All the scores in the 11-year Champions League finals were exposed! Old fans shouted: The current game is too stingy

When I was browsing my phone yesterday, I suddenly saw that the official UEFA Champions League released a set of interesting data - a summary of the scores of the Champions League finals in the past 11 years. As an old fan who has watched the ball for more than 20 years, this set of numbers made me unable to help put down the coffee in my hand and think about it carefully.

To be honest, the most intuitive feeling I saw at first glance was: Why are the finals becoming more and more "stingy"? I remember when I was a kid, I always had big scores like 3-2 and 4-1 in the Champions League finals. But you can see that in the past 11 years, scores like 1-0 and 2-1 have become commonplace. In the match against Inter last season, if Rodri hadn't had a flash of inspiration, he might have delayed the penalty shootout again.

This reminds me of a Premier League game I watched live last year. A coach sitting next to me at that time said that the current showdown between wealthy families is more like playing chess, and everyone is waiting for the opponent to make mistakes first. Indeed, judging from the data, the last 11 years only had Real Madrid 4-1 Juventus in 2017, which was considered a big score, and other games were basically the rhythm of "small victory is safe". Another interesting discovery is that there have been 1-0 scores in the past 11 years. You know, in the 1990s when I first started watching football, 1-0 in the Champions League final was as rare as winning a lottery. The teams are indeed becoming more and more sophisticated in tactical execution and defensive organization, but the price is that the viewing value of the game is somewhat reduced.

But then again, although the score has become smaller, it is not much dramatic. Manchester City's finale last year, Bayern's perfect season ended in 2020, and Ramos' famous "9248" in 2014 - these moments have become classics in Champions League history. Sometimes I think, maybe it is this "low output and high return" game model that makes the current Champions League finals more precious?