by Ade C.

Pep went with the same old ‘Best Barça XI’ – VV, Alves, Piqué, Mascherano, Puyol, Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta and the MVP s- which sounds impressive until you realise that we just don’t have the squad to play anything else; our bench was a hodge-podge of baby canteranos, players coming from injury, and SUPER ABIDAL, back when we least expected him.

Meanwhile, Mourinho, from his lair in a 5-star hotel, played Casillas, Arbeloa, Albiol, Carvalho, Marcelo, Lass, Alonso, Ronaldo, Kaka, Di María...