Mourinho was Van Gaal’s assistant at Barcelona a few years back. Now both can become the 3rd coach (after Hitzfeld and Happel) to win the Champions League with 2 different teams. Mourinho already won it with FC Porto and Van Gaal with Ajax Amsterdam.
Odds seem to be in favour with Inter who has already eliminated Chelsea and Barça on their route to the final. Mourinho is like a world class chess player; he always seeems to be a play ahead and has the ability of dissecting his opponent’s tactics.Mourinho seemingly wants to play a 4-4-2 tonight to complicate Robben’s life on the pitch.
Bayern have had a more rocky trip so far barely getting through the 1st round and playing a complicated quarter final against Man United. However, they have incredible resilience and Van Gaal is a master in bringing out the offensive potential of his teams.
I am and vote for Bayern. I have been in the stadium of 2 of their Champions League Cups (Bruxelles 1974 and Paris 1975). In 1974, they scored and tied during the last 30 seconds of the overtime against Atletico Madrid and won the 2nd match (at the time there were no penalty shootouts for finals, why don’t we go back to that system which is so much fairer M. Blatter!!). I predict a 2-1 win with goals by Olic and Robben.
This will be the first Champions League final between the 2 teams. Inter have won it twice and Bayern four times.
Maracanazos like to take sides.