Damn Penalties!

I guess the people who are looking at football events solely from the perspective of money can be happy to see the owners of the stadium where the Champions League final is going to take place participating in said final.

Bayern was very lucky to achieve this feat.

But I think I can safely say that Real Madrid was never second-best to Bayern. Not in Munich, where they lost, 1-2, and not at the Bernabeu, where they could not win the penalty shootout. (The Germans always do well at penalties!...)

After only 14 minutes, Real was up 2-0. They were even more convincing than Barcelona, yesterday, when they went up 2-0 against Chelsea.

So, then, what happened with the Spanish giants, again?
Most probably, cockiness. They thought they would have a very easy match, after going up two goals, but the opponents were just having a temporary bad spell.

The penalty that Robben converted was a very soft one, true, but then the Real penalty kick seemed a little harsh on Bayern, too.

Getting back to Real's failure to reach the final, one could blame this on Mourinho. But, unlike Guardiola, Mourinho at least managed to keep the team in the tie until the end.
When the penalty kicks started, Mourinho was not the man to blame anymore.

So, then, are the guilty ones Ronaldo, Kaka and Ramos? Very likely, yes, they are.
Seeing how much money they make, they have to have better nerves in such moments. But they, especially Ramos, were truly pathetic!
I wonder, did they insist on taking the spot kicks, or were they designated penalty takers?
And, wow, three misses out of four? (That's one bad penalty-kick team performance.)

But what about looking at this from the German perspective, you may say? Well, if I do that, there's not that much to say. I can say that, considering that they cannot seem to be able to beat Borussia Dortmund, Bayern is not a team that deserves to win the Champions League.

Oh, and Robben really should practice his finishers more. This is the umpteenth time he's missed a real sitter!