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Cuper laments another lost chance
MILAN (Reuters) -- Valencia coach Hector Cuper lamented another lost opportunity following his side's heartbreaking defeat on penalties to Bayern Munich in the final of the Champions League on Wednesday. It was a second successive Champions League final defeat for Valencia -- they lost 3-0 to Real Madrid last year -- and a hat trick of losses for Cuper, whose Real Mallorca side were beaten by Lazio in the Cup Winners' Cup final the previous year. "Another one has passed us by," Cuper sighed in an interview with Spanish state television after the game. "It's a very painful moment but we'll have to bear it." French defender Jocelyn Angloma apologized to the Valencia fans for denying them a party. "It's bad luck, but that's football," he said. "The fans won't be able to celebrate again. I'm sorry. "We did everything we could to win and so did Bayern but it was very difficult. We've lost again. We just have to play our remaining league games and try to qualify for the competition again."
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