Quiz! Can you name the Barcelona line-up from the Champions League final against Arsenal in 2006?

By Mark White
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Arsenal hearts were broken in Paris in the springtime, as Barcelona claimed just their second European title

Barcelona's Brazilian forward Ronaldinho celebrates after winning the UEFA Champion's League final football match against Arsenal, 17 May 2006 at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, northern Paris. Barcelona won 2 to 1. AFP PHOTO LLUIS GENE
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Andres Iniesta introduced himself to English audiences in typical fashion. Just 22 years old, he was brought into the heat of the Champions League final with Barcelona a goal down.

But the Blaugrana, crucially, were a man up. Though Arsenal had gotten to the final of the competition by packing out the midfield and relying on the brilliance of the talismanic Thierry Henry, Iniesta had other ideas and in his cameo in the final, he showed what we'd all come to know him for.

The Spaniard was superb, offering incision and a cool head where others around him were beginning the panic. Barça soon turned the tide with their La Masia orchestrator pulling the strings – and with 10 minutes remaining, a fellow substitute, Juliano Belletti scored the winner. 

Arsenal were sucker-punched, outplayed at a game they'd mastered on English shores. The Catalans claimed just their second-ever European title – and it unsurprisingly, Iniesta would go onto inspire them to plenty more. 

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Mark White
Mark White
Content Editor

Mark White has been at on FourFourTwo since joining in January 2020, first as a staff writer before becoming content editor in 2023. An encyclopedia of football shirts and boots knowledge – both past and present – Mark has also represented FFT at both FA Cup and League Cup finals (though didn't receive a winners' medal on either occasion) and has written pieces for the mag ranging on subjects from Bobby Robson's season at Barcelona to Robinho's career. He has written cover features for the mag on Mikel Arteta and Martin Odegaard, and is assisted by his cat, Rosie, who has interned for the brand since lockdown.