Sucks that I had to work today and miss one of the semifinals of the Champions League, this one between Liverpool and Chelsea, who've clashed again in one Cup format or another for what seems like the 100th time in the last three years. Well, I did manage to catch a few minutes of second half action when I was able to, but it wasn't the same as watching the match with a group of other fans. At least I'll be able to see tomorrow's match.
I did catch the highlights on FSC, a deceptive corner from Steven Gerrard to Daniel Agger halfway through the first half that curved wonderfully past the seemingly stunned Chelsea defense and a diving Petr Cech for the only goal of the game. That home goal equaled the home goal that Chelsea got last week, and so after a couple of extra periods that produced no result, penalty kicks were to be the deciding factor in this one.
Liverpool goalie Pepe Reina made two nice saves on Chelsea attempts, of their three total, whilst Liverpool sank their first four, the last from Dirk Kuyt, to seize the victory and send LFC en route to Athens on a chance to win their sixth European title, one that might possibly be a rematch of their classic 2005 battle against AC Milan, if the Italians can hold off Manchester United tomorrow at the San Siro.
Lots of Liverpool shirts at Rennie's today, it's always fun to watch these things with other football fans, I will probably be watching the CL final their this year. And of course, hearing the words, being sung en masse, Walk on...........walk on........with hope in your heart.......and you'll never walk alone.....you'll never walk alone still elicits an emotion from yours truly. Lovely stuff you Reds, even if Jose says the better team did not GO THROUGH.
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