⚽UEFA Champions League Discussion Thread -- 2021/22 winner - Real Madrid!

[BIT-BENDER]

Congratulations to Chelsea on their massive triumph today in the UEFA champions league final, to become London England, highest UEFA champions league winners, I don't know if they are the only London team to have won it.
Clean and very educated play from Chelsea, don't know if they all took yoga lessons before tonight, they where absolutely calm and motivated to win.
Manchester city where not poor, just so those who would bring luck into this should know, they have always been good in the champions league this season.

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[Coyster]

Pep Guardiola opened the game in an unusual formation without the classic back midfielder. As a result of Guardiola's experiment, Chelsea played exceptionally well in the first half as City were unaccustomed to playing in that formation. It seems Tuchel is proving a better coach at the moment.

I was quite surprised to see City start in such an unusual way, Pep had to start either Rodri or Fernandinho, but he wrongly chose not to, leaving City exposed to waves of Chelsea counter attacks, I think pep tinkered too much in this final, I don't have an idea why Sterling was in the starting line up tonight, he has not started any really important game for City in months, Pep should have just stuck with the team that played against PSG in the semi final second leg.

It is what it is though, but City need to learn from this disappointment, they have come this close, so now it's up to them to pick themselves up, and look to next season, they could prolly win it then.

[tomahawk9]

What a player Kante is.
Too bad is getting old, he is over 30  .

Yup quite sad that he's already 30

guys, 30 years old isn't old, if anything is about the time when a footballer is close to reaching his peak in performance. Seriously, this isn't FIFA  real life isn't a videogame where a players stats start to go down as soon as they hit the 30yo mark. Look at Lewa (32), Messi (33), Modric (36), Suarez (34), CR7 (36), Rakitic (33), Kroos (31), Benzema (33), Jordi Alba (32), Dani Parejo (32),Thiago Silva (36), etc, etc.

[nelson4lov]

I was quite surprised to see City start in such an unusual way, Pep had to start either Rodri or Fernandinho, but he wrongly chose not to, leaving City exposed to waves of Chelsea counter attacks, I think pep tinkered too much in this final, I don't have an idea why Sterling was in the starting line up tonight, he has not started any really important game for City in months, Pep should have just stuck with the team that played against PSG in the semi final second leg.

It is what it is though, but City need to learn from this disappointment, they have come this close, so now it's up to them to pick themselves up, and look to next season, they could prolly win it then.

Ya. That formation messed things very bad. The likes of G.Jesus and Aguero were left on the bench for Sterling who was heavily overpowered by Reece James. Guardiola is a top coach in Europe, I wonder why he chose today of all days to try out an experimental formation and tactics. I must admit that Tuchel had this one planned out well. City didn't get enough space around Chelsea's defense while Kante tore City's midfield apart every time they countered. City had a really good opportunity to win the title and lost it. I really thought they would win it (major reason why my money was on city). Anyway, I wouldn't hope too much om another trial. PSG was in a similar situation last year and wasn't able to come this far. Don't forget UCL gets tougher with every passing season.

Congratulations to Chelsea. The best team would tonight.

[DIA7]

Pep Guardiola opened the game in an unusual formation without the classic back midfielder. As a result of Guardiola's experiment, Chelsea played exceptionally well in the first half as City were unaccustomed to playing in that formation. It seems Tuchel is proving a better coach at the moment.

I was quite surprised to see City start in such an unusual way, Pep had to start either Rodri or Fernandinho, but he wrongly chose not to, leaving City exposed to waves of Chelsea counter attacks, I think pep tinkered too much in this final, I don't have an idea why Sterling was in the starting line up tonight, he has not started any really important game for City in months, Pep should have just stuck with the team that played against PSG in the semi final second leg.

It is what it is though, but City need to learn from this disappointment, they have come this close, so now it's up to them to pick themselves up, and look to next season, they could prolly win it then.

I am not lying in wait for you at the time of stumbling, but I am following you throughout your career with the champions, man, well I will remind you and remember,
Pep against Tottenham in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals .Guardiola left De Bruyne on the bench and thus his attack was futile and defeated 1-0 against Tottenham The second leg corrected his mistake and introduced De Bruyne, but in return he left Fernandinho on the bench and made Gundogan as a focal player and conceded three goals at the Etihad Stadium and was eliminated.
Against Lyon, he abandoned Mahrez and played with three defenders and changed his plan completely, and Lyon hit him from the blanks. In front of Chelsea, Fernandinho and Rodri left on the bench and played without a foothold, and thus exposed his back to Chelsea and lost again. And someone comes to tell you that he is not responsible .
all City eliminations from the champions are caused by Guardiola, because defeat with a logical formation is less than the funny philosophy pursued by Pep always in order to highlight himself as the exceptional in that match, but every time he comes out kicking his opponents And he fails in the mission for which he originally came for City.

[Slow death]

so now it's up to them to pick themselves up, and look to next season, they could prolly win it then.

they won the premier league and got lazy, i already predicted that they would easily lose this game, because as they won the premier league in a very comfortable way they allowed them to relax and to make their opponent worse it was just a premier league team that was in difficulty, this whole scenario made the city enter the field underestimating chelsea. on the other side the chelesa comes from games of all or nothing, they were more than prepared psychologically and with a greater desire to win to save this season.

[coinlocket$]

guys, 30 years old isn't old, if anything is about the time when a footballer is close to reaching his peak in performance. Seriously, this isn't FIFA  real life isn't a videogame where a players stats start to go down as soon as they hit the 30yo mark. Look at Lewa (32), Messi (33), Modric (36), Suarez (34), CR7 (36), Rakitic (33), Kroos (31), Benzema (33), Jordi Alba (32), Dani Parejo (32),Thiago Silva (36), etc, etc.

It is not old but you starting to be slower.
In 2 years he will probably lose something and he can't be at the apex.

Anyway, he will be strong for 4 more years probably.

[3meek]

Before the match I had no doubt that Man City would win, but when I saw the huge difference in odds, I bet on a Chelsea win! It seemed strange to me that the bookmakers made Man City the favorite... And I wasn't wrong!
But the match seemed to me boring...

[AndySt]

Great appreciation for Tuchel has managed to quickly bring Chelsea back and it is not an easy job, being sacked by PSG, losing the FA Cup and losing his last EPL match, but Tuchel managed to make a big surprise by becoming the UCL champion. Indeed, there were those who predicted this result (Chelsea won) but I'm sure it wasn't much and big congratulations to them and whoever won today, you are extraordinary people and full of surprises.
Thomas Tuchel, right now it deserves to be called the special one!

Manchester City was considered the favorite of the match and in fact, given the composition and performance of the team this season, but in every single match anything can happen and Chelsea won this match, won deservedly. Now it is absolutely certain that Guardiola will stay at the club for next season, because having won everything in England, he wants to finally win the Champions League after a ten-year break. To the past Spanish-German coaching stand - off between Guardiola and Klopp, Tuchel has now been added, who has won the last three games against City with a technical touch. I would like to congratulate Tuchel on joining the elite club of coaches who have won the Champions League.

[Mistafreeze]

Semi final
Real Madrid vs Chelsea
Man City vs PSG
Final
Chelsea vs
Man City
Winner
Chelsea

Nice prediction I've been following up your games but got scared at the semi-final second leg then you scaled through up to the final, I got scared again believing Pep would need to win this game with the quality of his squad I was wrong again. Hope you made fortunes out of it...well deserved.

[Shasha80]

Great appreciation for Tuchel has managed to quickly bring Chelsea back and it is not an easy job, being sacked by PSG, losing the FA Cup and losing his last EPL match, but Tuchel managed to make a big surprise by becoming the UCL champion. Indeed, there were those who predicted this result (Chelsea won) but I'm sure it wasn't much and big congratulations to them and whoever won today, you are extraordinary people and full of surprises.
Thomas Tuchel, right now it deserves to be called the special one!

Manchester City was considered the favorite of the match and in fact, given the composition and performance of the team this season, but in every single match anything can happen and Chelsea won this match, won deservedly. Now it is absolutely certain that Guardiola will stay at the club for next season, because having won everything in England, he wants to finally win the Champions League after a ten-year break. To the past Spanish-German coaching stand - off between Guardiola and Klopp, Tuchel has now been added, who has won the last three games against City with a technical touch. I would like to congratulate Tuchel on joining the elite club of coaches who have won the Champions League.

Even though my prediction was wrong and I also suffered a big loss because I bet on Manchester City's victory. But I admit that Chelsea deserves
to be winners of the Champions League this season, congratulations to Chelsea and all of their supporters. I agree with Chelsea's victory because
Tuchel did use the right strategy to face Manchester City. Now in the Premier League, making Tuchel the best coach besides Klopp and Guardiola.
I can not wait for the competition next season.

[Luzin]

After 9 years of waiting for the UCL title, it is finally completed today. Congratulations Chelsea you are playing effective football. Less ball possession, attempted kicks, only 1 difference from the city. The city is beating you up all the time, but you are able to perform well. You made the city of Manchester cry again today. Tuchel added to the German coach's dominance of winning the UCL after Klopp and Flick.

[jakdanyel]

Before the match I had no doubt that Man City would win, but when I saw the huge difference in odds, I bet on a Chelsea win! It seemed strange to me that the bookmakers made Man City the favorite... And I wasn't wrong!
But the match seemed to me boring...

Oh, you made a huge profit then. Congrats to Chelsea and to you as well.    The match was not the best as Chelsea started just defending after getting ahead. City didn't play as I expected and they really surprised me. Fortunately, Mahrez blowed the biggest chance of his team in the last minute. Because City didn't deserve the title a bit. Chelsea were wonderful and showed their experience in this tournament. They are much better with Tuchel now.

[blue Snow]

congrats to Chelsea, I bet you!. I appreciate Mendy with great effort, he also creates that clean sheet with 12 games without any goals. same as 9 years ago when Chelsea change his coach, Tuchel make did happens again. About Kante, I think he will get ballon this year, are you agree with me?. In this game, I will give 10 points to Kante.

[mirdarkmattersun]

chelsea did it !!
still in shocked that chelsea rates in stake is 4.0 .

[gabbie2010]

so now it's up to them to pick themselves up, and look to next season, they could prolly win it then.

they won the premier league and got lazy, i already predicted that they would easily lose this game, because as they won the premier league in a very comfortable way they allowed them to relax and to make their opponent worse it was just a premier league team that was in difficulty, this whole scenario made the city enter the field underestimating chelsea. on the other side the chelesa comes from games of all or nothing, they were more than prepared psychologically and with a greater desire to win to save this season.

I believe Pep messed up here by underrating Chelsea a team that had defeated Man City convincingly twice this season, he started the match without a defensive midfielder and a natural Striker thinking the tactics will work having adopted the tactic to win many matches in EPL, with the introduction of Fernadinho and Gabriel Jesus in the second half City began to press Chelsea hard unfortunately Chelsea were resolute and defended I congratulate Tuchel for a job well done and cheering his players during the match and all the Chelsea players and fans.

[SquirrelJulietGarden]

I believe Pep messed up here by underrating Chelsea a team that had defeated Man City convincingly twice this season, he started the match without a defensive midfielder and a natural Striker thinking the tactics will work having adopted the tactic to win many matches in EPL, with the introduction of Fernadinho and Gabriel Jesus in the second half City began to press Chelsea hard unfortunately Chelsea were resolute and defended I congratulate Tuchel for a job well done and cheering his players during the match and all the Chelsea players and fans.

Pep messed up his team in important matches in Champions League.

Cogratulations for the second Champions League for Chelsea. Kai Harvertz is a little bit lucky in that goal. If the goal had bounced strongly in opposite direction of Kai's movement, he would have not scored that goal. But that counter attack is great and Chelsea deserve that goal and the cup.

I see one more thing from the final, Timo Werner is still very lack of confidence and can not play as a striker. It is a big surprise that how Werner lost all of his finishing skills and confidence in one season.

[Swordsoffreedom]

I believe Pep messed up here by underrating Chelsea a team that had defeated Man City convincingly twice this season, he started the match without a defensive midfielder and a natural Striker thinking the tactics will work having adopted the tactic to win many matches in EPL, with the introduction of Fernadinho and Gabriel Jesus in the second half City began to press Chelsea hard unfortunately Chelsea were resolute and defended I congratulate Tuchel for a job well done and cheering his players during the match and all the Chelsea players and fans.

Pep messed up his team in important matches in Champions League.

Cogratulations for the second Champions League for Chelsea. Kai Harvertz is a little bit lucky in that goal. If the goal had bounced strongly in opposite direction of Kai's movement, he would have not scored that goal. But that counter attack is great and Chelsea deserve that goal and the cup.

I see one more thing from the final, Timo Werner is still very lack of confidence and can not play as a striker. It is a big surprise that how Werner lost all of his finishing skills and confidence in one season.

Manchester City played very defensively. A team like Chelsea, who are very good at counterattack, can't win by applying defensive tactics against them. Despite having such an experienced squad, Manchester City has lost only because of poor tactics. Congratulation to Chelsea and Tuchel. The done this great job.

[joker_josue]

Congratulations to Chelsea!

He played a well-structured game and tactically canceled out the best players in Man City. He was happy with the goal, with an excellent counter attack, and still had a few more opportunities. In addition, he also had the luck of the game on his side, since in the last 15 minutes of the match, Man City was unable to finish in the incredible opportunities he had. Man City was also unable to tactically manage to effectively overcome Chelsea's defensive line, and create more and better goal opportunities.

Noteworthy was the true Fair-Play that existed, with Pep congratulating Tuchel without raising questions and showing that he recognized the opponent's merit.

[Cnut237]

Before the match I had no doubt that Man City would win, but when I saw the huge difference in odds, I bet on a Chelsea win! It seemed strange to me that the bookmakers made Man City the favorite... And I wasn't wrong!

I also bet on Chelsea... but I didn't think they would win. I just found a site where the odds of a Chelsea victory were quite extreme.
Man City were deservedly the favourites going into the match, as they are the better team... but of course they had lost twice already to Tuchel's Chelsea within the last six weeks, so it wasn't like Chelsea didn't have a chance.
Some sites definitely overcompensate for the favourites, which means they undercompensate for the outsiders, which means you can get very good odds on an "unlikely" outcome.