The best game EVAR! I was watching it at work, in the Yahoo! Sports editor's bullpen, (thanks, guys!), choking down my tacos at half-time. I mean, AC Milan scored goal #3 while I was in the cafeteria buying lunch. I thought my colleagues were playing a cruel joke when I got back to find out about it. Just wanted it to not get any more embarrassing. Then those six minutes in the second half, I couldn't believe my eyes. When Alonso shanked that penalty, then followed up with a thumper into the roof of the net, I thought I was in the Twilight Zone. What the? Then, best of all, had to miss second period of extra-time because of a meeting (priorities, guys!), and had to track the frickin' progress on BBC's site. So, missed the double-save, and the penalties. Man. Probably a good thing. I would've had a heart attack or something. Whooooooooo! Prediction: New Kop cheer for next season will be "Have you won the Champions League, Chelsea?"
I think Dudek was out of position for the third Milan goal, the fist nobody stops (that is, blame to the defenders for not covering on a free kick) and the second more fault to Dudek but not all. Brilliant stop against Shevchenko near the end of extra time and great job on the second and fourth PKs. Still, I don't expect him back in August. Having said that, I am completely psyched over today's victory and fuck UEFA if they don't make a spot for us in the next CL. Looking over the list of who gets what spots, there are several leagues (Israel, Switzerland) where I could see dropping the runner up for LFC, otherwise I think we're SOL.
btw, I can't believe Benitez started Kewell, had Hamann on the bench, and put Stevie in the holding role. That was not genius. We had no width, barely got up the field, and gave AC Milan a highway down the middle of the park (Crespo's two goals resulted from breaks down the center). The genius (or luck) was that Kewell got injured, and Finnan got injured, and Benitez rectified his mistake in time for the 2nd half. Then there was more passing, actual spreading of the ball, opening up the game, and taking the ball to AC Milan. Still, he's won the Champions League in his first season. I'm just the yob who bites his nails while watching TV. And, if Gerrard ultimately goes, thanks for all the hard work and loyalty, Stevie. With the Champs League winnings and the transfer fees, we should have enough to buy a new midfield.
You sir, are on drugs!! It's just possible I may have been joking. I can put bananas in my posts if it'll help. I was saying to all and sundry - 'Dida'll save this penalty', when it was 3-2, as I just had a feeling. But I was up off my feet when it went in - especially as we're back to playing proper extra time now, with none of this golden goal nonsense. I thought Jamie Carragher was immense and his performance in extra time, when he seemed to have lost all energy, was superb. Well done to Liverpool and to the Arse and Chelsea... a year in which those three win pots and Man U win a ginger American. Nice.
Didn't manage to catch it live, but the rerun just ended. WOW. That was fucking amazing. Liverpoooooooooooooooooooooooo
l! Whoo!
I am spent. Watched it live. At halftime, ESPN had a poll question: Do you think Liverpool can come back to win? with a web address. I ran to my computer to answer YES, but their stupid website doesn't have a poll on the front page, and as if I am going to waste my time searching for it on their website while the game is playing, bugger-off morons. I still believed. For the first half it was amateur stuff, boys-against-men. But they were one goal away from making a test of it. Gerrard's goal was sweet. The next ten minutes was one-way traffic - what a difference a goal makes!!! I am a lifelong Reds fan since before Kevin Keegan, and this year was one of destiny. I mean, look at their form in the EPL -- dreadful, shameful, embarrassing!! But their Champions League form has been fantastic. They beat the Serie A and EPL champions over two legs apiece, then gave away three goals to start a final - Greatest. Final. Ever. Team of Destiny. Well done Liverpool, you have done my heart proud. Elvis Costello was singing "You'll Never Walk Alone" last night. Somewhere in heaven, John Peel is sobbing like a baby. UEFA wants to rain on the parade and prevent the Reds from defending their title, but in a move of utter genius Welsh champions TNS have offered Liverpool an unlikely opportunity to defend their Champions League title.
biz, i got it.
Stevie Gerrard makes perfect sense: "I just hope that people will let us defend it. It's called the Champions League so the champions should be allowed to defend it."
Alas UEFA thinks otherwise
Welsh FA sound like idiots from TRT's link, how could they not prefer the publicity, cash and goodwill that would come from such a play-in?
Why do they put their dicks in sheep? Stop trying to understand the Welsh. I left the pub at half-time in a huff. Luckily, I stopped in on a friend on my way home just in time for Gerrard's goal. I smoked my first cigarette in two and a half years whilst watching the penalties through the window from my mate's back garden. I wonder when the last time man of the match was given to a goalie who had let in three goals in the match...
