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first

Then in the 11th minute came the first foul. Apparently bad enough for the German referee to book Liverpool sider Arbeloa. The second foul was again a booking for a Liverpudlian, and the third - the first for a Barcelona player - was yellow for Thuram. A strange match for a referee: there were hardly any fouls, but almost every foul was bad enough for a booking.

last

The last yellow was for goalie Reina for stalling. Six yellow cards in all and there should at least heve been one more. Fandel kept the players on a tight leash, maybe that wasn't necessary because most good players (and there are a lot of realy good players in those two teams) don't need to play dirty. Typically the two most important Liverpool defenders didn't foul at all. Both Carragher and Finnan had no difficulty with Barcelona stars Messi, Eto'o and Ronaldinho.