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

[ingiltere]

It's too bad that the match will not be played in Türkiye. They take away the game again and give it to Portugal again. I can't blame them though, this coronavirus effect hits hard here, so this was the logical thing for them. I hope we can host another big final in 2023.
For the game, there are still more than two weeks, it's hard to talk about with information what we have, but I see Manchester City as favorite in this circumstances.

[judas]

It's too bad that the match will not be played in Türkiye. They take away the game again and give it to Portugal again. I can't blame them though, this coronavirus effect hits hard here, so this was the logical thing for them. I hope we can host another big final in 2023.
For the game, there are still more than two weeks, it's hard to talk about with information what we have, but I see Manchester City as favorite in this circumstances.

If Turkey gets rid of this coronavirus, then it will be much more enjoyable to watch a final match there. I really don't like that the final match is going to be played without supporters in the stadium this season. It completely kills the importance of this huge match. But we have to keep taking precautions for covid-19. Otherwise, things could be much worse than this.

[hd49728]

UEFA changed the city of the final of the next final of the Champions League scheduled for the 29th of this month.
We are going to Portugal in Oporto with a maximum of 6000 fans for each team in the stadium for a total of 12000.

https://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/champions-league/20210513/493740360051/oficial-oporto-acogera-la-final-de-la-champions-entre-city-y-chelsea.html

2 seasons the final match is hold in Portugal and the nation likely control the pandemic very good. Even a reduction from 12000 to 6000 does not help much in social distancing. I think UEFA take risk to allow fans to join the final match. They need money of course but it can be a super-infections event.

It is not normal for English teams to want to take the game to extra time. But English football is also different today. But I believe, that the teams will try without great fears to score goals. So, I have some doubts if the game is going to extra time. City will be able to impose themselves during the game, but it is true that Chelsea can cancel the opposing team's game well.

If there is a team play like this in the final match, it would be Manchester City. However, as I see and as Phillip Lalm said, Pep is no longer obsessed with tiki-taka. The match can be tight and tactics will be decisive factor for winner and loser.

I bet that Werner can play important role with his goal to finish a terrible first season in Chelsea with a goal in Champions League final. Or he will create an important missing opportunity. The first case will bring the trophy to Chelsea and the second case will throw it away to Man City.

Oh, how about Giroud? Will he be available from substitute bench for the final?

[slaman29]

It is not normal for English teams to want to take the game to extra time. But English football is also different today. But I believe, that the teams will try without great fears to score goals. So, I have some doubts if the game is going to extra time. City will be able to impose themselves during the game, but it is true that Chelsea can cancel the opposing team's game well.

It's not normal for English teams to meet in a final. Liverpool met Spurs of course but Liverpool's coach is so anti draws he would rather lose than draw as he showed earlier against Real Madrid, even if it's a final.

Pep versus Tuchel doesn't sound like a boring draw either though I have got to say, so I'd definitely back BTTS as part of a Betbuilder.

[$crypto$]

UEFA changed the city of the final of the next final of the Champions League scheduled for the 29th of this month.
We are going to Portugal in Oporto with a maximum of 6000 fans for each team in the stadium for a total of 12000.

https://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/champions-league/20210513/493740360051/oficial-oporto-acogera-la-final-de-la-champions-entre-city-y-chelsea.html

It's good news that I saw the increase in Covid-19 in Turkey died so that UEFA changed the stadium schedule that was better than what we expected for our fans.
This has become official news where and in the end, Portugal will be the last port in the final, but with fans in it, the match will be more exciting with a maximum of 12000 people from both teams which will be quite lively in the final.

[slapper]

We are going to see the final game in Estádio do Dragão. I was expecting it to be played in England but I guess they didn't want the stadium to be in the same country too. I hope that we will watch a superb and enjoyable final game. Of course it will not be the best final as the supporters won't be in the stadium. Or maybe they could get the tribune prepared for limited number of supporters.

I find this very difficult to happen, a small number of fans watching the game.
In Portugal, no game has yet been allowed to have an audience. And creating this exception would be a real headache for the authorities.

But I believe that although there is no public at the stadium, there will be some English fans who will still support the team at the stadium.

I also think that they will not make an exception this time also. Because it could cause the coronavirus to spread even more. If it was played in Istanbul, there were going to be 25k supporters in the stadium which could have caused a disaster.

We can watch the match through television. It is the best to do to avoid the spread of the virus. Our top priority is to defeat the disease once and for all so that in the next years, all matches will be normally organzied. Nothing guarantees us that people at the stadium are not affected with the virus

[hahay]

But on the pitch in the match at least any outcome can happen, so there is nothing wrong with saying Chelsea will win. After all it is just a prediction, so about right or wrong it cannot be judged at the outset. Indeed, City really have a better chance of winning the CL this season but if we see how Chlesea can make it to the Final, I don't think many people think Chelsea can qualify in the CL Final and that is a surprise that is not easy to predict either.

Anything can happen in the final. Chelsea is not a very comfortable opponent for City, because with the arrival of Tuchel, Chelsea's style of play has become very similar to that of Guardiola, it is attacking football. But despite this, I believe that Manchester City will become champions this year. Both teams deserve to be champions, but I think City is a stronger team.

Right, Tuchel made big changes in squad and style of play, and it did so quickly during Chlesea's unfavorable situation at the time. Therefore, every Final match is basically the two best teams that deserve to be champions and yes, it's no wonder City are the favorites because this team has better management and is older when viewed from the side of their coach. Besides that, the squads that are owned on each line, at least City have everything better.

[Iranus]

But on the pitch in the match at least any outcome can happen, so there is nothing wrong with saying Chelsea will win. After all it is just a prediction, so about right or wrong it cannot be judged at the outset. Indeed, City really have a better chance of winning the CL this season but if we see how Chlesea can make it to the Final, I don't think many people think Chelsea can qualify in the CL Final and that is a surprise that is not easy to predict either.

Anything can happen in the final. Chelsea is not a very comfortable opponent for City, because with the arrival of Tuchel, Chelsea's style of play has become very similar to that of Guardiola, it is attacking football. But despite this, I believe that Manchester City will become champions this year. Both teams deserve to be champions, but I think City is a stronger team.

Right, Tuchel made big changes in squad and style of play, and it did so quickly during Chlesea's unfavorable situation at the time. Therefore, every Final match is basically the two best teams that deserve to be champions and yes, it's no wonder City are the favorites because this team has better management and is older when viewed from the side of their coach. Besides that, the squads that are owned on each line, at least City have everything better.

Manchester City must be a little ahead of Chelsea. Manchester City have a lot of stars and talented players in their squad. Although Chelsea are doing great, but if Kante had not done so well against Real Madrid, the Chelsea team would not have been able to beat Real so easily. Tuche is a very good coach, no doubt about it. But Guardiola is in charge of Manchester City. Is he less experienced than Tuchel?

[joker_josue]

Tuche is a very good coach, no doubt about it. But Guardiola is in charge of Manchester City. Is he less experienced than Tuchel?

Tuchel is a good coach, no doubt, but at the level of experience in the Champions League, Guardiola has more experience.
Although they are practically the same generation of coaches, Guardiola is much more experienced.

[acquafredda]

Eventually 12,000 English supporters could go to Porto to watch the much awaited Champions League final Manchester City - Chelsea (each club will receive 6,000 tickets for their fans).
At this point, I think it would have been better to have the final in England since all the supporters will need to go through all the necessary covid checks while travelling abroad. Isnt't it a bit stupid?

[tygeade]

Tuchel is a good coach, no doubt, but at the level of experience in the Champions League, Guardiola has more experience.
Although they are practically the same generation of coaches, Guardiola is much more experienced.

Honestly if this was a groupg ame, or even anything until semi finals I would say that you are right, Tuchel vs Guardiola would make sense and Pep would win that ten times out of ten. However when we are talking about simply just one game, anything could happen, an injury could change things, one lucky bounce would get them a goal, a ball going just an inch left.

Seriously when it is just simply one game everything could change, I am not saying Chelsea will win, if you think I said that then you haven't read it carefully, all I am saying that in a regular game I would give 70%+ to City because they are so much better but in a Finals game it is as close to being 50% chance for both teams as it gets. I still think City is a bit further ahead, it would be Chelsea that needs to get lucky, but anything could happen in a winner takes all game.

[joker_josue]

Seriously when it is just simply one game everything could change, I am not saying Chelsea will win, if you think I said that then you haven't read it carefully, all I am saying that in a regular game I would give 70%+ to City because they are so much better but in a Finals game it is as close to being 50% chance for both teams as it gets. I still think City is a bit further ahead, it would be Chelsea that needs to get lucky, but anything could happen in a winner takes all game.

In football, as in almost all sports, the luck factor is always something to take into account. That is why, big teams sometimes lose with small ones.
If it was always certain that the strongest wins, most bookmakers would go bankrupt.

Of course Chelsea have a chance to win the cup. An injury, an unexpected shot, a day of extra inspiration, so ... Several things can happen and the victory fall to Chelsea. Even though Man City is the favorite, at least for most fans.

[LTU_btc]

Eventually 12,000 English supporters could go to Porto to watch the much awaited Champions League final Manchester City - Chelsea (each club will receive 6,000 tickets for their fans).
At this point, I think it would have been better to have the final in England since all the supporters will need to go through all the necessary covid checks while travelling abroad. Isnt't it a bit stupid?

Yeah, it would make more sense to have final in England, but UK government didn't gave quarantine exemption for UEFA staff, broadcasters, sponsors and etc. It's 2000 people approximately. So, UEFA had to look for alternatives and probably Portugal was the best option.

[joker_josue]

Yeah, it would make more sense to have final in England, but UK government didn't gave quarantine exemption for UEFA staff, broadcasters, sponsors and etc. It's 2000 people approximately. So, UEFA had to look for alternatives and probably Portugal was the best option.

A delegation from UEFA comes from within the EU, and therefore has no major restrictions. In Portugal, there was never a mandatory quarantine for those who came from outside, so they won't have any problems with that. In turn, Portugal is the only country in Europe that is on the UK's green list, to avoid quarantine for those traveling to Portugal.

In practice, it is easier for English teams to travel to Portugal than for UEFA to travel to the United Kingdom.

[acquafredda]

Eventually 12,000 English supporters could go to Porto to watch the much awaited Champions League final Manchester City - Chelsea (each club will receive 6,000 tickets for their fans).
At this point, I think it would have been better to have the final in England since all the supporters will need to go through all the necessary covid checks while travelling abroad. Isnt't it a bit stupid?

Yeah, it would make more sense to have final in England, but UK government didn't gave quarantine exemption for UEFA staff, broadcasters, sponsors and etc. It's 2000 people approximately. So, UEFA had to look for alternatives and probably Portugal was the best option.

That is even dumber if you ask me. In my head I read that is better to have 2000 quarantined somehow than to have 12,000 supporters moving around and creating potential troubles.
Also, sorry to say, but brits supporters behave quite well at home while they simply do not give a shit when they are overseas.
That was something to be thought through since we have historical reasons to be worried here.

[babo]

Eventually 12,000 English supporters could go to Porto to watch the much awaited Champions League final Manchester City - Chelsea (each club will receive 6,000 tickets for their fans).
At this point, I think it would have been better to have the final in England since all the supporters will need to go through all the necessary covid checks while travelling abroad. Isnt't it a bit stupid?

you didn't say a stupid thing, in fact it is very smart and intelligent
but the problem is that the designated stadium will not see that money, and therefore they will oppose it
if they could find a way to divide the money, as smart people ... anything could be done

[Igebotz]

Tuchel is a good coach, no doubt, but at the level of experience in the Champions League, Guardiola has more experience.
Although they are practically the same generation of coaches, Guardiola is much more experienced.

This is Tuchel second champions league final in the last 2 years and Pep's first in the past 7 years + now, this is final and both coaches are here to prove a point so the most important thing right now is how tactical you are and sometimes you need a bit of luck to win the champions league final, in 2012 Bayern was the best team but Chelsea clinched the title at the end of the day.

Chelsea is getting this one.

[joker_josue]

This is Tuchel second champions league final in the last 2 years and Pep's first in the past 7 years + now, this is final and both coaches are here to prove a point so the most important thing right now is how tactical you are and sometimes you need a bit of luck to win the champions league final, in 2012 Bayern was the best team but Chelsea clinched the title at the end of the day.

This is true, but Pep already knows the taste of victory in the Champions League, I have already won twice the race.
Even if in the last few years you have not reached the final, it does not take away the experience you have.

[Coyster]

in 2012 Bayern was the best team but Chelsea clinched the title at the end of the day.

I don't think this seasons Final will be like that of 2012, the better side will more likely be victorious this season, it's going to be a game of tactical genius from the two managers, I think it'll be down to which manager can outwit the other on the night, Chelsea have won their last two games against City, this could either work in their favor or not, cause it could either give them confidence that City are very much beatable or it could make City to be very careful and weary and work on the loopholes that led to their previous two losses against the Blues.

Chelsea is getting this one.

Imo, it'll be pep making history with City, by winning City's first ever UCL title on the 29th.

[Pulsar77]

Tuche is a very good coach, no doubt about it. But Guardiola is in charge of Manchester City. Is he less experienced than Tuchel?

Tuchel is a good coach, no doubt, but at the level of experience in the Champions League, Guardiola has more experience.
Although they are practically the same generation of coaches, Guardiola is much more experienced.

We will see great tactic wars that's for sure. Like you said, Guardiola has much more experience here comparing to Tuchel. But Tuchel could really surprise Guardiola with his nice preferences. They defeated City in the PL lately and Guardiola must be aware of the big threat.