From our special correspondent in Lisbon,
Victory is a precious commodity, especially at a level as high as a Champions League final. It confers a natural superiority over defeated adversaries and grants indisputable rights, such as the right to room. You still have to know how to do it with as much malice as Manuel Neuer. The Bavarian goalkeeper posted a photo on Instagram where he is seen lifting the trophy on the Luz podium. The small subtlety lies in the (false) location of the publication: the Velodrome stadium. As if PSG had not suffered enough like that.
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🏆🏵🏆 Triple @fcbayern
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A skilled community manager, the Mannschaft goalkeeper had already taken care to disgust the Parisian attackers on several occasions, including on occasions that counted for butter (hello one against one with Mbappé offside by five meters). Not the first time he's done the blow to a French team. Karim Benzema surely remembers it. Thomas Müller knows that if he was able to add a second C1 to his record, it is thanks to the wall that serves as a goalkeeper at Bayern. “We certainly had a hint of luck, but we had Manuel Neuer in goal. "
Feeling of superiority
Obviously, we will refrain from summing up to its goalkeeper, however strong it may be, a team that has planted 12 peanuts in three matches in Lisbon, including 12 just for Barça. Bayern won the Champions League the easiest way, winning absolutely every game. Yes, there were less than usual and the latter had the advantage of being played on neutral ground. Blah, blah, blah. Since the arrival of Hansi Flick on the bench in November this team is an army of cyborgs landed straight from the future. “Cold as ice cubes”, said Valdo the day before the final. He doesn't think he can say so well. Guys are strong and feel strong. Joshua Kimmich, after the victory:
“It's indescribable, a feeling like that, to be on the pitch with a group like that. It's like with brothers, even if one person makes a mistake, another arrives to fix it. Hansi Flick gave us a lot of confidence from the start, we had a bit of a feeling of invincibility. We deserved to win this competition. "
He's right the Joshua. What do you want us to tell him? “Okay, 43 pawns in 11 games and driving mercilessly on three quarters of your opponents still lacks panache, Atalanta was more deserving. “Moreover, by taking a glance in the retro and seeing the jerks that have taken Barça, Chelsea and Tottenham, we take our hat off to OL and even more to Paris Saint-Germain. "We had strong phases, where they doubted," said Tuchel after the lost final. But that alone is an achievement. No one in Europe has succeeded in making the Bavarians doubt - and still the word is strong - so much time this year. Because they are too strong. And that they have Neuer.
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