Saturday, December 19, 2009

Leo The Lion Makes Historic Win For Barca Possible

At Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates:

Goals from Pedro Rodriguez (88') and Lionel Messi (OT-110') enabled Barcelona to come from behind to defeat Estudiantes 2-1 in overtime to win the FIFA Club World Cup title, enabling them to conclude the most successful calendar year in club soccer hist
ory, winning their sixth piece of silverware this year.

The Catalans have earlier won the Spanish La Liga, UEFA Champions League, Copa Del Rey, and European and Spanish Super Cup crowns.

Here are the h
appy champs , with captain Carles Puyol holding up the trophy, celebrating in this Associated Press photo



Earlier Satur
day, South Korea's Pohang Steelers , after a match that was deadlocked at 1-1 after 120 minutes, won the penalty kick shootout 4-3 over Mexico's Atlante to lock up third place. No Byung-Jun, Denilson, Shin Hyung-Min, and Kim Hyung-Il made their successful penalty kicks. In this Getty Images photos, the happy Steelers celebrate their shootout win over the Iron Colts.

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