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Jezza
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Post subject: Champions League Final 2018: Real Madrid v Liverpool | |
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The European Champions League Semi Final ties are now completed as Real Madrid and Liverpool have advanced to the Champions League Final for 2017 marking the second time they'll be playing each other in the final after Liverpool defeated Real Madrid in the final in 1981.
Real Madrid are vying for their third Champions League final victory in succession, which hasn't occurred since Bayern Munich achieved the 3-peat in 1974, 1975 and 1976. Real Madrid are also seeking to extend their run at the top with a 13th Champions League title. They've been champions in 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016 and 2017.
Liverpool will be seeking to win their 6th Champions League final and their first since their famous comeback victory against AC Milan in 2005. Liverpool last played in a Champions League Final back in 2007 when they lost to AC Milan 2-1. Liverpool have been champions in 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984 and 2005.
Road to the Final:
Real Madrid:
Group Stage:
Match 1 - Real Madrid 3-0 APOEL
Match 2 - Borussia Dortmund 1-3 Real Madrid
Match 3 - Real Madrid 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur
Match 4 - Tottenham Hotpsur 3-1 Real Madrid
Match 5 - APOEL 0-6 Real Madrid
Match 6 - Real Madrid 3-2 Borussia Dortmund
Knockout Stage:
Round of 16 - Real Madrid 5-2 PSG (over two legs)
Quarter Final - Real Madrid 4-3 Juventus (over two legs)
Semi Final - Real Madrid 4-3 Bayern Munich (over two legs)
Liverpool:
Qualifying Phase:
Playoff Round - Liverpool 6-3 1899 Hoffenheim
Group Stage:
Match 1 - Liverpool 2-2 Sevilla
Match 2 - Spartak Moscow 1-1 Liverpool
Match 3 - Maribor 0-7 Liverpool
Match 4 - Liverpool 3-0 Maribor
Match 5 - Sevilla 3-3 Liverpool
Match 6 - Liverpool 7-0 Spartak Moscow
Knockout Stage:
Round of 16 - Liverpool 5-0 FC Porto (over two legs)
Quarter Final - Liverpool 5-1 Manchester City (over two legs)
Semi Final - Liverpool 7-6 AS Roma (over two legs)
This match will be taking place at the Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex in Ukraine on Saturday May 26 2018 with the kick off time being at 21:45 EEST. What are your predictions for this match? Will Real Madrid achieve a 3-peat or can Liverpool breakthrough for their 6th Champions League title after 13 years? _________________ | 1902 | 1903 | 1910 | 1917 | 1919 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1935 | 1936 | 1953 | 1958 | 1990 | 2010 | 2023 | |
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Pies4shaw
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Spoiler alert. Real Madrid will win 3:1, Zidane will look a little smug and Bale will whinge about not getting more game time. In the off-season, he will be traded to Red Star Belgrade for a packet of stale cheezels. When he writes his autobiography, he will express a degree of regret that he “was a little churlish after that game.” |
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Jezza
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Real Madrid 3-1 Liverpool
Real Madrid have completed with the 3-peat with a big victory over Liverpool, and their fourth Champions League trophy in five seasons. Real Madrid is the first team to win the 3-peat since Bayern Munich in 1974, 1975 and 1976.
Zinedine Zidane has also resigned from his managerial post after three Champions League trophies.
Goals:
Real Madrid - 51' (Benzema)
Liverpool - 55' (Mane)
Real Madrid - 64' (Bale)
Real Madrid - 83' (Bale)
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K
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How well do people think Liverpool FC has performed in all competitions in the last half dozen years?
Please opine... |
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K
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"THE perfect person for Liverpool is sitting on a table at Melwood, long legs dangling, wide grin seeming to spread across the room. “Eighth of October, is it? Any presents?” he laughs, reflecting on tomorrow’s third anniversary of his appointment. And on the journey: a Champions League final, two other finals, consecutive top-four finishes and then the start to this season, Liverpool’s best in 126 years.
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A “fab three” powers Liverpool and it is not Salah-Firmino-Mane. It is Klopp, Gordon and sporting director Michael Edwards, whose shared way of thinking in detail, without orthodoxy, leads to decisions such as going for Mo Salah despite his failure at Chelsea, or breaking world records for Virgil van Dijk and Alisson, or reckoning a relegated cut-price Scotland left-back, Andy Robertson, would solve a problem position.
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They expected the Egyptian to score 18-20 goals per season, world-class for a wide attacker, and were happy to be proved wrong in 2017-18 when he scored more than 40. All signings require strong Klopp-Edwards-Gordon agreement — which Gordon was very happy to give even though Van Dijk (Ł70m plus Ł4m add-ons) and Alisson (Ł56m plus Ł9m add-ons) were world record fees. Van Dijk was so far and away the outstanding one of 30 centre-backs scrutinised, and centre-backs are so costly, that his fee was deemed to be a bargain."
(J. Northcroft in The Times, October, 2018.)
Are these signings and results as praiseworthy as Northcroft implies? |
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RudeBoy
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All I know is that Liverpool has been transformed into a genuine powerhouse of the EPL and world soccer as a result of the appointment of Jurgen Klopp. The thing I love about Klopp the most, however, is his open display of genuine passion and love for the Reds and its fans. He regularly calls on the fans to help the team win with their vocal support at games. I know you can't compare apples and oranges, but jeez I'd love to see Bucks go out of his way to connect with our fans and credit them for assisting our team in tight situations. Anyway, it's a great time to be both a Reds and Pies fan. Oh happy days. |
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Jezza
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I dislike Liverpool, but there's no doubt that they've hit a purple patch under Klopp. Still think Man City are favourites for the title but Liverpool are making it interesting.
They just need to start winning some silverware soon though. Klopp has done a remarkable job over three years, but he needs some reward at the end of it. _________________ | 1902 | 1903 | 1910 | 1917 | 1919 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1935 | 1936 | 1953 | 1958 | 1990 | 2010 | 2023 | |
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K
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K
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Mourinho's take, Jan 20, 2019:
'Former Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho says Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp are reaping the benefits of having the full support of their clubs, something he enjoyed during his first spell as Chelsea boss...
"You see today in Liverpool, and I was thinking how many of these players were in Liverpool before Jurgen [Klopp] arrived? No Alisson, no [Virgil] van Dijk, no [Andrew] Robertson, no [Mohamed] Salah, nor [Roberto] Firmino, no [Sadio] Mane, no Fabinho. [Georginio] Wijnaldum, I don't think he played today [in a 4-3 win over Crystal Palace], but no Wijnauldum, no [Naby] Keita. This is work in-depth.
... So if you are a manager that you have in your hands the possibility to choose the player that you want to follow your football idea, or to follow the idea you think is the best to win a certain competition, that's one thing. Another thing is if you are not able to do that." '
http://www.espn.com/soccer/manchester-city/story/3754421/mourinho-liverpool-man-city-success-down-to-support-for-managers |
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HAL
Please don't shout at me - I can't help it.
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Interesting deduction. Would you like to be a manager that you have in your hands the possibility to choose the player that you want to follow your football idea or to follow the idea you think is the best to win a certain competition that's one thing ? |
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Jezza
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K wrote: | Mourinho's take, Jan 20, 2019:
[i]'Former Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho says Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp are reaping the benefits of having the full support of their clubs, something he enjoyed during his first spell as Chelsea boss... |
Jose's first stint with us will always be my favourite period as a Chelsea supporter.
It was a joy to watch. _________________ | 1902 | 1903 | 1910 | 1917 | 1919 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1935 | 1936 | 1953 | 1958 | 1990 | 2010 | 2023 | |
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HAL
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Oh I get it. Very interesting. |
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K
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Real Madrid Rehires Zinedine Zidane as Its Coach
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/11/sports/real-madrid-zinedine-zidane.html
"Late last week, after Real Madrid crashed out of the Champions League to Ajax and saw painful defeats to Barcelona end its hopes in both La Liga and the Copa del Rey, Florentino Pérez, the club’s president, called the man he regards as “the best coach in the world.” He asked him to come back.
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Just 284 days after he left Madrid — after three Champions League titles in three years — after claiming that both he and the club needed a “change,” Zidane walked back into the media suite at the Santiago Bernabéu...
After just two phone conversations with PĂ©rez, Zidane agreed to take charge of Real until the summer of 2022." |
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K
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Restricting Zidane to a coaching role is a missed opportunity for Real Madrid
http://www.espn.com.au/football/club/real-madrid/86/blog/post/3797645/restricting-zinedine-zidane-to-a-coaching-role-is-a-missed-opportunity-for-real-madrid
"Their key problems stem directly from the fact that Madrid do not have a central football plan that is any more refined or robust than "buy talent." Modern times have overtaken that Galactico idea. It can work but not on its own.
Had Zidane been appointed as the brain of the club, rather than the coach, he could have solved that. In effect, he could have become the Johan Cruyff of Real Madrid and mimicked the central core of wisdom, ideology, judgement and know-how that the great Dutchman brought to Barcelona in one form or another after he took over at the Camp Nou in 1988." |
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