Season 2010/2011

  This football season was extremely exciting. Football fans all over Europe witnessed some very gripping matches between very strong teams in both the tournaments - Champions League and Europa League. I am glad to point out that many teams which have low budgets believed in their potential and gave their best to oppose ''the big sharks'' and some of them succeeded in winning against the best teams in Europe. Such was the case with  FC Shakhtar Donetsk when they beated FC Arsenal 2:1 or Dynamo Kyiv defeating FC Manchester City.

   Now the culmination approaches. There are the two finals in the Champions League and Europa League that draws the attention of large number of people not only from Europe but the whole world.

UEFA Europa League Final 2011 - Dublin Arena

The 2010/11 UEFA Europa League final will be disputed between FC Porto and FC Braga, two clubs situated less than 50km from one another, for the first time ever in a major European showpiece.

There is nothing unique about the fact that two clubs from the same country will meet at the Dublin Arena on 18 May; indeed FC Sevilla prevailed over RCD Espanyol in the UEFA Cup final as recently as 2006/07, and Manchester United FC pipped Chelsea FC for UEFA Champions League honours only three years ago. Yet never before will clubs of such close proximity as FC Porto and SC Braga have locked horns with a piece of major European silverware at stake.

 

UEFA Champions League Final 2011 - Wembley London

FC Barcelona and Manchester United FC will descend on Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 28 May each seeking to write another chapter in their long and rich history.

In a city resonant with past glories, these modern-day superpowers have their eyes on European club football's greatest prize. It was the same two years ago, when goals from Samuel Eto'o and Lionel Messi earned Barcelona victory against United in Rome. As UEFA.com delves through the archives, however, it is abundantly clear there really is little to choose between the sides.