Ace of Spades
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This, if anything the final should show the unpredictability of a cup competition.I said it last night but timing and luck is a massive factor with this stuff. Chelsea have won 2 now and you can’t really say they’ve been the best team in Europe for either of them, but they were in the right place at the right time and took advantage of the other teams not being at it. They had some massive karma in the bank from 2009 when knocking Barca out in 2012. It seemed like the trophy was just meant to be theirs.
We were unlucky that we had a balon D’or winner who buggered off shortly after his 24th birthday. We could have dominated like Real did if we’d hung onto Ronaldo, or if our second great team didn’t coincide with Barcelona being the best side ever. That team got cut short in its prime, which hasn’t happened to the other elite clubs like Bayern, Barca and Real.
We often seem to have our strong cycles at a time when others are as well. We never play Real when they’re in the position they are now - they’re always full of Galacticos. The great Barcelona team as I mentioned above is also frustrating that it came along when it did. 2004 is one that sticks out as a competition we should have capitalised on due to the rest being poor - but we got fecked over by the linesman against Porto who ruled out a perfectly good goal.
Basically it’s a cup competition and anything can happen, down to the smallest margins making the difference. We’ve been unlucky not to win more than 3, and at the same time lucky to win 3. Eusebio missing a last missing sitter in 1968, Bayern going full Sterling in front of goal in 1999, Terry missing his pen in Moscow in 2008. These could have gone the other way too.
City spent a ridiculous amount of money to win a CL, even setting everything up to get Pep and they still have not won it.
Chelsea on the other hand did not win under Jose or Ancelotti, but under Di Matteo and now under Tuchel in an underwhelming season in the league.
And as far as Chelsea winning two, I don't feel anything. Your fortune can change pretty quickly at times, for both positive or negative. People predicting them to win it again before us based on feck all proof is the best thing in this stupid place.