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May 29 2022 04:49pm

I didn't want to derail Liverpool's thread, but Madrid has complied with all of the rules since FFP was established, so there's that. Furthermore, the whole "ridiculously crooked land deal of 2000" is often used as anti-Madrid propaganda without knowing the whole history. It was something that the city and region both wanted to do too, and they greatly profited from it.

The land had been labeld as "grounds for sporting use only" by Franco's regime, and that had become completely obsolete by the end of the century, due to the capital's demographic explosion. It was bad for everyone to have such a large amount of land without making any profit from it, so the city of Madrid, the region of Madrid and Real Madrid, reached an agreement to change the status of the land. The city paid a lot of money, but then sold their share to banks for hundreds of millions, which was good for everyone. It made sense from a financial perspective, and that's why the European Comission dropped the investigation in 2004 and why even the far-left party of IU backed the move, despite being in the opposition.

Madrid won 8 CLs before Florentino, and had won that year's CL without him too. The grandeur of the club has been earned on the pitch for many decades, and it's logical that attracts sponsors and builds trust among creditors... yet everything is done according to the rules and complying with the financial obligations. While I can understand you prefering other club models, you can't put it on the same tier as money printin clubs, like you did with Chelsea, a club who went from being a mid table club to a european powerhouse because a russian oligarch dumped massive amounts of cash on them for no reason (it could just as easily have been Aston Villa or whatever).
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May 30 2022 08:38am
Quote (piatek @ May 28 2022 07:35pm)
One of the single most ridiculous runs to a championship, any sports team in the world has ever had.

I've see underdogs scrape their way to victory, like Chelsea in 2012, Greece in 2004 and Portugal in 2016 to name a few. Usually those runs include some 1-0 victories and penalty shoot outs with a solid defensive performance and a lot of luck. I don't think I've ever heard of or seen a team get completely destroyed for 95-99% of 180-210 minute ties, yet still win by outscoring their opponents on aggregate. Surely this has never happened before?


Totally agree. Grats to Real but it was without a doubt the luckiest run I have seen.

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This post was edited by ZxFamily-GuyxZ on May 30 2022 08:39am
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Totally agree. Grats to Real but it was without a doubt the luckiest run I have seen.

Donnarumma their mvp


donnarumma overrated :bonk:
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May 30 2022 06:07pm
It has merit to win all the games of a competition playing worse than the rivals. Congratulations
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Quote (xPGen @ May 28 2022 02:38pm)
Yes we got it!!!!!


if you had a million fg how much would you have bet on that game?
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Totally agree. Grats to Real but it was without a doubt the luckiest run I have seen.

Donnarumma their mvp


Didn't know winning 14 ucl means to be lucky I'm sorry for being the best team in the world.

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Didn't know winning 14 ucl means to be lucky I'm sorry for being the best team in the world.


Holy shit :bonk:

Your guild is simply perfect for you :lol:
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Jun 3 2022 02:43pm
anybody watched Tchoumeni play before?

i watched him play vs Denmark and his performance was very underwhelming

Kante did all of the work in the midfield; it was like watching Kroos and Modric but Kroos on his worst days.

not sure what his role was
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Jun 6 2022 01:40pm
those that have watched Tchouameni, what are his strengths and weaknesses?

his double pivot with Geundouzi is atrocious vs Croatia. they simply suck. i mean France came out with a full reserve team so it's understandable. the whole team sucks right now.

but i dont see how or what he brings to the team. for 2 straight games (i know very small sample size, hence the questions)
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Quote (AgnarioN @ May 30 2022 05:07pm)
It has merit to win all the games of a competition playing worse than the rivals. Congratulations https://abload.de/img/peepo-2guj4o.png
https://abload.de/img/6kjtf.jpg


Welcome to the window where Messi win's BDO for this reason. But you are too blind to see the obvious.
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