Unlike last season it was a great season for the cups. Was a really enjoyable Champions League, Dortmund in particular contributed to make it so. Bayern for their quality too, quality of players and that they played a part in an entertaining final. Due to the draws it was even a good watch at the usually dull group stages. Celtic and their early heroics were also fantastic. No mean feat what they did vs Barcelona in particular. Though they will likely be in danger of losing players over the summer, hopefully their success will give them confidence and encourage them to make Europe more of a prioity. It has got to be really as with the loss of Rangers in the SPL they do not have much competition.
Similarly, the English domestic cups have been good too, brilliant finals and some very good ties along the way. It was brilliant seeing Wigan and Swansea win their respective finals. A fitting reward for Laudrup whose Swansea side play with style. Wigan winning vs the money rolling City is always going to be the sweetest of victories and they were well worth their win. City players seemed to think they could just turn up. Credit to Wigan, highlight was definately seeing what it meant to their fans. They did so well to stay up in the league so long, they must have used up all of their luck and could not pull of yet another hoodeniesque escape. Their manager Martinez deserves a-lot of credit for encouraging his team to play good football. He is of course in talks with Everton, a good manager it will be interesting to see how he does elsewhere.
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