Barcelona twice took the lead, PSG twice equalised.
Carlo Ancelotti surprisingly named David Beckham as part of a midfield two, with four outright attacking players used in a 4-4-1-1 system.
Tito Vilanova played Alexis Sanchez, rather than Cristian Tello, as part of his front three.
Barcelona dominated in terms of possession and territory, and there was an...
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A closer game than the scoreline suggests.
With injury problems in defence, Carlo Ancelotti named Sylvain Armand as his left-sided centre-back. David Beckham was on the bench.
Élie Baup named an unchanged side from the XI that triumphed over Valenciennes last week.
PSG’s four outright attackers combined effectively at times, but Marseille will feel they had enough...
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Andre-Pierre Gignac and Zlatan Ibrahimovic both scored twice in Le Classique.
There were no surprises in Elie Baup’s line-up – this is his first-choice XI since the departures of Cesar Azpilicueta and Stephane Mbia.
Carlo Ancelotti brought Javier Pastore into the side, and there were also returns at the back for Christophe Jallet and Alex.
This was...
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ZM’s team of Euro 2012…
Iker Casillas, Spain
This wasn’t a tournament of particularly fine individual goalkeeping displays, but the best two goalkeepers of the tournament – and of the century – met as captains in the final. Until the, there was nothing to separate Casillas and Gianluigi Buffon, but after Casillas made a fine...
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For the first time since World Cup 1994, Sweden are at a major international tournament without Lars Lagerback. Now in charge of Iceland, Lagerback was at the helm for so long (first as a joint-coach with Tommy Soderberg, then in sole charge) that his footballing style -organised, defensive – became merged with Sweden’s footballing...
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