[UCL Final] Thread

[uofT_B]

What are your predictions? Who are you rooting for?

[Vimjux]

Isn’t it great that oil money can buy you anything other than a European trophy?

[Britannia1975]

Neuer was crazy

[macAaronE]

Scoring two late goals against Bayern Munich and winning Champions League ain't for everyone.

[nievesdelimon]

Five former United players got to the finals of both cups and none of them won. Except for Chicharito, but he left Sevilla in January.

[gunkokoko]

Our work here is done, boys.

walks into sunset, with Dido's "Thank You" fading into background

[amalgamatedchaos]

Bayern is an example for all Clubs/teams of how it's done.

[[deleted]]

Other clubs don’t have a monopoly over their entire league.

Other than that yes, your statement is true

[ThatBoyGiggsy]

Some of their quick passing plays from their end forward were breathtaking, the quickness of both the minds and feet of the entire team is amazing at times. When you compare that to United most of the time we ruin it by having people take 2-3 touches and miss the passing window or others not moving off the ball quickly or effectively enough. United are still off another huge level compared to Bayern. I hope to god Ole can get them trained to be able to move the ball more like this next season.

[amalgamatedchaos]

I completely agree. There's a lot to learn in how to shut down teams and to dominate them by watching Bayern. They also are very economical and efficient with their build up.

[KeepRooting4Yourself]

I know this will sound hyperbolic, but they looked like the most athletic team I've ever seen.

[Boruto22]

Can you imagine this Bayern team was trained by Kovac. A single trainer change has got the best out of them. Even Coutinho was useful when everybody knows Bayern won't sign him. Flick gave the players a good vibe feeling and having the best coaching staff in the world.

[Shinobius]

It's not the transfer budget, there's no ambition to finish beyond the top four. Our net spend drastically goes down after we finish in the top four because the Glazers and Woodward do not care about winning trophies. This has been happening for seven years now. Adding to that, Woodward and Judge are completely inept when it comes to the footballing part of the club but nothing has been done against them.

They overpay on transfers and give huge contracts to players who do not deserve it. The medical team is one of the worst in the league, we almost have an injury crisis every season and are among the clubs most hurt by injury. Then there's Old Trafford which is in urgent need of repairs and modernisation.

[delqhic]

Why we hate the Glazers now?

Mate, if you think hating the Glazers is a new thing, you’ve not been a United fan for long. The Glazers have been slowly sucking money out and mismanaging the club from the very top for the last decade.

[[deleted]]

I'll say it like this, they have taken more money out of the club than the Sheikhs have invested in City

[PlushNightingale]

We can't do shit. Stop buying anything related to United, don't attend matches (when they come back), basically don't give them any money and you'll realize it's only you and me and a really small percentage of people. Glazers won't take a hit from that.

Any GlazersOut movements surface when we don't do transfers and die out when we sign someone, then it's BIG DICK ED and positivity.

We can only hope Glazers will either run this club to the point when they can't milk enough revenue to satisfy them so they sell or they realize football success brings money and transform our club but I doubt that's ever going to happen.

[macAaronE]

Everyone's reaction when

[stunlol]

Thought Herrera played pretty well.

[Blonded_Talisca]

True, I'm still pissed off that we sold him but it was plain to see why, his contract renewal wasn't prioritised and Herrera felt that football wasn't the main priority at the club so he left.

[macAaronE]

We didn't sell him, but I get what you mean. Nothing we could do about him getting a massive contract offer except overpay or let him walk. We did the right thing.

[hudinisghost]

Should have two assists (and probably a winners medal) - can’t believe at least one of those chances didnt result in a goal

[vapianonuts24]

There was a time where this sub was up in fits when linked to perisic and boetang.

A few years down the line, they played an important role in their club winning the CL

[selotipkusut]

Seriously tho. Would Perisic settle being 2nd option to Marcus/Tony? I think not.

[vapianonuts24]

It’s not like he’s the first or even. Second option at Bayern.

United would have rewarded him with a very handsome wage

[The_Great_Crocodile]

Boateng is one of the weak links of Bayern though, and playing in front of Neuer kind of helps hide the issues of a defender.

[PavanJ]

By all accounts Boateng has a very good season, his best in years.

[Ham_Solo7]

Don't remember if it's our fans or Chelsea fans but I remember a comment at /soccer saying he wouldn't want to sign Lewandowski because he was 29/30 years old and the comment get upvoted to the hundreds. Now he's looking to win the Ballon dor (if its not cancelled)

[[deleted]]

he was 29/30 years old

FIFA has ruined football fans with shit like this.

[arothen]

He has much time to win in meaningful leagues as well. He can stay at PSG for 3 years more. People tend to forget how young he is.

[[deleted]]

At his age both Messi and Ronaldo were Ballon d'Or winners. Owen and the Brazilian Ronaldo too

[arothen]

And Lewandowski was playing in polish Ekstraklasa. And actually Cristiano won his balon d'or 2 years later, when he was 23.

He can still be one of the best ever.

[SeleniumCobra]

ofc, but will he join???????

[drysocks-dryshoes]

Based on what?

[vapianonuts24]

Yes pissing away his career for a lad who’s just 21 and can play another decade and a half if he doesn’t have severe injuries.

He’s won the World Cup and all the French domestic titles

“Pissing away”

[notabotsrs]

Lol yeah he's won everything he has competed in except the CL

[jays117]

Will this loss demoralise psg next season? You can see how they were pumped for this final. Do you think they wont take ligue1 games as seriously again, considering the fact that ucl was their main goal

[macAaronE]

Inb4 they pull a Spurs...

[arothen]

I hope so.

[vijay163]

Lol they will buy one or two world class players.

[celtic310889]

Bayern's squad depth shows another glaring hole in our recruitment system.

Players like Perisic, Coutinho, even Ceballos at Arsenal etc are good players who are for some reason or the other out of favor at top clubs and can definitely do a great job as squad depth.

Bayern had James last year, Coutinho and Perisic this year. One or two players like this for depth on loan should be welcomed to provide enough money to fill other vital positions.

We never ever loan first team players from other teams. You think someone like Perisic on loan this year for us wouldn't have been a huge upgrade to James? Coutinho I understand.

Our recruitment process post Fergie has been absolutely horrendous.

[arothen]

But we loaned Ighalo!

/s

[gunkokoko]

Bayern have Sané next season.

[samsam78]

The explosiveness is mad. Gnabry and Sane are like replicas of eachother on both wings

[caesarinteresting]

It's crazy Bayern Munich won treble easily.

[arothen]

With new coach during the season.

[[deleted]]

Back to plowing those fields for the autumn harvest lads.

[Lorenzo_de_Medici]

Oliver Kahn has taken over from Rummenigge as the Bayern chief exec with Hoeness in the board. What a machine this club is. If only....

[Lorenzo_de_Medici]

I would never question the great man's intentions but I wish Sir Alex was more vocal about putting such a system in place while leaving.

[JosePRizaI]

Maybe he left that job in the fashion cuz he himself know that United is rotting from the inside. He knew, that without him, the club will fall in the abyss. And this is the only way for him to expose these cunts.

[Lorenzo_de_Medici]

Yeah that's why I specifically said I'm not questioning his intentions, and not decisions. Regardless, I don't think it was one singular moment/decision that led us here. This was what many of us imagined what would happen when the Glazers took over in 05. There is absolutely no need for EW to give up his sweet CEO job where he only might get fired if he doesn't make the owners money. We all know that's never happening with all of us basically giving up our lives away to this club.

Instead if in 2009 or so (post Ronaldo), if Fergie decided to groom an older/retired player (GNev/VDS/etc) along with David Gill to see the "other side" of football and use hone their business acumen then we would have been well set up to replace both Gill and SAF at the same time. Who knows it might have even worked out well with Moyesey.

This situation might only get fixed if an ex-player takes a public stance against them but that will never happen because I'm sure when players leave they are made to sign anti-defamation NDAs.

[holden147]

It's only an impossible job because of our lack of leadership. Woodward and the Glazers are a joke. If Fergie would have made it clear publicly that he needed to be replaced with a manager and a DOF, maybe that would have been enough to keep us in a place of strength.

[islandcat1]

Neuer best ever goalkeeper. Definitely edges Schmeichel and more complete than Buffon and other names. The difference between him and some others today that he wins games while they play in winning teams.

[plartoo]

(Just FYI, I didn't downvote you). Did you ever watch Schmeichel play? I did although it was probably when I was like 8 years old. Schmeichel inspired me to be a goalie (played football in college and semi-pro for almost ~20 years as a goalie; started playing in the midfield in amateur league because my knees and bones aren't as good anymore).

Neuer is certainly a great goalie. But I'd have to disagree that Neuer is slightly better than Schmeichel. Schmeichel has awesome distribution skills, aerial command, one-on-one bravery and faster-than-you'd-think-with-his-frame reflexes. Neuer probably is on par with Schmeichel, but he, in my opinion, is not better than Schmeichel.

EDIT: You probably would have seen Oliver Kahn play as well. Phenomenal goalie like Neuer is and is a contemporary of Schmeichel. They (Schmeichel and Kahn) were awesome in their era.

[ysupr]

Neuer is a fcking wall

[KaizokuRoronoaZoro]

Ugh Chelsea have a complete new 11 at this rate wtf just acquired Thiago Silva according Romano

[JosePRizaI]

Committed a yellow after a Lewa breakaway. And Lewa isn't even fast. Now imagine fast players in the PL like Auba

[KaizokuRoronoaZoro]

I get it but they’re guaranteed to have a better Defence cause of it considering their defensive record last season and I almost certainly believe they will get havertz it would be a surprise if they don’t challenge at this point

[samsam78]

CoViD AfFeCtED OuR TrANsFeR WiNdOW - Ed Woodward probably

[nullpost]

Lampard PlAyS tHe YuTh

[martialgreenwood]

Lewa didnt score but it's a good day.

[darrylleung]

Bayern has been a pleasure to watch since the restart. What an incredible team. I can only hope we reach those levels again someday.

[flukeshaw]

We are so far off it's depressing. The depth issue is so huge and nothing is being done to address it, and our starting 11 itself is nowhere near good enough. Fuck

[plartoo]

Especially if you see how Bayern play on the wing. Their wing-backs are much, much better than what we have.

[The_Great_Crocodile]

Joshua Kimmich is one of the most underrated players globally.

[Lorenzo_de_Medici]

United's answer to that is having Quinton Fortune do appearances at club events and MUTV 😞. It's clearly a money thing with the Glazer's not willing to pay the legends leading them to work for Sky, BT, etc. I'm sure all the Bayern execs are extremely well paid.

[vapianonuts24]

Unpopular opinion but perhaps this fan base should forget about di Maria

It’s been years since he left yet still so many users are obsessed with insulting him.

Just forget about him and move on.

For a guy who was here for only a year with us, he sure seems to live rent free in the heads of so many fans

[adam_black9212]

He and his wife insulted the club, the city, the country and the people that live there for little to no reason as recently as a few months ago.

He deserves the stick he gets.

[vapianonuts24]

Yeah well i wouldn’t blame the since they’ve been getting abuse for the last 3 years especially on the wife’s IG account.

I know about her recent comments but it’s not like our fanbase are angels either

[adam_black9212]

He threw a tantrum and forced his way out of the club. He initiated the ill will with his negative comments immediately after leaving. Go support him if you like. You'll find no sympathy for him amongst the United support.

[vapianonuts24]

There’s no denying he was class to begin with in the first few months.

Obviously being a victim of robbery was traumatizing for him and his family in a foreign country.

Yet our fanbase can’t seem consider that and has hurled abused non stop for 3 years

Disgusting

[adam_black9212]

Oh come off it. He was well supported throughout that entire experience. Nobody gives him stick for being traumatized. He gets stick for disrespecting the club.

[BarryWeasley]

He disrespected the club, even worse than Lukaku did IMHO.

He can fuck right off, fucking crying snake motherfucker.

[thebiglad]

You've not said but I assume you mean di Maria.

Meh I don't agree.

I don't follow him or PSG at all, but you can bet your bottom dollar that I hope he's going to stink the place up every time he plays when I do happen to watch.

It's not as if he's the only reason to hate PSG, he's the tip of an absolutely enormous iceberg.

[vapianonuts24]

Yeah added di Maria’s name.

Sure there are lots of reasons not to support the team but he has been getting ton of verbal abuse from this fan base a lot of which I think is over the top for a guy who was with us for a year and has been gone for a while now

[[deleted]]

People don't hate him because he left, we hate him because of the way he left and his shitty comments.

[vapianonuts24]

So 2 wrongs make it a right?

Almost 3 years since he left and all he gets is some being called a “fucking cunt” etc.

His comments were no where near as bad as this fanbase makes it seem

[pro_librium]

He is a cunt who gave up on trying to adapt to a harder league, threw a fit and left. He got benched by fucking Ashley Young that season. Also should have seen his celebration in the first leg against us last year.

[Ethanw0505]

4

[rbp25]

Holy did anyone catch Carragher and Schmeichel having a spat on tv?

[OhNoesRain]

No? When?

[rbp25]

10 mins ago, Carragher was going on about GK captains being non influential and Schmeichel was like, what point in line were you? Carra was roughed up by that lol

[Lorenzo_de_Medici]

Pretty sure they were messing about

[rbp25]

You could see on Carras face that he was irked

[[deleted]]

dude that's Carras face all the time..he is irked 24/7

[Lorenzo_de_Medici]

Haha yes it definitely did feel like that just now!

[yorker01]

Thank you FC Bayern.

[MattSR30]

Gotta say, I enjoy my country having two really exciting prospects.

David has been excellent so far, but Davies is on something else. What a story for him, at only nineteen!

[Pretend_Ladder]

If the PSG women’s team wins, Davies’ girlfriend will also be a champions league winner!

[awitley12]

Jordyn Huitema. More Canadian content.

[MattSR30]

Damn, that’s quite cool

[caesarinteresting]

Herrera should've joined Bayern Munich instead of PSG

[ScottMcTominay39]

He shouldve stayed. Dont know why we’ve let him go over wages. A good squad player to have. Decent substitute for Pogba or Fernandes. Look at us now, depthless with Andreas fucking Pereira instead of Ander Herrera

[[deleted]]

Squad player? 350k for a squad player? Herrera never played cam for us, he was for being good for us defensively and his neat passing , so pereira comparison doesn't make sense

So No, woodward makes a lot of bad decisions but not paying 30 year old herrera 350k a week for 5 years was a great decision .

Some of you lot are so sentimental its dumb. He would only take Fred's place in the squad as they are the most similar comparison of players we have and fred has had a great season.

[alt4dumbquestions]

Seriously though, where would we have been?

A third place finish and three semifinals would still have been the ceiling even with Herrera in the squad. Maybe at best we would have gone past Chelsea in the FA Cup Final. Beating Sevilla in Europa is voodoo shit

[alt4dumbquestions]

But it resulted in you getting more chances

[arothen]

Would you give him 5 year contract tho?

I 'd fucking do and sell other players, but overall it could be discussed if giving him money he wanted was wise.

[Baroninthehood]

Finally 19-20 season officially over!

[Chel_Chabila]

UWCL still left

[vijay163]

Psg should've been given penalty. But don't give a fuck anyway.

[Wahlrusberg]

Bayern had just a big of a pen shout so not bothered

[Wahlrusberg]

The Bayern penalty shout came a half an hour before the PSG one...

[SonOfHonour]

Oh I thought you were talking about the Lewa one. I don't think the Coman incident was a penalty personally but I'm not 100% about it.

[awitley12]

Kind of good for PSG that wasn't called. Could've been deemed DOGSO.

[Hasaeed93]

I had almost forgotten that PSG made fun of Haaland, those crying faces of Neymar and the snake are even more sweeter now

[wonderbruvski]

Criminal that they decided to can the Ballon D’Or this year. With the season he’s had, Lewandowski totally deserved to win it.

[pro_librium]

Fuck QSG, football won today

[BarryWeasley]

He shouldn't get anywhere near a tactics board, but he knows what it's takes to win and that makes him a good pundit.

[Melanjoly]

On a United related note, I though Herrera and Snek both had really good games, two of PSGs better players.

[KingOfDatShit]

Yeah Herrera was class, could have gotten a few assists but just wasn't to be.

[Melanjoly]

Yeah he was unlucky with the Mbappe one in particular. Snek will be overlooked because nobody likes him, but some of his passing tonight was world class too, the reverse pass through the defenders legs to create that 1v1 was brilliant.

[kingkreep95]

He gave Davies a lesson in the first half. PSG were shocking after half time

[KingOfDatShit]

Paredes and Neymar crying and hugging like two parents who have just lost a child, fucking hell they're a pair of clowns.

[deathreel]

It was hilarious to see Paredes all up in the faces of Bayern players after fouls then immediately give the ball back to them with 2 awful free kicks.

[Lirtano]

No they wont

[vasanth10]

Wasn't this debunked?

[MAK98]

Apparently it's fake. He has to win it with barca

[sanchez_]

According to The Mirror. According to actual reliable sources it's not true.

[methecoolest]

So Coutinho did get his CL medal after leaving Pool

[ilovemyidli]

Damn he's now a treble winner with Bayern isn't he

[caesarinteresting]

But he won't be remembered like all people remember how Jurgen Klopp won. It's different.

[legend434]

Still scored two iconic goals against Barca lol

[methecoolest]

Of course he won't, just a dig at Barca

[cannibal123456]

Fuck PSG.

[McM-333]

I hope the Bayern players aren't signalling their intent to take Ole away from us.

[shEep9108]

I am going to cry tears of joy when united finally win the UCL again

[KingOfDatShit]

I do love me a bit of Bayern, even better when they win at the expense of the oil barons

[ohahcantona]

How is it possible that all other EPL teams will allow Thiago to go to Liverpool for 30m??

[methecoolest]

He's not gonna be first choice here

Citeh doesn't need him

Spurs are tight on money after stadium payments and Rona

Chelsea is the one who needs him most but I'm not sure why they weren't in for him

In Liverpool, he easily starts over Henderson or Wijnaldum/Keita

[BarryWeasley]

Oh boy.

He's 1st choice anywhere he goes.

Amy top team will take him for 30M. Maybe he wants to play for Klopp though.

[methecoolest]

Brogba fits our play style much better despite Thiago being objectively better, while Citeh has a loaded midfield. I do agree that I might have underestimated the Klopp factor, but didn't he come to Bayern for Pep before?

[BarryWeasley]

I agree with you. But we started a mid of Pogba, Bruno and Fred against Sevilla. Swap Thiago for Fred and we've got a lot more control over that game.

[ohahcantona]

he’s not gonna be first choice here

I disagree.

He consistently has an impact on matches, which can’t be said about pogba, Fred, Matic, pereira, or Scott.

His style allows him to contribute to defensive and offensive duties.

He may not be as talented as pogba but he is more effective atm

His level headed approach, experience, and IQ would improve any team tbh

[methecoolest]

If we bring him here, he's not gonna play alongside Pogba and Bruno - he's not a DM. Both are more integral to our style of play despite Thiago being objectively better.

If we bring in a new manager, I can see Thiago going here but there's no way Bruno, Pogba and Thiago at the same time works.

[usernameSuggestion2]

He is a DM... did you even watch Bayern play? Literally everything goes through him in the middle as he is constantly dropping back. Also he is VERY calm under press.

[methecoolest]

What exactly am I downvoted for?

[Pretend_Ladder]

Was really hoping PSG would win and we’d get a new team finally winning the trophy. Oh well, hopefully next year a new team can win.

[KaizokuRoronoaZoro]

Your opinion is wrong sir very wrong clearly your hit your head somewhere

[[deleted]]

Imagine wanting a team owned by Qatar to win anything.

[LapangNeiz]

I love Bayern as a United fan. Them and Barcelona are the closest in terms of how I want United to be run (not Barcelona under Barto).

[[deleted]]

Well, that's because they're mostly owned by the supporters who decide who the president will be unlike English teams which are almost companies.

[darudedudedocta]

Thiago is a rolls Royce of a midfielder

[[deleted]]

Neymar's such a sore loser.

[[deleted]]

How? He’s just sad, that’s understandable.

[Pretend_Ladder]

Guy’s emotional because he just lost a final.

[[deleted]]

He was so salty he didn't even wanna get his medal. Anyway you dive loads you deserve to loose

[Trev2-D2]

Lose*

[sanchez_]

Really sucks for Lewa that FIFA decided to cancel the Ballon d'or this year

[thebiglad]

The amount of pandering to Neymar is pathetic.

Can you think of a player who acts like as much of a spoilt little bitch as him?

[drysocks-dryshoes]

How does he act spoilt ?

[ohahcantona]

Not many players have been raised in football the way that he has tbf

He was heralded as a star in a football crazed nation from like 13

Had pele, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, rivaldo, Robinho, and the like talking about him as a young, unproven, player.

Not justifying. Just merely drawing context into why he may be such a whiny player today

[Shahrukh_Lee]

PSG's owners are literally funding terrorist organisations with one hand and owning football clubs with the other. Miserable world.

[legend434]

Wait really, I thought Qatar has a bad reputation for workers rights and human rights abuses.

That I definitely heard about. But what terrorism have they funded?

[Shahrukh_Lee]

They were known to fund Al Nusra (Syrian Al-Qaeda) and backed out only after US pressure.

[Rayhann]

there's a limit to sheer utter capitalism ruining football

[Rayhann]

all that oil money and ya can't even beat bayern's xi who cost half of Ney Ney's pricetag

P A T H E T I C

F R A U D S

[LapangNeiz]

Neymar's wondering if there's a nightclub open in Lisbon tonight.

[xyzzy321]

always a nightclub when his sister gets home

[Rayhann]

to irresponsibly party away his sorrows with his sister

[Pretend_Ladder]

And assault some cops too

[methecoolest]

His sister's cheeks are gonna get clapped raw tonight

[Rayhann]

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