2020–21 Champions League Team of the Season (First XI):
Goalkeeper: Mendy (Chelsea)
Defenders: Kyle Walker (Manchester City), Rúben Dias (Manchester City), Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund), César Azpilicueta (Chelsea)
Midfielders: Paul Pogba (Borussia Dortmund), Tang Ye (Borussia Dortmund), Jorginho (Chelsea)
Forwards: Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund), Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
Head Coach: Ferran Escribá (Borussia Dortmund)
Unlike last season's Champions League, this season's Best XI was fairly controversial.
In midfield, Kanté lost out to Jorginho and Pogba, which many of Kanté's supporters found deeply baffling.
Then there was the forward line.
In the eyes of many fans, Reus should have been replaced by Mbappé, since the French forward's overall statistics were better than Reus's.
So why did Reus ultimately beat Mbappé and make the First XI?
In the eyes of Paris Saint-Germain fans, Reus and Hummels had benefited far too much from being Champions League winners.
The First XI was supposed to select the best-performing players—players like Tang Ye, Haaland, and Salah—yet in the eyes of fans from other leagues, Reus and Azpilicueta's performances had actually been below standard.
Of course, compared to the coach, the controversy surrounding the players was relatively minor.
This season's best Champions League coach!
Ferran Escribá!
Assaulted someone in the quarterfinals!
Banned for two matches in the semifinals!
Knelt on the pitch in the final!
Spanish God of War + freeloading mutt!
And he even fucking panders to China!
[I suggest investigating Ferran. He should be a spy sent by China.]
[What spy? Escribá just likes TY.]
[Stop calling it pandering to China. Just tell me, is TY good or not? And isn't Borussia Dortmund the Champions League winner now?]
[There are lots of Bayern Munich and Chelsea fans lurking in the comments. They're the ones badmouthing Escribá. What real Borussia Dortmund fan would