UEFA Champions League

[Guest NPNT]

Originally posted by kiamh@May 26 2005, 06:00 AM

brother... it was Hamann.... I'm afraid u are mistaken...

 

Mrs Benitez gets a new watch.... hahahahahah

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/match?id=183634&cc=4716

[Guest NPNT]

Originally posted by Al-demon@May 26 2005, 06:04 AM

I agree

 

 

 

 

Oliver Khan still lose to roy carrol sia

dudek somewhere between them lah

dat time was peter, not roy. neway its Kahn, not Khan... Oliver not indian roots...

[Alvin.Y]

Originally posted by newbie@May 26 2005, 06:06 AM

dat time was peter, not roy. neway its Kahn, not Khan... Oliver not indian roots...

 

I know it was the big dane then.

and wah, ur spelling damn good.

okey dokey

[BlackDawn]

I was talking about the penalties dude.....

not the regulation time goals

 

I posted this at 5:30am

Serginho misses!!!! i'm gonna get a heart attack !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

then I posted this at 5:30am also

Hamann scores!!!!! 1-0!!!!

then this

Dudek saves from Pirlo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

then this

Cisse makes it TWO!!!!!! 2-0

Tomasson next................ he puts it in..... 2-1

Riise........... Dida saves..... oh no!!!!!! 2-1

Kaka........... 2-2

Smicer......... 3-2

last kick for Milan.... it has to be Sheva........... Dudek SAVES!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Guest NPNT]

Originally posted by kiamh@May 26 2005, 06:09 AM

I was talking about the penalties dude.....

not the regulation time goals

 

I posted this at 5:30am

 

 

then I posted this at 5:30am also

 

 

ooohhh... k k .. saw u type 1-0 tot toking abt 1st goal.. my apologies...

[Guest NPNT]

Originally posted by Al-demon@May 26 2005, 06:08 AM

I know it was the big dane then.

and wah, ur spelling damn good.

okey dokey

no la not power... but when u said khan, sounded like Genghis Khan.. and some of my frens wif Khans as surname... definitely they are not germans! haha... neway hv a gd slp dude...

[BlackDawn]

Originally posted by newbie@May 26 2005, 06:10 AM

ooohhh... k k .. saw u type 1-0 tot toking abt 1st goal.. my apologies...

no problem!

[joeflizzow17]

wah liao cannot sleep sia...

[WildCard]

UN-F****NG-BELIVEABLE!!!!

 

I JUST CANNOT F****NG BELIEVE IT!!!

 

I tot our tickets were punched at half time after Crespo's second.

I was guilty of planning to sleep just before 2nd half.

But I watched Discovery channel for a while on the Vesuvius eruption and sneaked glances at the channel. Saw they were more attacking.

Then 5 mins later, I opened the channel again, only to see Gerrard strike with the header. Okie. Watched Discovery again.

Opened Channel 23. Just in time to see Smicer's cracker just touch Dida's fingertips. So I said, WTF, let's go watch this and finish it.

No goals. And I went to toilet. Came back just in time to see jostling in the box. Saw the replay Gerrard got pushed down and tot, "hey, tat should be a penalty." And it was!!!

Just couldn't bear to see the penalty. Heart really stopped when Alonso's shot was saved but it restarted immediately when he took the rebound in.

WOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

F****NG HELL!!!!! I cannot remember any team able to pull such a comeback. Immediately ran into my parent's room and awoke my dad, who had slept earlier at half-time disgused at LFC's play (he's a ManYoo fan). "Told him, LFC has done the impossible. Its now 3-3." To which my dad scoffed, "Still can win meh?" I said, "If God is willing, why not?"

 

The rest. Gawd! 30 mins of real nailbiting suspense followed by another 30 mins of nail-tearing agony.

But the penalty shoot-out. Off all players, Dudek became the hero.

UN-F****NG-BELIVEABLE!!!!

 

I'm now at lost of words wat else to say...

[WildCard]

Oh and too ManYoo fans and critics who always lament on our "boring play", I say, "UPPPPP F*****NG YOURS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

Our boring play scored 3 goals in 15 mins against all odds.

If that's boring play, I dun mind as long as we win games like this.

 

Oh, and if anyone thinks abt kelong theories, do remember Sevchenko's being paid ard 1 million per month. I seriously doubt any bookie got enuff money to pay him off to miss that penalty....

 

UPPPPP F*****NG YOURS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

WE ARE KINGS OF EUROPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BlackDawn]

Originally posted by WildCard@May 26 2005, 06:15 AM

I'm now at lost of words wat else to say...

u say a lot liao!..........

[BlackDawn]

Originally posted by WildCard@May 26 2005, 06:19 AM

Our boring play scored 3 goals in 15 mins against all odds.

theoretically was 3 goals in about 6 minutes.... (54th to 60th)

 

And I'd like to add... 3 goals against AC MILAN...

3 goals against Dida, Nesta, Maldini, Stam & Cafu!!!

[WildCard]

Originally posted by kiamh@May 26 2005, 06:20 AM

u say a lot liao!..........

Ahahahah!!!!

 

Some journalist once said Jose Mourinho may think he's the Special One. But the same journalist replied tat Benitez has prove to be simply The One.

 

WOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

[BlackDawn]

I've got an urge to buy Mrs Benitez a watch too....

wonder if she's got any Casio's in her collection!

[WildCard]

Originally posted by kiamh@May 26 2005, 06:23 AM

I've got an urge to buy Mrs Benitez a watch too....

wonder if she's got any Casio's in her collection!

heck!!

she's getting a 25 Hours from me...

ahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!

[ArWeN]

ahaks... congrats to liverpudlians...

[joeflizzow17]

Originally posted by WildCard@May 26 2005, 06:19 AM

Oh and too ManYoo fans and critics who always lament on our "boring play", I say, "UPPPPP F*****NG YOURS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

Our boring play scored 3 goals in 15 mins against all odds.

If that's boring play, I dun mind as long as we win games like this.

 

Oh, and if anyone thinks abt kelong theories, do remember Sevchenko's being paid ard 1 million per month. I seriously doubt any bookie got enuff money to pay him off to miss that penalty....

 

UPPPPP F*****NG YOURS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

WE ARE KINGS OF EUROPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

woohoo...

wat can i say..:thumb:

[R.C]

HAHA.... I JUST GOT HOME man...

 

ITS tHE BEST MATCH i I EVEr EVEr EVEr WAtchED and LIVerpooL IS THE KING OF EUROPE!!!!

 

STuff that in your mouth NEWbie!!!!

 

haha... i was watching with one liverpool fan, one manU fan and two neutrals... and after the first half, they were all like ' wah, think milan can go on to score few more... maybe 7-0'

 

i was like damn sian... and after the gerrard goal.. it was like a renewed faith!!

then the second... I was borned again!!!

then the third... I'm in heaven!!!

 

haha...

 

and then the penalties!!! dudek emulating the Bruce moves.. damn funny but it worked!!! i woke the whole neighbourhood up after that!!!

 

well.. you may ask, what does it mean to you? oso not you win...

 

as a liverpool fan...

 

i've been waiting for this all my life and this is it... shut all your rebukes up and let the liverpool fans savour this moment... for this moment is for the champions... nothing can beat this feeling, cos we're the

 

KING OF EUROPE!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

:cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

[R.C]

AC Milan 3-3 Liverpool: FT Report

 

PA

 

ISTANBUL, May 25 (Champions League) - No wonder Liverpool walk on with hope in their hearts.

 

Jerzey Dudek wins the trophy for Liverpool by saving Andriy Shevchenko's spot-kick (CliveBrunskill/GettyImages)

 

For Rafa Benitez's side completed the most remarkable comeback in the history of European finals to write a glorious new chapter in the club's already rich history.

 

 

Carried on the back of Steven Gerrard, their inspirational and defiant captain, Liverpool somehow recovered from a 3-0 half-time deficit with three incredible goals in six breathtaking minutes.

 

It was simply unbelievable.

 

But they were not finished there, with Jerzy Dudek producing two amazing late saves in extra-time before denying both Andrea Pirlo and Andriy Shevchenko amid the drama of a penalty shoot-out.

 

In 1984, they had last won the European Cup on penalties, with Bruce Grobbelaar's wobbly knees and Alan Kennedy's decisive strike.

 

This time, it was penalties again and Dudek dancing his way to hero status on the line, but that did not even tell half the story of a truly unforgettable night in Istanbul.

 

Rafa Benitez's side had seemed down and out after Paolo Maldini's first-minute strike was followed by two goals by on-loan Chelsea striker Hernan Crespo.

 

Many fans were even feeling sorry for themselves, having been harshly denied a penalty for handball at just 1-0 down, only seconds before Crespo's first goal.

 

However, that was reckoning without a tactical half-time masterstroke by Benitez, the talismanic qualities of Gerrard or the reactions of the often-doubted Dudek.

 

Given licence to push forward by Dietmar Hamannn's arrival, Gerrard headed his side's first goal on 54 minutes to restore belief and won the penalty for Xabi Alonso's third goal six minutes later.

 

With Vladimir Smicer having scored in between, Liverpool were now level and Serginho missing from the spot, while Shevchenko and Pirlo were both denied, Liverpool's players danced with unrestrained joy.

 

And so Anfield has a new crop of legends after surely the most improbable success of their five European crowns.

 

This was when even Manchester United's dramatic late comeback against Bayern Munich was eclipsed and few had imagined that could ever be possible.

 

But having confounded the odds to beat Juventus and Chelsea, a Liverpool side that had finished just fifth in the Premiership defied their underdog status once again.

 

It had all started so differently.

 

Benitez may have made the bold move of starting with Harry Kewell, but his side were behind after 52 seconds as the anticipated chess match between two supposedly cautious sides was turned on its head.

 

 

Hernan Crespo lifts Milan's third over Jerzy Dudek (AlexLivesey/GettyImages)

 

 

Pirlo's free-kick was met with a volley by Maldini, which struck the turf but still flew past Dudek, who was seemingly unsighted until the last moment.

 

Liverpool were stunned and struggled to recover their poise, with Kewell limping off injured amid jeers to be replaced by Smicer.

 

Still Milan pressed, with Garcia clearing off the line and Shevchenko harshly denied when his 'goal' was ruled offside.

 

Liverpool were nevertheless also foiled as Garcia turned inside Alessandro Nesta, who looked to have handled the ball, but referee Manuel Gonzalez waved play on.

 

Within seconds, Milan had scored, with the superb Kaka sending Shevchenko hurtling down the right channel and his cutback teed up Crespo to tap home from close range.

 

It was a harsh blow, but Milan's class was evident as Kaka played a pass of such exquisite perfection that Jamie Carragher was left stretching in vain as Crespo burst through to score.

 

It seemed all over. Not to Gerrard, however, and not to those in the Liverpool end who defiantly chanted 'we're going to win 4-3' as the teams re-emerged after the interval.

 

Few others believed them, but Benitez shifted his side around to near-magical effect at the break.

 

With Hamann on for Steve Finnan and three changes in a defence that effectively now became a back three, Gerrard was finally given the stage upon which to perform. And how he performed.

 

Dudek still had to produce a superb save from Shevchenko but Liverpool had an ace up their sleeve in their irreplaceable captain.

 

From Riise's cross, Gerrard looped a header past Dida before turning to exhort the crowd to follow his lead.

 

If some were still uncertain, those doubts were blown away when Smicer let fly from 25 yards out and Dida allowed the ball to slip through his grasp inside the far post.

 

Surely it was not possible? But Gerrard somehow forced his body forward onto Smicer's pass and was clipped on the back of his heels by former Rangers midfielder Gennaro Gattuso. Penalty.

 

Up stepped Alonso and although Dida flung himself to parry the spot-kick, the Spaniard smashed his follow-up effort into the roof of the net.

 

Milan rallied again but Liverpool were defiant, with Traore clearing off the line and Carragher producing last-ditch tackles on both Shevchenko and Kaka, while Jaap Stam's header also flew wide.

 

 

Liverpool pose for celebratory pictures (AlexLivesey/GettyImages)

 

 

And so to extra-time, with Djibril Cisse by now on for Baros and Gerrard now effectively at right wing-back as Benitez countered the introduction of winger Serginho.

 

Even there, Gerrard was still immense, but bodies were being stretched to breaking point at the end of an arduous season, with Carragher playing through the pain barrier.

 

Liverpool were hanging on, but Dudek rescued his side with two amazing reaction saves from Shevchenko at point-blank range to force penalties.

 

Liverpool had hardly practised spot-kicks but neither, it seemed, had Serginho, who blazed the first effort way over the bar.

 

A German - Hamann - was rather more reliable before Dudek denied Pirlo but while Jon Dahl Tomasson scored, Riise's effort was saved by Dida.

 

Smicer nevertheless struck a superb penalty, setting up Dudek to crown a night of unbelievable drama in Istanbul.

 

After a 21-year absence, Liverpool are back at the pinnacle of European football. Surely UEFA cannot stop them defending a trophy won with this much drama and determination?

[R.C]

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[numbergames]

this turned out to be the most exciting Champions League

final that i've seen yet.... i thought that Milan would sail through

the second half....but it seems that the ball is indeed round....

i guess Liverpool's never give up attitude won them the game....

[osiris]

YEAH YEAH...

had been a long long time since liverpool get a cup.

[sunnyday]

liverpool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[cb1300]

Liverpool.........you'll never walk alone

 

:cheer:

[sunnyday]

whether uefa allow liverpool into champs league anot..dun really care..tis is all it matters for now