Reminder that Atletico only barely got past PSV in the round of 16
>Narsingh
10-men PSV for 20 minutes
failed to even shoot at the target
Mark of the champions
eredivisie confirmed major league desu
They barely get past most teams, but they still win.
>>67351397
honestly if Madrid win the final, it would look extremely good for them
>beat the team who beat Barca and Bayern
at least it would be fucking far more remarkable than beating puto Wolfsburgo and Manchester Shitty (admittedly they dominated Shitty)
>>67350161
PSV is clearly better than Barca and Buyern clearly. They beat Barca pretty casually, Buyern was closer but still not penalty-shootout-close.
>>67350161
they also played like shit vs the other random german team which is not bayern.
>>67352213
Wasn't Neverkusen the only BL team that gave Buyern a fight?
>>67352243
i dont really know, its like germany only has one team and we alredy sent Poop to get rid of them.
They play better on the underdog role.
>>67350161
PSV is criminally underrated though.
Cocu is also criminally underrated.
Here's to Ajax choking sunday to see PSV in the Champions League again next year.
>>67352111
Is Real's route to the final the easiest ever?
Roma, Wolfsburg and Man City in the knockout stages is fucking laughable.
>>67352271
>UEFA draws aren't rigged
>>67352271
They had a pretty easy one last time too, with Schalke and BVB or some shit but at least with Buyern in semis, while Atlético played against Chelsea and Barca. This time Atlético played against potential champions from Eredivisie, La Liga and BuLi, while Real almost got cucked by Wolfsburg.
>>67352354
>powerfisting through germany.
>easy run.
That year was WWII all over
>>67352271
Only thing that comes even close is Man Utd getting Lyon, Roma and a Barcelona team that finished third in its league in 2008.
But the Champions League used to be a lot more competitive back when Inter and Milan weren't shit and when the Premier League teams were actually good.
>>67352523
Against the mighty Schalke 04 err, 06 and BVB that was almost completely looted by Buyern and finished with 19 points behind them.
>>67352354
Didn't they lose to >Schalke back then?
>>67352622
That was last year, Real got >Schalke two years in a row
>>67352575
That Barca team was still good. They just prioritised the CL when they knew the league was beyond them. Roma were good then too. As were Lyon.
Doesn't compare to Roma, Wolfsburg, City.
>>67352588
not my fucking problem that you can't stop Buyern from raiding the bundesliga
>>67352271
>>67352650
That's the problem, back then the CL was a lot more competitive. Now everyone is shit except for Barcelona, Atletico, Buyern, Juventus and Real.
>>67352650
>Roma were good then too
Roma were never good.
>>67352764
Yeah, even Lyon had players who were able to score against anyone (Benzema, Juninho).
>>67352764
Blame $latini for forcing shitty league champions in and forcing competitive 3rd-4th places out
It was all gypsy magic. They supported PSV that day because of all the free money they gave them.
But can't wait till next year in CL to see Ajax win/draw one fluke match against a major team when everything in groupstage is already decided and call it a successful CL run.
>>67352788
Didn't they eliminate Real Madrid in 2008?
>>67353635
>pre-Tsunaldo Madrid
>>67354933
They still won La Liga that season.
Back then there were 10 or so teams that could beat each other in knock out stages. Now at least 2 of Bayern, Real and Barca are in the semi finals every year and quite often all three of them are.
>>67353635
Madrid were shit back then, their only good players were Sneijder and le cut inside man, and both spent most of the time injured. I still can't believe they won La Liga then but have only done it once in the Ronaldo era.
Just look at the line-up for that match: http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2008/matches/round=15106/match=301895/index.html
>>67355060
>La Liga
For the rest I agree with you, Real spent 7 years without a CL semi-final before 2011. They were just another one in the bunch of a group of good teams in Europe before he came, certainly not to the point of shrugging off an PL team this easily.
Psv was good though
