At Camp Nou, Capello fielded Abbiati, on his debut, from the first minute and the Ibrahimovic and Del Piero partnership in attack. And it’s the very captain who breaks the tie after 11 minutes, converting the penalty conceded for the foul on Vieira in the box. The first half is marked by the Bianconeri but in the second half Barcelona hit back and earn a draw after 22 minutes with Iniesta. The Blaugrana raise the pressure and after three minutes take the lead thanks to Van Bronckhorst. Juventus do not give up: on 34’ minutes, Mutu is brought down in the box and Trezeguet converts the penalty awarded by the referee.
It’s the 2-2 that ends the normal time. Penalties make necessary to assign the “Gamper Trophy”. The Bianconeri make no mistake with Mutu, Olivera, Vieira and Trezeguet and the errors by Eto’o and Marquez hand the Trophy to Juventus.
BARCELLONA vs JUVENTUS 4-6
SCORERS: 11’ f.h. Del Piero, 22’ s.h. Iniesta, 25’ s.h. Van Bronckhorst, 34’ s.h. Trezeguet
PENALTIES: Deco in, Mutu in, Eto’o post, Olivera in, Marquez out, Vieira in, Belletti in, Trezeguet in
BARCELLONA
Valdes (1’ s.h. Juorquera); Gabri (30’ s.h. Belletti), Puyol, Oleguer(1’ s.h. Edmilson), Van Bronckorst; Marquez; Iniesta (23’ s.h. Eto’o), Van Bommel; Messi (45’ s.h. Giuly), Larsson (41’ s.h. Maxi), Ronaldinho (1’s.h. Deco).
Substitutes: Xai, Sylvinho, Damià.
Manager: Rijkaard
JUVENTUS
Abbiati; Zebina (1’s.h. Balzaretti), Kovac, Cannavaro, Pessotto (41’ s.h. Zalayeta), Camoranesi (35’ s.h. Olivera), Vieira, Giannichedda, Chiellini (1’s.h. Blasi); Ibrahimovic (1’s.h. Trezeguet), Del Piero (1’ s.h. Mutu).
Substitutes: Chimenti, Miccoli.
Manager: Capello
REFEREE: Rodriguez Santiago