In their previous UEFA club competition meetings, Barcelona won 21 on aggregate in the 198586 European Cup quarter-finals and 32 on aggregate in the 199091 European Cup Winners' Cup semi-finals, while Juventus won 32 on aggregate in the 200203 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals. [28], Barcelona qualified for the group stage as runners-up to Atltico in the previous season's La Liga. The stadium hosted the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. While it would have been the first treble for Juventus, Barcelona had previously won the treble in 200809.[15]. Ten minutes after the interval, Juventus equalised with a goal by lvaro Morata. On the left, Neymars willingness to run into tight spaces draws the attention of several players which overcompacts the side of the ball and leaves Busquets free to find Messi in his most dangerous zone which Juventus did well to block for the 1st half. We also saw Massimiliano Allegri block the influence of Lionel Messi in a penetrative way, not stopping his influence completely as he was able to open up the play with his range of passing and be a danger even 40m from goal, instead of the position we have become accustomed to seeing him in recent years as a false 9 and being the main central outlet in attacking phases. [68], After winning the final, Barcelona qualified for the 2015 UEFA Super Cup against compatriots Sevilla, winners of the 201415 UEFA Europa League. [16], Their campaign began on 16 September, hosting Malm at the Juventus Stadium, winning 20 through second-half goals by Carlos Tevez. Het e-mailadres wordt niet gepubliceerd. It was their fifth win in the competition, equalling Milan's record. When playing with 2 centre forwards in a defensive based system, the natural idea is to isolate the centre backs 1v1 in transition, and to try and take them on and go direct to goal. Both teams played the expected starting 11 with the exception of Andrea Barzaghli in place of the injured Giorgio Chiellini at left centre back. [12] They also played in the 1952 Latin Cup semi-finals, won by Barcelona 42, and the 197071 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup second round, won by Juventus 42 on aggregate. Wide forwards cover lateral central midfielders to overload midfield 5v4. Two minutes later, Barcelona took the lead again when Lionel Messi shot from the edge of the area, Gianluigi Buffon blocked it and Surez put in the rebound. They defeated China's Guangzhou Evergrande 30 in the semi-finals and River Plate of Argentina by the same score in the final. Seguir a @StevieGrieve Busquets and Iniesta stay central to circulate the ball but also cover the centre and block access, forcing the play wide. A natural consequence of playing a narrow 4-4-2 diamond is that the full backs have nobody directly against them. 'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); Stability in possession around and behind the ball. Unlike recent years, in which the Women's Champions League final was held in the same week as the men's Champions League final, the two matches are separated by almost a month, as the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup started in early June. The ensuing counter-attack ended with Neymar scoring with the final kick to make it 31. Barcelona also played in six Cup Winners' Cup finals (winning in 1979, 1982, 1989, 1997, and losing in 1969, 1991), while Juventus also played in one Cup Winners' Cup final (winning in 1984) and four UEFA Cup finals (winning in 1977, 1990, 1993, and losing in 1995). If Alves was high, Alba stayed deep and vice versa, or if both were high, Busquets stayed deep to form a 3v2 situation at the back and cover the defence in the pre-transition phase. [47], The UEFA Champions League Anthem is performed by German soprano Nina Maria Fischer and Spanish tenor Manuel Gomez Ruiz, the first time it had been performed as a duet.[48]. It was a record third win in the competition, and their fifth trophy of the calendar year. Get Messi 1v1 and able to run through the defence. [57] In the 11th minute, Arturo Vidal of Juventus received the first yellow card for fouling Sergio Busquets. Tark Ongun (Turkey) [32] Barcelona travelled to the Amsterdam Arena on 5 November and defeated Ajax 20 with a Messi goal in each half; he equalled the tournament's record of 71 overall goals. Evra could occasionally get forward once Pogba drifted inside with the ball and Rakitic (who would often rotate positions with Alves) and find himself in a crossing position with Morata and Tevez 1v1. "Cmo se analiza lo que no se conoce?". In the 2nd half, we saw more of Evra attacking from deeper positions in possession as Juventus opened up to attack Barcelona while 1-0 down. In the 2nd half, as Juventus were more adventurous in their attacking play, Leichtsteiner often came out of the defensive line to close down Neymar as he dropped deeper to take the ball and run inside with it (as he did against Bayern Munich away for the 1st and 2nd goals). Here, the Juventus defensive block retreat to inside their own half into an organised 4-4-2, with Pogba on the same zone as Messi as he drops deep; this is part of Pogbas individual responsibility to stop Messi dribbling past him and attacking the defence from righ-centre. Anlisis ftbol The 1st goal comes from this, resulting in Bonucci being drawn across to deal with Neymar while Vidal failed to track Iniesta who passes to Rakitic for the opening goal. Busquets is in a fantastic position to receive between the lines and find Messi in an attacking position with Iniesta ready to drift left and Rakitic to drift right with Alba and Alves deep, and Neymar and Suarez occupying the back 4. [21] In the final group game on 9 December, they hosted a goalless draw against Atltico, which sent both teams through, but Juventus in second place. Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away). After the final, both Messi and Ronaldo had a record 77 Champions League goals, but Ronaldo had one more if qualifiers were to be included. Often, this would result in over compactness on the ball side, leaving Barcelona able to attack the far side via a right-centre to left side switch to Neymar or Jordi Alba who would start from deep in a shape almost resembling a 3-4-1-2 if Alves stayed deep. Alves has drifted into centre midfield then moves to help in possession, and is drawn over to the left side, here, Rakitic is the right back position as Suarez reacts late to cover the right hand side in almost a 4-2-3-1 defensive shape, Suarez is too high as he is not natural player in this position. An example in the 2nd half of when Juventus opened up to attack and created a corner kick; Suarez headed the ball out and chased forward to help the counter attack 5v3, which resulted in a shot saved by Buffon from Suarez.

They looked to play less of a positional game behind the opposition midfield than in La Liga and instead with more stability behind the ball, often making it look like a 3-4-1-2 with Messi the 1 in a wide position in the 1st half and more central in the 2nd half. The positioning of the midfield although spread, is still fairly compact, with Rakitic deep in the position of Alves and Alba in the far side channel, narrow enough to recover quickly while still able to get forward on the outside. It was also Juventus' sixth defeat in a European Cup final, the most by any club, a record they previously shared with Bayern Munich and Benfica. [65] Patrice Evra became the first player to play in four losing UEFA Champions League finals, having previously been a runner-up in 2004 (with Monaco), 2009 and 2011 (both with Manchester United). [65] Madrid extended their lead by winning a fifth title in 2016 and, as of 2022, they have won eight titles in the Champions League era. Evra stated that he would shake Surez's hand before the game, after Suarez had refused to shake his hand in their last match. [59], Luis Enrique called the final "spectacular", and his team's opponents "absolutely top-level". [67], Speaking to Canal+ after his final game for Barcelona, Xavi said he felt nostalgic knowing that he would never play for the team again, but deemed it "incredible" to win the Champions League in his last appearance. Tevez and Morata are to cover the channel and block any forward passes through the midfield line and prevent Barcelona from gaining control of the most strategically important area of the field and instead force the play wide into areas where Juventus can control. Again, Evra is the player attacking on the left with Vidal and Pogba towards the back post, Tevez and Marchisio towards the front zone. [60] [59] Soon after, Juventus made three substitutions in quick succession: Vidal was replaced with Roberto Pereyra and Morata with Fernando Llorente, while Evra made way for Kingsley Coman. into the centre to try and make a breakthrough by playing in a position to by-pass the midfield of Juventus by drawing players narrower to him and go down the outside, or go through Messi if the space was available. In Barcelonas attacking system of 2-5-3 or 2-4-1-3, the full backs were key to numerical superiority and accessing the wide areas to stretch the Juventus defence. [24], In the quarter-finals, Juventus faced Monaco, runners-up in the 201314 Ligue 1. Liechtsteiner tracked him deep and played 2v1 against him with Marchisio who would adapt his position to play higher and close off the space of Jordi Alba in the channel in a pre-transition space. Here, we can see that Busquets has passed back to Ter Stegen but Juve are already pressed against every short outball which Barcelona prefer. Changes to the defensive process in the 2nd half; Neymar tracked deeper and pressed higher. He admitted that Barcelona had been shaken by Juventus' equaliser, but had recovered through Messi doing "his thing". [29], In their first game of the group, defender Gerard Piqu headed the only goal to defeat APOEL at the Camp Nou on 17 September. When Barcelona are allowed to pass the ball from GK an open defensive shape, they can quickly start to dominate possession from the back and move the attacking block closer to the opponent goal and pin them in, making counter attacks difficult to come by and often into areas which Barcelona press them into. In the match on 11 August in Tbilisi, Georgia, Barcelona won 54 with Pedro scoring an extra-time winner. This time, Busquets presses onto Pogba as Alves is in central midfield (covered by Rakitic) with a clear 4-4-1-1 shape being formed with Busquets pressing out of zone. Tevez scored the winning goal from the penalty spot after he was fouled by Dani Carvajal. Here, Messi can use Iniesta then Alba can run late (out of image) to play 2v1 with Neymar as Marchisio will be dealing with Iniesta in a central position. With 4v3 in central midfield; often 2 of Messi, Suarez or Neymar would drop onto the lateral central midfielders, as Rakitic, Busquets or Iniesta would press high to close off the space and passing angles available to each player. Often Neymar would drag Liechtsteiner inside, while Jordi Alba made late runs from deep and exploit the space 2v1. Tevez dribbles at Dani Alves then enters the box from the left side, drawing over Pique from the front zone and looking to cross to Morata v Mascherano with Marchisio arriving late on the edge. Messi in the centre to be more of an influence in the game. The 2015 UEFA Champions League Final was the final match of the 201415 UEFA Champions League, the 60th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 23rd season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League. [13], Similar to the 2010 UEFA Champions League Final, both teams entered the final in the possibility of winning the treble of domestic league, domestic cup and Champions League titles. 31, Average age: When Juventus won possession, they tried to attack quickly and direct to the goal, looking to isolate the centre backs 1v1 but if not, attacking behind Alves down the left side, often with the dribbling ability of Tevez and Pogba, but more often in the 2nd half through Patrice Evra on the overlap. [27] Eight days later, the two teams drew at the Santiago Bernabu Stadium: Ronaldo scored a penalty after Giorgio Chiellini fouled James Rodrguez, but in the second half Morata equalised. [39], In the semi-finals, Barcelona's opponents were Bayern Munich, winners of the 201314 Bundesliga. Juventus won a couple of headers at the back post in the 2nd half, Pogba in particular had a good chance but overall, Barcelona defended set pieces relatively well, Suarez launching a counter from one corner at the front post resulting in a shot from 15m from Suarez in the opposition box. [36] In the return game on 18 March, City goalkeeper limited Barcelona to a single goal by Ivan Rakiti, and Barcelona advanced 31 on aggregate. //