Champions League Final | Pre-Match Thread

[didsburyblu]

Hopefully a one off and doesn't become a focus of the weekend.
Daily Fail also reporting that City managed to sell their allocation unlike Chelsea because the club covered all travel and Covid tests costs.. That'll be news to the thousands of City fans who've literally gone through hell & expense with this testing regime.
Anyway let's hope future headlines are restricted to what happens on the pitch and a glorious weekend in the history of MCFC.

 

[FantasyIreland]

The knobhead shouldn't have any choice in coming back if our mods did their jobs. They were never this slack when @FantasyIreland was on their case.

True story ;-)

The username alone should be enough to fuck him off.....Anyone who calls John Terry,a known racist and complete prick,by the title 'Sir' is clearly a **** of the highest order.

 

[D'Silva]

It's a shame we have to face a jammy team in the final. Chelsea in CL have never look like a team that go in a match looking for a win. Even Spuds have a bit more initiative than them. There is a big chance we'll suffer Bayern's fate but we are still odds on favorite based on our overall quality.

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

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Hopefully a one off and doesn't become a focus of the weekend.
Daily Fail also reporting that City managed to sell their allocation unlike Chelsea because the club covered all travel and Covid tests costs.. That'll be news to the thousands of City fans who've literally gone through hell & expense with this testing regime.
Anyway let's hope future headlines are restricted to what happens on the pitch and a glorious weekend in the history of MCFC.

Could do without this. Loads arriving today, on the sesh from now in the airport. Potentially a bad night ahead where this nonsense is concerned. They need to grow up.

 

[JamieTartt]

I'll tell you one thing, mate. It's all good that Chelsea FC don't worry you and that's fine. But as Chelsea fans, we have been supporting our club for a very long time and in 2012, we faced Bayern and beat them at their own backyard. Now with all due respect your team, that Bayern side was far superior to the City team we will be playing this Saturday and we beat them in their own backyard, so you can understand that your team does not phase us one bit. Chelsea thrive on being underdogs, in this competition.

Bigger twat than your namesake.

 

[supercity88]

I think the main point here is, that you don't have much options to bring on if some of your main players are not performing to their best ability in the final. Ferran Torres, Aguero, Gabriel Jesus just don't have the quality to hurt us.

Couldn't agree more with you here. If I was a Chelsea fan I would look at Torres and think, he might have scored 4 goals in 6 CL games but he is too young to make an impact.

Similarly Gabby only scores a goal every two games in the CL and Aguero...well he is past it. 260 goals for City but hasn't scored for us in a proper game for years.

 

[MillisleBlue]

Shit's gettin' real...!

 

[City_Sean]

The difficult aspect of this final is that Chelsea set up with five across the back but have such pace up top.

All their defenders are v comfortable in possession and in Jorge Jorginho they have someone who's excellent at passing through the lines.

I fear that pressing them high isn't the way to go as it enables you to be hit on the break with long balls to Werner and Pulisic.

My concern ahead of Saturday is that we become too narrow in our attacking play, Mahrez for example cutting inside will be running into a congested space.

I wonder if City will drop deeper to keep a solid shape and simply engage the press when the midfield two of Chelsea/wingbacks get the ball? Otherwise I feel they'll be able to make the pitch too wide.

Pep said a while back that he has two options for playing Chelsea. I'm actually very curious as to what they are.

Still think we'll win as we have better quality, but these are a tough and v well set up side.

 

[Roachy]

It's a shame we have to face a jammy team in the final. Chelsea in CL have never look like a team that go in a match looking for a win. Even Spuds have a bit more initiative than them. There is a big chance we'll suffer Bayern's fate but we are still odds on favorite based on our overall quality.

That is a worry tbh, but we can mitigate it with 2 things. First we really have to turn up, secondly take our chances.

 

[Fordyboy46]

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Hopefully a one off and doesn't become a focus of the weekend.
Daily Fail also reporting that City managed to sell their allocation unlike Chelsea because the club covered all travel and Covid tests costs.. That'll be news to the thousands of City fans who've literally gone through hell & expense with this testing regime.
Anyway let's hope future headlines are restricted to what happens on the pitch and a glorious weekend in the history of MCFC.

No proof at all they were City and Chelsea fans, why in Albufeira as well?