10 years after that disappointing night under the arch, Manchester United's legendary manager Sir Alex Ferguson revealed he had just one regret following the defeat to Barcelona. "That's where I lost the final against Barcelona at Wembley," a tormented Ferguson told SPORTbible in 2021. "I should have changed at half-time and put Park Ji-sung on [Lionel] Messi. "That was a mistake...
I was going to do it at half-time, then I said: 'Well, we just equalised before half-time, they may see the game differently, we may grow into the game better.' We were actually quite good in the last 10 minutes of that half. ALSO READ: Ferguson stunned the dressing room with reaction to red card "We came into it and we could have been in front.
But if I'd played Park against Messi, I think we'd have beat them. I really do." It is unsurprising that the one regret revolved around Messi.
The Argentinian genius had already secured the Golden Boot in that season's Champions League before taking to the field in London.