2020 Champions League final -Bayern vs PSG

[North Cole]

The reactions here crack me up sometimes. I think people don't realize that an attacker playing well in these finals is brutally difficult. When there's a brick wall in goal it's even harder. We've seen that now three CL finals in a row.

Neuer doesn't get the credit. Some think he's washed. Clearly better than Ter.

 

[les Habs]

Who do you have 1?

Liverpool.

 

[koyvoo]

This is true. Adrian and Oblak ruined the entire competition this season.

 

[les Habs]

Neuer doesn't get the credit. Some think he's washed. Clearly better than Ter.

No, he’s not better.

 

[Live in the Now]

Also, the last time someone actually scored an attacking goal in the CL final was in 2018, and there was only one. Its been that long since a defense got cleaved open at this level. It's hard.

 

[member 305909]

I guess the CL is becoming even more important because European leagues have become boring with teams like Bayern and Juventus winning their leagues 7 times in a row.

Would an American-style salary cap be used in European football or is that a totally unrealistic idea?

 

[North Cole]

No, he’s not better.

IMO yes, based on his positioning and ability to challenge forwards. Absolutely the best at knowing when and how to come off his lines coupled with ball handling.

 

[HajdukSplit]

Would an American-style salary cap be used in European football or is that a totally unrealistic idea?

Don’t see how it would work honestly, UEFA is approx 53 leagues, you can’t enforce the same rules in EPL as the San Marino league. Plus I read a salary cap is illegal in EU labor laws?

 

[koyvoo]

Lewandowski just called himself the best number 9 in the world on Polish telly.

Top scorer and champion in every competition he played this season. Would’ve won balon dor.

 

[Theokritos]

Would an American-style salary cap be used in European football or is that a totally unrealistic idea?

It's more likely North America does away with the salary cap than it is that Europe introduces it.

 

[Savant]

2020 Champions League final -Bayern vs PSG

Yeah. I mean that’s my takeaway from this game. Tuchel is with another tactical dud in a big European game. I had more problems than even that.

 

[robertmac43]

So happy for Davies right now! If he is not the Lou March (Best Canadian Athlete) winner this year I will riot.

 

[hatterson]

Late on my thoughts because the kids were going crazy right after the game (because they’re crazy, not because of the game).

I think the better team on the day won, but it certainly wasn’t a domination.

Neymar was extremely poor and I struggle to blame anyone but him for that. It didn’t seem like Bayern did anything really special to shit him down. Mbappe wasn’t much better.

PSG didn’t seem ready to use their deadliest weapon (speed against the high line), the midfield played alright, but weren’t at all looking to play long balls quickly.

Bayern’s front line wasn’t amazing either, although they weren’t poor.

Davies played well, especially given what he was asked to do. Basically got zero defensive help on the midfield or winger on his side and had to play next to the worst CB on the pitch. He struggled a bit going forward, but I also saw a ton of passes to him that were way too high and he was stuck trying to jump up on the sideline to keep it down which prevented him from moving forward with pace when there was an opening.

Game would have been a lot different if either side had taken their chances.

 

[Power Man]

Don’t see how it would work honestly, UEFA is approx 53 leagues, you can’t enforce the same rules in EPL as the San Marino league. Plus I read a salary cap is illegal in EU labor laws?

yep

I would like to see a salary cap but as you said it’s unrealistic

 

[hatterson]

yep

I would like to see a salary cap but as you said it’s unrealistic

There’s really not a sensible way to implement it.

Revenue is so dramatically different between the various leagues that you could never have a consistent cap across them.

Even inside a single league, it’s hard given the massive wealth disparities between clubs and the already fairly high level of revenue sharing going on in most of them.

 

[Vasilevskiy]

Neuer doesn't get the credit. Some think he's washed. Clearly better than Ter.

Clearly have not watched Barça for the last few years

 

[BKIslandersFan]

Don’t see how it would work honestly, UEFA is approx 53 leagues, you can’t enforce the same rules in EPL as the San Marino league. Plus I read a salary cap is illegal in EU labor laws?

League of Ireland has it.

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

Clearly have not watched Barça for the last few years

I wish there was a recent match featuring them both that would allow us to see them in the same context.

 

[Vasilevskiy]

I wish there was a recent match featuring them both that would allow us to see them in the same context.

I guess that makes Kingsley Coman a better player than Neymar

 

[S E P H]

Top scorer and champion in every competition he played this season. Would’ve won balon dor.

He absolutely sucks on the international circuit though...

 

[North Cole]

Clearly have not watched Barça for the last few years

Clearly have not watched Bayern the last few years.

 

[Evilo]

That's an awful take. You should go back to the hockey parts.

 

[Evilo]

I'm sad for Thiago Silva. IMO the best CB of his generation. It would have been great to see him finish on this trophy as a captain.
Wasn't meant to be.

 

[Live in the Now]

He absolutely sucks on the international circuit though...

This is so dumb. Look at the players he plays with for Poland. How the f*** is this guy supposed to score. He's somehow still scored a lot on a team with nobody who can create anything.

 

[koyvoo]

This is so dumb. Look at the players he plays with for Poland. How the f*** is this guy supposed to score. He's somehow still scored a lot on a team with nobody who can create anything.

Plus, he’s done much better in the second part of his international career.

42 goals in his last 53 appearances since 2014 is a great international strike rate.