Champions League 2012-2013

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Christ almighty.

take a bow lewandowski!!

Holy shit. Just came home from a night of drink and Dortmund up 4-1. Yes, please.

Someone explain what happened,

There wasn't much to explain, really. It's similar to yesterday's proceedings.

Madrid have never been much of a threat. Their lone goal was gifted via a howler in Dortmund's defense.

Lewandowski played out of his skin and converted nearly every opportunity that came his way. He could have 5 goals in this game. It's quite insane. lol.

I don't care if FCB shits the bed. I want a German final, would be amazing. Seeing both Götze and Lewandowski playing against their future club in the final would be interesting.

word on the street is that Lewandowski to Bayern is no more...

total demolition tonight. could have and perhaps should have been 5-0, as there was a clear penalty on Reus immediately before the Real breakaway to score their lone goal. Dortmund did everything they needed to. Unfortunately at 4-1 the tie definitely isn't over, but they are looking good.

as deserving as both of German teams would be to make it to the final, single-nation finals are dull because it isn't European competition any more. the teams know each other too well tactically. Chelsea and United in Moscow was hardly a classic.

This is such a wonderful week, im so happy i had the oppurtinity to experience it. Too bad you guys arent german;-)

one thing i've noticed living here (Germany) is that there's so much more solidarity with domestic rivals when they're competing in Europe. in England, all we ever want is for our rivals to embarrass themselves so we can laugh at them.

mind, i didn't watch the game this evening with any Schalke fans, so they may not have been so sympathetic.

I'm so proud to be Polish right now. Go go Lewangoalski! ;)

Wonderful two days of football, two cuntclubs schooled by classy clubs. Lewandowski please dont leave.

I would love to see Dortmund win the CL before rich clubs destroy this team.

Jurgen Klopp i love you!

Great result for hipster united!

  On 4/24/2013 at 11:49 PM, Ron Manager said:

one thing i've noticed living here (Germany) is that there's so much more solidarity with domestic rivals when they're competing in Europe. in England, all we ever want is for our rivals to embarrass themselves so we can laugh at them.

 

mind, i didn't watch the game this evening with any Schalke fans, so they may not have been so sympathetic.

this is absolutely true. when our clubs go to europe, there is just germany, rivalry doesn't matter the slightest.

i for example don't like neither dortmund nor bayern that much, mainly because bayern makes the bundesliga boring and klopp's an absolute dickhead (he doesn't show his true face very often, but when he does...), but when these clubs go for europe, i support them as much as i'm able to.

i was really surprised to learn of this earlier today: http://www.thelocal.de/national/20130413-49125.html#.UXkwnLUyakE

his hairline wasn't that bad was it?!

yeah, it wasn't really that bad. but klopp had this surgery, and he confirmed it immediately. which was a wise step i think...because now that it's official nobody really cares in germany.

this is how he looked like 12 years ago:

are you still living in germany?

yes i'm here at the moment, but only until the end of next week! i've been on a university research exchange since January. i'm disappointed to be leaving, time has flown by...

germany is such a fantastic country. I really hope to live there at some point soon

The organization and running of football in Germany is outstanding. It definitely puts the PL to shame.

Am I right in thinking that it costs about a quarter of what it does in England to buy a ticket for a league game ?

no, that it is a big myth. i'm going to see FC Cologne on Sunday (presently in 2. Bundesliga) and my ticket was 31 euros.

31€?

this is really really high for 2. bundesliga.

at fc augsburg (1.bundesliga) you pay 28€ (seat). when they were in the second league, i used to pay ~14-20€ for seat and 6-12€ for standing..

also ron, you shouldn't buy seat, but standing! you would pay less and you would have more fun ;)

  On 4/25/2013 at 7:25 PM, lifeforce said:

The organization and running of football in Germany is outstanding. It definitely puts the PL to shame.

Am I right in thinking that it costs about a quarter of what it does in England to buy a ticket for a league game ?

Yeah, I read somewhere that the German Football Association re-organized and cleared up a lot of things all from junior training to the big league and they are now reaping the benefits with a strong national league and a very good national team.

  On 4/25/2013 at 9:44 PM, azatoth said:

 

  On 4/25/2013 at 7:25 PM, lifeforce said:

The organization and running of football in Germany is outstanding. It definitely puts the PL to shame.

Am I right in thinking that it costs about a quarter of what it does in England to buy a ticket for a league game ?

 

Yeah, I read somewhere that the German Football Association re-organized and cleared up a lot of things all from junior training to the big league and they are now reaping the benefits with a strong national league and a very good national team.

Yeah, and the man behind this reformation was Mathias Sammer, who is a Dortmund legend, but currently works technical director at Bayern (ass-raping Dortmund on the transfer market). There is a lot to admire in Bundesliga, namely Abramovich, Glazers and Mansour alikes not being possible.

  On 4/25/2013 at 9:36 PM, jlobkob said:

 

also ron, you shouldn't buy seat, but standing! you would pay less and you would have more fun ;)

well that was definitely the intention, but it's Köln, so it proved impossible, given how big their support is and the fact that they are still (just) in the race for promotion. tried for the last couple of months to get standing since i've never experienced it (illegal in the UK as you probably know). alas, will have to settle for a seat on Sunday.

fcb totally outplayed barça

after 5 years of dominance a team really was plenty better than them

an era is over

it was great to see them play

it was great being a barça fan this years

good luck bayern

Kinda fun watching a Mourinho managed team play open, attacking football. Granted, he was more or less forced by Lewandowski to play that way, but it's awesome.