UEFA Champions League (Part 2)

Yeah but YNWA > Queen (and I really like Queen). :smiley: Nothing can match the Tottenham YNWA.

Mane 17/18 is still the last player to score a goal for the losing side in the final.

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That’s a trivia question if I’ve ever heard one!

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Yeah, was about to say the same. A quiz question. Cool, though.

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@Magnus

Please explain.

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LOL what a joke of a trophy lift. Virgil is so clear.

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marcello looking good

Looking forward to us being here next season in Budapest…

Not now, please. It requires a hell of a lot of words to explain that tradition and how obscene it has become with the rich boys from the west end in Oslo and elsewhere.

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I’m so sorry

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Being quite an interesting CL season, one that clearly underlined the importance of periodization to enable a team continue to grow through the course of a season…

I thought Liverpool paid dearly for over prioritizing the group phase games…

Also showcased the changing trends in midfield and the dominance of athleticism. With all the teams possessing elite fitness and conditioning, as well as nutrition, the ability to add a technical edge to the game, is increasingly the difference.

PSG have won thru dominance in midfield, but not in the manner of the dominant Jurgen Klopp Liverpool of Hendo, Fab and Gini.

The PSG MF trio of Vitinha, Neves and Ruiz are not only capable of the level of elite athleticism, but, especially in small spaces and under pressure, are able to perform at an even more elite level.

I suspect that this will be the trend moving forward. But football is constantly evolving.

Will be interesting to see the battle next season between Barca and Madrid in MF, with the Madridistas built on power first and the technical second, in MF and Barca the other way round.

And in the EPL, Arsenal bringing in Zubimendi, City likely Reindjers, with Rodri back, but still lacking…
And Liverpool looking to add Wirtz…

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The best Champions League final performance I can remember, PSG were outstanding so congratulations to them and Luis Enrique, what a job he has done with these young players.

Anon

PSG got rid of the overpriced, overpaid and overrated players of old who thought more about their egos and bank balances than the club. These players who play for PSG are young, hungry, talented and terrific to watch. Could be a dominant force for years to come.

Anon

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Parlons au sujet de six

https://x.com/DrageLiten/status/1928961532680925225?t=ExpCSD0mVxVJ3BZo_qc-uw&s=09

Omg! Somewhere in Paris. The police are over zealous here.

This is lovely.

https://x.com/PSG_inside/status/1928914955740356753?t=sT884kjX4NL-s_Ni5X1psQ&s=09

A dark day for football, but at least we can all laugh at Mbappe.

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Once PSG got on a roll , it was difficult to stop them this match.

I’m not a fan of their owners but the football that was on display was unbelievable.

Like Enrique as well.

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Not really.

Our league and schedule caught us off. We faced PSG at the wrong time.

PSG had the liberty of sleepwalking through the league and could keep their team rested and fit for the CL.

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Yeah we didn’t even get the so called advantage of skipping the playoff round because we had two league games scheduled in. One perhaps was unavoidable but one could easily have filled. Wednesday in May.

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Happy for Enrique from a football point of view, it’s well deserved, PSG played some of the best stuff in Europe this season.

It’s nice to see different winners and it’s also one club less with CL complexes! They did it without any megastars, I think Nasser has learned a lesson or two this season.

It’s incredibly hard or almost impossible to plan to win the CL. Some of the big projects won it when they least expected it.

Inter certainly better than what they showed tonight, but it felt like the end of the season domestically has hit them hard.

Plus, it’s not a great side in a number of positions, they’re getting old and need to think about the future. Lost a lot of key matches and finals in recent years.

They can be solid, hard to beat, tricky in knockout competitions, but PSG were just too good for them. Especially the work off the ball, incredibly difficult the game back into their half.

Now we have a summer blockbuster lining up:

PSG v Spursy.

:joy:

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Always rated Luis Enrique very highly as a coach.

This win probably gets him into the elite category now.