Champions League Games 12/13 April '22

Lot of disrespect on here for Villarreal. They've earned their place in the semi final and beaten some teams that we'd worry about. They've got a decent chance against the Dippers.
They've got a chance, not a decent chance though. They're 7th in La liga. They're united. You'd kill to have that level of team in the semi finals
 
Lot of disrespect on here for Villarreal. They've earned their place in the semi final and beaten some teams that we'd worry about. They've got a decent chance against the Dippers.
Hope they've got an armoured coach
 
This truly is the greatest football competition in the world as the 7th best Spanish side reach the semifinals. Creme de la creme.
I posted this recently:
United are the only team to win the Premier League and Champions League together (1999+2008)
Liverpool finished 5th when they won it in 2005 (37 points behind 1st)
Chelsea finished 6th when they won it in 2012 (25 points behind 1st)
Liverpool finished 2nd when they won it in 2019 (1 point behind 1st)
Chelsea finished 3rd when they won it in 2021 (19 points behind 1st).

Only one of those were the Prem champions the season before - United won the Prem in 2007 and then the CL in 2008
In 1998 United finished 2nd (1 point behind 1st)
In 2004 Liverpool finished 4th (30 points behind 1st)
In 2011 Chelsea finished 2nd (9 points behind 1st)
In 2018 Liverpool finished 4th (25 points behind 1st)
In 2020 Chelsea finished 4th (33 points behind 1st).

The 2019 final was played between two teams (Liverpool and Tottenham) who hadn’t won the league in England for 29 and 58 years respectively. A combined 87 years. The Championship Play-off final in the same year was played between two teams (Aston Villa and Derby) who had a smaller combined number of years since winning the league (82… 38 and 44 years respectively).

As you can see, the CL is certainly not about being the best team in Europe, especially when many of the winners are only the 5th or 6th best team in England. All of this sort of stuff makes a mockery of the CL really. A team finishing 4th then 5th, 30 then 37 points behind the best team in England, but winning the CL, is an absolute joke! It shows that all it’s about is just having a good cup run, some favourable draws, and mainly just taking your chances on the day.

City also got knocked out by Lyon who were 7th in France two years ago, and by Spurs who finished 27 points behind us.
 

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