Champions League Final discussion thread - Bayern vs. Inter

bluenine wrote:Glad I put on my inter shit

Jaime wrote:If Inter win the CL we get an additional payment of 3m euro for Midget!

The main dilemma is who to replace the suspended Thiago Motta with, in a crucial role for Inter (more on that later). There are three options for Mourinho here. Playing Dejan Stankovic there would be a very attacking move, whilst Sulley Muntari would provide more of a battling quality. The most likely replacement, however, is Cristian Chivu, although this may mean that he starts at left-back, with Javier Zanetti moving forward into midfield, as he did, for example, against Fiorentina.(...)

(...)Like Inter, Bayern’s starting XI in the second half of the season has been fairly predictable and they have stuck to a 4-4-2 / 4-2-3-1 shape. The spanner in the works is Franck Ribery’s suspension – if van Gaal is keen to keep the same playing system, with inverted wingers, then Hamit Altintop will start, which seems the likely scenario according to the German press. There would be value, though, in fielding Danijel Pranjic there, a more defensive option, considering the forward surges of Maicon will have to be looked after.(...)

(...)The Chivu/Zanetti dilemma is an interesting one, because Inter’s left-back will have the most important defensive job up against Arjen Robben, whilst their central midfield partner for Cambisso might be the freest player on the pitch and see a lot of the ball. Zanetti’s superior passing ability means he will probably get the nod in midfield, with Chivu sticking solidly to Robben on the flank, although the two could switch, especially if the man who starts at left-back picks up a booking.(...)

(...)Bayern are set up quite well to face Inter’s defence. Walter Samuel and Lucio have coped very well with tall forwards like Didier Drogba and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, but in Serie A they have sometimes struggled against smaller, pacier forwards. The work rate of Olic and Muller will cause them problems, and Muller will also have a defensive job to do on Esteban Cambiasso when Bayern lose the ball.(...)

Messiah wrote:The flattest CL final build i can remember

Özil wrote:line up, i think there no surprises

------------butt
lahm-vanbuyten-demichelis-badstuber
-----schweinsteiger--vanbommel
robben---------------------------altintop
---------müller---------olic

Özil wrote:serious, i think eto raped no one in the whole cl campaign, and if he really has not on the wings

valencia is more scary then eto on the wings

Ä wrote:ZIDANE insults Bayern

"Zidane: „Ich bin überrascht, dass Bayern im Finale steht. Es ist eine gute Mannschaft, aber ich hätte nicht gedacht, dass sie das schaffen. Doch das ist das Schöne am Fußball. Nicht nur die Besten kommen ins Finale.“

"I am surprised Bayern are in the final. they have a good team, but I would not have thought, that they could get this far. the beauty of football is though, that the BEST TEAMS do not always get into the final"



FUCK YOU, Zidane

presumably, the BEST team would have been his beloved REAL



maybe the BEAUTY of football is that even stupid idiots can become good players

but will always remain stupid idiots

Özil wrote:line up, i think there no surprises

------------butt
lahm-vanbuyten-demichelis-badstuber
-----schweinsteiger--vanbommel
robben---------------------------altintop
---------müller---------olic

Özil wrote:no i dont wanna miss a single minute of the game by posting on here

i am recording it too

chrissicross wrote:
The interest in Germany is of course huge.