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The Spanish club beat Manchester United 2-0 in a dazzling and attacking display in Rome's Olympic stadium on Wednesday night. Coach Pep Guardiola ended the pre-match warm-up session early to show the players a seven-minute video that included clips from the Ridley Scott movie, the newspaper El Pais said.
The 2000 Oscar-winning film stars Russell Crowe as Roman general Maximus, known as "the Spaniard". The character is betrayed and enslaved but rises through the ranks of the gladiatorial arena to avenge the murder of his family.
The video, put together especially for Guardiola by a journalist friend, also featured some of best moves by each of the players during the season. It concluded with a message from Barcelona's sponsor that appears on the screen.
"We are the centre of the field, we have accuracy, we have effort, we are attackers who are defending, we are defenders who are attacking, we have speed, we have the respect of our adversaries, we are each goal that we score, we are the ones who are always looking for the opponent's goal. WE ARE ONE," it said.
El Pais said, when video ended and the lights came up, "some players were crying and their shouts indicated that the aim had been achieved". It went on that Guardiola then let them enter the stadium without saying another word.
It's football so I've lost interest already.
Sir Alex thought he would bring some magic to the team.
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