heartattacks...

damn.
vj lost to mj.
yeah.
liverpool are the kings of europe.
sigh. penalty shoot-outs are gonna be the death of me.

on sunday the match between man u and arsenal was decided on penalties, in which scholesy had his penalty saved. full credit to lehman, for he won the game for arsenal. and when i say arsena, didn't deserve to win, i'm not saying it with any bias. yes, i'm a mu fan, but watchin the match it was pretty obvious who were the better team. and they lost. everytime rooney or ronaldo had the ball, you jus knew there was goin to be a half chance. but sadly no one could convert. lauren was literally dying out there, being ran at by to of the most talented youngsters in the english game, one whom you're scared of tackling, and one which you jus cant get close enough tackle.

man u created dozens and dozens of chances. and arsenal had close to none. yet kudos to them for holding on. sigh. how i hatre penalties. and of all things a one-sided game had to be decided by penalties. and sadly to say, carroll cant save a penaty to save his life. how i miss the days of barthez. teasing the opponent, almost mocking him. his rituals of going to kick both posts, taking his own damn sweet time (why not if you have all the time in the world?), den emphatically save the penalty.

magic.

that was sunday.
feels so long ago.

wednesday was B and A div soccer finals. B div was settled by penalties, after the losing side got back on level terms via a penalty (too!). ironically this was what happened in the A game too. after 70 odd minutes, VJ let in a goal. who's fault it is i dont think its fair to say, but it was a great pass, a greater finish. but what the heck we got back thru what was to me a rather dubious penalty (but wtf. it was for us.). anyway alvin put it away nicely, and we were back in it.
extra time wore on, and we had two to three good chances which we failed to converted, maybe because of tired legs, or the pressure or somthing. and we had a few injuries. imran did his ankle, and still endured on till it was too much to bear. salmon was starting to cramp, considering the fact that he had worked tirelessly throughout the whole match. however i felt we didn't play to our very best, and did not rise up to the occasion. yes we've beaten them before, but who said you'll do it again. i'm not being hypocritical or anything, but i really felt we could have done alot better. the service wasn't really there, sadly. sigh. jus what does it take?

and this morning. honestly one of the best matches i've seen in a long time. sadly i woke up at 2.15, but fell back asleep and only got up agian like at the 77th min. but no harm done. from the commentary i got that ac milan had totally dominated in the first half, and the way they ripped apart liverpool, no one saw a way back (looks pointedly at henry.) and what a second half. what a turnaround.

come on. 3 nil dwon to an italian team? hello theres jus aint a way back. these are the italians. the masters of the defence. but found and answer Liverpool did. and my god what an answer. jus like they found an answer to juve and chelski, the found it against the mighty catalian giants. within the space of 15 incredible minutes, liverpool were back in it, back in the most amzing way.

again it went on to penalties, and jerzy dudek was made an instant hero. enough said. gerrard had better stay.

liverpool: kings of europe. thoroughly deserved.