Forged your minds again to Could 17, 2006 on the Stade de France in Paris.
Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal are simply quarter-hour away from their first-ever Champions League title, main 1-0 towards Barcelona following a backs-to-the-wall efficiency which noticed them lowered to 10 males after simply 18 minutes when goalkeeper Jens Lehmann was despatched off.
Barca boss Frank Rijkaard rolled the cube and made his third and remaining substitution on 71 minutes, changing Oleguer with Juliano Belletti and inside 5 minutes the scores have been stage, as Samuel Eto’o lastly breached the Gunners defence.
Belletti remembers his Champions League winner
4 minutes later, Belletti sealed Barcelona’s second European title, however solely after a rollercoaster night within the French capital.
“After I noticed I wasn’t taking part in, I felt annoyed, nevertheless it didn’t final very lengthy,” he remembers to FourFourTwo. “Arsenal have been an important workforce and we went in at half-time 1-0 down, regardless that Jens Lehmann had been despatched off.
“I got here on after 71 minutes, simply earlier than Samuel Eto’o equalised and Arsenal began to crumble.
“A couple of minutes later, Henrik Larsson discovered me with a cross and I hit the ball with my complete soul.
“After I noticed it go in, I wished to face as much as rejoice however my physique wouldn’t let me due to the emotion.
“It was my first objective in a Barcelona shirt, and probably the most necessary targets within the membership’s historical past.”
The Champions League win capped a memorable season for Belletti at Barcelona, with the membership additionally successful the La Liga title.
Two years later, Belletti would once more discover himself within the Champions League remaining, this time with Chelsea, and though he scored his spot-kick within the penalty shootout, the Blues have been crushed to the trophy by Manchester United.
