If only football worked in such a shallow minded fashion. It wouldn't even be popular.
If anybody has been exposed, it's you and your limited understanding on what it is you're watching. But that's been evident for quite some time now.
You got called out for making a stupid statement. Your ego cannot admit you were wrong and you go around calling others having a 'shallow understanding' based on your purely subjective opinion about them being the '2nd best team in Europe'.
I bet you were reduced to tears when Inda players choked their PK's lol
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that's usually true until it isn't
remember city being THE bookmakers' favorite for years, then choking against teams like spurs or lyon? remember jj having cristiano, the epitome of a player who steps up on big occasions, until he didn't? remember real being a top favorite for years, and not able to convert it to actual wins until zidane benched james rodriguez in favor of casemiro? and the list is practically endless
did we have players who could step up throughout the years? of course, plenty. trezeguet decided an international tournament, that's as clutch as it gets in football. then he missed a penalty in a cl final
inda being the 2nd best team is an obvious stretch, but they were easy favorites against atletico. we're celebrating not only because tuz still have some elements of a juventus forum left but also they were heavy favorites, especially after a home win and leading in the return leg. and they fortunately choked. that doesn't make them not favorites in hindsight
So we agree...
One poster called them a 'CL favorite' and another poster with his 'superior' understanding of the game still believes they are the 2nd best team in Europe.
You are giving examples of elite teams with stacked benches who eventually figured things out. As would any team with world class clutch players. Of course there are outliers to this like PSG who ironically, just like Inter, get hyped for steam rolling minnows in the league but fail to step up on big CL nights.
This Inter team is having a great season but you can argue that their talent level is on a similar level to Atletico's. You have stacked teams like City, Madrid, Bayern and then there's a gap.
Badass made a valid point about their bench. If they had better substitutes, they would have won this game easily.