UEFA Champions League: Difference between revisions

* [[Homogenous Multinational Ad Campaign]]: The whole tournament is pretty much one of these - although alcohol advertising laws in various countries have necessitated [[Logo Joke|variations on Heineken's logo]].

* [[Honest John's Dealership]]- Rangers supporters in 2010 were held at the DW Stadium in Wigan prior to departing for Manchester to prevent a repeat of their violence in the City in the 2008 UEFA Cup final. So the Wigan club shop sold some Rangers shirts!

* [[Iconic Logo]]: The ball of stars.

* [[Irony]]: Real Madrid brought spent £200m on bringing in top stars such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka in to the club at the start of 2008-09. To make room in their squad, they sold Dutch starts Wesley Sneijder and Arjen Robben to Internazionale and Bayern Munich respectively. Real failed to get past the last 16, whilst Inter and Bayern, largely inspired by Sneijder and Robben were able to reach the final - in Madrid!

* [[The Trickster]]: Give it up for the [[Sarcasm Mode|master of modesty]] José Mourinho. When Chelsea manager he sneaked into his teams dressing room during half-time of a match he was banned from by hiding in the laundry basket. At Real Madrid, he orchestrated two of his players to be sent-off so their bans would fall on a dead-rubber, clearing their record for the important games!

* [[Too Soon]]: Played matches on the night of September 11, 2001. Realised the insensitivity of this and cancelled the matches on September 12, 2001.

* [[The Unexpected]]: You can be surprised of the teams (and countries) who made to the group stage and clash with the titans.

* [[Weak but Skilled]]: Rangers' defending to get a draw at Man Utd in 2010-11.