UCL 2013/14 - Champions League Thread

I meant ever, not only this season. Real's track record for matches on German soil is that bad, apparently (heard several times from commentators during the Sky or ZDF broadcasts). I think that is remarkable, given Real's decades-long high quality.

And yeah, Borussia did at least beat them - but it was not enough, sadly. They also beat Bayern a few weeks ago, when it didn't matter anymore... well, that's not quite true, beating Bayern always matters. :D
 
They also beat Bayern a few weeks ago, when it didn't matter anymore... well, that's not quite true, beating Bayern always matters. :D
I just hope they beat Bayern again on May 17th.
 
If Mourinho loses in the final against Real Madrid.. Ouch.
 
Wednesday 30th April 2014
UEFA Champions League - Semi-Finals
- 2nd leg

Chelsea 1-3 Atl?tico Madrid
(agg 1-3)

An all Madrid final, I just had a feeling that may happen.
Bummer for the Chelsea fans, though. Still, maybe Roman will buy a striker or two, who can score goals now.


:smile:
 
Last year, a final with two teams from the same country, now one with two teams from the same city. What's next? :D
 
.. just a reminder:


Date: 24 May 2014

Venue : Est?dio da Luz, Lisbon


19:45 UK time

:cool:
 
Come on Atletico! That'd be a pretty fantastic double for them, if they manage to pull it off :)
 
Agreed! Come on Atletico, beat the whites!
 
2 mins away from doing that. Then it all ended in tears.
Proper CL final this:)
 
That was a good match. Too bad Real managed to turn the tides that late. :( But well, Athletico was out of juice after minute 70 or so, therefore it was foreseeable. That said, 4-1 was definitely too high.

What I really liked was the level of fan support. :) I guess that's to be expected when you have an inner-city duel in a European final. Lucky that it was only 6 hours away from Madrid, too (it would have been even more awesome to have that pairing in Barcelona, though :D ).
 
Saturday 24th May 2014
UEFA Champions League - Finals


Real Madrid 4-1 Atl?tico Madrid

A very dramatic match, if perhaps not not that great technically.
The scoreline for the history books, was too flattering to Real, as the actual game was much closer.

I do feel some sympathy for Atl?tico to get THAT close to winning their first UCL title, but pleased for Real for achieving the landmark tenth title.

A surprising rick from Casillas lead to the opener for Atl?tico and it was very tense for Real for a loooooong time. I really liked the Ramos goal, very good header but a small defensive mistake by Atl?tico, who otherwise played well at the back. Nice finish by Bale, I wonder if Real now believe that he was money well spent? :think:

The second goal by Bale pretty much won the game, with the next goals just being for a bonus.

Well done to Real (again). :cool:
 
That was actually a great game to watch. I really enjoyed it. I do feel for Simeone. I am not sure what happened in the incident that brought him onto the pitch, it seemed like he was provoked during a goal celebration or something?

I also feel like the scoreline doesn't accurately reflect how close this game actually was. Great game. Congrats to Real Madrid (begrudgingly :)) for the 10th.
 
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