Brilliant Barça cast a spell on Rome

WHEREVER you turn in the Eternal City there are relics of glorious times. Reminders of great battles.

Now you can add the night of May 27, 2009. The night the two mightiest football clubs on the planet, Manchester United and Barcelona, came to the banks of the Tiber and a brilliant Barcelona side departed with their third Champions League trophy.

True, United were not at their best in the 2-0 defeat. Far from it. But this was not a night for critics to bury United. It was a time to praise Barcelona.