The 2009 World Football Challenge drew large crowds around the country, and Chelsea’s four-game stint in the United States drew record crowds for a visiting foreign team. If there was any team which were champions of both tournaments, soccer kit the non-champions with the second best aggregate record qualified. There is no underdog like the Surinamese club S.V. Barcelona reaction came not long after, as on ten minutes Milan goalkeeper Christian Abbiati fumbled Lionel Messi’s scuffed shot and Dani Alves was wide from close range. Pep Guardiola replaced Andrés Iniesta with Cristian Tello, who sent a shot wide on 73 minutes. Abbiati denied Xavi after a quick one-two with Messi, while Alessandro Nesta and Luca Antonini made crucial interventions.
