Manchester City suffered a night of ignominy on Tuesday, not only because they succumbed to a 3-2 home defeat in the hands of Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League, but also because it followed an exhibition very public of prematch pride of their fans.
Before the first step in their eliminatory connection in the KO phase Vinícius Júnior During their melodramatic reaction to miss the 2024 golden ball midfielder Stem.
The tifo presented a photo of Rodri kissing the trophy with the quip “Stop crying your heart”, a reference to an oasis song of the same name. The banner was an acute excavation aimed at the non -edifying demonstration of Real Madrid of Pétuction leading to the award ceremony in October, when the Spanish club boycotted the protest ceremony and publicly criticized the price.
Unfortunately for City, it was Madrid who had the last laugh of the night after a late goals splint saw the visitors coming from behind to grab the advantage in the confrontation of heavy goods vehicles to reach the final of 16 .
Just to top it up, Vini Jr. was also appointed game player by UEFA after an individual out -of -competition display that he later admitted was caused at least in part by the banner.
“I saw (the banner),” said Vinícius after match. “But when opposition fans do things, it always gives me more strength to play a big game, and here I did that … (City) knew our history and everything we have done in This competition. “
Let’s see how Madrid’s own ultra ultras react when the two teams meet for the Bernabéu return match next Wednesday, because they are not themselves foreigners when it comes to producing arrogant tifos.
When Whites Having neighbors of Atlético Madrid in the Champions League semi-finals in 2017, they depreciated their local rivals by displaying their victories on the 2014 and 2016 finals.
The judicious display showed the sites of all 11 of their triumphs of the European Cup on a giant map of Europe and stressing that they beat Atlético in the final in Milan and Lisbon. The accompaniment message said: “Tell me what it does.”
Madrid, generally, won the 4-2 draw, but Atlético at least managed to fight back to their arrogant enemies before the second game in the second stage of the Calderon with a punishment tifo who proclaimed that they were ” proud not to be like you “.
The Champions League also witnessed a bitter alley between the bases of fans in 2023 when Paris Saint-Germain and AC Milan exchanged blows with provocative tifos during the group phase.
He started in Paris when ultras at the Parc des Princes unveiled a gigantic image of the French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo (in his role of famous film as a secret agent in “The professional“) While targeting a red and black giant devil symbolizing Milan at the end of the stadium.
Milan hardcore fans responded fifteen days later in the return match in San Siro. In an impressive choreo, Neo de “The Matrix” was represented by stopping the Belmondo bullets in the air using its emblematic telekinetic prowess.
Although Milan can be their main rivals, there is certainly no lost love between supporters of Inter Milan and Juventus either. It was more than obvious in 2015 when the Nerazzurri The ultras broke their Turin opponents burst into a tifo mocking their failure to secure the triple the previous season.
After having exceeded the big images of the Serie A championshipThe COPPA Italia and the European Cup, the internal fans waited for a moment before going to phase two of the Choreo. A message was then unveiled which referred to the final of the Champions League in Germany in which Barcelona beat Juve 3-1: “Berlin, 06/06/2015 … You almost did.”
We suspect that exposed sympathy may not be entirely authentic.
Impact of Montreal against the New England Revolution. The sign is on the point.
Translation: Your maple syrup is low. pic.twitter.com/SA5RVS8HZB
– Roberto Rocha (@robroc) February 29, 2020
However, undoubtedly the most blatant example of TIFO train fishing occurred on the day of opening the 2020 MLS season, when Montreal Impact (since renamed CF Montreal) launched a corusing attack against American cuisine before their game against the New England Revolution.
Written in French, the message said “Your maple syrup is weak.”
Ouch. There is really no return from this.
