The last piece of the UEFA Champions League final will fall into place at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, as Real Madrid host Bayern Munich in the second leg of their semifinal tie (2:45 p.m., FX).
The German side holds a 2-1 advantage after the first leg, with Mario Gomez' late goal accounting for the difference. Mesut Ozil's away goal looms large for Madrid, a team coming off the high of going into Camp Nou and defeating Barcelona over the weekend during an intense edition of El Clasico.
A Madrid win would pit Jose Mourinho's current side against one of his former ones in the final, where a date with Chelsea awaits. Munich, however, could exact revenge for losing to Mourinho's Inter Milan side in the 2010 final by coming up with a result in Spain today, one that would let Munich host the UCL final.
If you will be watching today's match, please feel free to share any thoughts, opinions and some play-by-play in the comments section below. Enjoy the action.
Bayern unlucky giving up a free kick on a great tackle that the official for some reason deems to be a foul. Ronaldo skies it.
totally clean tackle there.. lame call.
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You have some issues bud. I’m commenting on the game. You have some personal issues you need to work out because you’re projecting something serious.
I noticed you didn’t bother responding to my comment that Pepe should have given up a penalty. Probably because it doesn’t fit you anger. Little man syndrome?
“No?
Looked like a penalty to me. You people are ridiculous with your responses.”
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Great ball puts Marcelo behind the defense but he’s flagged offside.
Replay shows he was close to 5 yards onside. Inexplicable call from the lineman.
Dude. You were irritating yesterday during the Barcelona game going on about time wasting and Drogba’s leg cramp and you’re irritating today. You wonder why everyone else in the thread is disagreeing with you. It’s because you whine and whine about how the world isn’t fair for the two best teams in the world. Face it, if they blow it, it’s their own damned fault.
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Rarely do you see a team playing more cynical than Madrid. Today’s performance by Bayern has reached that point.
I don’t know who’s disagreeing with you there, friendo. Or are you just going to run through all the obvious handling scenarios?
Putting your arms up like you’re blocking a punt is easily interpreted as deliberately blocking a potential path of the ball.
If I stand in the wall with my hands extended above my head and the ball hits them, I believe all refs will call an infraction, based on any and all interpretations.
It’s deliberate handling of the ball, technically speaking
+1
It should’ve been a penalty and Pepe’s second yellow.
No?
Looked like a penalty to me. You people are ridiculous with your responses.
Then Pepe steps aside and allows the free kick to get to goal.
And Pepe’s arm (quite far from his body) made some good contact with that free kick. Would have been a penalty and his second yellow.
Both sides have weaknesses at the back, however Bayern are winning nearly every second ball in the middle. DiMaria is a waste both ways, just playing to the ref on every occasion. I like Bayern’s chances unless Jose puts some more energy and speed into his mid-field. Xabi and Sammy are getting over-run.
Robben dives as much as DiMaria, who dives as much as Altidore…….
Just let it go.
That was a handball on that penalty before the half.
There was more contact there than in alot of the Di Maria and otzil calls….
And I suppose you’d like to reprise your explanation of the handball rule for that free kick.
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Arjen Robban with a really bad dive. Pepe is a thug, but I don’t even think he touched him.
Does anyone have a link to a free stream?
Cracker game so far. Really impressed by Bayern. They are back in the game.
Bayern getting lots of space to attack. Real not as sharp as they might be. The germans could take this one…
You look stupid.
No, but I will now. Thanks
I would punch Gary Neville in the face if I ever saw him.
God d*mnit he ruins watch the games.
You could be right but you also have to take into account all of the variables such as the speed of play, the intensity of the players, the emotions of such a high stakes game, etc.
That looked harsh at first but then I saw both his arms over his shoulders.
Not really in big games you remember the major decisions in a way you wouldn’t in a normal game.
Now this is a game.
Never, never count the Germans out.
Okay fine I was wrong….as Pepe BEAR hugs Gomez.
And here we go.
Big games in Champions League seem to be decided often by the referees. Seems like the percentage of penalties called in the Champions League knockout stages are much higher than in any other competition.
I’ve seen this ‘gaining an advantage’ bit repeated a bunch of times here. Not sure where it came from, but it’s only adding to the lack of understanding. The laws themselves makes no mention of it:
“A direct free kick is also awarded to the opposing team if a player handles the ball deliberately (except for the goalkeeper within his
own penalty area).”
That ‘deliberately’ leaves a lot of room for interpretation, but it definitely implies that intent plays a role in whether handling has occurred.
One goal from Bayern and we are going to extra time…
need a link
I believe that exact sentiment was stated yesterday after Terry’s red card and we see what happened there
maybe because (if what you wrote is actually correct) the rule seems dumb.
The point of “no hands” shouldn’t be that there’s an area of your body that you need to jerk out of the way in case the ball hits it; it should be that you’re not allowed to use your hands to play soccer.
All the refs should do is make a judgment call on whether the player’s intent was to handle the ball.
Of course, this is coming from a defender. 🙂
Why this will be great soccer. Robben, Ribery, and Gomez wont give up. Stay tuned for fun soccer.
And Madrid saves us time. No need to watch this anymore.
wow Madrid are moving that ball really well. Great goal
Arjen Robban missed an open net from 6 yards dead center in the middle of the pitch.
Why do so few commentators understand the hand ball rule? That is a clear cut penalty. Intent doesn’t matter if you gain an advantage from the handball. Normally you get sympathy from the official if your hand is against your body and you’re a short distance away… but if you’re falling and put your arm down to brace your fall and it stops a shot… well it’s a penalty every day and Sunday.
Harsh penalty against Munich in the 5th minute. Ronaldo converts.
well this game just became less interesting.
Have you tried Sky Sports ScoreCenter?
+1
Let me be the first to say that I cannot get game trackers at work (damn you old internet software!)….. so any updates on the game would be awesome.
I just didn’t want somebody to get shouted down with a “dude we’re all watching the same game”.