Don’t like him but Vinicius should really be winning the Balon d’or

Same old story. Don't take your chances and pay the cost.

I don't think there's another club that's as fixated on the Champions League as Real Madrid. They're something else. 

Dortmund manager 👌👌👌 Top notch....impressive tactics ...with such a squad rattled Madrid big time.  Wish he had little better squad and strong bench.

How fking embarrassing is Kepa. Jumping around as if he has had any fking part in Real Madrid's season. Moron.

1 minute ago, fun2sh said:

Dortmund manager 👌👌👌 Top notch....impressive tactics ...with such a squad rattled Madrid big time.  Wish he had little better squad and strong bench.

Wish he was ours. 

Kepa returning with a CL champions medal.

1 minute ago, WhiteWall said:

Wish he was ours. 

Exactly !!

1 minute ago, carrickblue said:

Same old story. Don't take your chances and pay the cost.

I don't think there's another club that's as fixated on the Champions League as Real Madrid. They're something else. 

Crazy as City, Bayern and Dortmund were the better teams.  Deflected goals v City.  2 last minute goals from an ex Stoke striker v Bayern.  

The founder of Real Madrid must of sacrificed a goat or performed some voodoo sh*t under the Bernabeu pitch.

6 minutes ago, DarkMata said:

Crazy as City, Bayern and Dortmund were the better teams.  Deflected goals v City.  2 last minute goals from an ex Stoke striker v Bayern.  

The founder of Real Madrid must of sacrificed a goat or performed some voodoo sh*t under the Bernabeu pitch.

While Luck is always on their side they have pretty strong bench as well.

Just now, fun2sh said:

Exactly !!

Mind you I have sort of developed a bit of a fetish for German managers lately.  If we even ignore the obvious one, I particularly like Terzic, Hoeness  and Glasner. Glaser carrying on his Frankfurt work.

Just now, WhiteWall said:

Mind you I have sort of developed a bit of a fetish for German managers lately.  If we even ignore the obvious one, I particularly like Terzic, Hoeness  and Glasner. Glaser carrying on his Frankfurt work.

Totally agree with you .....New brand of managers with all sort of new brand of tactics.

Ancelotti must be the best manager in world football and we fired him after winning the double 🙄

We need to step up to show the world how to beat Real Madrid in a CL final as the underdogs. I believe that we would actually beat them in a final.

3 hours ago, fun2sh said:

Dortmund manager 👌👌👌 Top notch....impressive tactics ...with such a squad rattled Madrid big time.  Wish he had little better squad and strong bench.

I don't know, I thought he had them set up really badly defensively. Every set piece they looked poor, so it wasn't a surprise when they conceded from one. They also had no plan B once Real Madrid woke up. 

Edited June 2, 20242 yr by Scott Harris

Real Madrid are the Kings of Europe for a reason. Their ability to absorb extreme pressure and counter punch the other way is unreal.

Dortmund played well, but failed to convert early. They reminded me of Inter where their general play was good, but they failed to capitalise.

Ancelotti wins a 5th CL as coach. Legendary from the great man.

Champions League Tally:

Real Madrid [15] = (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2024)

AC Milan [7] = (1963, 1969, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 2007)

Liverpool [6] = (1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 2005, 2019)

Bayern Munich [6] = (1974, 1975, 1976, 2001, 2013, 2020)

Barcelona [5] = (1992, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2015)

A**x [4] = (1971, 1972, 1973, 1995)

Manchester United [3] = (1968, 1999, 2008)

Inter Milan [3] = (1964, 1965, 2010)

Benfica [2] = (1961, 1962)

Nottingham Forest [2] = (1979, 1980)

Juventus [2] = (1985, 1996)

FC Porto [2] = (1987, 2004)

Chelsea [2] = (2012, 2021)

Celtic [1] = (1967)

Feyenoord [1] = (1970)

Aston Villa [1] = (1982)

Hamburger SV [1] = (1983)

Steaua Bucharest [1] = (1986)

PSV Eindhoven [1] = (1988)

Red Star Belgrade [1] = (1991)

Marseille [1] = (1993)

Borussia Dortmund [1] = (1997)

Manchester City [1] = (2023)

That is wild from Ancelotti. 5 European cups lmao to think we sacked him. . 

Ofcourse, Real Madrid fluking another CL win has become par for the course. It's mental to think only they enjoy this type of obscene luck year after year. Some would say "you make your own luck", but surely not year after year and that much. We'd probably have 6-7 CL wins had we even 50% of their luck or whatever voodoo they do before every game.

Edited June 2, 20242 yr by Nick05

Just happy it wasn’t City again tbf, would have equalled our tally. Madrid is the only thing standing in the way of them dominating world football. We should be thankful Madrid are doing what they’re doing. Otherwise, it would be unbearable. 

1 minute ago, Term_X said:

Just happy it wasn’t City again tbf, would have equalled our tally. Madrid is the only thing standing in the way of them dominating world football. We should be thankful Madrid are doing what they’re doing. Otherwise, it would be unbearable. 

Agree.

Real Madrid are so far ahead in the European Cup/Champions League tally that no will catch up to them in our lifetime I suspect.

They've denied Liverpool twice (in 2018 and 2022) and Man City twice (in 2022 and 2024) which is great.

Given how much Liverpool like to give it the big’un about how many times they’ve won it, it’s kind of funny Madrid have matched their total of six in the last 10 years alone. 

19 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Don’t like him but Vinicius should really be winning the Balon d’or

Shame such a talent comes with the diving, rolling around and other assorted unnecessary things. Hullo Mr Neymar.

What will be interesting to see is how Ancelotti manages to play both Vinicius and Mbappe on the left.

Nobody presents like this guy. There's a reason I still love him at the age of 61 even after he managed Tottenham. I hope Fenerbahçe win whatever tournaments we're not in.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c1een240ql1o

 

    "Normally a coach is loved after victories. In this case I feel that I am loved before the victories.

    "That is a big responsibility that I feel. I promise you from this moment, I belong to your family. This shirt is my skin."

 

Edited June 2, 20242 yr by PloKoon13

18 hours ago, The Brit said:

Given how much Liverpool like to give it the big’un about how many times they’ve won it, it’s kind of funny Madrid have matched their total of six in the last 10 years alone. 

I still remember that Scouser who gave shouted 5 times at Cristiano Ronaldo when he was coming out the tunnel when they were playing Madrid, absolute delusional f**kers they are. 

Is it just me that hopes Mbappe never wins the CL while at Madrid. Comes across as an entitled little prick.  Always want PSG to fail too buy them winning it before Mbappe would be funny also.