HRiver

What a weirdo.

They may have better individuals, but they definitely don't have a better team.

I can't wait for next season now. I LOVE FOOTBALL.

I'm one of those people, even though I haven't said or thought that since AVB got the axe. It was exactly then that I realized that one of Roman's biggest mistakes was letting Mourinho go, because we haven't found as good a manager since, because probably there isn't one. All of this feels too good to be true now.

Instant success, definitely. With Jose at the helm, the least we should expect is either Champions League or league title glory. We should win at least one of these, but league title is priority for me.

So what, even a 6 year old knows Torres isn't the same anymore, let alone Jose.

Said the guy with the 'eternal optimist' title.

It's not really a case of Torres actually being better than Ba. It's more a case of Ba simply not being good enough, because if he was, these comparisons wouldn't have existed in the first place. I personally wouldn't mind seeing both leave this summer.

So it's me v my brother again then. Definitely staying home this time.

Is securing a place for next season's Champions League not doing a job for the team? He scored when we needed goals the most (Villa), and he provided the two assists to Ramires that helped us win the Champions League last season. Yes, he is no longer one of the world's greatest midfielders, but to say Lampard is no longer contributing is a little extreme imo.

I'm actually glad to find someone else who criticizes Ba. And I'm not judging him because of these friendlies, in fact I didn't even watch any of these utterly pointless matches, but I just cannot see us winning the league (or any other trophy for that matter), with Ba as our main man. Just not Chelsea material.

Well at least the photographers didn't invade the pitch this time. In Munich they were frickin everywhere.

Great final, probably extra time would've been more fair since Dortmund were superior in the first half, but Bayern deserved this as much as we did last year, tbh. Three finals in the last four years, lost in the previous two, and they've been superb this season. Great to see Robben become the hero in a final, at last.

I swear I've seen a movie with that guy.

I don't even need to explain why.

Arsenal celebrate after winning their '4th place trophy'...

Definitely the best night of my life. Definitely. In fact I've never been happier in my life, and I know every die-hard Chelsea fan went absolutely mental after Drogba's last kick, but I really wish somebody filmed me, because my reaction was out of this world. I've seen countless videos and fan videos of the moments shortly after Drogba's penalty went in, and I looked at how some fans celebrated (I am not trying to ridicule them, btw) and I thought, "What? Was that all you could do?". You should've seen my reaction, seriously. What will make me never forget that day though, is that I remember almost everything, almost every little detail. I remember what I wore, at what time I left home, and numerous other stupid details. I went out with a mate that night who is also a Chelsea fan, and we watched the game on a big screen. I am so glad I took the decision to not watch it at home, because staying home definitely wasn't a good idea since my brother is a Bayern fan, and had I not taken that decision I am sure that the experience wouldn't have been as great as it was. During the game I kept telling my mate "we're fucked if we continue to play like this", and I told him this nearly every 10 minutes, for 83 minutes. Less than 3 seconds after Muller scored I got flashbacks of Ronaldo's header in Moscow. The area where the Chelsea fans were was suddenly surrounded by an absolute silence, and you could only hear the Bayern fans. For nearly a minute me and my friend didn't say a single word to each other, and then I just told him "I told you so". He didn't say anything, he just took his Chelsea shirt off (it was the white 07-08 kit, the one we used v Fenerbahce away in the Champions League), and I said "What the heck do you think you're doing?". "Shut up", he said, "I've done this more than once, every time I wore this white kit we've been a goal down, and every time I did this, we never lost." "Well, it definitely isn't going to work this time mate" I said. At that point I had totally given up, and accepted defeat. I thought it just wasn't meant to be. But my friend believed, he truly did. After he took his shirt off he was so convinced we wouldn't lose, it's unreal. But once we equalized (I initally thought it was Luiz who scored), I was somewhat more optimistic, and more calm too. I knew that Robben and Schweinsteiger were going to miss their penalties. I was 80% sure Mata was going to miss for us, and I was 95% sure Cole was going to miss. In fact Cole's penalty was the only one I didn't have the balls to watch. But when Drogba's penalty went in... my God, I want to experience that feeling again in my life before I die. At least once more. Even if we do it for a second time though, for me it will probably not come anywhere near close to what I felt that night.

Just like Barca are without Messi, and the likes of Real Madrid or Bayern would be without Ronaldo, or Robben and Ribery, respectively. So happy for Mata, he's had two amazing years, and Oscar's goal was undoubtedly the best goal scored by a Chelsea player this season.

And then he did the same thing Bosingwa did last year Lamps basically tried to tell him 'we don't need another Bosingwa', but stupid Mikel didn't get it.

Terrific news, totally deserved.

Incredible. People say he's a flop, when in reality, he is a winner. And Mata... at such a young age. What a career he's had so far.

I knew he would score the moment he hit it. And then I almost lost my voice.