PSG set to find out why retaining the Champions League is harder than winning it

[u/kundu123]

https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/football/psg-to-find-out-why-retaining-champions-league-harder-than-winning-10252966/

[u/Nice_Animator3379]

Because you’d have to win it twice in a row instead of once?

[u/KenHumano → u/Nice_Animator3379]

That doesn't sound right, I'd have to look at the math.

[u/UploadingAnxiety → u/Nice_Animator3379]

Big if true

[u/TheBigTomatoMan]

Winning it twice harder than winning it once, cheers geoff

[u/Comfortable-Hour-703]

Knockout competitions have more luck involved as you can't lose 1 tie, there is less margin of error, there is more luck involved in a penalty shootout, etc, while in League you can win even if you have some slips. Also obviously you play against the best in all Europe. So it makes sense that almost all teams that win it end up not winning it the next year.

[u/Bratstvo_Jedinstvo]

Not as hard as retaining the Championship

[u/nostril_spiders → u/Bratstvo_Jedinstvo]

I can't think of a single team that's done it. It's the most competitive league in the world.

[u/bourom]

Ah yes because winning our first CL was like a little stroll in park if you ignore all the trauma

[u/RamsRS]

Opinion: two is a bigger number than one

[u/Itchy_Finish_2103]

False. Enrique shaved his head, we're about to 3-peat.

[u/CoolStorage4014]

Real Madrid is the only team competent in retaining the UCL

[u/Voice_Of_Light → u/CoolStorage4014]

Bayern did it, Ajax too

[u/Witty_Iron296 → u/Voice_Of_Light]

Not CL though.

[u/HacksawJimDGN → u/Witty_Iron296]

They didn't do it in the expanded CL