What a comeback!
Am blogging while I am keeping my eyes glued to the Champions League final between AC Milan and Liverpool. Most difficult multi-tasking so far!
As football commentators would say, it has been a cracker of a match!
Supported Liverpool because
1. they are English;
2. this is their first final in 21 years;
3. Milan has already won the Champions League 2 years ago and
4. Liverpool finished 5th in the Premier League and by rule, they have no chance of competing in the Champions League next season. The trophy, hopefully, would be a consolation for them.
Been a wonderful game so far. Milan was 3-0 up before half time and frankly, I wanted to go to sleep then. But, I just had this little little hope of seeing how Liverpool would fight back in the 2nd half. And true enough, they did. In the space of 6 minutes! Steven Gerrard scored first (54th minute), followed by Smicer (56th), and lastly Alonso (71st) completed the spectacular comeback.
The last 20 minutes was pure agony but it still went on to extra time.
30 minutes of extra time still failed to separate the two teams. I am glad Uefa scraped golden goals or silver goals. It is such a terrible strain on one's heart. The pulsating feel, the sense of holding one's breadth and the utter sense of despair when the game ends, just like that.
Down to penalty kicks. Love and hate this segment. The adrenaline rush when your team scores or the goalkeeper blocks a shot from the rival team is as high as when your rival team scores or when they block your shot... Brrr!!
Current penalty score: Pool 2 Milan 0
Are Milan that bad???!! Their morale probably took a disastrous dive when Smicer scored the equalizing goal. I pity them.
2-1 to Pool
Still 2-1 Pool. Riise's shot is blocked! How dramatic can everything get???!!
2-2 Milan.
3-2 Pool
Liverpool are the new Champion League winner 2005, winning 3-2 on penalties (3-3 full time).
WHAT A COMEBACK!
Kudos to Liverpool for staging such a beyond belief, spectacular comeback! It must be really hard on AC Milan! Their disappointment must be immense. This victory definitely more than makes up for Pool's domestic failures this season!
I must admit. This Champions League makes it more spectacular than Man Utd's victory over Bayern Munich in Barcelona in 1999, albeit by a little. I seem to be recollecting and reliving that victory 6 years ago although the winners are supposedly Man U's bitter rivals.. Six years??!! Has it been that long? Man U had better buck up next season.
Been a while since I blogged a soccer entry. Am losing touch (and interest) with it, no thanks to Man U's failures and the absence of cable. What kind of a fan am I? But this game has been so amazing it has aroused my failing interest in the sport by a huge margin!
Looking forward to the New Paper tomorrow. I am glad I witnessed such a historic moment in Champions League history!
ciao!
As football commentators would say, it has been a cracker of a match!
Supported Liverpool because
1. they are English;
2. this is their first final in 21 years;
3. Milan has already won the Champions League 2 years ago and
4. Liverpool finished 5th in the Premier League and by rule, they have no chance of competing in the Champions League next season. The trophy, hopefully, would be a consolation for them.
Been a wonderful game so far. Milan was 3-0 up before half time and frankly, I wanted to go to sleep then. But, I just had this little little hope of seeing how Liverpool would fight back in the 2nd half. And true enough, they did. In the space of 6 minutes! Steven Gerrard scored first (54th minute), followed by Smicer (56th), and lastly Alonso (71st) completed the spectacular comeback.
The last 20 minutes was pure agony but it still went on to extra time.
30 minutes of extra time still failed to separate the two teams. I am glad Uefa scraped golden goals or silver goals. It is such a terrible strain on one's heart. The pulsating feel, the sense of holding one's breadth and the utter sense of despair when the game ends, just like that.
Down to penalty kicks. Love and hate this segment. The adrenaline rush when your team scores or the goalkeeper blocks a shot from the rival team is as high as when your rival team scores or when they block your shot... Brrr!!
Current penalty score: Pool 2 Milan 0
Are Milan that bad???!! Their morale probably took a disastrous dive when Smicer scored the equalizing goal. I pity them.
2-1 to Pool
Still 2-1 Pool. Riise's shot is blocked! How dramatic can everything get???!!
2-2 Milan.
3-2 Pool
Liverpool are the new Champion League winner 2005, winning 3-2 on penalties (3-3 full time).
WHAT A COMEBACK!
Kudos to Liverpool for staging such a beyond belief, spectacular comeback! It must be really hard on AC Milan! Their disappointment must be immense. This victory definitely more than makes up for Pool's domestic failures this season!
I must admit. This Champions League makes it more spectacular than Man Utd's victory over Bayern Munich in Barcelona in 1999, albeit by a little. I seem to be recollecting and reliving that victory 6 years ago although the winners are supposedly Man U's bitter rivals.. Six years??!! Has it been that long? Man U had better buck up next season.
Been a while since I blogged a soccer entry. Am losing touch (and interest) with it, no thanks to Man U's failures and the absence of cable. What kind of a fan am I? But this game has been so amazing it has aroused my failing interest in the sport by a huge margin!
Looking forward to the New Paper tomorrow. I am glad I witnessed such a historic moment in Champions League history!
ciao!
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