A Champions League Final with International Flavor
Even if you aren’t a fan of Arsenal or Barcelona, you probably will have some rooting interest when the teams meet up in the Champions League final on May 17 in Paris. Both teams possess rosters that are filled with some of the top players from around the world. Many of these players will be on display at the World Cup a few weeks after the Champions League final. While we were watching the Chinese pirated game online, we decided to scan the two teams’ rosters. Here is how things break down in terms of nationality of their starting 11s from this week’s games. Each team also has a number of nationalities on its bench. The game is truly global these days.
Belarus
Aleksander Hleb (Arsenal)
Brazil
Juliano Belletti (Barcelona)
José Edmílson (Barcelona)
Ronaldinho (Barcelona)
Gilberto (Arsenal)
Cameroon
Samuel Eto’o (Barcelona)
Cote d’Ivoire
Emmanuel Eboue (Arsenal)
Kolo Toure (Arsenal)
England
Sol Campbell (Arsenal)
France
Ludovic Giuly (Barcelona)
Mathieu Flamini (Arsenal)
Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
Germany
Jens Lehmann (Arsenal)
Mexico
Rafael Marquez (Barcelona)
Netherlands
Giovanni Van Bronckhorst (Barcelona)
Portugal
Deco (Barcelona)
Spain
Victor Valdez (Barcelona)
Carles Puyol (Barcelona)
Andres Iniesta (Barcelona)
Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal)
Jose Antonio Reyes (Arsenal)
Sweden
Freddie Ljunberg (Arsenal)
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By tomas | April 26th, 2006 at 4:56 pm 
Does arsenal even have an Englishman on their starting roster?
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United States
By Euler | April 26th, 2006 at 5:19 pm It’s like a World Cup but all mixed up.
By Kris | April 26th, 2006 at 8:48 pm Shevchenko got robbed. They should give referees trophies for winning games now a days. Like a golden whistle.
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By Mont | April 26th, 2006 at 8:53 pm Nice post, really interesting. But you forgot a couple of players:
Netherlands
Van Persie (Arsenal)
Van Bommel (Barcelona)
Brazil
Motta (Barcelona)
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Mexico
By rinaldo | April 26th, 2006 at 11:38 pm lmao…just one englishman? That’s supposed to be an English team in the final?
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India
By GEORGE | April 27th, 2006 at 4:03 am By the way, Deco is of brazilian origin…
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Spain
By Nick | April 27th, 2006 at 4:59 am Arsenal have 2 English players in the starting eleven. Ashley Cole was injured but will return for the final. I know thats still too little but its better than 1 
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United Kingdom
By Pedro P | April 27th, 2006 at 5:35 am You’ve also left Larsson out, Bob…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Barcelona
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Netherlands
By Ade Lamidi | April 27th, 2006 at 6:19 am You also left out Robert Pires the Arsenal and French midfieldere.
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By Ceasar Lourenco | April 27th, 2006 at 8:14 am Peres is french (with one spanish and portuguese parent).
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Canada
By Bob | April 27th, 2006 at 8:24 am The list I put together was only the starers from this week’s games so that is why guys like Larsson aren’t on it. Plenty of international players on both bench like Togo’s Adebayor for Arsenal.
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