THE 'INIESTAZO', IN THE MEMORY OF CHELSEA

Andrés Iniesta: the hangman goes back to the scene of the crime

Published:19/02/2018 - 02:04h

Updated:20/02/2018 - 22:29h

Andrés Iniesta made history does almost nine years when annotating a goal in the last sigh that put to the Barça in the final of the Champions League of the 2009. The manchego will go back to step Stamford Bridge with the intention to go back to be key

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The most expected moment of the FC Barcelona in months is about to to arrive. This Tuesday goes back the Champions League and will do it to the big, with a party in front of the current champion of the Premier League: Chelsea. The team londinense will be a big challenge for the Barcelona, that look forward to to keep the good dynamics showed during the season to carry the eliminatory.

Stamford Bridge, coliseo of the team 'blue', is a stage that carries the best possible memories to the mind of all the barcelonistas. Specifically we have to us move eight years and nine months backwards. The FC Barcelona played the pass to the final of the Champions League of the 2009. The party of gone in the Camp Nou had finished in tie to zero and, the one of turn, had begun tremendously badly for the culés: Michael Essien had marked with a zapatazo from out of the area.

The FC Barcelona tried to row during all the party, but did not achieve to generate danger on the goal londinense. Even Eric Abidal was expelled in the minute 66 of game. When all the hopes already had dissipated , appeared Andrés Iniesta. Without thinking it twice, the manchego connected a placed shot from the frontal of the area that cleaned the cobwebs of the goal of Cech: the miracle there was sucedido. The FC Barcelona had happened to the final of the Champions League, that finished winning by 2-0 to the Manchester United with goals of Eto'or and Messi.

Memories of Iniesta

Andrés Iniesta, leading of those semifinals for being decisive, remembered his goal in Barça TV. "Memory that were to even step to be in the final, came to win to the Madrid in the League and almost had sentenced the League, went a very difficult party. Practically we do not throw between the three sticks during all the party but follow insisting to the end and when anybody imagined it arrived this 1-1 that gave us the classification", remembered.

The manchego, current captain of the FC Barcelona, recognised that it will not forget never the lived this night. "Had a brutal importance and to personal level, one of the best moments that have lived in my sportive life, will remain for ever in the history of the Barça and for me have this privilege is something very beautiful", explained.

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