of May.
For anyone who wants to come, we'll be there from 7 pm.
The Church is a really centric place, 5 min from the Spire, based in an old church. We chose this pub because it was there where we watched last Champions we won!
In 4 days FC BARCELONA have won the second trophy: first the Cup against At Bilbao, and this weekend The League!
This year BARÇA is then Liga champion for the 19th time, but the excepcionality comes with the double trophy Cup and Liga that holds for 4th time!
Now the hopes of players and fans are in the final of the Champions against Manchester United (May 27 in Rome), where Barça can win the treble, becoming the first club that did it.
The Penya Blaugrana d'Irlanda wants to congratulate FC Barcelona and all the supporters for these titles!
BARÇA GO BRAGH!!!
TENIM UN NOM.. EL SAP TOTHOM: BARÇA, BARÇA; BARÇA!
But an injury-time Andres Iniesta strike was enough to send the Catalans into the final on the away-goals rule to face Manchester United on May 27.
Barca are now one step closer to an illustrious treble as they have a chance to officially seal the Primera Division title this Sunday at home to Villarreal, before travelling to the Mestalla three days later to face Athletic Bilbao in the Copa del Rey final.
Rome’s Olympic Stadium welcomes the best
Attractive, attacking football has invaded the Champions League this season and on 27th May Rome will bring together the two teams that have done the most to deserve a place in the final.
Barça top scorer
Although Manchester United have produced more efforts on goal, Barça has been more effective. Barça have scored 30 goals compared to Manchester United‘s 18.
Messi top scorer in Europe
Ahead of the final, Leo Messi has a clear lead over Cristiano Ronaldo when it comes to goals scored. The Argentine striker has 8 compared to Ronaldo’s 4.
An absolutely superb Barça, destroy and completely humiliate a ridiculous Madrid: Historic result!
Real Madrid 2-6 Barcelona
Barcelonahumiliated Real Madrid at the Bernabeu this evening to move seven points clear at the top of La Primera Division with four games to play.
In a frenetic encounter, featuring eight goals, the Catalans outclassed their opponents in a terrific display of attacking football and could easily have had more goals than the six they scored.
After going behind early to a Gonzalo Higuain header they responded well and within seven minutes found themselves in front.
First Thierry Henry passed the ball around Iker Casillas and then with twenty minutes on the clock, Carles Puyol found himself unmarked from a free-kick to head into the net.
The Catalans were not about to stop at 2-1 either and they continued to push forward, forcing Casillas to make a few more saves before a Lassana Diarra mistake saw Lionel Messi add a third.
Madrid hit back soon after the break as yet another free-kick resulted in a goal, this time with Sergio Ramos heading home at the back post.
Henry scored his second soon afterwards, though, to secure the win. Later, Messi added another with a superb goal, before Gerard Pique got on the scoresheet after tapping home from close range.
The win puts Barcelona within touching distance of the Primera title and means that Madrid's season is all but over with four games left.
With both coaches deciding to go for their strongest teams from the start, it was little surprise that the match started at a frantic pace. Within the first minute Sergio Ramos had clumsily passed straight to Messi, who found Xavi, only for Iker Casillas to save his shot from outside the box. That chance set the tone for the early stages though as Arjen Robben darted through the Barcelona defence a couple of times and Messi set up Eto'o for the striker to disappointingly shoot straight at the 'keeper.
The visitors looked the more likely to score but it was Madrid who sent the Bernabeu wild by taking the lead, as Ramos shook off Eric Abidal to cross straight to Higuain who, completley unmarked, headed past Victor Valdes. It was the perfect start for the home team but, within seven minutes of the goal, they found themselves behind.
First, Messi chipped a delightful ball over Ramos to Henry, who slotted past Casillas with his right foot, and then, on the 20 minute mark, Fabio Cannavaro conceded a needless free-kick on the left flank, which was subsequently whipped in for Puyol to head home.
It was a frantic start to the match and the pace was unrelenting as Robben's shot was saved by Valdes and then Daniel Alves forced his 'keeper to make another block as he nearly scored an own goal. It was Barcelona who looked the more dangerous though as Casillas had to save from Messi from close range and then watch as the Argentine struck a shot just wide of the post.
The space allowed to Barcelona had to tell soon and just after the half hour mark it did, as Xavi stole the ball from Lassana Diarra and passed in Messi, who finished past the 'keeper to make it three. Even Alves nearly got in on the act as he hit a free-kick on target for once and forced Casillas to palm away, just before the interval.
After the break it was the same story too, as Barcelona continued to look threatening, Henry beating Ramos with ease on the left before winning a corner that was eventually cleared. Only Robben looked dangerous for the home side but he resorted to going to ground easily rather than try to beat Puyol on the flank.
Yet again though, Madrid scored against the run of play and, yet again, it was thanks to some poor marking from Barcelona. A free-kick on the right was whipped in by Robben and at the back post Ramos headed home past Valdes, to give the Bernabeu some hope with 35 minutes to go.
Not long after Madrid thought they were back in the match though, Barcelona responded to score their fourth of the game. A delightful chip over the top from Xavi found Henry, who beat the on-rushing Casillas to the ball and tapped around him from the edge of the box to spark wild celebrations from the Catalans.
With a two-goal lead, Barcelona began to slow the pace down, sending on Seydou Keita to replace Henry, but even without the Frenchman they grabbed a fifth. Some superb link-up play between Xavi and Messi resulted in the Spaniard fooling three defenders on the edge of the box and playing in his team-mate, who dummied before tapping inside Casillas' near post.
The humiliation didn't stop there either, as Pique started a move on the half-way line by playing in Eto'o, and then was found in the box by the striker to tap home at the second attempt. The goal sparked a mass exodus in the Bernabeu and even the referee took pity on Madrid as he called full-time on the game with nearly no injury-time.
