On Sunday night, the Champions League final saw Bayern Munich crowning themselves as European kings for the sixth time in their history, culminating in a remarkable season that saw them go unbeaten until 2020 to win a hat-trick.
The functionality in a 1-0 victory at night was not very old, but the finals are a totally different animal. You do whatever it takes to cross the line; How come a team really plays in its full perspective and wins the trophy anyway?
Well, Bleacher Report put that to the test and tried to answer it. We took the last 20 winning performances in the Champions League final and ranked them in order of quality.
Defining intelligent functionality is a bit complicated: the definition of one user can be fair and perhaps differ from another, so we try to summarize it only in this: how controlling or dominant was the functionality of the winning team? Did you feel like you owned your own destiny in the final?
Keep this in your brain when you change tracks and you will notice a pattern. The lucky victories, notable comebacks and victories in the penalty shootout are at the bottom; Adjusted games bordered in one aspect shape the middle; and compliance and strict projections are top notch.
20. Bayern Munich 1-1 – Chelsea, 2012
Chelsea enthusiasts don’t care, however, it’s one of the last less convincing performances in history.
They stirred and discarded the phosphorus, extinguishing fire place after place of fire and never feeling in control. They faced 35 shots and 20 spins in total, cleared one on the line and stored a penalty crawling into a shootout, which they won.
Heroic? Undoubtedly. But it was hard to escape the feeling that Bayern had been robbed that night.
19. AC Milan – Liverpool 2-1, 2007
A redemptive result for Milan, who had lost to the same opponent two years earlier in a way, but hardly a redemptive performance.
Liverpool felt like the most powerful and quiet team for much of the game, but fell to a horribly dissatisfied effort and veered in the first half and worked in vain to match. Filippo Inzaghi scored his moment in the 820th minute (this was a good goal), and Dirk Kuyt’s goal just before the arrest may not cause a comeback.
18. Liverpool 3-3 – AC Milan, 2005
Basically, the opposite of 2007.
Without a doubt, an old latest version, but an old functionality of Liverpool, which passed the whole first part in the clouds and granted three. When the part-time whistle sounded, it looked like they were over.
The return to the moment part is famous, commendable, epic, and the fact that they have surrendered on their return to the point is remarkable. They then backed off the initiative to Milan and suffered again, winning on penalties.
17. Manchester United 1-1 – Chelsea, 2008
It was a game, the game flowed from the beginning to the end without rest. Looking at the speed of the game and the opportunities created, it’s a wonder that we’ve only noticed two goals in 120 minutes.
United’s functionality is at the end of this list because Chelsea was such a smart opponent, the game so even, and at no point did either team come close to taking control. In fact, the penalty shootout at the hands of the Blues as John Terry intensified; score, and win.
He slipped, went back to United, and they took advantage.
16. Bayern Munich 1-1 – Valencia, 2001
A penalty game, really.
Three (two scored) were awarded in general time because the groups may not be divided, so it went to a shootout in which, unsurprisingly, the German aspect won.
The game featured a cast of surprising calls: Gaizka Mendieta, Pablo Aimar, Owen Hargreaves, Giovane Elber and Bixente Lizarazu to call a variety, and combined to exchange punches and swings in a boost in a grueling ending.
15. Milan 0-0 Juventus, 2003
A game in which, to be brutally sincere, a lot happened.
Leaving aside some woodwork, the defining reminiscence of this attack is that moment of caution in which both sides closed, and even when Milan lost Roque Junior to injury and had to play the last 10 minutes with 10 men, the Juve did not. force the problem.
It is low because Milan never felt the force of assertiveness in this match, it can only be said that they did not run too much risk of them not escaping either.
14. Real Madrid 4-1 – Atletico Madrid, 2014
Madrid left him as retarded as imagined to match Atletico in 2014, a header of Sergio Ramos in a corner forcing additional time and forcing the opponent’s knees to fall to the ground.
They had moved away from the Colchoneros’ elite defensive organization for 90 minutes, firing wide and hitting them in Thibaut Courtois’s arms, but eventually the net found.
That tired the Atleti of all his energy, and Madrid then scored 3 points in a flash of aptitude and execution.
The score is convincing; the screen in 90 minutes? It’s not the same story.
13. Real Madrid 1-1 – Atletico Madrid, 2016
Atletico had a chance to take revenge on their local rival, Real in 2016, after wasting additional time in 2014.
This was even further, resolved from 12 yards in favor of the real (again), and Los Blancos were forced to hold on for moments and force penalties. Keylor Navas was busy, as Antoine Griezmann lacked the position in general times; it may have been different.
12. Paris Saint-Germain 0-1 Bayern Munich, 2020
What was intended to be a goalfest became a tight and equivalent game that was solved by a bachelor blow: a headbutt by Kingsley Coman at the time of the post.
Arguing that one or the other “deserved” to gain adjustment in the balance of the game can be a little difficult, as they tested, surveyed and caused disorders to an equivalent degree.
Bayern produced that moment of execution to win it. This is how football is positioned at the highest level.
11. Bayern Munich 2-1 Borussia Dortmund, 2013
An all-German final at Wembley Stadium in 2013 that broke the clock, a tight and well-played affair, but Bayern surpassed it thanks to a vanquished purpose from Arjen Robben.
Adjustment statistics see how close he was – Dortmund controlled 12 shots with eight draws, Bayern 14 with nine draws – and he had the impression that any of the tactics may have gone before the last 10 minutes.
10. Bayern Munich 0-2 Inter Milan, 2010
We gave an average rating to Inter’s win over Bayern in 2010 because it was a consistent game. Both groups advanced, worked on occasions and spaces, but the tip of Diego Milito made a difference.
He controlled to turn his opportunities in a way that Arjen Robben, Halil Altintop and especially Thomas Muller simply can’t, and that’s why the Nerazzurri were crowned champions. Football is that undeniable sometimes.
9. Real Madrid – Bayer Leverkusen 2-1, 2002
The first forty-five minutes of this tie were controlled through Real Madrid, Raúl González flew to score in a kick-off from the start, then Zinedine Zidane scored a glorious volley on a half-time serve.
At 2-0 he seemed dusty, however, Leverkusen entered the part of the moment with fire in his stomach, forcing some heroic goalkeeper of a young Iker Casillas – replaced by injury – in the last 20 minutes.
The Whites were relieved to hear the final beep.
8. Liverpool 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur, 2019
It was a bad ending, with an early penalty from Mohamed Salah that ended the life of the match. Harry Kane half-injured worked an attack that simply did not know how to break a Liverpool metal defense, led through Virgil van Dijk and subsidized through Alisson.
But in defense of the Reds, they did whatever it took to win the final. Early target? Check. Manage the game? Check. Late score to crown him? Check.
Destroyed the viewing experience, but it’s a professional, error-free functionality that leaves no doubt about who’s going to win.
7. FC Porto 3-0 Monaco, 2004
This was not the conquering functionality of FC Porto, as the scoreboard suggests. Monaco was poor, of course, but both sides were flattered for lying in points, with an offside litany that broke the speed of the game (30 in total; 19 in Monaco, 11 in Porto). It was hard to look at in spells.
But if we classify functionality with dominance and in the brain as vital factors, the fact that Monaco did not get a single shot framed in 90 minutes counts largely in favor of dragons; you can’t say they were worried if their opponent didn’t force a prevention and was constantly offside.
6. Barcelona Arsenal 2-1, 2006
Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann’s 18-minute red card was an attack exercise opposed to defence, with Barcelona naturally dominating the game from that moment on.
They fell into a set-goal but did not falter in their approach, rushing with patience the occasions and, despite everything, making their way in the 76th minute. Another followed 4 minutes later, then played to hold the ball for 10 minutes plus downtime.
5. Barcelona 3-1 Juventus, 2015
In 2015, we saw the MSN trio – Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar – succeed at their top speed and efficiency.
They won the hat-trick this season, crowning it all with the Champions League trophy, and felt like the team in this final and obviously also as the continent team.
A purpose in Ivan Rakitic’s fourth minute set the tone, and Juventus drew early in the middle of the moment, Barca was the dominant force and its two purposes for sealing it were inevitable.
4. Real Madrid 3-1 Liverpool, 2018
The destinations have been combined to make this adjustment less difficult for Madrid than it has been, and there is an argument to recommend that until Mohamed Salah is injured after an hour, this adjustment was the same.
But Salah’s departure sucked a little red life and Madrid stepped forward in his game. They saw a rejected purpose and Isco hit the bar, but a mistake through Loris Karius gave them their breakthrough.
Sadio Mane drew quickly, but Gareth Bale’s kick restored the Whites’ credit soon after, and then another mistake Karius put the ice in the game in favor of the Spaniards.
3. Real Madrid 4-1 Juventus, 2017
On paper, Juventus felt like a decent game for Real Madrid in 2017, but once any of the groups were on the pitch, the game was only one way.
An impressive kick over Mario Mandzukic’s head brought the old woman after Cristiano Ronaldo gave Madrid the lead, but any glimpse of hope that the enthusiastic Italians had been treated quite harshly after that.
The whites produced a relentless moment that shattered one of the European defenses. The symbol of Ronaldo and Marco Asensio burning through black and white T-shirts in this iconic purple uniform will last a long time.
2. Barcelona – Manchester United 3-1, 2011
“They hypnotize you with the way they succeed. They’re the ones from Europe, that’s for sure. In my time as a coach, I’d say they’re the team we’ve faced.”
These are the remarkable words of Sir Alex Ferguson, speaking after seeing him take a real beating at Wembley at the hands of Barcelona in the final of 2011.
We had noticed the same game two years before the end in the same way, so it was more or less expected, but it still surprised everyone.
1. Barcelona 2-0 Manchester United, 2009
Barcelona’s functionality opposed to Manchester United in 2009 replaced a total generation of football enthusiasts who understand football.
Or was it dominant and shocking, where did it come from, given how much Barca had fought Chelsea in the semi-finals? – However, the wonder temporarily ceded to concern when Xavi, Andres Iniesta and company outperformed their opponents. Park.
To raise the insult to the injury, Lionel Messi scored headlong. That’s when you know you’ve been defeated, it’s all over.
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