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

[Santiago. 1,500]

As Gary Neville put it, "its written in the stars"

[Shogun 721]

So bloody pumped for the match! Time for Bayern to add another star to their jersey

More chance of Ribery not diving.

[RollingPapers 194]

[Predator 114]

More chance of Ribery not diving.

Knob off Shogun

How in the name of bloody hell did you find me here

[Shogun 721]

Knob off Shogun

How in the name of bloody hell did you find me here

I was here long before you (about 20 days longer )

[Predator 114]

I was here long before you (about 20 days longer )

You clever devil

[Justin_3d 1,140]

Anyone that likes sports statistic can tell me when was the last time that any team that won the semis of the cl via penalties won the final?

Cause as far as I know, no one has done it. They all lost in the final.....

[Predator 114]

Anyone that likes sports statistic can tell me when was the last time that any team that won the semis of the cl via penalties won the final?

Cause as far as I know, no one has done it. They all lost in the final.....

I can play along with that game of yours

No English club has ever beaten Bayern at the Allianz Arena, nor at home even, other than Norwich in 1993.

[manpe 10,861]

I can play along with that game of yours

No English club has ever beaten Bayern at the Allianz Arena, nor at home even, other than Norwich in 1993.

We are better than norwich

[Sheva. 5,373]

If Bayern win, i will never stop complaining about them playing the final at home.

:Goober:

[Predator 114]

We are better than norwich

Right now you are , but before, Norwich were incredible

If Bayern win, i will never stop complaining about them playing the final at home.

:Goober:

Excuses excuses, excuses

[MagicManMata 24]

Bayern will miss 3 players due to yellow cards:

Badstuber, Gustavo, and Alaba.

Gustavo is one of 3 excellent defensive midfielders playing for Bayern. The other 2 are Schweinsteiger (who is almost fully back in form) and Kroos. Gustavo missing means that Kroos and Schweinsteiger will be the 2 DMs in Bayern's 4-2-3-1. However, Kroos is Bayern's prefered #1 in the center behind the striker Gomez. Thomas Mueller, who was a sub in the RM games, will fill that role as the CAM behind Gomez. This means that the 2 defensive midfielders will still be first choice, and the CAM will be a second choice (but a good one at that), so overall Bayern's attack and midfield will get very slightly weaker for the final.

Their D is another story. Badstuber and Alaba form half of their backline, which is good, but very thin on the bench. Watching my fair share of Bundesliga and Bayern this year, it seems that Rafinha might be sub choice #1 and van Buyten would be after him. This would mean playing Phillip Lahm on the left, where he is slightly less effective. Buyten is prone to errors if pressed and Rafinha is mediocre at best. Alternatively, if Lahm is kept on the right, we may see Contento or even Breno (who is terrible) hit the pitch.

Either way, Bayern's defence, which is their weakness even at full strength, will be considerably weaker for this match. That is good news for us, as we are missing some key players of our own. However I believe our team is the deeper one, and this will make the difference. We may be missing 4 players to their 3 due to cards, but we have the superior replacements.