Champions League Final 2012 - Chelsea 1 (4)-(3) 1 Bayern Munich

[Hysteria 159]

I read on a Madrid forum that they wanted Bayern to win due to the embarrassment the club would get from loosing to a club that lost to Chelsea

Why Milan supporters?

For their match with Barcelona (two penalties and stuff) and i because they support defensive football, i guess. Barcelona has gain a lot of hate in Europe the last years.

[PRODIGY84 1]

Personally I think we will be ok, going through that we just played and beat Barca with 10 men, yeah Gomez, Ribery and Robben are going to be tough I have confidence in the team to pull it out, hopefully Luiz and Cahill will be back, our suspension do kinda hurt but theirs are 10x worse.

[Blue Armour 4,436]

Should be interesting to see both in action on the day:

[Madmax 9,219]

I'm not going to lie and say it's good enough that we've reached the final against crazy odds. We have to win.

No one remembers the losing team. All those years of frustration in Europe rankle me and that won't go away till we get our hands on the big one.

Catharsis is a must.

[Predator 114]

Btw, if anyone is interested, here is a decent Bayern forum (Im not trying to steal members) if any of you are interested http://bayernzone.com

would love to see some of you there

[Predator 114]

Anything can happen in a Champions league final, you have to believe that and if the players believe that then I have no doubt Chelsea can pull it out of the bag.

Rooting for you lads.

Oh Shogun

[BleedsBlue 1,549]

I am actually relieved that we aren't facing Madrid in the final because they would have been a tougher test than Bayern.Defensively,Bayern aren't really strong,so we can really hurt them on the counter attack.With Ramires suspended for the final,I would like Torres to start as a right winger.RDM should try and start both together once,to see how they fare out but with the busy schedule up ahead,I doubt it will happen.Sturridge though must start for the final.

He has the pace and trickery to baffle their defense and is not afraid to take half chances.His energy can be a real asset.For him to get selected,he will need to play really well in the league and prove RDM that he is up for this task.So having said that,I really hope he starts against QPR and plays well.

[capriccioso 2,545]

Yep, motivation or no motivation Real Madrid would have battered us, because our strengths are nothing difficult for them to deal with.

[Term-X 7,891]

The last time Bayern reached a CL final it was against a side that had triumphed against the supposed 'greatest team ever'. Yes, we are the underdogs, and as Ollie stated, the only time we were favourites in the knockout stages of this competition was against Benfica, and we almost fucked that up.

And to think, the CL campaign was practically over in this moment in time……

[Jase 43,479]

Anything can happen in a Champions league final, you have to believe that and if the players believe that then I have no doubt Chelsea can pull it out of the bag.

Rooting for you lads.

This is just weird, coming from an Everton fan.

And I still blame you guys for not beating those cavemen in the semis!

[Predator 114]

This is just weird, coming from an Everton fan.

And I still blame you guys for not beating those cavemen in the semis!

Everton fans are very random

[Jase 43,479]

Not sure anyone have come across this but just to stoke things up a little.

http://www.goal.com/...l-says-frank-de

Ajax coach Frank de Boer has voiced his displeasure with the way Chelsea eliminated Barcelona in the semi-finals of the Champions League.

The Blues edged the Catalans 1-0 at Stamford Bridge, before delivering a rigid defensive performance in the second leg to hold Pep Guardiola's men to a 2-2 draw at Camp Nou to confirm a date in the final with Bayern Munich.

"This is terrible. How the hell is this still possible? It is one way of achieving success, but not ours [Ajax's]. I would rather go down fighting, De Boer told Algemeen Dagblad.

The Barcelona legend then took a dig at Chelsea attacker Juan Mata, who he believes was very underwhelming in the tie.

"If you ask Mata 'now you have twice played against Barcelona, what have you done?' he will say 'I defended blindly and booted balls forward'. But Mata is supposed to be a technical player, right?"

And...

http://www.guardian....-bayern-chelsea

Rummenigge, who has been one of the most active supporters of Uefa's financial fair play initiative and is a strong critic of the trend of billionaires buying and funding football clubs, said: "Since Wednesday night, I have received an incredible number of text messages and emails from colleagues throughout Europe.

"They like that we are in the final with the philosophy that we have. They feel we deserve the title. And there are many non-Bayern fans who will be keeping their fingers crossed for us."

[Ollie 4,400]

" I would rather go down fighting"

I'd Rather not go down at all lol.

These quotes are great, more pressure on Bayern to win. What happened the last time Bayern played Barca in the UCL? Oh shit... sorry. We won't mention what happened in the Nou Camp when they tried to play football.

[Predator 114]

Not sure anyone have come across this but just to stoke things up a little.

And...

http://www.guardian....-bayern-chelsea

I agree with KHR about millionaires buying clubs

" I would rather go down fighting"

I'd Rather not go down at all lol.

These quotes are great, more pressure on Bayern to win. What happened the last time Bayern played Barca in the UCL? Oh shit... sorry. We won't mention what happened in the Nou Camp when they tried to play football.

Oh Im sorry, that was three seasons ago, back under Jurgen Klinsmann, times have changed sir, currently, we can challenge Barcelona just like we did against Real Madrid!

[Ollie 4,400]

Barca and Real have different styles. Just because you knocked out Real Madrid doesn't mean you woulda knocked out Barca because that's not the same. If you had played 'football' against Barcelona, it woulda been the same score again just like if we had came out and played football and went at them.

The way we played against Barca is the only way you can play against Barca and everyone is jealous because we managed to successfully do it.