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Champions League Final

metirish May 02 2010 07:39 AM

FOX will show the final live Saturday May 22nd at 2:30PM ET. FC Internazionale V FC Bayern Munich

Frayed Knot May 02 2010 07:43 AM Re: Champions League Final

So this is, what, a Europe-wide club championship that winds itself around each nation's reg season which is why the final pairing is set three weeks in advance?

metirish May 02 2010 07:59 PM Re: Champions League Final

Yeah most leagues that matter will have finished by then.The CL used to be the European Cup , the team that won it's domestic league entered into the European Cup....it was a home and away knock out tourney.....what we have now though is basically a super league for the rich clubs....the big leagues send their top four clubs in to the round robin league of 32 teams broken into eight groups.....the " finish for fourth place" is like it's own little competition in the English Premier League .....being one of those four teams is hugely lucrative and that's a goal for teams to reach for. Should be a good final , I hope.

metirish May 06 2010 10:34 AM Re: Champions League Final

You'd be forgiven for thinking that these three Tottenham Hotspurs players, Bentley, Crouch and Pavlyuchenko were celebrating winning an actual trophy.....nope , they are celebrating "winning" fourth place in the EPL with a 1-0 win over Manchester City. Still , it's a great result for Spurs to finish fourth and play European club competition for the first time since the early 60's They were calling the game last night the '£60m match', the winner was going to finish fourth and get loads of money from playing in the Champions League.

MFS62 May 06 2010 01:37 PM Re: Champions League Final

Go 'Spurs. I'm going to wear the hat my wife brought me back from England proudly to celebrate. Later

soupcan May 07 2010 10:15 AM Re: Champions League Final

[quote="metirish":2mk08t7n]Yeah most leagues that matter will have finished by then.The CL used to be the European Cup , the team that won it's domestic league entered into the European Cup....it was a home and away knock out tourney.....what we have now though is basically a super league for the rich clubs....the big leagues send their top four clubs in to the round robin league of 32 teams broken into eight groups.....the " finish for fourth place" is like it's own little competition in the English Premier League .....being one of those four teams is hugely lucrative and that's a goal for teams to reach for.[/quote:2mk08t7n] That sounds like fun - playing for championship after championship after championship. Each one being a bit more significant than the last but each having it's own meaning.

metirish May 22 2010 01:06 PM Re: Champions League Final

The game is on FOX now. The commentator Martin Tyler is who you will hear calling the World Cup games on TV next month.

Nymr83 May 22 2010 02:24 PM Re: Champions League Final

They were calling the game last night the '£60m match', the winner was going to finish fourth and get loads of money from playing in the Champions League. Beats the "[reggie] Bush Bowl" where the loser got the first pick in the NFL Draft The game is on FOX now. The commentator Martin Tyler is who you will hear calling the World Cup games on TV next month. just turned it on and i already like this guy he's calm without being boring

A Boy Named Seo May 22 2010 02:32 PM Re: Champions League Final

It goes against everything I stand for, but I love Jose Mourinho.

metirish May 22 2010 02:43 PM Re: Champions League Final

[quote="A Boy Named Seo":2k29qbn4]It goes against everything I stand for, but I love Jose Mourinho.[/quote:2k29qbn4] I love him too.....future Man U coach .....probably real Madrid's next coach though. Agree with Nymr on Tyler.....he's the voice of the Premier League , excellent presence calling the game.

Ashie62 May 22 2010 02:46 PM Re: Champions League Final

Deutschland uber Alles

metirish May 22 2010 03:07 PM Re: Champions League Final

Giving some love to Curt Menefee , would never have guessed that he knew anything about soccer , he knew plenty because you can't fake that.I remember this guy when he was local with MSG....he's come a long way.