You will never walk alone

alright for the start, hail the new king of Europe: Liverpool FC.

well, i believed by now most soccer die hards should have either
seen the big match or saw the news about the newly proclaimed
king of europe, Liverpool. i saw the match, and i have to say,
AC Milan, they deserved their lost. why? simple, conceding 3 goals
in 15mins isn't championship quality. any tom dick or harry, who
knows about soccer, will tell you that, defence is the best form
of attack. and yea, credits to Liverpool, their patience paid off.

after the end of the first half, i reckon most Liverpool fanatics,
must have either switched off their tvs, or tearing their hair off.
3 goals up after 45mins for AC Milan, its as good as doing a 3
pointer to beat the buzzer for basketball, hole in one for golf, 8
ball in pocket for pool, powerful spike down the baseline for
volleyball, or doing a double kill in gunboud. simply means, match
point, game set.

but nope, all's not lost yet, Liverpool played against all odds on
the second half and after Steven Gerrard scored the first for
Liverpool, i thought they could only gain some pride back. and i
was saying that if they managed to get 2 more goals, i'll wager my
gb accounts on the line and quit gb for good. and yeah, you all know
it, me and my foul mouth. they did scored 2 more to level the match,
brings it to extra time and eventually the penalties.

prior to this match, i had a bet with someone, and well, i was
iterally forced to take Liverpool as the winner. honestly, i wasn't
having any good thoughts about Liverpool bringing home the Champions
League trophy back to England. and of cos they drew at full time, so
the bet was brought forward to the penalties. the moment Sergio
Serginho blast the first spot kick for AC Milan, i was pretty sure
that AC Milan has lost it. a very bad lost indeed. right from 3 goals
up, to drawing the match, and of cos, lost 2-3 on penalties.

a point to note about the penalties though, sorry Liverpool fans,
but strictly speaking, Jerzy Dudek cheated his way to saving the 2nd
shot by Andrea Pirlo. cmon, goalkeeper shouldn't be allowed to move
before the spot kick is taken. the replay showed clearly that Dudek
was way off his line before Pirlo had contact with the ball. Cheat!

anyway, the referee's decision is final. even AC Milan will to
appeal or anything, i think they only have themselves to blame for
the lost. and its very unlikely UEFA will overrule any referees'
decisions. imagine asking Liverpool for a rematch, after they were
already celebrating like nobody's business.

and for the Liverpool fans, tentatively, UEFA has not make their
final decision about allowing Liverpool to defend their Champions
League title, due to the fact that they finished 5th in the English
Premier League. Only top 4 will be in the qualifiers. But of cos,
they were arguing about the fact that, Real Madrid defended the
trophy despite finishing fifth in the 2000-2001 season, because the
Spanish football federation decided to hand them Real Zaragoza's
place which was 4th in the Spanish league.

alright, that's all about the newly crowned king of Europe, me
myself, wasn't that glad about the result, was expecting a Milan
win before the game. but nonetheless, Liverpool won and yup, i've
won my bet. and because of the odds against them during the game,
i've won myself 2 treats. i'm waiting.. ;)

till then.