Champions League Final 2021 - Man City 0-1 Chelsea

[ZAPHOD2319 4,479]

Not sure if this pic has been posted, but Roman is looking old.

 

 

Edited May 30, 2021 by ZAPHOD2319

[Nero 1,838]

 

[Nero 1,838]

 

[Mário César 975]

24 minutes ago, Jas said:

Our CL record this season:

Played: 13
Won: 9
Drawn: 3
Lost: 1
Goals For: 23
Goals Against: 4 (fewest in the tournament)

If we analysed properly, it was a very relax competition for us. None of the games since Atletico that we need to search for a goal. It was very relaxing

Nothing compare to 2012, for example

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18 minutes ago, Patrick Bamford said:

 

its like seeing a ghost and hearing him speak, lol

the fucking Home Office needs to give his fucking visa!!

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This is the one

[R2D2 368]

Respect for Pep he kissed the medal in respect for reaching the final and accepting defeat, compare this to the fraud Ole who got bitter he lost, cunt.

[Magic Lamps 11,653]

What a night. The game felt like ages since the moment we scored,  I probably aged 10 years but the hours since have flown by. Will take another few days to totally sink . Would have loved to go through the bars and clubs with my friends like in 2012 but there is another place to celebrate and that is here. Will take an hour or two to read through your content and relive the moments...

Like the first one this CL win is gonna become a huge moment, personally for me. I wasn't born a Blue but I chose it early and committed for it with it for quite some time. My environmen thas not alwys reacted favourably to this choice.Esp earlier in high school i got quite a lot of stick for it. Chelsea is not exactly widely popular in Germany. But this only reiterated my affection. I was a bit of a rebel and outsider in school so I have always experienced our title wins as moments of personal triumph over group pressure and zeitgeist. 

This CL win is very different from the last. The first is always special but to me what made it special is that there was a close nit veteran group of grown men, real characters heroes for me who scored hundreds of goals in years of near misses to finally crown their careers at the last chance against all odds. Momentous relief and joy but also the end of an era. For the club and the old guard whose incredible individual performance is even enhanced by the fact that we had a very basic managers and individual quality and character played a huge part in that victory. But it also was the end of an era as I graduated from highschool that years and left those resentful classmates and my hometown with a personal triumph.

This time it is the start of something new. A youthful side with their first title win for most and what a big one. It has taught me again that it does not always require big, grown men with bags of experience, the best players to win the biggest trophy. It is a team sport and the best team performance over 13 games wins this competition deservedly. In 2012 we deserved the win for the years of having the best group of players leading up to it. This year we deserve it because we were the best team and played like it for the whole campaign. A brilliant coach has formed us into a collective tactical machine. More than an individual effort but an organic improvement from within the team that finally got us to win the ultimate price together. To me this is the greatest, better than my country winning the World Cup. 

Edited May 30, 2021 by Magic Lamps

[Superblue 6,370]

Probably should just give up the ghost, I'm not sleeping tonight!

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7 minutes ago, R2D2 said:

Respect for Pep he kissed the medal in respect for reaching the final and accepting defeat, compare this to the fraud Ole who got bitter he lost, cunt.

Pep picked the wrong stage to have his 'Tuchel moment of madness' (Arsenal game) with too much overthinking and horrid player selection.

It is so simple to name the number one monster mistake.

No Fernandinho starting.

I do not give a shit if he just turned 36yo, he is still, for one-off big game, the 3rd best DMF (after Kante and Kimmich) on the planet for one HUGE game. especially the way he plays that position for Citeh. Just like Thiago Silva, if not injured, can be close to the best CB (lets say top 6,7 for sure, if just one game ad he is healthy) on planet for one game.

On balance, also (not Pep's fault at all) De Bruyne, OF ALL people, has been poor the past 4 weeks or so.

Finally, Sterling has had a train wreck of a 2021 so far. One goal since mid FEBRUARY. I am playing armchair psychologist now, BUT, ever since he took up the mantle of racial justice poster boy (I admire the fuck out of that, btw, obviously, as a woman of colour myself) it seems to have weighed VERY heavily, increasingly so. on him. His play seems, I do not know, 'detached', disjointed, distracted? I hope this makes sense to whomever reads this.

Reece OWNED his arse completely today. Just crushed him to powder all game. Same with Chilwell on Mahrez.

 

and I just now, as I type this, see this, lololol

Arsenal interested in Raheem Sterling and Riyad Mahrez with Man City to listen to offers

https://www.givemesport.com/1698975-arsenal-interested-in-raheem-sterling-and-riyad-mahrez-with-man-city-to-listen-to-offers

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6 minutes ago, Superblue_1986 said:

Probably should just give up the ghost, I'm not sleeping tonight!

We have been in a Zoom call with my parents for almost an hour now. It is 2 pm in the afternoon there (Auckland, in Kiwi land) 17 C and raining there, just like the past couple days here in Stockholm. They are headed into winter though down under, LOLOL.  Zero chance (or near zero) that it would be 17 C here on last day of November, lolol. They are coming back to London in a month or so.

[NikkiCFC 7,953]

Not only on live TV, Kai dropping f word on social media as well 😂

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26 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

Not only on live TV, Kai dropping f word on social media as well 😂

he is German, it is kyoot when they curse in English

in German? not so much, roflmaooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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Manchester City vs Chelsea – Highlights & Full Match

May 29, 2021

 

Manchester City vs Chelsea Highlights and Full Match
Competition: Champions League
Date: Sat, 29 May 2021
Stadium: Estádio Do Dragão
Referee: Antonio Mateu

 

https://www.fullmatchesandshows.com/2021/05/29/manchester-city-vs-Chelsea-highlights-full-match-4/

[NikkiCFC 7,953]

Man I don't give a fuck about them, but Guardiola once again showed total collapse in CL. Close to 900m pounds spent in City. 

5 seasons in City and every time they won title they got knocked out by English side that struggled to finish top4 that season. Liverpool, Spurs and Chelsea. Plus young Monaco team and Lyon who finished I think 6th in Ligue1 that season. Bayern won CL just before him and after him. Tuchel outplayed him big time. He will now go for Kane and Grealish? Well, guess what, it won't help you. How much he spent on Laporte, Ake, Cancelo, Mendy, Rodri, Torres? Close to 300m and didn't even use them. You don't spend close to billion just to win trophies domestically. Mancini and Pellegrini also did that. He legit built his reputation and career on Xavi, Iniesta, Messi and Ovrebo. 

[Jase 43,479]

4 hours ago, Superblue_1986 said:

Probably should just give up the ghost, I'm not sleeping tonight!

Managed to sleep only 3-4 hours and ahead of a really long day! 

[Jase 43,479]

5 hours ago, Mário César said:

If we analysed properly, it was a very relax competition for us. None of the games since Atletico that we need to search for a goal. It was very relaxing

Nothing compare to 2012, for example

The 2012 win was totally unexpected, totally against the odds and a roller-coaster ride of emotions from the very beginning.

This win is also totally unexpected but it is more impressive and dominant. We went toe-to-toe with some of the strongest teams in the knockout stage and once we reached the final, think we all felt there is a chance that we could win it. Not many fancied our chances but hey, we did it again by upsetting the odds (a little). 

[Jase 43,479]

6 hours ago, NikkiCFC said:

This game was most emotional game since Munich. Emotionally drained. Now break from sport comes in good time, in 2 weeks I will enjoy EURO without being emotionally involved.

Apart from transfer talk, no Chelsea for 2 months at least.

I told myself to not have any expectations for the final but that completely went out of the window once we got the lead. 😆

Anyway, am fucking glad that the season is over and that somehow, we managed to end it on a ridiculous high. In typical Chelsea FC fashion, it was a season of many highs and lows, ups and downs and it was just stressful to watch the team every 3-4 days non-stop. Glad we can all take a breather from that for the next 2 1/2 months!

The one party that I feel sorry are the players who have to go play at the Euros. Won't get any break until somewhere in late June or early-mid July. I generally don't care about international football. Just hope the players don't injure themselves, get a good summer break and ready to go again next season.