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  1. 1.

    Raven

    OK, so last week was the biggest game in the history of the universe so where does this one stack up?

  2. 2.

    TimE

    I’m praying that Chelski lose just so that Spurs aren’t punished for ‘only’ finishing in 4th place. But I’m a Liverpool fan, so maybe I’m just bitter.

  3. 3.

    TimE

    I’m praying that Chelski lose just so that Spurs aren’t punished for ‘only’ finishing in 4th place. But I’m a Liverpool fan, so maybe I’m just bitter.

  4. 4.

    urizon

    Chelsea want this more. And Luiz and Cahill, assuming both are fully fit, will do the job well. Bertrand getting the start at left midfield is a surprise, though. As such, we might see Torres on the left side in the second half, and could also see Essien inserted into the back line if Luiz or Cahill go down. Going to be a doozy.

  5. 5.

    TimE

    I’m praying that Chelski lose just so that Spurs aren’t punished for ‘only’ finishing in 4th place. But I’m a Liverpool fan, so maybe I’m just bitter.

  6. 6.

    urizon

    Chelsea want this more. And Luiz and Cahill, assuming both are fully fit, will do the job well. Bertrand getting the start at left midfield is a surprise, though. As such, we might see Torres on the left side in the second half, and could also see Essien inserted into the back line if Luiz or Cahill go down. Going to be a doozy.

  7. 7.

    Thor Heyerdahl

    My bitter FC Kaiserslautern fan outweighs my bitter Spurs fan…so – go Chelski!

  9. 9.

    urizon

    Chelsea want this more. And Luiz and Cahill, assuming both are fully fit, will do the job well. Bertrand getting the start at left midfield is a surprise, though. As such, we might see Torres on the left side in the second half, and could also see Essien inserted into the back line if Luiz or Cahill go down. Going to be a doozy.

  12. 12.

    TimE

    Ah, my first experience with a triple post for no reason. I feel like I belong now.

  14. 14.

    robertdsc-PowerBook

    One of my friends is a big Chelsea guy, so I’m rooting with him for them.

    If Torres scores the game winner, many lulz will be had.

  16. 16.

    Mark S.

    I hate Chelsea (well, mostly just their billionaire douchebag owner) so:

    Go Bayern!

  23. 23.

    Raven

    The home field is because the site was determined before the, what, tournament?

  26. 26.

    Bill Murray

    I took a tour of the Allianz last summer and it is very cool. As for the game, can they both lose? I guess I would prefer Bayern winning, as Dortmund pounded them last week and I really like Dortmund’s team. Shame Kagawa seems to be leaving

  31. 31.

    Alison

    Sometimes I prefer big games like this, where I don’t really give a shit who wins, because it takes all the stress out of it :P Although…as an EPL-watching non-Chelsea-fan, I guess I’d prefer to see Bayern win…as odd as it feels to lean even the slightest bit towards a German side.

    Also too, Bastian Schweinsteiger is the Germaniest German name evar.

  35. 35.

    Jamey

    @urizon: Please don’t ever use that cliche, that one team “wants it more.” At least not in the championship game of top-tier professional sport. I think that both teams want it a lot–and that God really doesn’t care which side wins.

    Thank you.

  37. 37.

    Tractarian

    OK, Fox just switched commentators for no reason, right? Or am I going crazy?

  40. 40.

    Alison

    @Tractarian: Yeah, WTF was that shit. The commentator thing didn’t bug me so much as the disappearance of the clock. YOU CAN’T WATCH FOOTIE WITHOUT A CLOCK, DAMN IT.

    Hopefully it stays fixed now

  42. 42.

    Tractarian

    @Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again): Hm. I thought Tyler and Neville were the UK commentators too.

    It’s kinda sad how Fox (and all the other US networks) have given up on American soccer play-by-play and color commentators. I guess the truly sad part is that none of the American commentators were any good. So I suppose I can’t complain.

  44. 44.

    CW in LA

    F this Euroball nonsense: Galaxy vs. goats USA this evening. Will this season merely be a massive disappointment for our Galaxy, or the most abject humiliation in the history of the universe? The answer begins this evening!

  46. 46.

    JCJ

    @Alison:

    Really? I kind of think Mario Gomez is more Germanier.

    Actually I think Karl-Heinz Rummenigge or Franz Beckenbauer rank up there among the Germaniest, but that just shows my age (I saw Beckenbauer play for HSV when I went to school in Hamburg oh so many years ago.)

  47. 47.

    Yutsano

    I’m free! Heading back to the ranch with my mom and aunt. Will most likely pass out most of the trip.

  50. 50.

    JCJ

    I just scared my daughter when I welled “ah FUCK!!!!!!!” when Gomez kicked that thing way over the bar. Damn.

  54. 54.

    pete

    Half-time … Bayern should have put this to bed by now, which probably means Chelski eke out a 1-0 … should be gripping

  61. 61.

    JCJ

    I hope Chelsea doesn’t pull this out of their asses like Man U did against Bayern in the final a few years ago.

  81. 81.

    Alison

    Wow, that was crazy. And as I just tweeted, I am not even kidding when I say I hope his teammates keep an eye on Schweinsteiger. I mean…I don’t want to be overdramatic but I can’t imagine his mindset right now. :/

  82. 82.

    piratedan

    congrats to Chelsea are in order methinks…..did they win it or did Bayern lose it, who knows. Plenty of drama and an exciting match overall.

  84. 84.

    Ronnie Pudding

    Remember Sammy Kuffour?

    Anyway, Schweinsteiger was the guy who couldn’t even watch Robben’s penalty during the match.

  86. 86.

    Jamey

    Drogba takes care of business–in regulation and on PK.

    At home. Terry and The Pirates watching from the bench. FCBM lays eine Ei.

    Commence the “EPL is teh best!!1” rants.

  87. 87.

    pseudonymous in nc

    Urgh. I’ve hated Chelsea for over twenty years — and am neither a Gooner nor a Spurs fan — and this was painful.

    Also, inbred chinless aristocratic Tory chancellor George Osborne was up in the royal box celebrating with Abramovich. Which sums up 2011/12 in English football.

  88. 88.

    handsmile

    Scheisse!!

    Watched the match with a beer garden full of sodden and crestfallen Germans on NYC’s Lower East Side.

    It’s hard to be gracious upon Chelski’s victory, given my loathing for Roman Abramovich. Nevertheless, there is a certain pleasure that several world-class players, close to retirement, like Peter Cech, Didier Drogba, Frank Lampard(?), will have a Champions League winners’ medal for his trophy cabinet.

    I thought the match bore a striking (perhaps not the most apt word) similarity to the Barcelona-Chelsea semifinal: the more dominant, creative squad squandered numerous chances. The Blues’ defense was stout and disciplined overall, but Bayern like Barcelona did not take advantage of opportunities created through patient build-up in the final third. While I too have an abiding dislike for Ashley Cole, he was massive today.

    As for Bayern: Mario Gomez once again flailed in a big match; Ribery’s injury late in the second half was a cruel and perhaps decisive blow; Phillip Lahm was magnificent as usual, and Anatoliy Tymoschuk stepped in/up admirably.

    Bastien Schweinsteiger’s inconsolable demeanor at match end expressed the feelings of Tottenham fans world-wide.

    While not too emotionally invested in this match, whatever aches is soothed by the wonderful thought that the Euro 2012 tournament kicks off in 20 days!

  90. 90.

    Turgid Jacobian

    How can “Franz Beckenbauer” be the Germaniest name ever when “Franz” means “from France?”

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