We’re the Kings of Europe again!!!
may 26th 2005
In case u haven’t heard or maybe that u spend ur life somewhere without any communication from the rest of the world… LIVERPOOL FC have won the European Champions League!!!…. yup… we did it… we’re the Kings of Europe again for the fifth time… the score was 3-3 after 90 minutes and 3-2 after penalties… the final was played in istanbul, turkey… against ac milan
and what a game it was… milan took the first half by storm… i remember that i was trembling when maldini scored in the very first minute of the match…. what a sucker punch…. next it was due to kaka’s and sheva’s trickery that paved the way for crespo’s goal…. that make things worse kaka’s sublime pass again gave crespo another chance to score at the end of the half… crespo did just that… going into half-time the score was 3-0…
during the interval the tele commentators were already talking about records scores from a CL final… scorelines like madrid’s 7-3 (i can’t remember) and milan’s 4-0 shortwork of barcelona back in the 90’s were mentioned… they were forecasting a record drubbing for LFC… damn u gly guy… and damn u ross of hitz.fm….
and then the magic begins… LFC hit 3 goals past dida in a 6 minutes blitz madness… first it was King Gerrard tremendeous glancing header… next it was old timer Smicer good low shot… to cap it all off was Xabi Alonso’s penalty conversion for a foul on Gerrard by rino gatusso…. 
i was on bended knees in front of the tele… such magical stuff…. that’s when i told myself LFC gonna win it… by hook or by crook…. how true it was….
and so it goes to extra-times…. and after 30 minutes both sides are still unseperatable… next comes the penalties…. and u know how penalties are… dreadfull tension to the max….
i was so delighted when serginho and pirlo missed their kicks while Hamann and Cisse converted their’s… but then Riise missed… i was quite then… thinking what’s gonna happen next… kaka and tomasson converted… and Smicer got his 2nd goal for the night…. sheva stepped up for the next milan’s kick… tensions building… sheva placed the ball… dudek did a grobbelaar with his feets… sheva strikes…. and dudek palmed the ball…. he won it for LFC….
i was so ecstatic that i rammed the wall with my mom and wife watching in awe…. what luck??? LFC won… the phone was buzzing with many sms coming in… all in euphoric mood… it was so sweet… all these years… all the waiting…. wow!!! i can’t really describe it… it explosive…
i’ll remember this day till the day i die… this fatefull day… when the best CL final was played…
all this while i was thinking… how long would it takes me to see my beloved LFC to hold aloft the Champions trophy….
it took me 27 years…
Jerzy Dudek, Steve Finnan, Sami Hyypia, Jamie Carragher, Djimi Traore, Luis Garcia, Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso, John Arne Riise, Harry Kewell, Milan Baros, Djibril Cisse, Dietmar Hamann and Vladimir Smicer and all non playing subs (Biscan, Josemi, Nunez and Carson)
to all LFC supporters out there… You’ll Never Walk Alone.
p/s…. the BP Twin Terrors look so yummy today… ahahaha
