Sunday, August 30, 2009
liverpool forever...
reminiscing the past, back to primary 3 days, where i started supporting liverpool, for no reasons whatsoever, just a team that i like then. my father always watches soccer, since the 80's, so whenever he watches soccer, i watched it too. soon soccer developed to be an interest in me, having soccer as my cca. of course as time moves on, my love for liverpool deepens.
primary 5 and primary 6. one of the greatest years of the liverpool. they aren't that successful in the league but they owned in champions league. i remembered waking up in the middle of the night just to watch liverpool. vs olympiakos, a must win match, but liverpool were trailing by a goal to nil at halftime, and they needed 3 goals to proceed to the next round. goal scored not long after the second half whistle, and 2 more goals required. 10minutes left on the clock, my hope is running low, but out of the blue, neil mellor scored the 2nd goal. 1 more. and of all people, stevie g had to be it. with a screamer, i literally hopped around my living room, joyous, and waking my mother up too.
that was just the start. they proceeded to the final. and they were 3 goals down at half time. i fell asleep at the first half. again the match is at 3am. but i still made efforts to wake up to watch it. my father told me to sleep because "liverpool lose already lah". i didnt care and watched the 2nd half and, in the space of 6 minutes, liverpool levelled things up. i told my father "yah lose already!". of course i was damn happy, and was hoping that liverpool could kill the match, but to make things dramatic, it had to end with a shootout. dudek owned, liverpool got their 5th champions league title. that is my proudest moment for liverpool. i could not sleep that night.
of course there were more, including the last gasp screamer against west ham for the fa cup (gerrard again), and last year, liverpool was impressive with the never-say-die mindset. so close to win the league, but at least we weren't far off. the double over man utd, the match of the season against arsenal, the incredibly dramatic late night match against chelsea in ucl, not forgetting the huge number of comebacks, showing the unpredictability of a soccer match. that's what make soccer so exciting. the drama beats all.
many people say its only soccer, just 22 players chasing a ball. wow. but still millions of people watch soccer. and even the biggest team against the underdogs, people would still watch full 90 minutes of it, when the results seemed to be obvious. that's because they are just missing out.
this year's start liverpool sucked, i can't admit i don't get upset when liverpool lose a match, but dont worry i'm no die-hard fan who curses or skips school whenever they lost. but my support for liverpool will still go a long way as a fan will stick through the thicks and thins of their club, no matter what.
whatever the people say... liverpool will still be the best club in the world.