05-05-2022, 02:11 PM
(05-05-2022, 10:09 AM)Trigger Wrote: If I was a Pool fan I would have rathered facing City in the final.. there is just something about Real when it comes to the Champions League. Plus they probably have the greatest European Cup manager at the helm.
I never thought I'd say it, but personally I'd much rather face Real in the final. After a full season of going toe-to-toe with City in the Premier League, the hype around a CL final between the two would have been massive, especially since the final is less than a week after the final round of the PL
From a footballing perspective, there's no question that Liverpool vs Man City would have been the most attractive fixture. But from a Liverpool perspective, IMO a final against "not-City" releases some of the pressure on that match already
Of course, Real are the champions of Spain with several games remaining, and have shown how stubbornly hard-headed they are in the Champions League, so it's not going to be an easy match by any stretch of the imagination
But I do think it will be a less-stressful build-up to it, and even if Liverpool are still on for the Q-word going into that match, it'd be better to lose it to Real than an English side