“You’ll never walk alone” and “I still believe”

Liverpool and San Antonio

I have been so happy since Saturday!!

 

Liverpool did it again!  Just like last year’s Champions League final, they came backing from a 3-goal deficit in the FA Cup final… tied the game, went to overtime, and then won on penalty kicks!!

This is perhaps the most exciting match of the season, and definitely the most exciting FA Cup final I ever watched… it’s really not good for the heart as a Liverpool fan!

 

The 2 goals from captain Steven Gerrard are simply amazing… unbelievable… especially the last one, a 30-yard thunderbolt, in the 91st minute!!

If he can keep up his form, England will certainly win the World Cup.

 

The best quote came from captain of the opposing team West Ham United, Nigel Reo-Coker:

 

"That was a world-class moment from him in injury-time. That’s what changed the game – you have to show him respect."

"I don’t think there is anybody else who could shoot with one touch in the last minute from 30 yards like that and score. He’s the only player in England who can do that, and maybe in the world.’"

 

It really speaks a lot about Gerrard when the compliments are coming from the opponent, after a heart-breaking loss…

 

So, I jumped up and down many times when he scored… went totally crazy!!  When the crowd started singing the team song "You’ll never walk alone" at the end, it was just great!

 

As promised, a new MSN pic!! 

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=197065&cc=5901

 

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Watched so much sports tonight… first, it was the Champions League final, with Arsenal losing to Barcelona (it wasn’t as much fun to watch, as Arseanl was playing with one fewer man after a red card)… and then it was an NBA playoff match, San Antonio Spurs vs Dallas Mavericks.

 

A best-of-7 series, Dallas was leading San Antonio 3-1. So, Spurs has to win all 3 matches to avoid elimination!  Just when it seemed the series couldn’t get any more amazing or intense, the closing seconds of a thrilling Game 5 ratcheted everything up another level.

 

Duncan, Parker and Ginobili all had a great game but Dallas was playing good as well… it wasn’t decided until the final seconds!  I jumped out of my chair and almost hit the desk when Ginobili had that behind-the-back move with a nice layup!

 

The best sign from the crowd is from a young lady in Spurs jersey: "I still believe"

What a great line (one way to be on national TV is bring a great sign to NBA playoff games, she was shown on TV at least twice)!  I do believe the Spurs will win the series!!!!!

 

Next game on Friday!

http://www.nba.com/games/20060517/DALSAS/recap.html 

 

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Have you ever noticed all sports films have basically the same plot (with some minor variations)?  The underdog trains hard, gets to the final, has some initial success, but then ends up with a mountain to climb… however, the ending is always the same: against all odds, the team (or the main character) comes from behind and wins the title.

 

Even though it’s the same old stuff, I have to admit, it works perfectly on these 2 occasions!

 

P.S. Haha… it seems I have been writing more and more sports… is it getting boring?   I will try to diversify, but with World Cup coming, no guarantee…

Oh, it was a great boost when I was told my blog is good today… thank you… I will try to write better and more often (btw, Morlinja, my inspiration, hasn’t been blogging much lately)…