Bayern gg. Chelsea Post-Game Thread [R] (HEAVILY MODERATED)

Couldn't agree more with this. Injury or not, DvB's introduction would have been as a statement of intent - or lack of it.

Ja na. Until next year.

 

I'd just like to add that Lampard also showed great sportsmanship after the game. It's hard to be sure about these things, but it looks like he and Schweini really have a lot of respect for each other.

 

I agree. If you get into many finals, it's to be expected that you will lose some of them.

 

Yes. Juventus lost 3 finals from 1997-2003. That was unbelievable.

Man Utd have lost 2 in 3 years too.

 

Typical loser mentality. Winners only get into finals they win.

 

In that case, we are left with a very exclusive selection of teams which can claim to have a winning mentality.

 

Drogba scored (lucky bastard ) but he gave away a silly penalty too but the lucky bastard got away with it.
Ca$hly was descent

 

You probably don't want to hear this, but I feel for you. After all the pain we'd endured in the CL (including losing finals where we were also the better side), Chelsea fans know the feeling. Still, I think you've got no reason to be downcast, you still have a great side. And in the next final, if our experiences are anything to go by, Gomez will find his shooting boots. Just not against us please.

 

Who gives a shite if we find our form? We lost a final at home, a chance we won't get for likely 2 more decades. All this next time bs means nothing now, we failed at the most important match ever in the club's history.

 

Why do you say this? Muenchen hosted a great final with little incident. Wembley is about to host the final again after having hosted it in 2011 - twice in 3 years. It may verywell go back to Munich sooner than 20 years.

 

I could sleep ... That's because I'm actually in München and been constainly drunk ... I can't get my mind off the game ... It's just too hard to be that close to achieving greatness and have it taken away from you that way ...

I really hope Germany win the EURO, let's see if that way the players stop with this loser mentality ...

 

A CL win in another stadium is still a CL win. Brazil may still regret not winning the World Cup in 1950, but I think they're comfortable with their 5 victories since.

 

Yes, but what's the chance that Bayern will be in exactly that final?

 

meh. it's our second final in 3 years. we've got a good, young squad. We can challenge again. And fock the home thing, it was a pleasant formality (that might have even played into our opponents hands). Let's just win the damn cup.

 

Yeh well that's what I thought after the Barcelona penalty and Bayern one!

You MUPPET! but he made up for it mostly.

Ca$hly I can't stand as a person, but he was really good and against Napoli.

 

That's my point. Bayern blew the most important match in the club's history. What's worse, their "hero" is the one who missed the last penalty.

 

thats what i have been saying since the game ended!!!

 

This one hurt but i got over it rather quickly. It gets no where near that 99 one.

 

Definitely. I think it was an advantage up until the penalties and then the fear crept into our players because suddenly it was out of their control (penalties are mostly luck). I think that their belief was so strong that they were going to win, and rightfully so considering how the game went for 120 min, that once it came down to penalties, they lost that confidence. That's why most players shied away from taking one.

After Gomez's beach ball miss I knew we would go on to lose this final. I don't know why but this is just how it works in this sport when you don't make the most of your opportunities.

 

It is not the problem that we lost another final, that is excusable if for example we played Manchester United in the Bernebau. However, we lost a final which was literally handed to us on a plate. Chelsea did not know how to string a few passes together, were barely a threat all game and made several defensive mistakes. We had numerous chances to put the game away, and had a penalty in the 91st minute which would have sealed it.

There are no positives to take from this game, we were at home with a stronger squad than a team that had lost some of the finest players in the game (Ivanovic, Terry, Ramires and Meireles). It is a completely shocking and disgusting defeat regardless of how you try to spin it.

 

I can't blame schweini for anything. He did a much better job with his penalty than Robben with his. He placed it with finesse and cech had no chance, unfortunately it a little too far to the right. Besides that - he is a German giant, now he has to win something so he doesn't end up with a forgettable career like Michael Ballack.

 

Agree, as long as we win it (soon) I couldn't care less WHERE we win it.

 

Cole, that's another player I like very much... I remember he (and Owen) participated in a campaign in favour of dogs in the 2002 World Cup, so he's good in my book.

 

He at least took one.

I understand that a player might not feel confident and so may decline or refuse to shoot a penalty in a penalty shoot-out, but what does that say really, about those players' confidence and capacity when they're in other moments of an important (and therefore, stressful) game?. An attacking player should have that confidence in the first place...

 

Fishy, isn't it? The New Wembley getting to host 2 champions league finals in the gap of 3 years.