On Tuesday, April 26, 2022 at 11:16:52 a.m. UTC-4, Bruce Scott wrote:

On 2022-04-24, Mark <Pammie...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

How did that happen?! Are Barcelona better than I realised?

The last few years Spain has the most money and Barcelona became the
best team in Europe a couple of years ago. Heavy favourites for the
CL, once again.

Women's final today between Barca and Lyon, but to keep on subject, the DFB Pokal final is on today as well, between hard working Freiburg and Germany's favourite team, Red Bull Leipzig. Love em or hate em, we will have a new king regardless of who
wins. I have to assume the betting odds are heavily in favour of Red Bull. Also interesting that DAZN is showing this here on the Iceberg ( which is really hot and humid today) they have yet to show any DFB Pokal games, not sure how they got the rights
to the final, but I would be happy if they took over the Bundesliga rights from Sportsnet, who did a terrible job and should just stick to Curling and Blooper reels. DAZN also showing the Womens UCL final, I think they covered most if not all the Women'
s games this season?

In Bundesliga related news, it looks like Felix can not save Hertha, who somehow managed to lose the first leg in Berlin. So yeah, not official yet, but Schalke (25th anniversary of their UEFA cup win today), Werder Bremen and HSV will be returning to
the 1st div

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ciao, Bruce
ps we've (FCB) gone out of everything now, Cup, CL, and league, after getting smashed in Wolfsburg

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On 2022-05-21, Binder Dundat <dundat@gmail.com> wrote:

the DFB Pokal final is on today as well, between hard working
Freiburg and Germany's favourite team, Red Bull Leipzig. Love em
or hate em, we will have a new king regardless of who wins.

It looked good for Freiburg, Eggestein had made it 1-0 afte 19
minutes, and early in the second half, Halstenberg was sent off for a
last man foul on Holer. Text book call, but bad decision from
Halstenberg; it's not like it was Haaland that was about to get a
shot, and Halstenberg was still in good position to block any shots
for the far post. But to his credit, he didn't complain.

It's difficult to chase when you're 10v11, but Leipzig got on with it,
and you couldn't really tell. The 1-1 was a bit random, but well
deserved.

Leipzig also had penalty claim, that reminded of other non calls that
people had been going on for weeks about.

In the shoot out, two Freiburg players skied their kicks, while all 4
Leipzig kicks were top quality.

The trophy ceremoni was long delayed due to a medical emergency, but
even with this delay, 90% of the Freiburg fans were still there when
Leipzig lifted the cup. Contrast that with the FA Cup and Europa
League finals where half the stadion was empty.

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