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2014/15 UEFA Champions League Final |OT| Juve vs Barca
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Great final by Barca. Juventus were hoping to go into extra time or penalty kicks. Thr EPL, Bundesliga, Le Lige, will have to step it up next season for Champions League glory. Been watching La Liga this year and as much as its entertaining, the hegemony of Barca and Real has to stop. The other spanish clubs should side against the big 2 and get more TV exposure and international rights.
Frank the Great
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Haha fuck Juve
godhandiscen
There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
Actually, it comes down to being a great team at all age levels of the competition, and nurturing players thorough their careers in the best possible way. Achieving this is only possible by being an extremely focused club.
Montoya
Pique*
Busquets*
Xavi*
Pedro
Iniesta*
Rafinha
Bartra
Alba*
Roberto
Masip
All of those are first team players formed in the club, playing for the team before they were 14yrs old. Money matters, but it's all about how you spend it. If it truly came down to "money", United, Bayern, or Madrid would have been the dominant team in the past decade, not Barcelona.
*starters.
Alt Madrid did win last Spanish League and almost won CL. Too bad they couldn't hold their key players.
But Barca's greatest player isn't home grown.
Portugeezer
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Pique and Alba developed at other clubs, then were bought back. Barcelona are undeniably good at developing talent and they have given young talent a chance, but they're no different than any other football club. Barcelona have a ton of money and when they see holes in their team, they generally throw a ton of money to fix that problem. Which is perfectly fine because that's what good football clubs should do.
United and Bayern develop young players too and United was the dominant team in Europe for a few years, before the passing of the torch to Barcelona in Rome. Good teams tend to have both an established spine, while adding fresh blood each season. Barcelona is no exception.
United and Bayern develop young players too and United was the dominant team in Europe for a few years, before the passing of the torch to Barcelona in Rome. Good teams tend to have both an established spine, while adding fresh blood each season. Barcelona is no exception.
Always-honest
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Yeah,..Barca is pretty much untouchable.
Amazing what they did there over the last 10 years. Coaches, players, etc.
Amazing what they did there over the last 10 years. Coaches, players, etc.
godhandiscen
There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
It is easier to throw money to cover a few holes like what Barcelona is doing, than to throw money to buy a whole squad. I am not saying Barca doesn't have money, but what makes them dominate Europe is their ability to develop their players. The same reason that elevated Manchester United to UCL glory in 99.
I must say though, United never really dominated Europe at the level Barca is doing it. Passing the torch lol.
Locke Lamora
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Here's what Oliver Kahn had to say about the 2-1 and Buffon (loose translation): "You never should let the ball bounce off your hands like that in such an important final. I know what I'm talking about." Ha! Never liked him as a player but as an expert of german TV he's quite entertaining from time to time.
That 07-08 United team was one of the strongest club teams ever assembled imo, right up there with the 08-09 Barcelona team that beat them in Rome. The only reason United didn't dominate longer was because Ronaldo was sold and the Glazers didn't reinvest that huge sum of money. And I say that as an Arsenal fan.
The Barcelona teams that have dominated are really three different teamsthe 06 team, which is barely recognizable compared to the 09-12 Guardiola teams, and now this team, which is way more direct than the Guardiola team, though it does have a lot of the same spine carried over. So when I'm comparing the teams, I'm really comparing that 06-09 United team to the 08-12 Guardiola Barcelona team.
Captain Smirk
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Time for the premier league clubs to step back up like in the 00's. Sick of seeing spanish football at the top
Eh. It's hard to win in Europe. As far as recent European teams go, they're behind Barcelona, tied with Milan, way ahead of the rest. Madrid? Bayern? Don't make me laugh.
Anyways, the point is... the Barcelona mythology of homegrown players is dumb. Just about every big club developed young players, the only ones that don't are the oil ones and Real Madrid.
Magicgamer101
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Do ITV not have the rights to show the champions league anymore?
Porcile
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If you go back on the last fifteen years it's been.
Barcelona - Four wins.
Real Madrid - Three wins.
Ac Milan - Two Wins, one final.
Bayern Munich - Two wins, two finals.
Manchester United - One win, two finals.
Even if you took out Real Madrid completely (why though? since they've had five semi-finals in a row now) and Bayern's 2001 title, Bayern still have an equal amount of finals and wins compared to Manchester United in a comparable three year period (2010-2013). Milan in a four year period (2003-2007) won two titles and were in another final.
edit - four and five years it should be. I need to learn how to count or go to bed. haha
Yeah thats why they have 5 teams in next season ucl and a la liga team winning a europa league as well
Those 2 teams are too just way better then the competition rather then others being weak.
(which was true 3 seasons ago but not now)
cebri.one
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RM didn't win la Liga last season.They were 3rd. And Sevilla has won the Europa League this year, again.
Dash Kappei
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It really is unbelievable when you think that before the last decade Barça only had 1 (CC), the team was one that "always could but never was" just like Spain, damn Cruyff really did change everything.
Well, our treble's safe
It was an enjoyable match, got a bit scared in the 2nd half but then Suarez scored while momentum was strongly in Juve's favor (just like Morata did).
Both sides' first goal were pure football magic, sooooo goood.
lol at people saying Neimar's header was legit: the ball would've not gone inside the net if it weren't for the handball (with his arm's reaching far from his body), thus invalidating the goal; intention has nothing to do with this kind of decisions, end of story. Though call, for once the goalpost referee earned his fee, especially considering the lineman made the wrong call, luckily the ref listened to the right person on the field.
Pirlo sobbing was cute.
Porcile
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Not forgetting Atletico won the Europa League in 2010 and 2012, beating an English team in one final, and another Spanish team (by the way, a Spanish team which completely destroyed Manchester United home and away earlier in the competition) in the other final. They then won the Super Cup by beating an English team comfortably.
Mangoverboard
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Busquets is such a shit cunt. Troll King of the sneaky foul
Dash Kappei
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Damn the mental gymnastics EPL's fans do is rather embarrassing....
Yeah that's why they have a record-setting 5 teams in the UCL next year, with Sevilla double winners of UEL ('14 and '15), Barça current UCL's winners, RM past UCL's winners and Atletico past UCL's finalists and 2010 and 2012 UEL's winners. What a joke of a league, yeah...
The years of a two teams league are well in the past my friend, not true anymore.
Now that I absolutely agree with
Yeah that's why they have a record-setting 5 teams in the UCL next year, with Sevilla double winners of UEL ('14 and '15), Barça current UCL's winners, RM past UCL's winners and Atletico past UCL's finalists and 2010 and 2012 UEL's winners. What a joke of a league, yeah...
The years of a two teams league are well in the past my friend, not true anymore.
Now that I absolutely agree with
Good final. A bit helter skelter, seemed like the two teams just went for it. Made it very entertaining.
Real Madrid have won La Liga once in the last seven years.
Also, as well as the achievements of Sevilla and Atletico as others have pointed out, Malaga reached the quarter finals of the Champions League two years ago where they very narrowly lost out to eventual runners-up Dortmund.
Real Madrid have won La Liga once in the last seven years.
Also, as well as the achievements of Sevilla and Atletico as others have pointed out, Malaga reached the quarter finals of the Champions League two years ago where they very narrowly lost out to eventual runners-up Dortmund.
Empyrean Heaven
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So is "Juventus Gets Bitten" going to be the headline of every paper tomorrow?
Nope nor do Sky all matches will be on BT.
manzoman96
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Juve gave it a good effort. Still proud of those guys.
Wish Suarez didn't win though. Hate that guy.
Wish Suarez didn't win though. Hate that guy.
Favourite post in a highly entertaining thread. 10/10 lol
I think he was caught standing on the wrong foot before the first shot by Messi, the ball wasn't very far from him to spit it out like that, straught into Suarez feet.
It reminded me of Van Der Sar fucking it up in the last final against Barcelona by conceding that Messi goal too.
It reminded me of Van Der Sar fucking it up in the last final against Barcelona by conceding that Messi goal too.
Magicgamer101
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All matches? BT must have spent big money to secure that. Sucks though some people won't be able to watch matches for free
Dash Kappei
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Pirlo's won 2 already (+1 WC), that's enough.
How did Buffon fucked it up exactly, he was arguably Juve's MVP
It always matters in a UCL final. Juve didn't deserve to lose 1 - 3 (as much as it brings me satisfaction
), 1 goal lead by Barça was fair, two is a bit much.Offside? Neymar was in his own half when the ball was played to him, making him onside.
Heebie Jeebies
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All matches. I think (this is alittle sketchy lol) they will show 1 FTA match per British side in the group stages.
How nice of them.
I'm not sure if he was....
Edit: Just watched it again. He was on his own half...Barely....
He was, just. It was very close, but he timed it well.
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