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Would be amazing if they would but football is a strict horrible game these days, they don't care about common sense or footballers loving their job. This is supposed to be the pinnacle of club football, a dream match for players. To be suspended for a pety yellow card is just a real shame, especially Ivanovic who allegedly kicked the penalty spot. It's a great sport run by arseholes.

Nottingham Forest won their first European Cup in Munich Borussia Dortmund won their one and only European Cup .... in Munich Marseille won their only ever European Cup..... In Munich

After what happened in 08, we should not use the new kit in the UCL Final. Respect the kit that got us this far. We'll probably use it in the FA Cup final.

AVB would be epic there lmao but they won't go for him, they'll probably go for another ex player like Luis Enrique. I'm not surprised he's going tho, he's done everything and he's made the club he loves, the best club in the world any they've dominated everything. I can't even ever see him coming back, he's done the lot. He can put his feet up now and just enjoy life.

Doesn't get bigger than this, it's been on my mind constantly since Torres rounded Valdes and didn't do an Old Trafford moment, and it's been on my mind in a lot more detail since Bastian put his penalty in yesterday. I'm so scared, this match means everything and i can't get it out my mind at all. It's crazy that we're even in the UCL Final if you look back to AVB's sacking, where we were then and how we were playing. It's ok to just say "Well at least we got to the final, no one expected us to get there," but we have to win it now, maybe it's our destiny as it seems as all the bad luck we had from 04/09 is coming back all this season. We have been lucky, no doubt about that but we've earned it and we have sure as hell deserved it. Been thinking that they have won it 4 times so surely it has to be our turn. Their manager has also won it so again, he doesn't need it as much as we do. Then i think, shit they lost a final just 2 seasons ago, Robben has lost a semi and a final and shared some of our pain from 05/07. Surely he's due to win it? I'm always wary of the laws of averages because they fuck so many things up. I'm not superstitious at all really, i'm just always thinking about what 'should' happen. Bayern will be so fresh, their season's over whereas we have 6 huge games to go, plus they're at home. I'd say that they are favourites to win but surely, we have had so much heartache in this fucking tournament, it has to be our time for our club. If we win it, it's almost like we're complete, we've won everything and now nobody can say any history crap and we could fucking gloat so much, especially to Arse n Yids, it would be absolute heaven. But not just for personal bragging rights, i think of my Dad and my Grandad who have seen us all the way, losing home games against Orient and Wrexham in the old division 2, coming 18th in division 2 in 83 before smashing that same division the very next season. My Grandad was there when we won the league in '55, this would be amazing for him to see us rule Europe, it would bring a tear to my eye (loads of tears actually) and we can finally say WE'VE DONE IT!! This is a huge game, a monumental game. Words don't describe how big this is for us. I want us to win it properly tho, no penalties. Extra time is ok but i don't want our one and maybe only ever win to be on something like pens or lucky like Liverpool & Man Utd always get. I want us to win it like Inter did or like how Porto did. I've never been so nervous in my life tho, i'm gonna be a wreck for the next 3 weeks because this just means so much. Surely, our time has come.

Back to reality. Can see a similar line up to the Arsenal game, i hope so anyway.

Yeah very true, this really is the cup final for Ivanovic, JT, Meireles, Ramires. So many players will be up for this game, also huge for Sturridge and Torres i'd say because i don't think they'll start in Munich. Thinking about the players who will miss the UCL final i'm actually proper hyped now putting it into perspective. It's probably also some of the players last chance to play for us so they'll wanna end with a bang. Can see a real focused, but party atmosphere, the perfect build up to the biggest game in our history. Winning a double would be amazing. Hope JT lifts the FA Cup and Lamps lifts the UCL Trophy.

Almost forgot we were in the FA Cup final. Wow err i dunno, 5-0. Don't care, we got bigger fish to fry.

Gotta take the chance, we can't let ourselves be tired and Bayern to be fresh. 1 game, all or nothing.

That is what you call revenge.

JT suffers for years and years in the UCL then Cahill comes in and gets to a final within 3 months. He must be wondering what all the fuss is about.

If anyone deserves to captain us to European glory and lift the trophy, it's Frank Lampard.

Apparently Van Buyten has no chance, he broke his foot and is a long way away. Was chatting to a Bayern fan just now. He believes Badstuber is a big loss to them like Terry for us.

I personally agree with you but we all know that won't happen although against QPR we should be able to rest some key men. We should take a chance and rest players for league games. We have 2 cup finals, win them and our mission is more than complete.

Football is just simply a crazy sport. Sometimes it's too predictable but sometimes it's unbelievably unpredictable. This UCL campaign has been nothing short of madness. Great final tho, just a shame it's in Munich.

This shit is just too unpredictable, it's insane and quite frankly fucking madness. Bayern knock out Madrid from 2-0 down, we knock out Barca from 2-0 down. We ruin UEFA's dream final, Bayern get a home final, it's a crazy, crazy, crazy, CRAZY season. We have a big chance but they can rest all their players now, they will be really fresh and they will be at home so they are still favourites. This is the final we wanted tho. What was Jose saying? Chelsea have no chance... who's in the final Jose, who's in the final? EXACTLY!

If we win the CL i'll donate £100 to the forum.

He's hit the Bar against us, hit the post and missed a penalty. On the other hand i think Ronaldo played against us more and only scored in the UCL final with a header. It's good to know that the best players of today can't score easily against us.

Should rename this the European Cups thread, it's quite a confusing title. By the way the first thread is actually back working now but has had 3 years taken away, what is that all about? lol anyway we're in the UCL final and soon Real Madrid will join us. Here is the last time we met, i think it's the full match. 1998 European Super Cup. And The Cup Winners' Cup from 1971

I shat myself when Torres went through because i was so sure he was gonna fuck it up and run the ball right into Valdes' hands or miss like he did at old trafford but me and my brother both went mental when he put it in. We knew that it was over when he rolled it in. If this doesn't kick start Nando's Chelsea career, nothing will.

I love anti football, anti football til i die baby.

Well yeah it all depends on who we get and who's available for them. I'm thinking tho that we'll get a full strength Madrid team who have more stars than anyone so we'll have to soak up pressure and hope to counter well when given the chance. I reckon it's about 70% that we'll be playing Real Madrid in Munich so we should prepare already. All eyes will be on the game anyway. Real Madrid have always had defensive problems tho and i expect Bayern might score so it could be interesting.

Obviously i know he's not really a blue but when i watch ITV i cringe seeing Roy 'Boring Cunt' Keane not really give 2 fucks about anything, he doesn't smile or show any emotion whatsoever but Gary Neville was really into it yesterday. Not just as a commentator wanting the English team to win and all that crap, i mean he was really routing for us yesterday night, he sounded genuinely happy that we got through and not just because he had to go for the English team.

Anti-Football ftw! And yeah, Neville is a blue for sure haha, i loved his reaction to Torres' goal and even Rami's goal. He was so with us yesterday. Sky, in general were great with us yesterday, even Souness always says the right stuff.

I think we'll sit back a bit first half, try and feel ourselves into the game and then hope to be 0-0 at H/T to then go for it in the 2nd half. Either that or we'll get an early goal and play counter attacking. i think it will be conservative though because that's the way we are.