Barcelona 3, Man United 1: Barca wins CL final

These are not the ingredients for cooking up a turkey. Alex Ferguson, who has previously described the Champions League as "better than the World Cup," believes this final could be the competition's best ever, so us mere mortals can be forgiven for lusting after a classic that we'll recall long into old age, exchanging the twinkly-eyed glances of history's witnesses.

The match kicks off at 2.45 p.m. ET; I'll be online to provide real-time updates, analysis and a spot of chitchat from 2 p.m.