#30: Barcelona, Guardiola and the legacy of the 2009 Champions League final

We’re back with a new episode of the podcast and this time we’re talking about one of the most dominant teams in football history: Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona.

I was delighted to be joined by Darryl Geraghty, a football writer who covers the League of Ireland, but is also mad about Spanish football and is a bit of an expert when it comes to Barça.

We focused on the 2009 Champions League final between the Catalan outfit and Manchester United, the match that lit the fire on the greatest side we have probably ever seen in the sport.

 

Darryl and I talked about the final, why it was such a unique event (only to be reenacted two years later), how Man United could have approached the game differently, and the lasting legacy of the team.

Freelance football writer David Sneyd also contributed to this podcast to give us the United side of things and to let us know what it was like to attend the match itself.

And yes, this only happened in 2009, but it was over a decade ago so it counts as nostalgia for us.

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Intro theme by The Shaker Hymn

Cover artwork by Michael Raisch

Email us at contact@nostalgiaultras.com

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