You'll Never Walk...ALONE!!!
Liverpool FC...last having won a European championship and having come into the European Final as the absolute underdogs...have come off and done the unbelievable...printed the damn unthinkable in the Book of Soccer History...
The European Champions League 2005 Final started in absolute nightmarish fashion for any Liverpool supporter...an unlikely goal in the 52nd second by the most unlikely customer (Paolo Maldini) and that's when I walked into Albert's crib...holding my head in disbelief...and only to curse the gods of AC Milan at half-time as we were 3-0 down, enduring taunts from Albert, cursing cursing cursing....
Then the unbelievable happened....
The rally began
Minute 54...cross off the left wing from Norwegian left-back-turned-winger John Arne Riise found the head of inspirational and talismanic captain Stevie G. Gerrard...3-1...
Minute 56..shot off the top of the "D" from Czech international, Vladi Smicer...into the corner off the fumbling goalie...3-2...
Minute 59/60...cross into the box and Gennaro Gattuso of AC Milan fouls Stevie G in the box...PENALTY!!! Xabi Alonso takes it...its saved...rebounds to Xabi and he SCORES...3-3!!! What a final!!!
There are crazy moments somewhere in there, but I am hazed by the adrenalin blinding me, as I blurrily see Andriy Shevchenko get his double-pronged attack in the dying minutes of extra time thwarted by the timely theatrics of the Polish goal-tending maestro, Jerzy Dudek.
Skip to the penalty shootout...my nerves cant help me remember who scored what and when...but I remember Shevchenko of AC Milan - he who scored the winning penalty 2 years ago when AC beat Juventus in England in the final - getting his penalty saved by Liverpool's goalie, Dudek...
I have to admit...I let a modest-driven tear roll down my cheek..I have waited 21 years for this moment...to be part of a legendary Liverpool that won the most prized possession in club football...
This is the stuff that dreams are made of....
As the song and the belief in Anfield, Liverpool's home, goes...
The European Champions League 2005 Final started in absolute nightmarish fashion for any Liverpool supporter...an unlikely goal in the 52nd second by the most unlikely customer (Paolo Maldini) and that's when I walked into Albert's crib...holding my head in disbelief...and only to curse the gods of AC Milan at half-time as we were 3-0 down, enduring taunts from Albert, cursing cursing cursing....
Then the unbelievable happened....
The rally began
Minute 54...cross off the left wing from Norwegian left-back-turned-winger John Arne Riise found the head of inspirational and talismanic captain Stevie G. Gerrard...3-1...
Minute 56..shot off the top of the "D" from Czech international, Vladi Smicer...into the corner off the fumbling goalie...3-2...
Minute 59/60...cross into the box and Gennaro Gattuso of AC Milan fouls Stevie G in the box...PENALTY!!! Xabi Alonso takes it...its saved...rebounds to Xabi and he SCORES...3-3!!! What a final!!!
There are crazy moments somewhere in there, but I am hazed by the adrenalin blinding me, as I blurrily see Andriy Shevchenko get his double-pronged attack in the dying minutes of extra time thwarted by the timely theatrics of the Polish goal-tending maestro, Jerzy Dudek.
Skip to the penalty shootout...my nerves cant help me remember who scored what and when...but I remember Shevchenko of AC Milan - he who scored the winning penalty 2 years ago when AC beat Juventus in England in the final - getting his penalty saved by Liverpool's goalie, Dudek...
I have to admit...I let a modest-driven tear roll down my cheek..I have waited 21 years for this moment...to be part of a legendary Liverpool that won the most prized possession in club football...
This is the stuff that dreams are made of....
As the song and the belief in Anfield, Liverpool's home, goes...
YOU'LL NEEEE--VER WALK....ALONE!!!!
Oh? And this post is dedicated to
1. Aneesh, Albert and the rest of the AC Milan lovers...how you like me now!!!!
2. 'Pool believers! Letoya, Edmund Hillary, Eugene..and Sa, for the "well done" wishes...
Oh? And this post is dedicated to
1. Aneesh, Albert and the rest of the AC Milan lovers...how you like me now!!!!
2. 'Pool believers! Letoya, Edmund Hillary, Eugene..and Sa, for the "well done" wishes...
8 Comments:
My brother started supporting Liverpool at age 5 and is now 27. He has been to Liverpool stadium a collection of times of the years and has never swayed in his affection to his favourtie club. Tonight (after a few beers) he sang "You'll never walk alone" down the phone to me - sitting here in DC while he in Dublin Ireland :)
By Jennifer, at May 26, 2005 3:05 AM
Hey Jen..sang "You'll Never Walk Alone" to some pals too - Liverpool haters and fans alike..OK, thanks to a couple of beers and a friggin awesome performance by the boys..
LOL at having to endure your brother's cross-Atlantic musical antics :-)
By Migz, at May 26, 2005 3:26 AM
Good on ya mate! I had my moment on Saturday night when my team lifted the FA cup... and had many similar moments in the past years to relate to what you experienced for the first time last night. hehehe :)
But here's to another fabulous English team in Liverpool for a match well won. I'm glad i provided the needed balance and fun, but choosing to support them last night. :)
By Aneesh, at May 26, 2005 2:30 PM
if it would have been a normal game, i would have switched-off at about 50 mins.
but this was the final man!!
glad i didn't!
By Adrian, at May 26, 2005 2:43 PM
Aki that was hands down the most amazing comeback I've ever watched. I wikad like a mwenda when it was over, altho I'm not a red. Why lie, it doesn't matter what came before that match, any team that could pull off such an amazing win, is the stuff champions are made off. My hat's off to Liverpool!
By Jay, at May 27, 2005 8:48 AM
I know you arent a KBW member lakini you just been tagged
By Farmgal, at May 29, 2005 1:45 PM
kiyana do u know there is a lot od difference if u put www. before ur website i thot u had gone underground
By nick, at June 03, 2005 6:59 PM
The result 3-0 in the first half is very shocked. I almost gave up my hope. I forced myself to keep watching that match on TV and waiting for the first liverpool's goal. Miracle!!! The Reds was back from the hell. I was so happy.
You'll never walk alone......
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