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Thomas Tuchel has a chat, about how seriously he is taking this match, which some might describe as a glorified friendly:
We take any match seriously. We set certain standards of ourselves. Honestly, I hope that we don’t make a difference if it’s a European Cup final or the first match of the Premier League. These are competitive matches and we’re here to compete for the win.
We gave a lot of thoughts into the team, in the end I said, ‘Stop, we do what we did against Tottenham.’ This is a competitive match, and we don’t break our heads now with minutes, and how much can anybody play. No. We went for the team that played against Tottenham and from there we go. They have more games in the legs than we have. More friendlies. They struggled with the results, honestly, but they have more physical capacity. We have to not think about this and do our things with courage, with intensity.
Here’s the trophy the two teams are vying for tonight, 12.2kg of gleaming metal. I particularly like the fact that it says “super competition” on the base, just in case anyone thought it was for a normal, non-super competition. This is how Uefa describe it:
The classic bowl is held aloft on a base that is subtly twisted like a skein of wool as two arms allow the winners enough room to take a firm grip as they do their lap of honour. The champions are entitled to have a replica made, provided it does not exceed four-fifths of the dimensions of the original.
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