Champions League 2016/17 - Round of 4

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I didn’t make the comparison.

I said it doesn’t say a lot for the side lauded as the greatest club side of all time that Madrid are very close to doing 3 CL titles in 4 years.

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Athletico wore their home kit in previous Champions League clashes with Real. They wore their change kit tonight, apparently under orders from UEFA. Reports in Spain say the real reason was because they wanted a change of luck and were happy to change on this occasion without any input from UEFA.

That worked out well.

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Now you say you’re not making the comparison and then you immediately go and re-make it.

Make up your mind.

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I hardly noticed Bale was missing there tonight.

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You’re imagining a comparison.

I’m saying that it doesn’t reflect well on a team labelled the greatest club side of all time when Madrid, in the brief aftermath of their demise, look on course to do 3 in 4 years. It took that Barcelona side 7 years to do that.

That doesn’t fit well.

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The Real team of the 50s/60s have been lauded and are the greatest club side of all time, that Barca side, that Liverpool team and that Milan team are not far behind,

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But you’ve just gone and made that comparison for the third time while simultaneously claiming you’re not… :grin:

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It’s not a comparison, it’s a statement of fact.

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Who is the pretty lady interviewing Toni Kroos on BT?

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i) That it is a comparison is a fact.
ii) The opinion you proffer in making that comparison is not a fact. It goes directly against the facts, which are that Barcelona have been consistently more successful in terms of trophies at all levels going back well over a decade and have consistently and still do hold the upper hand over Real Madrid in head to head meetings, despite their decline as a team.

Any such comparison can only be treated as a wind up, which I’m fully aware it is, by the way.

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13 goals in Champions League semi finals

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Stop it

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No. It’s a statement of fact.

Real are now very close to being able to do 3 CL titles in 4 years. That is very much a fact.

It also wouldn’t reflect too well on the side lauded the greatest club side of all time if a team can come in after them and notch up 3 CL titles bish bash bosh in nearly half the time.

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Sure that’s just a re-write of your previous post. I refer you to my previous post for the reply to it.

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Warming up nicely now Ger… I’d say game on…:yum:

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You seem to be intent on trying to put words in my mouth.

Real are very close to putting 3 CL titles in 4 years together.
It took the side labelled as the greatest club side in history 7 years to do that.

If Real go ahead and complete that then it will not rest well with that Barcelona side’s legacy as they will have effectively done what Barcelona did in half the time and managing to do back to back.

There is no doubt about the fact that 2008-2013 Barcelona were a much better side than the Real Madrid team of that same era. I don’t contend that but it will put into perspective the ridiculous hyperbole around that particular Barcelona side if in the immediate aftermath of that Barcelona side’s deterioration that Madrid then go and do 3 CL titles in 4 years like it was a walk in the park.

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Go easy on him

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What I love most about this is that you don’t count the 3 European cups in 6 years Barca won because it’s a different era. You love your eras so you do.

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Liverpool?

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It’s a big town in England mate. Famous because of the beatles.

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Bayern Ajax Inter all better brah