TV ratings be damned, the more or less neutral fan would probably have preferred to see 1-Semifinals matching BM's swagger v Atleti's intensity and RM's lèse majesté v the recently deposed pretender and the aging rabble he leads into the Bernabeu; followed by 2-this year's consensus Big Dogs, RM & BM, in Lisbon.
TV ratings be damned, the more or less neutral fan would probably have preferred to see 1-Semifinals matching BM's swagger v Atleti's intensity and RM's lèse majesté v the recently deposed pretender and the aging rabble he leads into the Bernabeu; followed by 2-this year's consensus Big Dogs, RM & BM, in Lisbon.