As I wrote before, we won in 85 and 96 by beating the defending champions in the finals while in 73, 83, 97, 98, 03, 15 that we lost were against 'new' champions.
Real beating us in 98 helped them regain their European aura. Since then, they have gone on to win the CL on a further 4 occasions. I think it's time for them to repay us the favor. In any case, in those subsequent finals, they have beaten the likes of Valencia, Leverkusen, and ATM, all relative novices at that level. They have never met a club of the caliber of Barca, Bayern, or even a United in the final.
As I wrote before, we won in 85 and 96 by beating the defending champions in the finals while in 73, 83, 97, 98, 03, 15 that we lost were against 'new' champions.
Then again the last time we met Monaco at CL, we met Real Madrid, and we won 😉
Totally unrelated, but from what i see, because we got a lot of coverage, a lot of football enthusiast start to recognize that defending also important play/strategies of football..
Unlike previous seasons, when defending = anti football, after we shut down MSN, Juventus defense gathering alot of praise instead of scepticsm.
It's a flight to Hawaii. It's too expensive to change. Also, I never realized this season still wouldn't be over in June. I just assumed the final would take place in the last week of May.
