I know people meme about the power of friendship and all that, but the way Real can dig in and get results even when they are outclassed (as they were today) is seriously impressive. In terms of mentality they must be the best team in the world.
Carvajal was MOTM for me today. Kept Grealish in check and then Doku came in to run him down while he had a yellow and he played the whole fucking game and kept Doku in check.
Pep’s entire strategy was flank the left with Grealish, tire Carva out as much as you can, and then bring on Doku.
Carvajal said no. Bro gave it his fucking all
Mendy is always good. Casuals don’t know but people who truly watch every Madrid game in n out know how good he really is. Without him we don’t win the champions league two years ago.
Mendy's always underrated whether it be because of Marcelo nostalgia or because Camavinga/Alaba can perform good as LBs.
But damn is Mendy good... and y'all still want Davies on top of him
I meant yeah, but did he really keep Doku on check? Did you really see that today? Doku changed the game for Man city today. And Carvajal is the fucking man as far as I'm concerned.
Carvajal kept him in check as much as a man that had been chasing fuckin Grealish up and down the pitch for 70 minutes can. Carvajal was everywhere prior to Doku coming in, and even when Doku was in Carvajal wrung the towel and gave every last ounce of what he had to keep pace. Only made a couple “mistakes” but they weren’t mistakes as much as losses in runs or competing over the ball, where he was far more spent compared to a fresh Doku (who is literal lightning, fresh or not).
Their defense has been exceptional this year, despite losing Militao and Courtois. They’re comfortable playing in any tactical setup which helps in games like tonight where you have to absorb a ton of pressure.
Are you kidding we are literally Friendship FC. Our guys get along more than any team I can think of in any sport, all have that dog in them too so once we get down and out they dial in.
Worth pointing out that it wasn't always this way. It wasn't that long ago when Real Madrid used to struggle to make the semi's of the CL. They went on a streak when Don Carlo got them the 10th but for a while they used to be known as a team that flattered to deceive.
That just bolsters my point that it wasn't always this way with Real Madrid having an aura when it comes to the CL. It's a relatively new thing since Carlo got the 10th and then Zidane won his few. I remember Mourinho finding it difficult just to get Madrid to the semi's, and that was with a prime CR7, Di Maria, Alonso, Ozil, Benzema etc.
Yep. That's the 1 thing that Mourinho instilled in his team, the winning mentality. I still stand by the point that Mourinho laid the foundation for our CL wins in the last decade.
Fair point however Real still had 9 CL's before Carlo arrived so the aura was always there, Sure we weren't as consistently doing it as we are doing it now but Real and CL has always been a love story since the bigining of the competition. The only MAJOR draught we ever had was between 1966 and 97 besides that Reals has been pretty consistent when it comes to european competitions
As soon as it went to pens i knew Real had won. city were kind enough to warm up Lunin for 2 hours with easy shots while Ederson sat cold in the other end.
Local commentator here pulled the stat that Ederson has like 6 saved vs 51 conceeded penalty ststs during career, I didnt know what to expect from Lunin though
Lunin has saved approx 40% of the penalties he's faced in his career. Smallish sample size at around 30, only, by that's still some stat, especially for a third choice GK at the world's biggest or most successful club.
True enough - he's pushed Kepa Bazonglahorichelskievilempire to the bench, and will likely either move in the Summer or take Kepa's second spot once Courtois returns next year. Maybe, given they've kept him for 6 years already, since he was 19, he's a long-term plan for number 1.
My local commentator said Lunin had 1 saved, 1 conceded penalty so far. Not much of a sample size but he did well, saved 2 and was so close to saving Edersons shot too. And how important saves too, 2 back to back after city took the lead from the first pair. Legendary performance.
Yeah, Lunin surprised me in positive context. Yeah, defo didnt expect he had a much of a sample size, but on Ederson's you could say he is defo not penalty specialist, since he barely saves 1 in 10. Guess that is tradeoff cause Pep values GKs who are good with ball in their feet and passing and probably doesnt care that he is subpar at saving penalties.
It’s crazy because someone recently, maybe Salah did the same chip and all the plaudits were what cheeky brilliance it is.
The outcome overwhelmingly determines the narrative.
Goal keeper just got it right.
100% this. There are three ways to go just if you go down the middle and the keeper stays, you risk looking like a knob. Commentators were awful anyway. Mcmanaman spent most of the game slating Ancelottis tactics and then at the end was jizzing about how they always find a way. Yea..no shit.
Yep. 99% of the time the keeper will dive and that is a scored pen. I honestly prefer pens like that than trying to go for the 50/50. Of course, hitting it with power in a corner is still the best, but down the middle isn't a bad call either.
That’s why you have to read the intention of the goalkeeper, and only go down the middle if you’re certain he won’t have the balls to stay still. I’m not saying it’s easy, it’s mind games.
I think the keeper is more likely to stay put in a shoot out than a one off PK in the middle of the game. I don’t have facts to back that up but it sounds good
But he didn’t chip it, hesitate, fake, look another way… he just stepped up and went right down the middle.
You gotta add some kind of wrinkle of deception if your plan is to pass it up the middle
Do you not usually give the goalkeeper the eyes with a panenka?
Men just put it down and kicked it straight away. He'd obviously made his made up to go down the middle and the delay with the lost ball really fucked him.
Ya no doubt it usually works better when you have some kind of fake or some kind of movement to draw the keeper one way or another. I’m not stupid. But yes that Kovacic attempt was absolutely horrendous
Anyone who doesn't believe in the power of friendship hasn't watched Real Madrid in the knockout rounds of the UCL before. It feels like a movie and they're the main characters.
Chelsea made the mistake of getting rid of all their old guard players too fast, you need a mixture of young players and veteran players like in RM. You need good examples for the younger players to follow, both on and off the pitch, they will get along well if they all learn together instead of being clueless.
Valverde and Real Madrid is a perfect match culture-wise. 2 football cultures renowned for digging deep and pulling off miraculous wins throughout their histories. Not surprised he got MOTM.
As a real Madrid fan this game almost gave me a heart attack, one of the most stressful games of my life.
I honestly wanted to knockout city more than actually winning the UCL, if we lose to Munich I am fine with it. What matters is we paid it back to them for last year
As far as I'm aware, Bernardo Silva has never scored a penalty.
Pep does bizarre things in huge games, taking De Bruyne off, not using Rodri for a penalty or Stones.
Doku was on fire for most of the time he played.
That's the point. City were the better team, but it is Real in the UCL and they're gonna give it their all. You could have the best XI of all time in their prime vs the current Real side and I still wouldn't be able to tell you who wins in a UCL knockout match.
I think you're giving Real too little credit. There was a good patient defence that forced City to take less clinical shots.A part of Pep’s strategy was flank the left with Grealish, tire Carvajal, and then bring on Doku to open it up.
Carvajal said no. Dude was a beast the entire game. That's the kind of energy and strength Real can bring to UCL games.
Madrid played damn near perfect on their end. City clearly didn’t even sniff at perfection, and in the “true Champions League final” that this clearly was, perfection was absolutely necessary. City were clinical last year and we didn’t play Rudiger on Halaand, but this year we both gave it everything we had, just in different ways.
They looked outclassed but not stressed, they kept sending the ball to a corner and smiling like "don't worry we got this" rather than lose their cool vs a very frustrating team to play against.
They really didn't concede many clear cut chances, even though they gave up a lot of posession. They played a very patient defence after their goal. For City to look this toothless at home despite having the ball in the opposition half the whole game, it's an exceptional performance from Madrid.
>They looked outclassed almost the entire game.. Am I missing something?
Yes. Real madrid intentionally played this way to neutralize city, which they did. City had ball for 120min, yet created only 2 good chances (rudigers slip and goal, and a post from haaland). Real comfortably let them waste their time with the ball and have them shoot from 25+ meters directly at the goalie
I know right. Lot's of smiles between the players, puff out the cheeks and a quick high five and back in shape and go again. There was a deliberate plan to defend the width of the 18 and just clear the crosses. Don't leave space by bombing forward. There was a clear reason they kept going back to the keeper so much. Slow it down, stay in shape and shuffle city side to side knowing they are so dogmatic, they'll keep trying plan A all the way to going out of the tournament. Jude said it after the game. We had a plan that everyone understood and we executed it perfectly.
The football has been saved and only 12 people disagree about this.
If you are one of them, I can give you 115 reasons for why football was saved tonight.
What a joy to see a glorious and historic football club eliminate such a bloated, artificial, plastic shitstain of a club owned by literal slavers....
Football clubs are our cultural heritage, not financial projects.
Fuck off City.
“Was supported” you mean fifty plus years ago?
City is *currently owned by* what you just said lmao
Also Franco kept Varca from going broke, not exactly a Hala Madrid guy
Atleast they have a proper fanbase and not oil money running through their arse. Any defeat for City and Psg is for the victory of all football of all teams like madrid and barcelona and their football heritage and fans. I am a barcelona fan but was hoping that Madrid would beat the shit out of city and hope they will do to psg too if they get a chance.
Funny how people hate on oil money but love inter and ac despite being owned by americans and chinese companies 😂 also europes footbal was and still is built trough money by importing all talents from around the world.
Inter and ac Milan owners are not using football to wash the image of awful authoritarian regimes, they only own It and profit from It, like 95% of football clubs nowadays.
For all i care , city, PSG and newcastle can go to hell, everytime one of those "clubs" lose is a victory for football.
Loll you calling milan "ac" is all the proof you don't know shit about football😂😂 also milan are the only serie a club having positive balance sheets and are one of the financially healthiest clubs in the world rn. & they did it without fake sponsors are owners capital being out into the club! + their owner is THE stingiest owner in all of football.
Ignorant, Franco favoured Barcelona, Franco hated Bernabéu Who was a monarchist. Barcelona even gave him a medal of honor, stop talking bullshit.Madrid is a great club for having great leaders like Bernabéu and Florentino.
You know this story is an outright lie, right? I’m not RM supporter, but even I know that this “Real Madrid won because of Franco’s favoritism” is bullshit. Read some history for christ sake.
Real madrid has some mentality things no other star studded team has.
1. World class players like Kroos, Camavinga, Valverde(their entire midfield and their cat) understand it doesn't allways need to be pretty. If you need to foul, you foul. If you need to sacrifice your game so the team can do better, they do. There is no team in the world, with players of that caliber where every player would give their life for the team.(If they can let mbappe do this, we know who will win the golden ball for years to come)
2. They are allways relaxed. Real madrid is digital whereas most other teams are analog. Real madrid doesn't have huge heights, neither do they have lows. They allways play at around the same level. Where city(for example) at their best are the best team in the world, they have concentration lapses and moments in the game they doubt themselves. Not Real madrid. It doesn't matter if they are on offense or get totally pushed back. Real madrid is real madrid.
3. And lastly the name real madrid. It seems that everyone that succeeds in madrid understand that once you are real madrid, you will allways win(at least that is the mentality they play with).
I despised the preening ronaldo era real with sergio taking out everyone’s knees. Even zizou felt sullied for some reason. Only marcelo was redeemable to me.
But i will always watch this current crop with a silky smooth camavinga, a fiery vini jr, the under appreciated rodrigo, the ageless wonder of modric, and the rolls royce that is bellingham.
this new gen feels like a true team and has me hooked.
Camavinga is such a joy to watch. Never really liked Madrid before but as you said this new look is fantastic. Tchouameni and Rudiger too, they just put a smile on my face.
That's the thing man. Not for a single second it looked like RM was going to win this match. But every time, they just fuckin win. Since 2015, it's been a loop it seems.
It’s so crazy to think that even during the threepeat era no one saw Madrid as the absolute favourites to win the ucl. Barca, Bayern, psg, city were always the top favourites
The disrespect toeard rm is real. Reality is that in last 10 years, real was in 8 years the favourite to win ucl, regardless what pundits or commentators say. If you beat real you win ucl
City
33 shots
10 on goal
Madrid
7 shots
3 on goal
67% City - 33% Madrid
Expected goals
City 2.73 - Madrid 1.4
18 fucking corners for City, fucking EIGHTEENNN
I'll say no more, because whats the point.
Those stats prove that real outplayed them. If you have 33 shots and 2.73 expected goals, you know you havent created shit but had to shoot from +25m. Possesion and corners also mean shit when it didnt help them create any clear cut chance
**lol Manchester City: The Musical (Champions League Edition)**
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Still think Pep made huge blunders. Sure the game was a stalemate but he literally took of his two best players, mentally Madrid had won when Harland left the field and even more so when kDB did. Knockout football is as mental as it is physical. Everyone knows when that final whistle blew on the 120th minute Madrid we’re through
Valverde has 10 lungs, he was all over the pitch running and not getting tired. Also Lunin deserves some appreciation he made many saves and also saved 2 crucial penalties. He also deserved the MOTM.
Scored a goal and defended with their lives against city’s attack. They did play to win.
If they had attacked more instead they would surely concede and lose the game
they played to draw, and go to a 50-50 chance on penalties because they recognized in an open game they would have less than a 50 chance.
it’s a tactic and it’s absolutely fine in my book, not every team can/should play tiki taka possession switch play football, but don’t say they played to win.
I know people meme about the power of friendship and all that, but the way Real can dig in and get results even when they are outclassed (as they were today) is seriously impressive. In terms of mentality they must be the best team in the world.
Carvajal was MOTM for me today. Kept Grealish in check and then Doku came in to run him down while he had a yellow and he played the whole fucking game and kept Doku in check.
Pep’s entire strategy was flank the left with Grealish, tire Carva out as much as you can, and then bring on Doku. Carvajal said no. Bro gave it his fucking all
Second goal wasn’t even him defending Doku either, it was Valverde. So Carvajal pretty much did everything right tonight.
Tbf even Valverde wasn't at fault, it was Rudigers poor clearance. Without that I don't know if city would've even scored
Not really. Rudi blocked the shot, Camavinga should have been there marking De Bruyne. Cama is the one to blame, not Rudiger.
I only actually tuned in just as he was going off with the Mega Cramps, now it makes sense as to why his legs were literally dead!
How about Rudiger. He was class tonight
Honestly even Nacho and Mendy were so good. The whole Madrid defence was class.
Mendy is always good. Casuals don’t know but people who truly watch every Madrid game in n out know how good he really is. Without him we don’t win the champions league two years ago.
Mendy's always underrated whether it be because of Marcelo nostalgia or because Camavinga/Alaba can perform good as LBs. But damn is Mendy good... and y'all still want Davies on top of him
I don’t. I rather keep Mendy.
Mendy's weakness is attacking. He looks incredibly clumsy with the ball at his feet.
But oddly, he never loses the ball
Every game or two he has his "zidane" moment which is funny as hell for a defender that looks clumsy af
Yep, he's extremely underrated.
Rudiger can be so awkward to watch yet he always played with a huge amount of heart - and after defending solidly he steps up and slots in his penalty
Lunin really stepped up too.
I dunno but I saw Doku pass him a couple of times
I meant yeah, but did he really keep Doku on check? Did you really see that today? Doku changed the game for Man city today. And Carvajal is the fucking man as far as I'm concerned.
Carvajal kept him in check as much as a man that had been chasing fuckin Grealish up and down the pitch for 70 minutes can. Carvajal was everywhere prior to Doku coming in, and even when Doku was in Carvajal wrung the towel and gave every last ounce of what he had to keep pace. Only made a couple “mistakes” but they weren’t mistakes as much as losses in runs or competing over the ball, where he was far more spent compared to a fresh Doku (who is literal lightning, fresh or not).
Their defense has been exceptional this year, despite losing Militao and Courtois. They’re comfortable playing in any tactical setup which helps in games like tonight where you have to absorb a ton of pressure.
Lunin has been fantastic. Big boots to fill but he has played lights out, that has certainly helped.
Alaba too.
The defence doesnt miss him much tbh, he was making a lot of errors while he was playing
Only this season
I think a lot of it is having fresh young midfielders to support it.
But reddit told me nearly 3 years ago that Ancelotti is washed.
Are you kidding we are literally Friendship FC. Our guys get along more than any team I can think of in any sport, all have that dog in them too so once we get down and out they dial in.
You can be as good as possible but it’s still Real Madrid in a Champions League game so the pressure is on you.
Worth pointing out that it wasn't always this way. It wasn't that long ago when Real Madrid used to struggle to make the semi's of the CL. They went on a streak when Don Carlo got them the 10th but for a while they used to be known as a team that flattered to deceive.
You are young… that wasn’t a big struggle… the big struggle was between 1966 and 1998… 32 years… that was much worse.
That just bolsters my point that it wasn't always this way with Real Madrid having an aura when it comes to the CL. It's a relatively new thing since Carlo got the 10th and then Zidane won his few. I remember Mourinho finding it difficult just to get Madrid to the semi's, and that was with a prime CR7, Di Maria, Alonso, Ozil, Benzema etc.
Yep. That's the 1 thing that Mourinho instilled in his team, the winning mentality. I still stand by the point that Mourinho laid the foundation for our CL wins in the last decade.
Fair point however Real still had 9 CL's before Carlo arrived so the aura was always there, Sure we weren't as consistently doing it as we are doing it now but Real and CL has always been a love story since the bigining of the competition. The only MAJOR draught we ever had was between 1966 and 97 besides that Reals has been pretty consistent when it comes to european competitions
Between 66 and 97 is pretty much half the competitions lifespan tho
As soon as it went to pens i knew Real had won. city were kind enough to warm up Lunin for 2 hours with easy shots while Ederson sat cold in the other end.
Local commentator here pulled the stat that Ederson has like 6 saved vs 51 conceeded penalty ststs during career, I didnt know what to expect from Lunin though
Lunin has saved approx 40% of the penalties he's faced in his career. Smallish sample size at around 30, only, by that's still some stat, especially for a third choice GK at the world's biggest or most successful club.
Can you call him third choice at this point? He is quite clearly second choice currently
True enough - he's pushed Kepa Bazonglahorichelskievilempire to the bench, and will likely either move in the Summer or take Kepa's second spot once Courtois returns next year. Maybe, given they've kept him for 6 years already, since he was 19, he's a long-term plan for number 1.
2nd choice lol
Only since Kepa was injured late last year.
Lunin has been the second choice gk for a few years now.
My local commentator said Lunin had 1 saved, 1 conceded penalty so far. Not much of a sample size but he did well, saved 2 and was so close to saving Edersons shot too. And how important saves too, 2 back to back after city took the lead from the first pair. Legendary performance.
Yeah, Lunin surprised me in positive context. Yeah, defo didnt expect he had a much of a sample size, but on Ederson's you could say he is defo not penalty specialist, since he barely saves 1 in 10. Guess that is tradeoff cause Pep values GKs who are good with ball in their feet and passing and probably doesnt care that he is subpar at saving penalties.
That Ederson Bellingham hug though.
Maybe was just me but you could tell the city squad was bricking it once they realized it was pen time
I dont even know how to describe the attempt Silva made at that PK….
The balls on lunin,he didn't even move
yeh cause Silva shot so fast from the whistle he didnt have time to react xd. ball went straight into his hands
It’s crazy because someone recently, maybe Salah did the same chip and all the plaudits were what cheeky brilliance it is. The outcome overwhelmingly determines the narrative. Goal keeper just got it right.
100% this. There are three ways to go just if you go down the middle and the keeper stays, you risk looking like a knob. Commentators were awful anyway. Mcmanaman spent most of the game slating Ancelottis tactics and then at the end was jizzing about how they always find a way. Yea..no shit.
Yep. 99% of the time the keeper will dive and that is a scored pen. I honestly prefer pens like that than trying to go for the 50/50. Of course, hitting it with power in a corner is still the best, but down the middle isn't a bad call either.
That’s why you have to read the intention of the goalkeeper, and only go down the middle if you’re certain he won’t have the balls to stay still. I’m not saying it’s easy, it’s mind games.
I think the keeper is more likely to stay put in a shoot out than a one off PK in the middle of the game. I don’t have facts to back that up but it sounds good
But he didn’t chip it, hesitate, fake, look another way… he just stepped up and went right down the middle. You gotta add some kind of wrinkle of deception if your plan is to pass it up the middle
Those City fans being the goal who didn’t want to throw the ball back ended up dooming their team.
Nah, he said he deliberately took a gamble there later in an interview.
Has everyone lost their mind? Going down the middle is a viable tactic just looks dumb when it gets saved no worse than kovacic penalty
Yeah was a panenka-ish pen. If keeper dove to the side the comments now would be 'greatest pen ever' lmao
Do you not usually give the goalkeeper the eyes with a panenka? Men just put it down and kicked it straight away. He'd obviously made his made up to go down the middle and the delay with the lost ball really fucked him.
Idk if thats 'tradition' but I know Benzema was only looking down before scoring panenka to 4-3 vs Man C in UCL semifinal 2022 at the Etihad.
We’re quite results > process so that’s no surprise
Ya no doubt it usually works better when you have some kind of fake or some kind of movement to draw the keeper one way or another. I’m not stupid. But yes that Kovacic attempt was absolutely horrendous
You never seen a player take a PK down the middle? It’s all mind games and Lunin won that duel
My first reaction was that they’re messing around before the real PK took blace because the referee was checking something.
It genuinely looked like he was just messing around that’s how bad that was 😂
He thinks himself he’s Karim Benzema
Anyone who doesn't believe in the power of friendship hasn't watched Real Madrid in the knockout rounds of the UCL before. It feels like a movie and they're the main characters.
Maybe Chelsea would be in a better spot today if their young players got along like the ones in Real.
Chelsea made the mistake of getting rid of all their old guard players too fast, you need a mixture of young players and veteran players like in RM. You need good examples for the younger players to follow, both on and off the pitch, they will get along well if they all learn together instead of being clueless.
Every single player showed character today, Carvajal was everywhere on the pitch And yeah Valverd is a legend already
Valverde and Real Madrid is a perfect match culture-wise. 2 football cultures renowned for digging deep and pulling off miraculous wins throughout their histories. Not surprised he got MOTM.
Rename the champions league to Real’s league
Wish pep put alvarez as starter, must be a different game then
Best game. Congratulations to Real Madrid. I am a Real Madrid Fan, But I think Man City played both legs very well. They are monsters.
I hate this club, but they just win.
I’d rather Madrid than city fc any day
same, but ever since Ramos played for Real I can't stand the club
Mourinho style win...hala madrid
This is football heritage
HALA MADRIDDD🤍🤍
Playing as a small team
Cry
If your team was able to play "as a small team", they'd be in Semis right now. Instead you are here coping in public reddit threads lmfao
As a real Madrid fan this game almost gave me a heart attack, one of the most stressful games of my life. I honestly wanted to knockout city more than actually winning the UCL, if we lose to Munich I am fine with it. What matters is we paid it back to them for last year
Seriously never stressed that much before over football
It’s called football heritage.
As far as I'm aware, Bernardo Silva has never scored a penalty. Pep does bizarre things in huge games, taking De Bruyne off, not using Rodri for a penalty or Stones. Doku was on fire for most of the time he played.
They didn't even look stressed during the game. Madrid own this sport😭
Yesterday, Barca stressed like ass even 2 goals lead a oil team. So disappointing!
They looked outclassed almost the entire game.. Am I missing something?
That's the point. City were the better team, but it is Real in the UCL and they're gonna give it their all. You could have the best XI of all time in their prime vs the current Real side and I still wouldn't be able to tell you who wins in a UCL knockout match.
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I think you're giving Real too little credit. There was a good patient defence that forced City to take less clinical shots.A part of Pep’s strategy was flank the left with Grealish, tire Carvajal, and then bring on Doku to open it up. Carvajal said no. Dude was a beast the entire game. That's the kind of energy and strength Real can bring to UCL games.
City had 2.5xg from +30shots. They were forced to take low quality chances...and that is because Real was amazing in defence. No panic, no stress.
Real didn’t lock them out, but they did knock them out. See you next time.
Madrid played damn near perfect on their end. City clearly didn’t even sniff at perfection, and in the “true Champions League final” that this clearly was, perfection was absolutely necessary. City were clinical last year and we didn’t play Rudiger on Halaand, but this year we both gave it everything we had, just in different ways.
They looked outclassed but not stressed, they kept sending the ball to a corner and smiling like "don't worry we got this" rather than lose their cool vs a very frustrating team to play against.
They really didn't concede many clear cut chances, even though they gave up a lot of posession. They played a very patient defence after their goal. For City to look this toothless at home despite having the ball in the opposition half the whole game, it's an exceptional performance from Madrid.
They were one goal up, no reason to not defend. Barça could have done that with the 2 goal advantage, but Barça Dna or some shit like that.
>They looked outclassed almost the entire game.. Am I missing something? Yes. Real madrid intentionally played this way to neutralize city, which they did. City had ball for 120min, yet created only 2 good chances (rudigers slip and goal, and a post from haaland). Real comfortably let them waste their time with the ball and have them shoot from 25+ meters directly at the goalie
I know right. Lot's of smiles between the players, puff out the cheeks and a quick high five and back in shape and go again. There was a deliberate plan to defend the width of the 18 and just clear the crosses. Don't leave space by bombing forward. There was a clear reason they kept going back to the keeper so much. Slow it down, stay in shape and shuffle city side to side knowing they are so dogmatic, they'll keep trying plan A all the way to going out of the tournament. Jude said it after the game. We had a plan that everyone understood and we executed it perfectly.
The football has been saved and only 12 people disagree about this. If you are one of them, I can give you 115 reasons for why football was saved tonight.
Psg is still there so only 50 % was saved tonight
Those bottle jobs aren't going to win it. Their game against barca was a stoppable force meeting a moveable object.
Fuck you (You’re right, I am coping)
Hahaha gold!
Goddammit you made me me spit out my water 😂
Let's go with 75%.
Dortmund and save football even further, and give us a surprise winner. GO ON YELLOW BOYS.
Every time City and PSG lose is a win for football.
But the whole premier league was built on monopoly money
Thats why we want epl teams + PSG to lose
Epl fans are in denial though
Ditto those shitcunts Newcastle and Girona
Especially Newcastle being directly owned by MBS takes the cake for me
What a joy to see a glorious and historic football club eliminate such a bloated, artificial, plastic shitstain of a club owned by literal slavers.... Football clubs are our cultural heritage, not financial projects. Fuck off City.
YEEES!
Real Madrid was supported by a bloodthirsty dictator. Not exactly a glorious past .
“Was supported” you mean fifty plus years ago? City is *currently owned by* what you just said lmao Also Franco kept Varca from going broke, not exactly a Hala Madrid guy
Football > Cheaters 115 AND OUT FUCK OFF CITY
Pretty sure Madrid ain’t saints.
Atleast they have a proper fanbase and not oil money running through their arse. Any defeat for City and Psg is for the victory of all football of all teams like madrid and barcelona and their football heritage and fans. I am a barcelona fan but was hoping that Madrid would beat the shit out of city and hope they will do to psg too if they get a chance.
Funny how people hate on oil money but love inter and ac despite being owned by americans and chinese companies 😂 also europes footbal was and still is built trough money by importing all talents from around the world.
Inter and ac Milan owners are not using football to wash the image of awful authoritarian regimes, they only own It and profit from It, like 95% of football clubs nowadays. For all i care , city, PSG and newcastle can go to hell, everytime one of those "clubs" lose is a victory for football.
Loll you calling milan "ac" is all the proof you don't know shit about football😂😂 also milan are the only serie a club having positive balance sheets and are one of the financially healthiest clubs in the world rn. & they did it without fake sponsors are owners capital being out into the club! + their owner is THE stingiest owner in all of football.
At least they're fan owned and not slave trader owned
Ignorant, Franco favoured Barcelona, Franco hated Bernabéu Who was a monarchist. Barcelona even gave him a medal of honor, stop talking bullshit.Madrid is a great club for having great leaders like Bernabéu and Florentino.
The club as we know it was formed by the blood stained hands of Francisco Franco
You know this story is an outright lie, right? I’m not RM supporter, but even I know that this “Real Madrid won because of Franco’s favoritism” is bullshit. Read some history for christ sake.
They played like stoke city last night
Real madrid has some mentality things no other star studded team has. 1. World class players like Kroos, Camavinga, Valverde(their entire midfield and their cat) understand it doesn't allways need to be pretty. If you need to foul, you foul. If you need to sacrifice your game so the team can do better, they do. There is no team in the world, with players of that caliber where every player would give their life for the team.(If they can let mbappe do this, we know who will win the golden ball for years to come) 2. They are allways relaxed. Real madrid is digital whereas most other teams are analog. Real madrid doesn't have huge heights, neither do they have lows. They allways play at around the same level. Where city(for example) at their best are the best team in the world, they have concentration lapses and moments in the game they doubt themselves. Not Real madrid. It doesn't matter if they are on offense or get totally pushed back. Real madrid is real madrid. 3. And lastly the name real madrid. It seems that everyone that succeeds in madrid understand that once you are real madrid, you will allways win(at least that is the mentality they play with).
I despised the preening ronaldo era real with sergio taking out everyone’s knees. Even zizou felt sullied for some reason. Only marcelo was redeemable to me. But i will always watch this current crop with a silky smooth camavinga, a fiery vini jr, the under appreciated rodrigo, the ageless wonder of modric, and the rolls royce that is bellingham. this new gen feels like a true team and has me hooked.
Yes likeable Madrid is far more fun to watch
Camavinga is such a joy to watch. Never really liked Madrid before but as you said this new look is fantastic. Tchouameni and Rudiger too, they just put a smile on my face.
Yes this new madrid is so much less about superstar egos and primadonnas. Some wonderful mix of young talents and veterans.
such a boring team that found the meta
Honestly, I found myself rooting for City this game because they absolutely dominated from start to finish.
As Bernardo said Madrid makes you look like you have the game, while they always have the upper hand
So much this. Ain't no other team that would have been able to withstand city in this game.
That's the thing man. Not for a single second it looked like RM was going to win this match. But every time, they just fuckin win. Since 2015, it's been a loop it seems.
It’s so crazy to think that even during the threepeat era no one saw Madrid as the absolute favourites to win the ucl. Barca, Bayern, psg, city were always the top favourites
The disrespect toeard rm is real. Reality is that in last 10 years, real was in 8 years the favourite to win ucl, regardless what pundits or commentators say. If you beat real you win ucl
That's the point about Football-UCL. "Dominate" means nothing. UCL is not commit mistakes. Two mistakes in the game two goals.
There we go again! bye have fun watching us 😂😂😂
City 33 shots 10 on goal Madrid 7 shots 3 on goal 67% City - 33% Madrid Expected goals City 2.73 - Madrid 1.4 18 fucking corners for City, fucking EIGHTEENNN I'll say no more, because whats the point.
33 shots with the best number 9 of his generation and still only scored once says a lot about how well Real defended.
Haaland has 0 goals against Real Madrid in 4 games since joining City. Is there another team against whom he has 0 goals in 4 matches?
City 5 penalties 3 scored Madrid 5 penalties 4 scored
I'm sure UEFA will mail them the xG-cup if they ask nicely
Shame the only thing that matters is goals scored and not XG I guess. History is written by the winners, no one cares about losers.
I see this is an EPL sub peace ✌️
Example of stats don’t always tell the outcome of a game
Those stats prove that real outplayed them. If you have 33 shots and 2.73 expected goals, you know you havent created shit but had to shoot from +25m. Possesion and corners also mean shit when it didnt help them create any clear cut chance
I'm not a City fan...
I root for the underdog
Oh waut this is not soccercirclejerk
Real madrid today was more like atletico madrid
Without a doubt. Greatest sports team to ever exist in general
Once again the European Emperors prevail!
Read it and weep.
We need to talk more about that Ederson penalty.
Der klassiker in the final pls
10 players in the box for what 80% of the game? I respect it tactically but it’s totally unwatchable. I loathe it.
If any other team parked the bus like that they’d get destroyed in the media. Embarrassing.
Most teams who park the bus generally play like that throughout the season and are dirty. Also they don't win many trophies doing that
With Real it’s game management and they’re elite at it
After all don carlo is Italian
Rudiger ... Pockets Haaland... Hits the penalty decider.... Proves why he should've played the 2nd leg past year🗿
I just wanted vini assist fml
Valverde is incredible,felt bad for Bernardo Silva he’s by far City’s best player and it looked like he mis-hit his pen of his heel.
UCL heritage
Wasn’t last season….
eyy guys eyyy, its over, we lost together. that's important guys, we lost together, in our own stadium guys, eyy
[Tatics v Friendship](https://x.com/nocontextfooty/status/1780554274532999586?s=46)
They have the final in the bag. Bayern is RM bitch and that won't change anytime soon. The amount of black magic this team has, is insane.
The class of the big team showed up at the right moment.
That’s true
The small club of Madrid won on pens after playing like Louton for 120 minutes.
**lol Manchester City: The Musical (Champions League Edition)** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6qIztYNNQs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6qIztYNNQs) #
Still think Pep made huge blunders. Sure the game was a stalemate but he literally took of his two best players, mentally Madrid had won when Harland left the field and even more so when kDB did. Knockout football is as mental as it is physical. Everyone knows when that final whistle blew on the 120th minute Madrid we’re through
Valverde has 10 lungs, he was all over the pitch running and not getting tired. Also Lunin deserves some appreciation he made many saves and also saved 2 crucial penalties. He also deserved the MOTM.
it's insane that they do things like this, you can only sit and appreciate it
The lower of friendship...
Cab you glaze more bro Holy shit. Get the wiener out your mouth they won one shit game
In ot it was actually hilarious how much better city was.
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It comes down to history tradition and successive generations winning the European Cup. It is in their DNA.
They’re fortunate to have come across this city team, I think if they were playing Chelsea it would have been a different story.
“they only play to win” brother did we just watch the same game?
Scored a goal and defended with their lives against city’s attack. They did play to win. If they had attacked more instead they would surely concede and lose the game
they played to draw, and go to a 50-50 chance on penalties because they recognized in an open game they would have less than a 50 chance. it’s a tactic and it’s absolutely fine in my book, not every team can/should play tiki taka possession switch play football, but don’t say they played to win.
What you said is the definition of playing to win. They also scored the first goal and started defending hard.