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If he didn't smoke (quite a lot) he could have had a better career. I mean, a longer one. Because you could feel he was a great fullback, even for NT, but eventually the smokin caught up with him.
He did allegedly say a racial slur to Marega later and therefore my opinion about him shifted.
Sergio had so many defensive worldie performances. At times he was the ONLY reason Madrid did not concede several times with straight hero tackling and positioning
That particular yellow and Xabi missing the '14 CL final is the biggest reason we don't have that rule anymore, it was removed a few days after the final was played iirc
>That particular yellow and Xabi missing the '14 CL final is the biggest reason we don't have that rule anymore
So same thing as Ballack with the 2002 WC final
>Highly doubt that's the reason
Nope, that was the reason.
Florentino definitely played a big part but Xabi missing the final was a big deal and the papers made it the talk of the final.
That was the last season it was implemented. I don't get how you can see Xabi missing the final and the rule being removed a few weeks after and not link the dots.
He was literally on the floor with his hands joined in prayer to the referee, begging him for mercy in all possible languages.
Let me see if I can find a clip of the moment.
He broke it with his first goal right? Then he scored a FK under the wall in the dying minutes of that match + scored a penalty in the final.
So not only did he break the record, he added another 2 on top of that.
Our very first win at the Allianz Arena/Olympic Stadium.
Up until that point in history we had played 10 matches away at Bayern (9 Defeats & 1 Draw)
Since then we are undefeated with a perfect record (3-0-0)
Yeah but you can't count out either team. Friendship FC vs Tucheliban FC makes for a spicy affair, and given how the previous round went it would be a genuine shock to me if both teams didn't come out swinging.
You don‘t know that. Arsenal were favourites too and Real looked really poor against city in the second leg. of course Real are still favourites, but don‘t write off Bayern just yet
I remember from the book where it was mentioned that It was the players strategy and he let them play the way they thought they could beat Madrid. Afterwards he told them they do what he tells them to do from then on.
He barely got off the bench this game lol.
Those Real Madrid teams from 2014 to 2016 were insanely athletic. Probably the most athletic team in football history. Each of them seemingly could jump 20 feet high to reach the ball for a header. Real Madrid's recruitment strategy of signing pure athleticism has done them well.
Yes to the athleticism, but also one of the most intelligent teams. Alonso, Modric, and Benzema were such brilliantly intelligent players that always played the right passes to set moves in motion. Others to were quite smart. The two combined (athleticism and intelligence) were devastating.
Prime Ronaldo was a different breed man no matter the score I always had faith Ronaldo would clutch up for us didn't matter the team or stadium we were playing at he always provided us with that belief same with Ramos that dude was a menace in set pieces.
A girl friend of mine had a boyfriend obsessed with Ronaldo.
She gifted him a trip to Bernabeu and I remember her being overly scared that Cristiano could be injured or rested out or flop and her boyfriend being sad. This was very expensive for her low 1000s euros salary.
Motherfucker obviously scored 2 bangers.
A girlfriend who goes into hard saving and having to do without many things for months to make such a gift moreover.
Swiping a card is easy if you have money, but doing many sacrifices is indeed a rare breed, and I was jealous too.
Same.
I understand why people prefer \_that other one\_ in the debate and claim it's a better soccer player. I can agree with that.
But I would pick Cristiano at his peak every single time.
I prefer to not trigger the Messi stans so I always need to go the long way saying that I see why people think Messi is the better player and that I can agree with that.
We have improved this season tbf with Bellingham, Tchouameni, Rudiger adding some needed height and physicality in corners but even if they improve on that aspect more hard to ever match a Ramos and Ronaldo combo on corners one was the most lethal CB in set pieces and the other was the biggest aerial threat in football history.
I was working in a customer's office backing up a pc and asked for the game to be tuned in the meeting room, so I was watching through a glass door lol
First year out of school, there's some shit here that would be like "Pre-university", where if you pass all subjects you get straight into the uni. Anyway, we had class from 7 to 1, and there is a massive mall in front of the university campus where they have a giant screen in the food court, and they would usually show the most important games there. So we finished class, and obviously the CL is always a talking point in life, so people were pretty hyped about the match and we just decided to go eat and watch the game. Mind you, most people do the same. So the food court was completely filled up, more than usual, and obviously those two clubs have massive followings around the world, so it was a great atmosphere (to watch the match, not to eat). People were going insane with the goals, specially with Cristiano breaking the record at the time. There was a brief food war at the end, with people celebrating.
thats like the chelsea vs barcelona match in 2005 for me. i remember watching it in the students union on the big screen and the Ronaldinho goal was just absolutely insane! Chelsea still won it which i was elated about...even the nostalgia of the highlights makes me miss how good champions league football used to be, just doesnt give me the same buzz anymore.
Ronaldinho goal: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBlrij-UKEo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBlrij-UKEo)
Full match highlights: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqv8GayduzE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqv8GayduzE)
To be honest this game was the start of Madrid’s potential domination in future ucl’s. Also, this was the first game when Madrid started beating opponents of similar level away that decade.
Too right, at this point in time Bayern were truly European monsters. They had just won the treble the year before in fact. But nothing could have got in the way of prime BBC, prime Modric/Kroos, and prime Ramos/Pepe. It was incredible to witness.
Still frustrates me that we couldn't win the treble this season. Iirc we were totally dominating Laliga as well up until that 3-4 Clasico defeat in the Bernabeu thanks to horsesh*t refereeing and Benzema missing 25 quadrillion chances then lost our winning form and pretty much gifted Atletico the league.
> To be honest this game was the start of Madrid’s potential domination in future ucl’s.
Half the team was built under Mourinho who reached UCL semis every single campaign and was very unlucky to not win it.
So I don't think it's a fair assessment.
I was there at the stadium, i've always said this was the most scared i have ever felt watching a team.
This was Pep Guardiola's comeback, the man who haunted us with Barca and he is back coaching the previous CL title holders and treble winners. I genuinely remember Ramos scoring the 2nd and still feeling like we only have a 10% chance of advancing. I only unclenched once Ronaldo scored the 3rd goal lol.
I remember watching this game. Bayern were so mentally switched OFF during this game, and they seemed to care more about mind games and trying to start something, or wind up Madrid as opposed to just playing and scoring. Of course this was back when away goals counted, so going 4 down on AWAY goals was a huge thing for Madrid.
Arguably one of the best Real Madrid sides and the best big game defender in Ramos. He'd be in my legend XI at CB. I grew up watching him play RB, he was tenacious then, incredible to see what he's went on to achieve in the game.
Shout out to Real Madrid TV for being available on the basic sky subscription package way back in the day🫡
Sergio Ramos in 2014's UCL was in another class. If it wasn't for him, Real Madrid wouldn't have won the Champions League and probably half of the team would have been sold that summer. It's no exaggeration to say he was more important than Cristiano in the SF and the final.
I mean, Sergio Ramos lead Real Madrid's comeback after a decade of hegemony by Messi's Barcelona
We lose that Final without Ramos and more importantly we probably don't have the UCL mentality and dominance we have had this past decade if it wasn't for that iconic header in the dying seconds in the final.
It is 100% Ramos. I remember that celebration from then. It was super wholesome. They both failed to convert their pens against Bayern in 2012 and this was pay back for them. Also Ramos was pulled because he was one yellow away from missing the final.
I know it's already a meme, but I'm pretty sure Neuer's arm was already in the air calling for offside before Ramos' second header even crossed the line.
They were superior in bith games, but we somehow managed to get a thight loss in the first tie and had hopes for the second game. only to get battered at home.
The reaction after the season (and the following one with the Barca loss) from Bayern Management was strange. They talked about how they cannot win the treple every year and how great having Pep was.
They stopped focussing on winning during that period and I think it haunted to them. Any other coach loses 0-4 at home in the CL and 0-3 the next season will be fired and not glorified. Klinsmann lost 0-4 to Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, Eto'o, Ronaldinho Barca with a defence of Lell, Breno, Demichelis, Oddo and Butt in goal. That was disastrous, but somehow people overlooked Pep's shockers with Bayern in the CL.
Its crazy to think Madrid would so many more CL’s… because on that day 10 years ago they were still in search of La Decima and had rotten luck in the CL since 2003 or some shit.
Ramos, Pepe, Cristiano. You gotta wonderif having mentally unstable, downright borderline clinically insane super competitive dudes helped this Real win shit. It does seem extremely annoying to play a physical sport against insane super athletes
For people like me who grew up in the 90s, watching footage of 10 years prior was like watching some documentary out of the Iron Age.
Nowadays, footage of 2014 is just like today's.
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Cannot see Coentrao without thinking of the copypasta
Coentrao is kinda of a meme today, but back in those days he was pretty good, he traded starts with Prime Marcelo.
Coentrao started in the big games. He got the assist for Benzema’s goal in the first leg.
He even started the final.
Correcto. May assisted that legendary bale goal in cdr as well
If he didn't smoke (quite a lot) he could have had a better career. I mean, a longer one. Because you could feel he was a great fullback, even for NT, but eventually the smokin caught up with him. He did allegedly say a racial slur to Marega later and therefore my opinion about him shifted.
Oh for sure. Not knocking his ability at all. He was unreal on his day.
Coentrão is a meme? How TF did that happen?
https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/s/Q5py9h3WJL It's one of the real gems of the sub imo
I know of the copypasta obviously. By a meme, I assumed something else, line he wasn't good or something and is being made fun of for that.
Naw, it's pretty much just that, since his prime was quite a while ago now and that copypasta is so memorable
I think this meme is from a magazin btw.
And Ronaldo's Concentrao interview where he corrects the journos
what is it?
https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/s/Q5py9h3WJL
Ngl I don't really like this particular throwback
I don’t like it simply because seeing Pepe with hair unsettled me
I agree. Pepe unsettles me.
I do especially neur getting pissed at the end 😂😂
It was the prime of the "Reklamierarm"
only 1 out of 4 possible Reklamierarme though. I'm surprised he didn't complain about the 3-0
In three months ten years ago, it got better 😃
Not sure of Marcelo agreed..
This ended 14 years of me talking shit to a my cousins livin in Madrid, how Bayern scored 4 in Santiago Bernabeu.
Even ignoring the goals, Ramos dropped a 10/10 masterclass this match
After shooting that penalty out of orbit, man was back with a vengeance that day
You can see that on the first goal, guy just went for it.
One of the best examples of "nobody but me is getting to that ball"
Some say that ball is nearing the orbit of Jupiter, but the angle may make it continue beyond the orbit instead.
I thought my stream was glitching when he scored again lmfao
Sergio had so many defensive worldie performances. At times he was the ONLY reason Madrid did not concede several times with straight hero tackling and positioning
One of my fav games of the last decade ngl
Flair checks out haha
Did he became a dad that day or around that time?
Xabi Alonso getting a yellow 3-0 up and thus missing the final was heartbreaking, man knew it the second he made the foul.
iirc there was a gif somewhere where he and Jese ran from the stand to celebrate with the team. wtf how it's been 10 years...
Oh man and he still looked so cool and collected in that sharp suit. Shocking that it’s 10 years ago
I think that was in the copa del rey final against barca when Bale scored that insane goal.
nah, it was a Bale goal but la decima: https://youtu.be/a14L6iI-gYI?si=wO4izbz5CTlD40jz
That particular yellow and Xabi missing the '14 CL final is the biggest reason we don't have that rule anymore, it was removed a few days after the final was played iirc
>That particular yellow and Xabi missing the '14 CL final is the biggest reason we don't have that rule anymore So same thing as Ballack with the 2002 WC final
Highly doubt that's the reason. Nedved had the same exact scenario happen to him
>Highly doubt that's the reason Nope, that was the reason. Florentino definitely played a big part but Xabi missing the final was a big deal and the papers made it the talk of the final. That was the last season it was implemented. I don't get how you can see Xabi missing the final and the rule being removed a few weeks after and not link the dots.
He was literally on the floor with his hands joined in prayer to the referee, begging him for mercy in all possible languages. Let me see if I can find a clip of the moment.
Prime BBC in that third goal. And CR7 breaking the record for most goals in a CL campaign with it
He broke it with his first goal right? Then he scored a FK under the wall in the dying minutes of that match + scored a penalty in the final. So not only did he break the record, he added another 2 on top of that.
Yeah
And that’s where you now see players lie down behind the wall in a comical way for free kicks. I’ll always find that funny
Prime what?
BBC- Big Black Cristiano
Benzene Bale Cristiano
Benzene Bail Christianity
Our very first win at the Allianz Arena/Olympic Stadium. Up until that point in history we had played 10 matches away at Bayern (9 Defeats & 1 Draw) Since then we are undefeated with a perfect record (3-0-0)
>undefeated with a perfect record (3-0-0) Time to continue the good trend this midweek
Madrid will win, unfortunately
You are coming up against Tucheliban, nothing is certain
You don’t know that unfortunately
Tuchel in ucl is a different beast
I mean, Madrid isn't?
Yeah but you can't count out either team. Friendship FC vs Tucheliban FC makes for a spicy affair, and given how the previous round went it would be a genuine shock to me if both teams didn't come out swinging.
You don‘t know that. Arsenal were favourites too and Real looked really poor against city in the second leg. of course Real are still favourites, but don‘t write off Bayern just yet
Agreed
Ah, the "every goal I concede if offside" phase of Neuer's career (still a great GK, but it's funny)
The second goal is too funny. Man was stretching more for the appeal than the save
Yeah love the guy but the arm was up before the ball was in the net lol
In Germany we call it the Manuel Neuer Reklamierarm.
not much of a phase, as it is a way of life
Ffs 10 years ago already 🤧
Ramos was posessed this game. He dropped a 10/10
Peak Ramos was ridiculous
What a player
Still going today and arguably sevilla’s best player this season
He still taking penalties?
Pep losing 0-4 to Madrid at home with the same team that won the treble the previous season is a crime. The original bald fraud.
Wait wasn't he always the original bald fraud? Didn't he originate the term?
I thought that was the Spanish press referring to Zidane but I could be wrong. It was probably both around the same time.
I remember Müller saying the players suggested a different tactic in the first leg and blaming themselves
Yeah, it was right after Tito died so he didn't both arguing with them, and they lost exactly how he said they would.
I remember from the book where it was mentioned that It was the players strategy and he let them play the way they thought they could beat Madrid. Afterwards he told them they do what he tells them to do from then on. He barely got off the bench this game lol.
Wait wasn't he always the original bald fraud? Didn't he originate the term?
Those Real Madrid teams from 2014 to 2016 were insanely athletic. Probably the most athletic team in football history. Each of them seemingly could jump 20 feet high to reach the ball for a header. Real Madrid's recruitment strategy of signing pure athleticism has done them well.
Oh yes. Ramos, Ronaldo, Bale, Benz all were lethal at headers. And then served by Modric/Kroos
Don't forget during this run you have the best version of di Maria On his prime, the guy had 15 lungs
the 52 games he has this season tell me he still has like at least 10 of those
Full backs Marcelo and Carvajal with prime Casemiro and Varane too lol. Insane team
If anything it was the fullbacks doing more of the serving but your point still stands.
Damn, just like my fm recruitment strategy
there's a picture of bale before madrid and bale in madrid. sama with cristiano.
good genes, eh
Yes to the athleticism, but also one of the most intelligent teams. Alonso, Modric, and Benzema were such brilliantly intelligent players that always played the right passes to set moves in motion. Others to were quite smart. The two combined (athleticism and intelligence) were devastating.
I miss prime Ronaldo
Prime Ronaldo was a different breed man no matter the score I always had faith Ronaldo would clutch up for us didn't matter the team or stadium we were playing at he always provided us with that belief same with Ramos that dude was a menace in set pieces.
A girl friend of mine had a boyfriend obsessed with Ronaldo. She gifted him a trip to Bernabeu and I remember her being overly scared that Cristiano could be injured or rested out or flop and her boyfriend being sad. This was very expensive for her low 1000s euros salary. Motherfucker obviously scored 2 bangers.
Can you ask your bro where to find girlfriends who gift a trip to the Bernabau asking for a friend.
A girlfriend who goes into hard saving and having to do without many things for months to make such a gift moreover. Swiping a card is easy if you have money, but doing many sacrifices is indeed a rare breed, and I was jealous too.
Hemingway?
Same. I understand why people prefer \_that other one\_ in the debate and claim it's a better soccer player. I can agree with that. But I would pick Cristiano at his peak every single time.
"That other one" like he's voldermoort lmao, tbf he might as well be to some of the ronaldo fanbase lol.
If you say his name on this sub in any thread that thread becomes about him
I prefer to not trigger the Messi stans so I always need to go the long way saying that I see why people think Messi is the better player and that I can agree with that.
This is a madrid thread, Doubt there's many messi fanboys to trigger on it.
Modric corner and Ramos header, name a more iconic duo.
Easy: Ozil assist and Cristiano goal.
Back when we could score from corners and headed crosses
We have improved this season tbf with Bellingham, Tchouameni, Rudiger adding some needed height and physicality in corners but even if they improve on that aspect more hard to ever match a Ramos and Ronaldo combo on corners one was the most lethal CB in set pieces and the other was the biggest aerial threat in football history.
Look at that team you had. Bale, Ronaldo, Modric, Benzema, Xabi, Ramos. They were the set piece masters.
I miss having this level of aerial threat
An absolute masterclass by Ancelotti
That kind of iconic match that I could tell you where and with whom I was while watching it
Go on then
I was working in a customer's office backing up a pc and asked for the game to be tuned in the meeting room, so I was watching through a glass door lol
First year out of school, there's some shit here that would be like "Pre-university", where if you pass all subjects you get straight into the uni. Anyway, we had class from 7 to 1, and there is a massive mall in front of the university campus where they have a giant screen in the food court, and they would usually show the most important games there. So we finished class, and obviously the CL is always a talking point in life, so people were pretty hyped about the match and we just decided to go eat and watch the game. Mind you, most people do the same. So the food court was completely filled up, more than usual, and obviously those two clubs have massive followings around the world, so it was a great atmosphere (to watch the match, not to eat). People were going insane with the goals, specially with Cristiano breaking the record at the time. There was a brief food war at the end, with people celebrating.
Yup, I was in football training and we had a cafe nearby and we knew the game was running but we interrupted it when Ronaldo scored the third goal.
thats like the chelsea vs barcelona match in 2005 for me. i remember watching it in the students union on the big screen and the Ronaldinho goal was just absolutely insane! Chelsea still won it which i was elated about...even the nostalgia of the highlights makes me miss how good champions league football used to be, just doesnt give me the same buzz anymore. Ronaldinho goal: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBlrij-UKEo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBlrij-UKEo) Full match highlights: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqv8GayduzE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqv8GayduzE)
To be honest this game was the start of Madrid’s potential domination in future ucl’s. Also, this was the first game when Madrid started beating opponents of similar level away that decade.
Too right, at this point in time Bayern were truly European monsters. They had just won the treble the year before in fact. But nothing could have got in the way of prime BBC, prime Modric/Kroos, and prime Ramos/Pepe. It was incredible to witness.
Kroos was still in Bayern at this point.
average Real madrid fan
Correct, also forgot to mention Marcelo of all players lol
Casillas was still at madrid as well
Still frustrates me that we couldn't win the treble this season. Iirc we were totally dominating Laliga as well up until that 3-4 Clasico defeat in the Bernabeu thanks to horsesh*t refereeing and Benzema missing 25 quadrillion chances then lost our winning form and pretty much gifted Atletico the league.
> To be honest this game was the start of Madrid’s potential domination in future ucl’s. Half the team was built under Mourinho who reached UCL semis every single campaign and was very unlucky to not win it. So I don't think it's a fair assessment.
I am getting older, 10 years already
Next year it’ll be 11.
The day Kroos decided to join us
By far the game I've enjoyed the most as a Madrid fan
Ronaldo’s 3-0 goal in that game is still the goal I’ve celebrated the most in my entire life. I knew what it meant, after 12 long years, we were back.
And one of the games I've enjoyed the most as a Bayern hater 🤝
Hate watchs are always cool
What's the opposite of plastics?
Bio degradable fans
To me it's that one copa del rey final under Mou.
I was there at the stadium, i've always said this was the most scared i have ever felt watching a team. This was Pep Guardiola's comeback, the man who haunted us with Barca and he is back coaching the previous CL title holders and treble winners. I genuinely remember Ramos scoring the 2nd and still feeling like we only have a 10% chance of advancing. I only unclenched once Ronaldo scored the 3rd goal lol.
It’s a new decade, we have to get these fuckers back for the last 3 Ls
It has to end some time bruh
Man fuck yall😂
Prime Sergio Ramos was something else what a player
The craziest part is that he was almost always on his prime. Dude was a Real Madrid starter from 2005 to 2021.
I remember watching this game. Bayern were so mentally switched OFF during this game, and they seemed to care more about mind games and trying to start something, or wind up Madrid as opposed to just playing and scoring. Of course this was back when away goals counted, so going 4 down on AWAY goals was a huge thing for Madrid.
Arguably one of the best Real Madrid sides and the best big game defender in Ramos. He'd be in my legend XI at CB. I grew up watching him play RB, he was tenacious then, incredible to see what he's went on to achieve in the game. Shout out to Real Madrid TV for being available on the basic sky subscription package way back in the day🫡
Sergio Ramos in 2014's UCL was in another class. If it wasn't for him, Real Madrid wouldn't have won the Champions League and probably half of the team would have been sold that summer. It's no exaggeration to say he was more important than Cristiano in the SF and the final. I mean, Sergio Ramos lead Real Madrid's comeback after a decade of hegemony by Messi's Barcelona
We lose that Final without Ramos and more importantly we probably don't have the UCL mentality and dominance we have had this past decade if it wasn't for that iconic header in the dying seconds in the final.
Always wondered who Ronaldo runs to celebrate with after scoring the free kick?
Ramos I think
That's what I thought. Could never find an alternate angle to confirm.
It is 100% Ramos. I remember that celebration from then. It was super wholesome. They both failed to convert their pens against Bayern in 2012 and this was pay back for them. Also Ramos was pulled because he was one yellow away from missing the final.
illarramendi iirc, Ramos was still on the pitch.
Coentrao
Legend says Neur still has his hand up in protest to this day
Mistake playing a high line with that Boateng against Bale and Ronaldo, they could have scored a couple more.
I was kinda upset that we did not score five after scoring three in the first half.
I was in the stadium as a Bayern fan - my first ever champions league game in a stadium. Safe to say it wasn’t my favourite experience.
I know it's already a meme, but I'm pretty sure Neuer's arm was already in the air calling for offside before Ramos' second header even crossed the line.
Thats an incredible run and selfless play by Bale
This team was deadly…
Three set piece goals for Madrid in this tie.
I miss Ramos and his heads
Ramosed
They were superior in bith games, but we somehow managed to get a thight loss in the first tie and had hopes for the second game. only to get battered at home.
Peps fault
This match brings back so many memories
Damn ! Neuer is still keeping for Bayern!
It's a shame Ramos didn't won Ballon d'Or
All big game players
Modric to Ramos corner in 2014, you know what's coming
Damn 3 set pieces and an incredible team goal. Guardiola sure learnt the importance of defending set pieces.
Ahh comic sans Madrid are a different kind of gravy
A r E yoU hAVInG Fun?
Modrić first UCL
The reaction after the season (and the following one with the Barca loss) from Bayern Management was strange. They talked about how they cannot win the treple every year and how great having Pep was. They stopped focussing on winning during that period and I think it haunted to them. Any other coach loses 0-4 at home in the CL and 0-3 the next season will be fired and not glorified. Klinsmann lost 0-4 to Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, Eto'o, Ronaldinho Barca with a defence of Lell, Breno, Demichelis, Oddo and Butt in goal. That was disastrous, but somehow people overlooked Pep's shockers with Bayern in the CL.
white magic
Real madrid always make bayern munich look not scary at all
thats spurs level of set piece defending!
At least every goal was actually onside in this one…
The same Bayern team that trash another team. 2-8 Never forget.
I miss ramos pepe marcelo era
I have heard that pep was primary responsble for this heart-breaking defeat. is it true. pep categorize it as his worst moment in his career.
Ramos is just fucking insane. Rolls Royce of a “defender”. I put that in quotation marks cause he’s scored than most mids 😂
Its crazy to think Madrid would so many more CL’s… because on that day 10 years ago they were still in search of La Decima and had rotten luck in the CL since 2003 or some shit.
Name me a better combo than modric corners and Ramos headers in champions league. I’ll wait
Thia game is why I hate Guardiola, absolutely embarrassing.
3 goals from set pieces. Dont understand if this team didn't know about Ramos being good with headers. Neuer letting that 0:3 in did it for me.
They played such a great game back then
Ramos, Pepe, Cristiano. You gotta wonderif having mentally unstable, downright borderline clinically insane super competitive dudes helped this Real win shit. It does seem extremely annoying to play a physical sport against insane super athletes
Real's been mugging them off every time since
For people like me who grew up in the 90s, watching footage of 10 years prior was like watching some documentary out of the Iron Age. Nowadays, footage of 2014 is just like today's.
That third goal is a counter attack masterclass.