Milan is just not a good squad. Just look at that lineup and bench. Ugh. There have been a few weak semifinal teams recently, Villareal, Lyon, Spurs.....

The REAL CL final is in Manchester next week.

Milan Derby leg two today.

Inter up 2-0 on GD.

That was super boring.

City and Real today. Tied on gd.

Hala Madrid!

Furlock Bones said:

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Milan getting cooked at home. What are they going to do when they have to travel to Inter?

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My jokes are layered and nuanced.

Man the stadium is up for this one so far

Courtois has single-handedly kept them in this. My goodness.

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Courtois has single-handedly kept them in this. My goodness.

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2 incredible saves

That had definitely been coming

This feels like one of those games where a team dominates Madrid and all of sudden get sucker punched from nowhere.

Hope it happens again

Well damn.

As a Leipzig fan, this feels like where we dared to get a deserved draw with City in the first leg. And City punished us by utterly dominating the 2nd leg. They lived in the final third that whole game. Just like this so far.

Kroos denting the crossbar.

****.

Could get ugly now

Like I said, I'm not taking anything away from his feats. The dude has been the best manager in world for the last 15 years. His teams play great tactically. But he has had almost unlimited access to the best players in the world. If he wants someone, his ownership groups write the check every time.

Watching the energy and freshness that City is playing with right now. Its because they can rotate at will with very little drop off. Their bench team would finish in the Top 4 of the PL with little problem.

When does Real start playing?

Fun to watch. But it was last year too until the 88th minute, so this game is still in doubt

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wangus12 said:

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Pep has always been the spoilt rich kid who got everything he needed. I'm not taking any of his feats away but has the man ever built anything from the ground-up. He's always had unlimited funding

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Well, there are teams in London and Paris in particular that spend money like it is going out of style and don't have near the success Pep has, so it does take a great coach to win as consistently as he has, even with good talent. City doesn't miss much on their signings and he gets them all to play within his sytem.

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It still would be interesting to see how he would navigate the transfer market if he even had to play it on the next rung down of financial ability, like the Atleticos/Spurs/Liverpools/etc. of the world have to play it.

Anyhow, I just wonder how long he'll want to stay in Manchester and if he would like to leave, just where the heck that would be. I guess PSG and Ligue 1 is possibly the next one to conquer.

At a bar that is less sports bar than I had hoped. But they have the game and sound. Guy next to me telling a lady how he's been a big city fan for a long time…ever since Pep went there.

Dude that's like 6 whole years

I could see PSG backing up a truck of money for him, but no idea if he'd jump at that chance or not.

I remember last time we were up by 2 on RM in the second half of the last leg. I'm still nervous as hell.

jeffk said:

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I've only met one American City fan that predates the current ownership group.

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never met an American United fan that predates their dominance. So what?

Aston94 said:

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wangus12 said:

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Pep has always been the spoilt rich kid who got everything he needed. I'm not taking any of his feats away but has the man ever built anything from the ground-up. He's always had unlimited funding

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Well, there are teams in London and Paris in particular that spend money like it is going out of style and don't have near the success Pep has, so it does take a great coach to win as consistently as he has, even with good talent. City doesn't miss much on their signings and he gets them all to play within his sytem.

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The team across town spends a ton too. I haven't checked in a year or so, but the other team usually has the largest wage bill in the EPL.

I've had plenty of that in all my other favorite sports teams.