Barcelona defeated Arsenal 2-1 to win their 2nd Champions League title on this day in 2006! See video!

By Ayomide John / May 17, 2020

Having lost three previous finals, Barcelona were appearing in their fifth Champions League final while Arsenal were playing their first ever final.

Sol Campbell had earlier gave Arsenal the lead in the 37th minute but with less than 15 minutes from regular time, Luciano Belletti and Samuel Eto’o goals gave Barcelona their second Champions League trophy.

See video here 👇

🟡 Campbell 37’
🔵🔴 Eto’o 76’
🔵🔴 Belletti 80’#OnThisDay in 2006, Barcelona came from behind to beat Arsenal and win the Champions League 🏆pic.twitter.com/IujZUe2mEJ

— GOAL (@goal) May 17, 2020

Barcelona were handed a new Champions League trophy after Liverpool win their fifth title the previous season thereby giving them the right to keep it.

Andriy Shevchenko finished top scorer that season with 9 goals.

Video source : @Goal

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