Gladiator movie inspires Barca to Roman conquest

TO motivate his players for the Champions League final in Rome, the Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola showed them clips from Ridley Scott’s epic ‘Gladiator’ just minutes before the match.

Barcelona beat Manchester United 2-0 in a dazzling and attacking display in Rome’s Olympic stadium on Wednesday night.

Guardiola ended the pre-match warm-up session early to show the players a seven-minute video that included clips from the film Gladiator, the newspaper El Pais said.