I agree, in a one leg final it really comes down to not letting your guard down and the little things. One mistake can lose it for you.
I think with Chelsea’s win in 2012 you have to give them credit. Every player defended for 90 minutes and made no mistakes. That’s incredibly difficult to do especially in a final when everything is magnified.
Could be worse, you could be an irrelevant club like Arsenal or have the record of Atletico. Seconds away from winning in 1974 and 2014 only to see Bayern and Real Madrid equalize in the dying second. And 2016 losing on penalties - again to Real.
Real really got all the luck in this world when it comes to CL finals.
Biggest regret I'll ever have in football besides Berlin '15 is not signing him from Palermo. He'd still be here, retire a legend, maybe even as a record goal scorer for the club. Perfect Juve player that was never meant to be.
did anyone see the penalty claim chelsea had in the first half vs leicester? 100% clear penalty, no var. at its current form, this protocol is so, so useless