manc exile
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All i'm trying to say with my last point is that, for me, there's something romantic about big teams winning big trophies.
Liverpool winning the CL, United winning the CL, Barcelona.. It's a big deal. Huge clubs steeped with histories of some of the best players the world has seen. It's movie worthy.
City or Chelsea winning it is not. People will look and say "wow brilliant bunch" but it's not romantic, it doesn't do football any good. Ask people around the World about the most memorable CL campaign and very few will say Chelsea winning it. It's forgettable, a skip year. Like city winning it would be after all was set and done.
whereas I think the exact opposite. If its not united winning, then the best and most memorable CL years are when an underdog wins or reaches the final.
For example Forests two wins (yes I am that old), Villa winning, Belgardes win in the early 90's (even with their negative football), Leverkusen reaching the final, Porto winning and to a lesser extent chelsea (lesser only cause I really hate chelsea).
The big teams winning are just meh to me except when its some milestone like Reals Decima etc.