When Liverpool stops being polite...and starts getting Real: The UCL Final

[SocrManiac]

When do we start to panic? Can it be now? I’m going with now.

I need to stop having parties for CL finals. Nothing like getting up early to start a brisket and then wanting nothing to do with food.

 

[SoxFanInCali]

When do we start to panic? Can it be now? I’m going with now.

Way ahead of you. My goal for the last 2 hours has been to not throw up before kickoff.

 

[SocrManiac]

And guys like Alisson are probably napping right up to the time they need to warm up.

 

[Pesky Pole]

Reports now on CBS that Thiago warmed up poorly and may not start. Now is the time to panic I guess.

 

[SocrManiac]

Fuck, Keita on.

10% of the time he’s the best player on the pitch. The other 90%… Blech.

 

[FenwayFrenzy]

Carragher saying lots of Liverpool fans not in their seats yet… speculates problems outside the stadium?

 

[SoxFanInCali]

Carragher saying lots of Liverpool fans not in their seats yet… speculates problems outside the stadium?

Hearing that kickoff is being pushed back 15 minutes because of this.

 

[FenwayFrenzy]

Hearing that kickoff is being pushed back 15 minutes because of this.

Awesome, my anxiety is already at 120 percent.

 

[CoffeeNerdness]

"Late arriving fans" sounds like some bull. Henry said something about tear gas outside.

 

[SoxFanInCali]

Seeing plenty of tweets (not just from supporters but onsite media) that the "fans arrived late" is bullshit, and that the organization outside the stadium has been terrible.

 

[nolasoxfan]

For future reference, who should I call if I’ve stayed late at the bar and I don’t want to miss any of the match? Asking for a friend.

 

[FenwayFrenzy]

CBS speculating now that tear gas has been used? The overhead shot shows a ton of fans in red standing outside of the Liverpool side of the stadium.

 

[FenwayFrenzy]

Unverified report from Twitter showing people jumping the stadium fence:

View: https://twitter.com/Clarkester23AUD/status/1530622526061260805

 

[PseuFighter]

Why does it seem like soccer has this gate-crashing problem over and over again, and like, only soccer?

 

[CodPiece XL]

Some social media talking about ticketless fans scaling fences at one point.

 

[SoxFanInCali]

Another 15 minutes confirmed. What a fucking mess.

 

[the1andonly3003]

why are the CBS crew appear slow to the news? Some football journos are slamming FIFA/UEFA for not saying that English fans may be rowdy?

 

[SoxFanInCali]

View: https://twitter.com/GaryLineker/status/1530627413058756610

View: https://twitter.com/GaryLineker/status/1530628868524199937

 

[CodPiece XL]

My cousin was telling me there’s a a huge amount of fake tickets circulating. No idea if true or not but he’s in Paris.

 

[Kliq]

Carragher almost in tears on the studio show.

 

[coremiller]

There is an obvious and unfortunate historical parallel of incompetent authorities blaming Liverpool fans for the authorities' own crowd-control mismanagement.

 

[Kliq]

Fans shouting over this music ceremony is pretty funny.

 

[Philip Jeff Frye]

I'm going to lose my mind if I have to keep hearing these people say the same thing over and over again for another half hour before the match starts.

Oh, at least now there's the spectacle of the "ceremony" to distract me - the talking heads repeating themselves might be better.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

Seems like the stands are pretty full now.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

So are the opening ceremony performers tied to the nations competing?

Will we get a fish and chips eating spectacle next?

 

[SoxFanInPdx]

Fuck this event

 

[ifmanis5]

View: https://twitter.com/ESPNFC/status/1530633255694868484

Footage of fans getting pepper sprayed outside the stadium before the Champions League final.
View: https://twitter.com/FCYahoo/status/1530631597900308488

 

[Senator Donut]

Why does it seem like soccer has this gate-crashing problem over and over again, and like, only soccer?

say what you want about Concacaf, but at least we had 60,000 in their seats before the scheduled kickoff time for our final

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

I don’t think that the Stade de France hosts any club, right? And I suspect that for national team games there is not a huge number of visiting fans that need a separate entrance. Maybe like two sections.

When FIFA come in with their own ticket distribution and technology systems I think it is just a potential for problems in these one off events.

 

[PseuFighter]

say what you want about Concacaf, but at least we had 60,000 in their seats before the scheduled kickoff time for our final

from concacaf to one of probably 500 people at the local mls match (revololution) tonight.

 

[the1andonly3003]

I don’t think that the Stade de France hosts any club, right? And I suspect that for national team games there is not a huge number of visiting fans that need a separate entrance. Maybe like two sections.

When FIFA come in with their own ticket distribution and technology systems I think it is just a potential for problems in these one off events.

how did it world for the World Cup?

 

[SocrManiac]

At least Thiago is on, after all.

 

[SocrManiac]

Please keep playing short goal kicks, Real.

 

[SocrManiac]

Courtois is so fucking good

 

[coremiller]

I'm sure Real will have their moments, but Liverpool look pretty clearly superior in the first 20 minutes. There's a chance the vibes run out and this ends up pretty one-sided.

 

[fletcherpost]

Mon TAA hit the target there mate.

 

[SocrManiac]

Pre-Afcon Mo probably has a hat trick already.

 

[ifmanis5]

Oh my. Fingertips.

 

[SocrManiac]

Courtois is so fucking good.

 

[fletcherpost]

Damn thought Mane had that.

 

[MiracleOfO2704]

Damn thought Mane had that.

I mean, he did, but the matter of that 2 meter tall piece of wood…

 

[HowBoutDemSox]

Madrid looks like they’ve never seen a press before.

 

[SocrManiac]

My YouTube TV feed is like 10FPS. When the ball moves quickly it appears and disappears. Great work, guys.

 

[Kliq]

Courtois is so fucking good.

It's basically Courtois vs Liverpool at this point.

 

[OCST]

Don’t know if it’s the camera angle or the distance from the pitch or a crowd full of vips but this game feels sterile and dull

 

[OCST]

Like, Wolves-Leicester on your average February Saturday has more zip

 

[OCST]

Maybe they’re just exhausted after 70 games in the past six months

 

[the1andonly3003]

Like, Wolves-Leicester on your average February Saturday has more zip

to be fair, both attempt to counter with Jimenez and Vardy with beautiful finishing

 

[MiracleOfO2704]

As Alisson handled that cross/shot, all I could think about is how thankful I am Loris Karius is nowhere near the pitch.

 

[the1andonly3003]

RM seems to drop to a back 6 when out of possession?