Juve confront Barca for UCL title

The 2015 UEFA Champions League final between Barcelona and Juventus is a clash of European footballing titans. An additional element is added to the match with the fact that both sides are 90 minutes away from the treble of a national league victory, domestic cup triumph and the Champions League.

For both teams, this will be their eighth appearance in a European Cup final. And yet, despite being two of the biggest club teams going, the sides have enjoyed differing fortunes in recent years.

Everyone knows what Barcelona can do, in no small part down to their talismanic star player Lionel Messi. In the last 10 years they have won the Champions League three times, beating Arsenal in 2006 and crushing Manchester United in both the 2009 and 2011 finals.

Juventus will have to stop Barcelona’s goal-scoring trio Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar to have any chance at winning the tie.

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