The villain fails, which is of course a bitter loss.
Where the clumsiness and the dandy are missing, plus the party horror and also all the staffage.
In the cinema it would be highly questionable whether one could speak of a strong sequel under these conditions.
But it's about football, and the jerseys are still the same.
The first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals between Real Madrid and Liverpool on Tuesday can therefore undoubtedly be the first act of revenge.
It was not even three years ago that the Spaniards beat the English 3-1 in one of those finals in which as much happens as usual in entire tournaments. Leaving traces behind and defining roles, some only fleetingly, others forever.