Barcelona V Juventus - Berlin Champion League Finale

billy_gr wrote:I guess I shouldn’t worry so much.
By the way what’s the word on Suarez?
He wasn’t even on the bench. Any news on his injury?

He's fine, it was just precaution.

Bayern Munich manager Pep Guardiola will be invited as Barcelona’s guest of honor at the Champions League final in Berlin.

Earlier today, Barcelona vice-president Jordi Cardoner revealed that Guardiola, along with former bosses Terry Venables, Johan Cruyff and Frank Rijkaard, will be asked to attend the June 6 final in Berlin; since the quartet all coached La Blaugrana in at least one European Cup final.

thats amazing....lets win it for Xavi-Iniesta-Messi for one last time...

Turkish Cakir to ref the match. Good ref, really.

he's the guy that gave man u, nani a red card vs real madrid
but other than that he's been fine.

Much like players, refs are prone to make mistakes. He's a good ref 'cuz he doesn't make those often.

Im not sure but I remember the CL final being in late May over the years and not early June?

Anyway, I think having Bilbao a week before the CL final is just great. Now the league wrapped up before the last game is perfect as we have enough time to rest and prepare, feeling relaxed instead of having to win the last game and worrying about a shock upset. And also not too much time in between to avoid easing off.

Perfect setup for a treble long overdue!

i hope lucho and the rest of the staff is keeping the players grounded and hungry.
too much talk about the treble on the media, we've only won one trophy we gotta keep focused.

lol They are professionals who've been in those situations a million times. They won't go into a CL final thinking it's a done dealio.

I dont agree this is a good ref. The same guy in the Chelsea - PSG second leg right? Terrible performance then and that Nani red card, again I say to this day was a joke and a decision made by someone who never played football before.

The Franchise wrote:I dont agree this is a good ref. The same guy in the Chelsea - PSG second leg right? Terrible performance then and that Nani red card, again I say to this day was a joke and a decision made by someone who never played football before.

Nah. That was Kuipers (Dutch ref).

F'in goal.com

His face does not look familiar to me..was he in any of our games this season??

No, last match he ref'd for us was this one:



EDIT: Turns out the last match he ref'd for us was against Benfica which we won 2-0 in 12/13.

He also ref'd three matches in the last WC including the semi between Argentina and Holland.

Juve won the Coppa Italia, so they just need the CL to get the treble.

Chiellini insists that the incident is firmly in the past and says he will not treat Suarez any differently to Real Madrid trio Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale, whom he helped successfully nullify in the last four of the Champions League.

"It has been a week since we knocked out Real Madrid and people only ask me about Suarez," he told reporters.

"I bear no grudges. I have no problem with him. I will mark him the way I did Benzema, Ronaldo, Bale or any other striker, so there's nothing different about it.

"The only thing that disappointed me that time was going out of the World Cup."

Chiellini added that nothing was more important than the match against Barcelona on June 6: "It's a special game. It's been far too long since we won the European Cup."

Road to Berlin



All goals in UCL VS The Champions



I can't believe it before the loss to Bayern we had won 9 games in a row in CL

VS Ajax 3-1, Ajax 2-0, APOEL 4-0, PSG 3-1, City 2-1, City 1-0, PSG 3-1, PSG 2-0, Bayern 3-0

sree999 wrote:Chiellini insists that the incident is firmly in the past and says he will not treat Suarez any differently to Real Madrid trio Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale, whom he helped successfully nullify in the last four of the Champions League.

"It has been a week since we knocked out Real Madrid and people only ask me about Suarez," he told reporters.

"I bear no grudges. I have no problem with him. I will mark him the way I did Benzema, Ronaldo, Bale or any other striker, so there's nothing different about it.

"The only thing that disappointed me that time was going out of the World Cup."

Chiellini added that nothing was more important than the match against Barcelona on June 6: "It's a special game. It's been far too long since we won the European Cup."

But did suarez say that he will treat Chelliani different way this time

Winter is Coming wrote:

I can't believe it before the loss to Bayern we had won 9 games in a row in CL

VS Ajax 3-1, Ajax 2-0, APOEL 4-0, PSG 3-1, City 2-1, City 1-0, PSG 3-1, PSG 2-0, Bayern 3-0

No wonder, we din meet any good team until Semi

I managed to get a ticket for the final.
Any requests to me to perform on your behalf, fellow Barça fans?

you lucky SOB.
Just come home with the trophy

According to reports, Iniesta picked up a knock against Bilbao. If he doesn't manage to to make the final, we might see a Raki---Busi---Xavi midfield. Hopefully Xavi gives one last performance before he goes

This is what a 17-year-old Messi did to a prime Juve:



What do you think a prime Messi is gonna do to this Juve?

Last step to the treble. I'm glad we put up such a great performance in the cdr final to keep the momentum going as we're absolutely on fire. I dont even want to think what Messi is going to do with Evra. Have mercy, Leo.

Also, Suarez vs Chiellini & Evra... can't be a coincidence...

I'm already having nervous attacks. Going to the pharmacy to stack on tranqulizers...

Dont get overexcited... though i would not mind to win it at the cost of Suarez biting few players