Thing with the champions league is you can dress it up, hype it up, as much as you like.... But its still a cup competition. Hence Lyon could pull off a rresult.
Is the side that wins it necessarily the best side in Europe every year... Not necessarily.
Just off the top of my head I can think of a number of teams in various years who have won it without being the highest quality side...
Red Star Belgrade
Steaua Bucharest
Porto
Liverpool (vs Milan)
AC Milan (vs Liverpool)
Chelsea
Manchester United (vs Chelsea & Bayern Munich)
Last year two English clubs in the final and the media were telling us that we are dominating Europe again...
This year there's two French and two German sides in the semi-final... Does this now mean France has the strongest league in Europe?
It's not the be-all-and-end-all.
Im not necessarily in agreement that Guardiola is a genius... Propelled into Barcelona job... Then unlimited funds at Bayern Munich and Man City. He threw hundreds of millions a year at the Man City playing squad until they won the league... I'm not saying he's crap, but I think again its a case of over-hyping by the media (a bit of a recurring theme when it comes to football... But they've got to sell their newspapers and tv subscriptions!)
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