Icarium
Lifestealer
At this level, it is hard to predict who will come on top. Real are a better side but they do have vulnerabilities.
Champions League 2016/17
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At this level, it is hard to predict who will come on top. Real are a better side but they do have vulnerabilities.
JamDav1982
Senior Member
Of course and either team could go through but it is not bottle job if Atletico dont.
Icarium
Lifestealer
Well if they properly get outclassed I would agree with you, but if they lose again in the final minute I would call it bottling. They are just mentally weak at that point.
JamDav1982
Senior Member
When have they lost in the final minute?
It is nothing do with 'bottling' anything that is just a lazy cliche as folk hated the fact they couldnt hold on against Real in that final. Or lost in pens the next one.
Icarium
Lifestealer
2014 final. They couldn't hold out, 2016 nothing to be done I agree. They just lost on penalties, but 2014 one they made lot of mistakes in the last 15 minutes and let real in the game. They just couldn't handle the pressure. It is not like Real always wins against Atleti, atleti had a big run against real during that time but lost in the finals. The occasion was too big for them, now if they lose it will probably because they are an inferior team.
JamDav1982
Senior Member
2014 they held on as much as they could and were knackered. It was a good header from Ramos and it changed the momentum game. Nothing to do with bottling it though.
Neither of the finals the occasion seemed to big for them they played well enough and lost but for a great header and a more or less a coin toss situation of penalties.
Hate the way that teams who fight and give everything but lose to the narrowest of margins are deemed bottlers but those that play shit and dont turn up arent.
CuleLife4Life
Active member
Waiting for the inevitable Real thumping Pathetico
Yea I don't really see any other ending for Atletico besides a tie loss. They've never beat them in a UCL tie.
Barcilliant
Senior Member
I am sure Atletico will go through if they can keep the first match tight.
Atleti are due IMO. By their high standards their defence has been a bit lax this season but their attack has been better.
If they had been more proactive in last year's final and attacked more they would have beaten Real. Griezmaan missed that penalty and then they were unlucky in the shootout. This is their year.
Atleti are due IMO. By their high standards their defence has been a bit lax this season but their attack has been better.
If they had been more proactive in last year's final and attacked more they would have beaten Real. Griezmaan missed that penalty and then they were unlucky in the shootout. This is their year.
Neymessi
Active member
Even in 2016 they bottled it by missing a penalty. Also oblak got braindead at the worst possible moment.
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