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

[mm2543363580]

Real Madrid was just lucky. Liverpool would have won that match with a very high goal margin

Liverpool had got a good opportunity to make a score at the first half but all efforts wasn't yielding but instead resulting into failed attempts, they dominated the beginning and we all hope the game will really be in favour of Liverpool that yesterday not until they whole thing begins to change after second half

Real Madrid was not a fantastic team in that match and they couldn't create much chances but they maximized the few they had

if we consider that match by giving a closer look we could see how Liverpool made an outstanding performance all through, what really got me upset was that despite the activeness of Liverpool in that match they never make it an opportunity for a score, how i wish they won the match because it is deserving for them considering their performance, aside the goal Real Madrid had was the attempted goal by Benzema which resulted into offside, but Liverpool had made the whole match with fun in their play.

THis seems the fastest moving forum. A lot of discussion and very quick too.
Congrats to Real Madrid for taking the trophy home. They are the lucky one. Good play Liverpool - so close yet so far. Luck sat on Madrid side.

[Sirait]

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In this case, there is indeed some controversy there, especially about the handball debate for Madrid and Benzema's Offside goal there and it is certain that both sides of the fans will not accept this lightly.
But apart from that now something like this was pointless. Madrid are now champions and that is a fact. regardless of the referee's leadership is fair or not everyone has their own judgment

this is really a hot issue from yesterday and there are still a lot of fans of both teams having a great debate on social media about this. btw, it's no longer important to bring this issue to the surface because Madrid have been confirmed as champions and Liverpool will have to try hard next season again.

[trendcoin]

Greece won the 2004 European Football Championship by putting a bus in front of the defense. Real Madrid played a similar tactic against Liverpool. They put a bus in front of the defense and tried to score with counter attacks. I think they didn't play with a tactic worthy of the final, but at the end of the day they won. After all, the most important thing in games like this is to win. :) Congratulations to Real Madrid and Real Madrid fans on winning their 14th Champions League title.

[W Jr.]

Liverpool played better football this year, I wish they were champions. But Real Madrid's goalkeeper played with a very good performance. Courtois was the most important and critical player in winning this match
It doesn't matter how many positions you have or how many shots you take, the important thing is to score. Liverpool failed to score and therefore did not become champions.

Statistical data doesn't make any sense, even for the final match. Even if you shoot 100 shots, it doesn't matter if you can't score. We saw that in this final match as well.  Real Madrid scored with few chances and protected it with good defense. They became champions because they were able to keep the score, it's that simple.

[KTChampions]

Based on strategy and experience Madrid is unquestionable like you said they've done it for the 3rd time vs PSG, Manchester City and Liverpool. But luck here is with the goalkeeper based on Madrid record almost always conceded in the champions league but somehow Liverpool can't score.
They have a world class striker who has won several competitions recently of course there is no doubt right? Well this is why this win can be called luck, apart from strategy of course.

This is one-sided analytics 
Liverpool have appeared in three finals this season and failed to score at least one goal. Taking into account the fact that the first two finals ended in penalty shootouts, it turns out that Liverpool cannot score at least one goal during 120+120+90=330 minutes of playing time. It's 5 and a half hours. In doing so, you mention the "luck" of Real Madrid, but not the problems of Liverpool.

[terrorJR]

Liverpool played better football this year, I wish they were champions. But Real Madrid's goalkeeper played with a very good performance. Courtois was the most important and critical player in winning this match
It doesn't matter how many positions you have or how many shots you take, the important thing is to score. Liverpool failed to score and therefore did not become champions.

Statistical data doesn't make any sense, even for the final match. Even if you shoot 100 shots, it doesn't matter if you can't score. We saw that in this final match as well.  Real Madrid scored with few chances and protected it with good defense. They became champions because they were able to keep the score, it's that simple.

In the end the statistics don't help anything because of course the winner is determined by goals and not statistics

Quite aware of this and it's true Liverpool played a very good match and their chances were many and their possession of the ball was terrible considering the club they played against but the problem in this case no one was able to penetrate Courtois there which made them lose in contrast to Alison who was even in this match was quite relaxed but when Madrid had the opportunity they could immediately make a goal there

[Distraction]

I'm very contented with seeing the team I was favouring for the title winning it at the end.    I was worried about Real Madrid after I watched that quite poor performance against Liverpool. Honestly I expected to see Liverpool finding more goal opportunities than them in this match but I believe that this was too much. Real Madrid should be grateful for Vinicius to score that goal otherwise they would have been under a bigger threat. I made a bet on Real Madrid to win the title and it wasn't easy to watch this match for me.    I'm happy for especially Benzema as he deserved this title by his awesome effort until this round.

[harapan]

Most Manchester United fans are so happy with the loss of Liverpool. Liverpool has quadruple dream's but ended up winning only two.
Chelsea had some block's from hazard winning the champions league, I think a bit higher than what Liverpool won from both the FA Cup and the Carabao Cup finals.
Liverpool did well this season, but couldn't outshine Real Madrid.

[borovichok]

Would have been a shame not seeing Tottenham Hotspur in next season champions League, because I really think that they will do very great in that competition because they have now have Antonio Conte, he is the kind of coach that they need,s coach that can compete with Klopp and Pep Guadiola,if you pay attention to the transfer of Ivan perisic you will know that he is ready already, Ivan perisic is a winner and he is age enough to know his job, he want a left center back when he have a very good Ben Davies but still he wants Bastonni,I think is because he wants more competition and improvements so I think Tottenham Hotspur will be far better next season.

[baeva]

Congratulations to all the Real Madrid fans. I believed in Liverpool until the last, but it didn't happen. Obviously Liverpool were much stronger in this match, but that was not enough. 19 shots against 2, 1 of which was on target and was decisive, you don't even need stats, you just had to watch the match, it was obvious) A real shame about the Liverpool players

Actually Liverpool played extremely well in the match, they were unlucky, but their performance was excellent. All praise gose to Courtois for making some great saves and as well save Real Madrid.
Congratulations to all Real Madrid players, it was a great season as the won Laliga Title and Champions league. I can see Marcello was very happy as has his last Champions league for Real Madrid.

Yes, the goalkeeper made some great saves that saved Real Madrid in some moments, but I don't understand why Courtois is considered one of the best players in this match. For me personally, Vinicius was clearly the best, he constantly created dangerous chances and even scored, he led Real Madrid to victory, but Liverpool were much stronger

[sana54210]

I still can't believe that Zidane has 3 to be fair . Ancelotti is great, but if Zidane kept going, he would have maybe another title, or maybe he wouldn't, he could have moved to another team and maybe won one. Now that PSG kept Mbappe, I really really really want to see Zidane manages PSG, and do it for many years.

I know for sure that they would be good enough to listen to Zidane, someone who won it 3 times the moment he started managing a team, and became one of the best ever. By comparison SIR! alexferguson has only 2, that's how great Zidane is. Ancelotti is of course a marvelous manager, but he has been managing for so many years, I am sure that that record will be broken in the next 10 years or so.

[Avirunes]

Congratulations to all the Real Madrid fans. I believed in Liverpool until the last, but it didn't happen. Obviously Liverpool were much stronger in this match, but that was not enough. 19 shots against 2, 1 of which was on target and was decisive, you don't even need stats, you just had to watch the match, it was obvious) A real shame about the Liverpool players

Actually Liverpool played extremely well in the match, they were unlucky, but their performance was excellent. All praise gose to Courtois for making some great saves and as well save Real Madrid.
Congratulations to all Real Madrid players, it was a great season as the won Laliga Title and Champions league. I can see Marcello was very happy as has his last Champions league for Real Madrid.

Yes, the goalkeeper made some great saves that saved Real Madrid in some moments, but I don't understand why Courtois is considered one of the best players in this match. For me personally, Vinicius was clearly the best, he constantly created dangerous chances and even scored, he led Real Madrid to victory, but Liverpool were much stronger

Courtois saved a lot of saves and most of them from short range. It's not easy to face Liverpool's attack and save those shots easily. Honestly I didn't thought Courtois is such a good player as he has done some of the mistakes in past that has costed Madrid matches but in the finals he really pulled out an amazing performance.

[EdenHazard]

I still can't believe that Zidane has 3 to be fair . Ancelotti is great, but if Zidane kept going, he would have maybe another title, or maybe he wouldn't, he could have moved to another team and maybe won one. Now that PSG kept Mbappe, I really really really want to see Zidane manages PSG, and do it for many years.

I know for sure that they would be good enough to listen to Zidane, someone who won it 3 times the moment he started managing a team, and became one of the best ever. By comparison SIR! alexferguson has only 2, that's how great Zidane is. Ancelotti is of course a marvelous manager, but he has been managing for so many years, I am sure that that record will be broken in the next 10 years or so.

Well there must be yet another irrejectable offer come from psg for zidane , that is for sure just like what they did to mbappe with its insane clause , zidane might have full power to spend money so he can get what he thinks needed to win a champions league trophy for psg.

Next year gonna be wild , with haaland at manchester city and zidane might takeover psg .. the title contenders for champions league getting heated!

[BuNga_cute]

Would have been a shame not seeing Tottenham Hotspur in next season champions League, because I really think that they will do very great in that competition because they have now have Antonio Conte, he is the kind of coach that they need,s coach that can compete with Klopp and Pep Guadiola,if you pay attention to the transfer of Ivan perisic you will know that he is ready already, Ivan perisic is a winner and he is age enough to know his job, he want a left center back when he have a very good Ben Davies but still he wants Bastonni,I think is because he wants more competition and improvements so I think Tottenham Hotspur will be far better next season.

I admit that Antonio Conte is a great coach and can make Tottenham grow even better, but with the quality of the current players it is quite difficult
for Tottenham to compete in the Champions League next season. Therefore, the Tottenham management has injected large enough funds to be used
by Conte to buy several players, so that Tottenham can compete in the Champions League next season. We will see which players Antonio Conte will sign.
Hopefully next season Tottenham can appear surprising in the Champions League. I remember that in the 2018/2019 season, Tottenham made it into
the Champions League final, but unfortunately Tottenham failed to win the Champions League after being beaten by Liverpool. Hopefully Tottenham
can give the same surprise in the Champions League next season, especially now that Tottenham are coached by Antonio Conte, who I admit is a great
and experienced coach.

[Velvet78]

We shouldn't forget about the fact that Tottenham reached the Champions League finale before. Maybe Liverpool won the title then but reaching this stage was still a huge success for Tottenham certainly. Considering this fact, I also think that Tottenham can do a good job next season here thanks to especially Conte's great management. They are playing more determined than before and we never know how much they will be capable of.

[snipie]

We shouldn't forget about the fact that Tottenham reached the Champions League finale before. Maybe Liverpool won the title then but reaching this stage was still a huge success for Tottenham certainly. Considering this fact, I also think that Tottenham can do a good job next season here thanks to especially Conte's great management. They are playing more determined than before and we never know how much they will be capable of.

Conte made Spurs better for sure. Getting back to the top 4 was an achievement that the team failed to get in a couple of seasons tho. Nevertheless, the team with the actual players can't compete City nor Liverpool imo. The gap is quite big and the fluctuations of players performance without much choice is a limited factor there.

[Coyster]

Hopefully Tottenham can give the same surprise in the Champions League next season, especially now that Tottenham are coached by Antonio Conte, who I admit is a great and experienced coach.

I am afraid that sort of surprise is not going to happen again, not in a long time, and at least not next season. I have this feeling that next season's CL is going to be extremely competitive, and all of the 'elite' clubs are really going to push hard for the title, i cannot see any chance for Spurs. Antonio Conte is a great manager no doubt about that, but he will still need quite a lot of time to take this Spurs side to the later stages of the CL. My team to watch out for in next season's CL is Barcelona, i am not saying they are going to win it (absolutely not), but i am looking forward to their return after a short stint in the EL, it is going to be fun to see them back.

[AndySt]

Greece won the 2004 European Football Championship by putting a bus in front of the defense. Real Madrid played a similar tactic against Liverpool. They put a bus in front of the defense and tried to score with counter attacks. I think they didn't play with a tactic worthy of the final, but at the end of the day they won. After all, the most important thing in games like this is to win. Congratulations to Real Madrid and Real Madrid fans on winning their 14th Champions League title.

I admit that I personally also came up with this analogy with the Greek national team, but still it is worth recognizing that potentially Real Madrid was not so much inferior to its rivals in strength and class. Although, of course, it was quite funny to watch when a team with such a name and history as Real Madrid built their game from defense However, the winners are not judged and if the result was achieved, it means that the strategy for the match was chosen correctly and I would like to sincerely congratulate Real Madrid on the victory! Moreover, such matches as the final very often end with a small number of goals due to the fact that the final result prevails over the teams.

[blue Snow]

Greece won the 2004 European Football Championship by putting a bus in front of the defense. Real Madrid played a similar tactic against Liverpool. They put a bus in front of the defense and tried to score with counter attacks. I think they didn't play with a tactic worthy of the final, but at the end of the day they won. After all, the most important thing in games like this is to win. Congratulations to Real Madrid and Real Madrid fans on winning their 14th Champions League title.

I admit that I personally also came up with this analogy with the Greek national team, but still it is worth recognizing that potentially Real Madrid was not so much inferior to its rivals in strength and class. Although, of course, it was quite funny to watch when a team with such a name and history as Real Madrid built their game from defense

I don't see Yunani in Real Madrid, What I can see is Liverpool's attacker in underperformance, as I can see Salah and Mane didn't shoot a ball like what they did in the premier league before. Moh. Salah did 2 shoot times in the left goal and can always be countered by Courtois. Salah will always create a goal in the right goal in narrow cage.

[Smack That Ace]

Greece won the 2004 European Football Championship by putting a bus in front of the defense. Real Madrid played a similar tactic against Liverpool. They put a bus in front of the defense and tried to score with counter attacks. I think they didn't play with a tactic worthy of the final, but at the end of the day they won. After all, the most important thing in games like this is to win. Congratulations to Real Madrid and Real Madrid fans on winning their 14th Champions League title.

I admit that I personally also came up with this analogy with the Greek national team, but still it is worth recognizing that potentially Real Madrid was not so much inferior to its rivals in strength and class. Although, of course, it was quite funny to watch when a team with such a name and history as Real Madrid built their game from defense However, the winners are not judged and if the result was achieved, it means that the strategy for the match was chosen correctly and I would like to sincerely congratulate Real Madrid on the victory! Moreover, such matches as the final very often end with a small number of goals due to the fact that the final result prevails over the teams.

Real Madrid has not always been like this. There were times when Real Madrid was not a very rich club and neither a very strong one. But they have reached there with some good decisions and some very good performance.
Obviously, their performance in the Champions League is quite unbelievable. I believe they deserved the champions League win this time.

I was also not surprised to see that there were not too many goals in the final. And obviously, the reason for that is Real Madrid defended really well. Liverpool also defended well but they often left gaps in the defense.

Anyway, congratulations to Real Madrid for winning the Champions League once again.


Regards

Duke