Īs winners of the 2008–09 Champions League, Barcelona later played against 2008–09 UEFA Cup winners Shakhtar Donetsk in the 2009 UEFA Super Cup, and they represented UEFA at the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup. The Stadio Olimpico had hosted three previous Champions League finals, in 1977, 19. It was the fifth year in a row in which the final involved at least one English team. Manchester United also sought to be the first team to retain the European Cup since A.C. Manchester United went into the match as the competition's defending champions, the first defending champions to reach the final since Juventus in 1997. This was Barcelona's third victory in the competition, 17 years after they first won the European Cup in 1992. The match was refereed by Swiss referee Massimo Busacca. Samuel Eto'o opened the scoring in the 10th minute, and Lionel Messi added another goal 20 minutes from the end to earn Barcelona a historic treble of La Liga, the Copa del Rey and the Champions League, a feat never before achieved by a Spanish club. The match was won by Barcelona of Spain, who beat England's Manchester United 2–0.
The match determined the winners of the 2008–09 season of the UEFA Champions League, a tournament for the top football clubs in Europe. The 2009 UEFA Champions League Final was played on at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy.
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