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UCL mostly favors the traditionalists with the bigger history especially when playing against a team with no history. Some call it luck or spirit, but it is what it is.

MaziIgwe007:
Barca should please prepare our €5m sharp sharp..

Liverpool is the biggest winner tonight even without kicking the ball.

#YNWA

haha barca wounded on all sides

Di Maria was the muscle behind this psg team and shouldn’t have been removed.

Apparently Mbape needs to come to Madrid. We’ll teach him how to win a ucl final

Psg came into this game relying mostly on their speed. As much as Mbape is talent but he needs to think out of the box other than his speed, since neymar has resorted to using his fall-down antics. This is a final, they’ve got to be unpredictable.

flexyrule:
That guy they call Neymar.. Very terrible player. He just likes attention and show off. Plus selfish style of football.

as in... he’ll just help kill psg if he keeps on with that nonsense

OtemAtum:
Chelsea lost their first against Man UTD. They won the second against Bayern.

i don’t mean the number times Chelsea got to finals. I mean they won their first ucl against Bayern. I said “normally”, so doesn’t mean it’ll always favor the bigger teams with history, just that most times that’s the case.

Psg missing chances. Bayern won’t be merciful

Raydos:
Doesn't matter, New Clubs create history sometimes too, A typical example is Chelsea in 2012

obviously there’s always an exception to the rule.

Normally the team with a bigger history usually win the ucl final. But Chelsea won their first against Bayern. Psg who knows...lets see sha

Neymar and Lewa have come close for their respective teams. Game’s heating

internationalman:
I laughed when People were giving it to inter Milan here...

Italian teams that bottle up finals more than Guinness bottling company

juve can feel inter’s pain of loosing to a spanish side in finals

internationalman:
I said it before and I will say it again ..

Spanish teams don't know how to lose final matches.

Madrid and Barca may make the rest seem like not good enough teams, but they can beat the best team from any other league in final matches...

Even Liverpool couldn't beat them in final some years back

Laliga, the league of legends..

true, they rarely lose finals. best you eliminate them before finals. they dont have to play nice to win, they just figure out the win. inter wan chop sevilla birthright

Ronaldo came to Madrid as the second best team in Spain in an era where Barca was the dominant team, he left Manutd in its glory. He worked to level Madrid and left Madrid on a high note. Messi can’t and shouldn’t leave Barca now else it’ll leave a sour taste in the memory of his reign in Spain- he abandoned the team in their time of need. He should try win the league or something and bow out

Beverlyjean:
Because of the chips are down he decides to runaway ...its better sef ...lets c how u gonna perform at another league .... whr are his minions that said he is 100% loyal to barca cos they treated his illness as a child... ... foolish people , u guys don't know when u are being scammed... barca no fit perform again, he runs ...but when it was all good, it was barca or nothing ... always looking for the easy way

hehe... Barca fans and their gospel of propaganda. Always trying to absolve Messi of blame. If Messi leaves now then he’ll just solidify the statement that he’s not a good leader. He shouldn’t abandon the team in their greatest trial

mandate12:
His father worked for him.. it's also an acceptable way of being a billionaire worldwide - inheritance.
U r free to ask ur dad a few Qs anyway.
U poor ppl r never haopy with successful ppl, yet u want to b successful.

no mind am. Even bible talk say a wise man leaves inheritance to his children, even to the fourth generations. It’s no crime to be rich by inheritance. Afterall i believe himself dey sing “Abraham blessings are mine”

Billionaire in Naira or dollars? Op need to specify

As much as the board has its problem but the players too more than have their fair share of problems. Previously Abidal criticized the team for showing little effort when things don’t go their way and Messi replied asking Abidal to mention names. Also Sieten’s assistant had problems with the players too for lack of effort of which Alba almost had a problem with. My point is the board and Abidal don’t play on the pitch and obviously these players know what their jobs are but have failed to do so. Even at that, the way and manner they have failed is utterly embarrassing to say the least. The coach and board isn’t supposed to tell the players to run, mark and close lanes when playing. The players are professionals and should know how to do damage control, and there goes my problem with the leadership of the team.
The blame goes not just on Messi but also on Pique who seems too busy with politics and Madrid. The leaders of the team have failed.
I remember when Madrid goes through a rough patch, Ramos at times call the squad together, organize meetings and even private dinners to discuss how to remedy their season. There was an Classico in which Barca beat Madrid by more than 3 goals and Ramos rallied the team to seal the defense and not concede more goals since the game was lost already to avoid further embarrassment.
Messi as much as the board have blames on their head and Abidal to me is just collateral damage.

Yaya should get one cos he was the one that kickstarted the foundation for their success.

Barca fans dey make me laugh. I remember when them appoint Sieten, naso them make noise say the man sabi their system die cos na wetin him dey use for Real Betis; and Real Betis even beat Madrid for house under him. Fast forward today na premium tears e end. Same with when Valverde was appointed. Welcome Koeman to Spain where la liga awaits you fairly, but ucl? That’s promised dream. Let the bout between ZZ and Koeman begin!!!

TonySpike:
Interesting, have you watched the series "12 Monkeys"? What do you think about the time-travelling concept in "12 Monkeys" though?

I would think the DC time-travelling concept is more linear in concept, that is, a straight line time. The Marvel concept is more non-linear but it also explores linear concepts within a single timeline. I am also trying to picture the new DC series, "The Watchmen" through the eyes of Dr Manhattan... Lol

i think 12 monkeys had the best concept of time travel. Everything was detailed and the cause and effect well explained. The end from the beginning and beginning from the end. It’s but tricky in the beginning but later i understood. 12 monkeys i think follows a linear time travel same as DC

obonujoker:
Pep has failed in Europe... never you in your life compare him with Mourinho again...

where u see mourinho for my talk?

This is straight up back to back sadness for Barca fans

WibusJaga:
How on earth did Sterling miss that seater
And people will yab Ronaldo for tap-in...

they underestimate the power of tapins

I think it’s fair to say Pep has failed

greypencils:
To you, everybody is at fault except Messi. Until you see Messi's role dictating who should play on the field as a problem, Barcelona will continue to fail at UCL. Same shit happened in Russia 2018. How can an in-form Dybala and Aguero be on the bench? Messi should have been an attacking midfielder. Di Maria, a central midfielder with both of them supplying balls to Aguero and Dybala. But no! Messi is the god of soccer so he dictates who plays. Barcelona needs a coach that would put Messi in his place. Not one that would kiss his arse. It is better to get good midfielders, the likes of Xavi and Iniesta or Messi should be dropped to attacking midfield to support very good strikers. Otherwise same shit is gonna happen next season.

aptly put. I dont need to add. For those who watch without bias this is the problem

otijah:
Cristiano Ronaldo can't go down like this mehn. You will notice his presence even if he gets disqualified

i swear. He can’t be disgraced like this

Messi needs to free that middle, stay upfront and let the others get the ball to him in whatever way they can so he be much effective in the box. There’s no shame in being a box man like Ronaldo, goals are necessary in games like this not dribbles and passes.

joyandfaith:
beside, messi is old but his fans see him as an ageless god.

the true example of love is blind

Barca fans better plead the blood of Jesus over their post else e bloody die

mariahAngel:


Ronaldo will NEVER play for Barcelona, and it is a matter of principle!
The mere speculation of it is sick!

as in pure baseless rumors that made the front page

TimeManager:
Ronaldo could not win the Champions League for 6 years until Gareth Bale came to Madrid. Bale came to Madrid and everything changed. Ronaldo na overhyped old man.

kiss the truth!

that’sa twisted tale. That Madrid team peaked just about the time Bale came. They reached the semis 3x and it was only a matter of time they won. And when they peaked they conquered for years. If you say Bale, then why haven’t they won it since he left? Bale was given the mantle last two seasons after Ronaldo left to show Madrid he’s the leader but failed spectacularly. The ucl isn’t just playing in the final match. Ronaldo was highly instrumental in making sure Madrid was ruthless in Europe. No way discrediting Bale why was pivotal too but it’s an error to say it was cos of him Madrid started winning. If Ronaldo was the one that scored that Bale’s header in 2014 finals y’all would downplay it as a simple tap in headed goal and give the shine to Di Maria who was actually the man of the match in that finals. The team peaked just about the right time and made the most of their peak years just like Barca, Spain, etc.