The Champions League Final
I am in the Juve court today..... let Buffon win the trophy for once
Join me
UWS
posted by United We Stand @ 2:12 PM
Lakenheath Old Boys
We are all former students at Lakenheath High School and other public schools in East Anglia. We were in school in the 70s and 80s and drank deeply from the well of British culture of those decades - the pints, the telly, and of course the footie!
Saturday, June 03, 2017
I am in the Juve court today..... let Buffon win the trophy for once
Join me
UWS
Lakenheath Old Boys
We are all former students at Lakenheath High School and other public schools in East Anglia. We were in school in the 70s and 80s and drank deeply from the well of British culture of those decades - the pints, the telly, and of course the footie!
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So Fox has started their coverage. They have the Rebecca Lowe wanna be in the stadium with a Yank and Big Brad commentating on the match
Big news to start is that Bale doesn't!!
On the bench in his home town
The line ups
Juventus: Buffon, Alves, Chiellini, Bonucci, Barzagli, Sandro, Khedira, Pjanic, Mandzukic, Dybala, Higuaín.
Real Madrid: Navas, Carvajal, Varane, Ramos, Marcelo, Casemiro, Modric, Isco, Kroos, Benzema, Ronaldo.
Looks like Real are going to be wearing purple and the Zebras will be out there for Juve
Wonder if Pogpants is pissed he left Juve... missing out on a Final
Wow
Juve have lost 6 European Finals... their last four too!!
Come on Juve... I REALLLLLY want Spain to lose!
James Rodriguez not even on the bench!
I'll take him and Bale at OT with Lukaku in the middle
Good afternoon, UWS. Back from a refreshing shower and now eating lunch. You're in top form. Great post and spot on with the comments.
Absolutely. I second that.
United play the winner in the UEFA Super Cup in Skopje, Macedonia on August 8th. Will it be Pogba or Jose facing his old club?
Cardiff the fourth British city to host the Final
London, Manchester and Glasgow
Welcome MUR
Black Eyed Peas on .... just bring the bloody teams out!!
Rap music part of the pre-match routine. Sigh...
Kick off is in less than ten minutes!!
GET 'EM OFF!!
Thanks, UWS. I picked my choices for 50th and 51st Prem teams. Keep in mind that the Cherries and Swans were promoted to the Prem less than a decade after winning on the last day of the season to avoid relegation from the Football League
I'm going to google but how many years has the Final been on a Saturday
Hopefully last song
Tonight's going to be a good night
I agree. Jacquelyn says these are old songs. By old, she means they came out five years ago.
I saw that
I commented
Teams in the tunnel can't wait for the BEP to get off
Wonder if they were dancing
The Final has been played on a Saturday since 2010. That year, Jose's Inter defeated LVG's Bayern 2-0.
The first Saturday Final was in 2010
Inter beat Bayern 2-0
Sorry. What had you already mentioned?
Here they come
They are out on the 'pitch'
Most of it is still covered by the blue tarp
Kick off is in ONE minute
Yesterday was a crazy day. It was our teacher workday prior to Summer. Then straight home to change to go out to eat then straight to the graduation ceremony. A non stop day until 1015 PM.
Welshmen Ian Rush holding up the European Cup.. old Juve player
The trophy is being rushed out on to the pitch by Ian.
Yikes... what a long day
Congrats again
He was also on the losing side against Juve in the final where the horrible disaster occurred.
Such a bad pun David
Thanks, UWS. Our local Boggus Stadium has a capacity of 10,500 and was filled to near capacity. I don't remember quite that many people at my graduation . How about yours?
We are off
They're off from the Millenium.
COME YOU OLD LADY!
Afternoon, chaps - thanks for getting us going, UWS. I'm here in the Cottage with a couple of buddies. We're in the midst of a garage sale weekend here in Fred-town so it's a busy day.
Welcome Bob... and Friends
Good afternoon Bob and friends.
Decent header
Good start by Juve
Higuain heads straight to Navas.
MOEdric
He's mispronounced about three players... how could he not know!
Why wouldn't Brad tell him off.. it was an old teammate
Higuain with a swerving effort straight to Navas. that he fumbled then gathered.
His name is John Strong, but his commentary is rather weak.
Could De Gea be keeping against United in Macedonia on August 8th?
Great save from a Pjanic shot
All JUVE
Good save by Navas from Panic then the offside flag is raised. Great start by the Zebras.
A REAL Panic attack for the purple team.
Has Ronald touched the ball
Is this the first major European final to be played indoors?
I doubt it. He's playing more like Donald.
The Bernebeu is filled with fans with big screens around a circle in the center circle
Great defending by the Hatchet man on Ronny that was actually a fair challenge.
Ronny has scored for United in this stadium.I hope he doesn't score today.
Dybala booked for a foul on Kroos. It didn't seem that severe.
Juve have started well - you lot must be pleased.
Benxema, unlike Alexis, will not be able to get away with handball.
Who do you want to win Bob?
I am and it has nothing to do with my love of Zebras.
I'm neutral in this one. I had picked Barca to win this one.
Never a foul there
Pick a side and stick with it
Surely anyone but La Liga
I picked Bayern, who were eliminated by some REAL horrible officiating , so I will be going for the Zebras.
I wanted to have some goals here
The 39 year old Buffon could be double that age today due to the lack of quality in Real's attack today
Ramos is an idiot
He should be booked for pushing him
Casemiro and Sergio Ramos the pantomime villains today. Mandzooks and Ramos get into it.
ONE NIL
RONALDO!!!
He opens up the scoring... hardly done a thing but puts them one up
GOAL !!!! RONNY PUTS REAL INTO THE LEAD WITH THEIR FIRST SHOT ON TARGET.
Nice first time finish
at least it's not a nil niller for an American audience
The first time this match the purples attacked with REAL pace and it paid off. They won the ball in their own box and a pacy ten pass possession culminated in Ronny playing it out wide to Carbajal, who passed back to Ronny, who tucked it in the corner.
That goal was against the run of play, but it shows what happens when you play with pace and agreed about the finish.
Ronny like he did in the 2004 Cup Final, scores in this stadium. I think he considers this to be a lucky stadium/.
Useless pass there!!
There was an opening!!
Real blew their break too
Is Higuain playing against one of his former clubs?
GOAL!!
GREAT GOAL !!!
Mansukic(sp?)
WOW !!!!! what an overhead kick by mandzooks. it's all tied up
COR! What a goal from big Mario Mandzukic!!!!!!
Spectacular skill for a big, bulky player. A cross from Alex Sandro was chested down by Higuain to Mandzooks, who chested it then volleyed it into the upper 90.
That lead lasted only seven minutes .
How can Ramos say that wasn't a foul?
He points at the ball... he never touched it
That was a poor challenge by Sergio Ramos on Dybala . Why wasn't he booked?
Ronaldo tries his overhead kick... blocked
Finally Ramos in the book
I hate him
Great final so far
Not cagey...both teams attacking
Another chance... Ronaldo misses a header
Dani Alves booked for a late challenge on Alex Sandro . Sergio Ramos needs to stop with the yelling. Indoor voice please.
Ramos is a chippy bastard - would love to see him sent off.
Real are complaining too much after every challenge
GROW UP
Clumsy by Modric on Dybala just outside the Real box.
Straight into the wall
Me too.He should know that refs don't like players screaming at them at the top of their lungs.
Chellini called for a foul on Sergio Ramos off a Juve corner. Both players show mutual respect for once.
Mandzooks down off a challenge by Carbajal. The stretcher is out, but he should be able to continue.
Hard to believe it's almost halftime. What a quick half!
Great block by Veran from Panic.
Carbajal booked for a foul on Mandzooks. Not sure why he's complaining.
They are complaining about everything
I hope both teams keep this up and not try not and lose
Agreed. It's been a decent CL Final for the first time in a while.
Two minutes of stoppage time.
Half time
Well done both teams
More of the same please
That's that - it's been a whirlwind half with two great goals. More of the same please!
It's 1-1 at the end of an entertaining half.
Second half just about to start
Last 45 of club football...maybe
No changes yet as we approach the beginning the second half.
Could Bale be on his way out of Madrid?
If he doesn't play, possibly.
If he comes on and scores the winner... no
Great saving tackle
Great tackle by Barzagli for a Real corner. A foul is called off the corner.
The hatchet man is now down for Juve.
Toni Kroos is added to the list of Real booking and Real cry babies.
Kroos was REAL cross about being booked.
First save of the match for Buffon, which is a comfortable one from Modric
Second half not as good as the first so far
Monkey Boy warming up now - the match could use him.
Decent cross almost hits Ronaldo at the back post
Marcello with a long range effort that swerves wide
Isco well wide with a long range effort.
It would be great to see Monkey Boy play in his hometown.
GOAL MADRID
A deflected shot but from a long way out
Buffon looks bummed
GOAL! Jammy deflected effort from distance by Casemiro!
GOAL !!!! WHAT A FINISH BY CASEMIRO FROM LONG RANGE . A GOAL FROM NOTHING.
Buffon could have been at fault there
It all started when Dani Alves gifted possession . He was down, effectively putting Real a man up. Several passes later, that long range effort from Casemirio went in.
I wonder of the deflection deceived him.
THREE ONE
Ronny scores again
GOAL! Skippy adds a third!!
GOAL !!! RONNY WITH HIS SECOND AS REAL NOW LEAD 3-1.
It started when Real were gifted a throw from a Real throw. Carbajal had a cross headed out then played Modric down the right and his cross was headed in by Ronny from close range.
Nice attacking move from Juve - Cuadrado on for the defender Barzaglia.
Some Pjanic panic as the Croat is booked for Juve.
Then a pull back from Panic on Casemiro and he could have been off for a second yellow.
Alex Sandro booked for a foul on Veran
Marchisio now on for the injured Pjanic.
Claudio Marchissio on for Panic as Juve make a second change.
Caudrado booked as the total is mounting up for frustrated Juve.
It appears that Real will be the first team in the CL era to retain the trophy,.
Juve appeared to have run out of ideas as it's just a matter of time before Real lift the trophy.
Monkey Boy finally gets his chance coming on for Benzema.
A sentimental move by Zidane as Monkey Boy is on for Benzama in his hometown in the CL Final.
We're trying to think of a Manchester United fullback - French of African descent who now plays for Juve. Can you think who that might be?
Zidane will be pleased to win against one of his former clubs.
Bale almost in
Evra
IS that Evra ? I think he is of Senegalese descent.
Thanks, mate - it was driving us crazy.
ooh, flicked header just wide
Juve needs a goal VERY soon
Great free kick by Dani Alves headed inches wide by fellow Brazi, Alex Sandro.
Juve have been second best the whole second half!!
Marco Asensio on for Isco.
BOOM BOOM! It is true.
I HATE RAMOS
Cuadrado has only been on 18 minutes - and he's off!!!!
He did NOTHING
UNBELIEVEABLE!!!
Ridiculous from Ramos - I would have given him the second yellow.
It gets worse for Juve as Cuadrado is off for a second yellow after he pushed Ramos. The replay showed that it was a disgraceful flop by Ramos for a mere tap!
Something has to change
How can Romero get away with this
They should get Oscars
It is cheating
agreed. Absolutely disgraceful!
agreed and because of that this match is now done and dusted
He will not be complained to
It is so pathetic
My friend has stopped watching the sport until they change these things
Unfortunately, that may be many years away.
Morata gets a brief cameo.
The final roll of the dice from Zidane as Alvaro Morata, a former Juve player, is on for Tony Cross.
Dani Alves fouls Modric in Bale territory.
Into the wall by Ronny.
GOAL !!!!MARCO ASENSIO PUTS REAL 4-1 UP SEVERAL PASSES LATER.
4-1.... Bloody cheats
Into stoppage time.
Marcello picked up the loose ball , went on a run and his pass was diverted in by Asensio.
The match was much closer than the score indicates and agreed about the cheating. A poor way to end the season.
That's it
Real Madrid have won it back to back
Bummer
That's it as Real win 4-1 to become to win consecutive finals in the CL era.
That's that - a comprehensive win for Real in the end.
I am off boys
I'll be around for Scotland England match
Cheers, UWS. Great chatting with you. I will join you for that match
Nice chatting with you lads! Cheerio!
Cheers, Bob. Great chatting. Hope to chat with you during Scotland vs England.
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