Oh the pain - Manchester United defeated by Barcelona

Ouch.

Yes, it's true. Barcelona has defeated Manchester United. Which means that Sir Alex Ferguson likely thinks hell has frozen over. For those that are unaware, he stated that no team would ever duplicate the league, cup and Champions win, all at the same time, that Manchester had in '99.

And it just wasn't Ferguson who was in shambles. Just look at the British reports on the game. "Lifeless" and "elementary mistakes" are the kinder descriptions of how Manchester United played. For a team with such a history, you couldn't tell from the 2-0 loss.

Barcelona on the other hand looked great. Here are the 2 winning goals. The first is Samuel Eto'o and the second is a great header by Lionel Messi.



I'm sure many United fans are wondering where Cristano Ronaldo was? He was on the pitch, but the top ranked world star played like he was definitely somewhere else. That's not to say he didn't get close to a goal. But this is futbol (soccer) and a ball in the net is the only thing that matters at the end of referee's time. You expect one of the world's best to get the ball in the net, not next to it.

With the World Cup around the corner, expect this to have repercussions.