Anything can happen in one off games. I don't think cup competitions will always show who the best is. Being consistent throughout a league season is a better indicator of who the best teams are in my view.
Champions League Quarter Finals | Chelsea vs Real (Tue) | Bayern vs City (Wed)
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No makes it unlivableMaybe it will liven up a boring city
Yeah I can see that, he has their numberBayern go 2-0 up to give the Cafe hope but then Haaland scores a hattrick.
Chelsea were dirge
They had one ex-Chelsea (Cole), one neutral (Rio) and one ex-Real Madrid (Owen).
Gotta trust them and give them more chances. They offer far more than Sterling or Havertz.
This low pressure setting for the rest of the season could be a blessing in disguise
I reckon that'll be beaten this season given Madrid and Inter are rather hopeless in the league. I wonder if the 2005 final comes close? From what I remember, Milan didn't win the league and Liverpool finished far behind Chelsea.
From the last decade bayern in 12/13, barca in 14/15, Madrid in 16/17, bayern in 19/20, and Madrid in 21/22. So every 2 years or so. Going further back though, Barca us, Barca, Inter, did it 4 years in a row
RTE 2 are plain weird. Liam Brady was always weird. Now he has achieved weird Nirvana. BT Sport would be an island to a sailor aboard a tyre three weeks out to sea. Please don’t make me watch any more RTE 2.
Since the CL format(92/93) 16 times i think
Just checked Liverpool were 37 behind Chelsea that season and Milan 7 behind juventus, but juventus got stripped of that title so maybe that doesn't count
How does a Milanese end up supporting Real Madrid?Unless you live in Milan
Then it's hell on earth
It just happened. This was back in the 90s too(also not the only madridista in the family btw, so there's that too)
Do you preference when it comes to the Milan clubs though?
Nah
An all Milan semi final only for the winners to get utterly twonked in the final by Madrid or City (or Bayern hopefully).
Fair play to AC Milan, didnt think they would get past Napoli.
Fair play to AC Milan, didnt think they would get past Napoli.
Real Madrid have 62 points, which is 4 less than they had at this stage last season (they were league champions), and the same amount of points they had at this stage in 19/20 (also league champions).
They are 11 points behind Barcelona because the latter have only conceded 9 goals and are on track to finish the season with 95 points or so. Barcelona have higher points per game than Manchester City.
Not happening
Either way it's better than being eliminated at group stage.
Also a lot of people like to bully Serie A as a lower level league. They will most likely have at least one chance to win it after 14 years, I still remember those Milito goals v Bayern.
Could have sworn you had a soft spot for Inter.
Madrid are the best team in Spain even if they trail Barca in La Liga. They seem to have neglected the league this year, the moment they fell several points behind Barcelona they stopped caring about it at all but they still beat Barca in the cup and once in the league (at Bernabeu) very comfortably while losing the other league game only due to a late goal while being at least as good a team throughout the game.
Madrid vs either of Milan teams could have some potential to be a good final I reckon, but City v either of them would just become a complete walkover.
Didn't your old man support AC/Inter? Brothers, sisters? Not trying to dig you out I'm genuinely curious.
City are going to beat you this time
This is all set up for City to spank someone in the final.
Heard that Milan are wheeling out Daniele Massaro for the SF's of the CL.
Getting the '94 band back together.
Getting the '94 band back together.
Milan are the holding Italian champions and it’s a merit having now added a CL semifinal, in spite of a terrible transfer window. Sure, apart of Maignan, Leao and Theo, there is no otherwordly buzz, yet they are the most consistent side Serie A can offer right now. Maldini and Massara did very well together with Pioli, the perfect journeyman among all coaches now enjoying his best seasons and deservedly so.
I meant to say top European teams.
Id have no problem with either side winning somehow (because it wouldnt be City winning to begin with) and its great for Serie A having 3 teams in the quarters at least.
Other than Juve reaching the final twice a few years back now its been a pretty miserable period in the CL for Italian teams. I really did think Napoli would eliminate AC Milan though.
Reminds me of 2009 when there were 3 English teams in the Semi-final only for Barcelona to win it.
-UCL winners are the best teams.
-League winners are the most consistent, not the best.
In the UCL, you go full throttle almost every single game, and even more in the knockout stages, where teams give all they have.
In the League, its about consistency, the top team who manages to not be lazy or too overconfident in most games, is the one than wins it.
Real Madrid losing points to Getafe, Elche, Valladolid and Celta doesn't means they are worse, there are much factors throughout 38 games that can decide the league. Or does anyone believe is Madrid played all that games like they play in UCL knockout stages, they would lose all that points?
Is Barcelona a better team than Madrid? A team that went out of UCL early for losing both games vs Inter Milan and both games vs Bayern? Then being easily knocked out from Europa by Man Utd?
Their current difference on the League demonstrates this point exactly. Barca are more consistent vs average or below par teams, but can't manage to defeat top European teams, not in UCL or Europa League. Real Madrid on the other hand tends to play in first gear a lot being overconfident in the league, losing a lot of points vs average teams, but when it matters vs the best teams in the world, they always win.
Considering their huge loss to Milan before the knockouts, i'm not exactly shocked Napoli got knocked out.
League position is sometimes quite irrelevant to a knockout game, Napoli being way ahead on the table made most people look at them as huge favorites going into it, but it doesn't just work like that.
League position is sometimes quite irrelevant to a knockout game, Napoli being way ahead on the table made most people look at them as huge favorites going into it, but it doesn't just work like that.
Napoli is just a hype train and a one season wonder. They’re best players will be taken in the summer and they’ll go back to just being a solid team in Serie A. I don’t see how they will replicate it again.
Milan - Real would be a dream final.
Real shame to see Napoli bottle it
Oh yeah. Old man Inter, rest of imnediate family milan, one grandpa madridista, i kind took after him and i dunno, i was always a bit of a contrarian as a kid
fascinated by the club with the history of european cup success, and currently(as at the time) getting screwed out of league titles in tenerife Honestly I don't think AC Milan or Inter are better than us at the moment, yet one of them will play the CL final. Huh...
Agree I feel we can be third best side in CL after Real and City under Ten Haag