IT WAS A NIGHT NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN FOR AGES ESPECIALLY FOR ALL THE LOYAL ALL TIME LIVERPOOL FANS..IT WAS AN OUTSTANDING NIGHT IN ISTANBUL WHERE THE ALMIGHTY REDS WON THEIR FIRST CHAMPIONS LEAGUE CUP UNDER SPANIARD GAFFER RAFAEL BENITEZ.WHAT ELSE WOULD A NEW MANAGER FOR A CLUB WOULD WANT THAN HAVING WON THE CUP OF THE CLUBS AROUND THE WORLD.IT WAS A GREAT HONOUR FOR RAFAEL BENITEZ TO LEAD ALL LIVERPOOL ALL THE WAY FROM THE GROUP STAGES RIGHT TO THE FINAL AND WINNING THE ALMIGHTY CUP.WELL,NOW I WOULD LIKE TO SNEAK THROUGH SOME OF THE MAGIC MOMENTS PROVIDED BY LIVERPOOL'S SKIPPER STEVEN GERRARD IN LEADING THEM TO THE FINAL IN ISTANBUL.WELL,THE LAST GAME OF THE GROUP STAGES FOR LIVERPOOL WAS OLMPIACOS..SO IT WAS A MUST WIN GAME FOR LIVERPOOL TO QUALIFY TO THE LAST 16 TOURNAMENT AND WHEREAS THEY HAVE SCORE AT LEAST THREE GOALS TO QUALIFY BECAUSE LYON AT THAT TIME WERE LEADING LIVERPOOL BY A GOAL DIFFERENCE,SO LIVERPOOL HAD TO GO FOR IT ONCE AND FOR ALL.WELL,WITH THE MOST INSPIRATIONAL TALISMAN STANDING THERE,I MEAN STEVEI G U CAN ALWAYS EXPECT SOMETHING MAGICAL TO HAPPEN...THE GAME STARTED AND LIVERPOOL WERE ALREADY LEADING TWO GOALS TO GOOD BUT LATER ON RIVALDO EQUALISED FOR OLYPIACOS AND EVERYTHING SEEM BLUNT AT ANFIELD AS LIVERPOOL WERE YET TO SCORE THE THIRD GOAL..TO ADD TO THE FRUSTRATION,TIME WAS ALREADY RUNNING OUT AS THE CLOCK ALREADY REACHED 85 MINUTES AND ONLY 5 MINUTES PLUS EXTRA TIME REMAINING..THE ATMOSPHERE AT ANFIELD WAS PUT TO SILENT AS EVERYTHING SEEM TO BE OVER FOR LIVERPOOL.LIVERPOOL'S STEVEN GERRARD WAS ALSO IN NO MAN'S LAND AS HE WAS SO FRUSTRATED....IT WAS ALREADY 89 MINUTES...THEN,A PASS FROM XABI ALONSO TO FIND HARRYY KEWELL AT THE FAR RIGHT HAND CORNER WAS SUPERBLY CONTROLLED BY KEWELL...GERRARD WAS TOTALLY UNMARKED AT THE CENTRE AND KEWELL PLAYED A STUNNING BALL TO FIND GERRARD AND GERRARD MADE NO MISTAKE AND FIRED HOME THE THIRD GOAL IN A BRINK OF AN EYE....IT WAS A STUNNING GOAL FROM THE SKIPPER AS IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST NEEDED GOAL FOR LIVERPOOL TO QUALIFY FOR THE LAST 16.ANDFIELD WENT WILD AS THE GOAL WENT IN AT THE LAST MINUTE OF THE GAME.WOW...HAHA...GERRARD FOREVER..NOW,LET US NOW TURN OUR ATTENTION TO THE FINAL IN ISTANBUL...LIVERPOOL HAD TO FACE AC MILAN WHO KNOCKED OUT BARCELONA BY AGGREGATE 1-0 AND LIVERPOOL KICKED CHELSEA OUT OF THE SEMI FINALS IN THE SECOND LEG AT ANDFIELD BY A CONTROVERSIAL GOAL SCORED BY LUIS GARCIA...WELL,THE CROWD THAT ATTENDED FOR THE FINAL IN ISTANBUL WAS 75,000..WOW..THAT'S REALLY ALOT PEOPLE..HAHA..TWO OF THE MOST POTENTIAL CLUBS IN THE WOLRD AND ALSO THE MOST WANTED CLUB WINNING THE CUP..HAHA..SO,THE GAME THAT EVERYONE WAS WANTING FOR STARTED AND ALL THE PLAYERS ALREADY WERE ON THEIR BOOT READY TO PLAY SOME FOOTBALL..HAHA...AC MILAN TOOK THE LEAD THROUGH HERNAN CRESPO AND 5 MINUTES LATER CRESPO SCORED HIS SECOND AND PAOLO MADINI PUTTING THE ICICNG IN THE CAKE AND ADDING SALT TO LIVERPOOL...LIVERPOOL'S HOPES OF WINNING THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE BLUNTED AWAY JUST LIKE THAT WITH FIRST THREE GOALS SCORED BY MILAN IN THE FIRST HALF...IT WAS LOOKING DISSPOINTED FOR ALL THE TRAVELLING FANS....SUDDENLY,IN THE SECOND HALF,LIVERPOOL'S HOPES WERE REVIVED AS THEIR SKIPPER GERRARD PULLED A GOAL BACK 5 MINUTES INTO SECOND HALF..THE CRORWDS CHEERED AND GAVE SOME CONFIDENCE FOR LIVERPOOL AND THE WHOLE GAME CHANGED AND LIVERPOOL HAD THE MORE POSSESION....10 MINUTED LATER VLADIMIR SMICER SCORED A BRACE TO LIFHT UP THE GAME WITH A STUNNING HALF VOLLEY AT THE RIGHT FLANK..AND RIGHT AT 60 MINUTES,AC MILAN CONCEDED A PENALTY KICK AS GATTUSO BROUGHT DOWN GERRARD IN THE PENALTY BOX AND ALL THE PLAYERS WERE HOLDING THEIR NERVE AND WAITING TO CELEBRATE AS THE SPOT KICK TO BE TAKEN..THE HONOUR WAS GIVEN TO XABI ALONSO AS HE PREPARES TO TAKE THE SPOT KICK...DIDA MADE A STUNNING SAVE BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE BALL BOUNCED BACK TO ALONSO AND ALONSO SCORED IN THE REBOUND...PLAYERS WENT CRAZY AND LIVERPOOL'S FANS WERE STARTING TO MAKE NOISES AND MILAN WERE PUT TO PIN DROP SILENCE.THE SCORE STOOD THE SAME AS THE Y WENT TO THROUGH EXTRA TIME AND FINALLY IT HAD TO BE PENALTIES TO DECIDE THE GAME ONCE AND FOR ALL AND TO BE PUT TO BED.LIVERPOOL WENT ON TO WIN THE CUP AND IT WAS A MOST MEMORABLE DAY EVER FOR ALL THE LIVERPOOL FANS.
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