AC Milan 2 - 1 Liverpool:This time there was to be no miracle escape and no sixth European Cup. Even though Dirk Kuyt's last-minute header raised the prospect of a comeback equally as memorable as the one Liverpool produced in Istanbul two years ago, ultimately only a Greek tragedy was awaiting Rafael Benitez as his side fell victim to AC Milan's Champions League revenge mission in Athens' Olympic Stadium.
(It's difficult to tell if The Diving Twat has just scored, or if he was "fouled")
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=216728&cc=5901
Richard Williams offers his assessment:
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2007/05/24/maldini_the_old_maestro_of_mil.html
And of course, there were problems outside the ground...
Chaotic disturbances outside the ground soured the evening, as fans with tickets were turned away and sprayed with tear gas by riot police.
http://football.guardian.co.uk/championsleague200607/story/0,,2087123,00.html
2 comments:
Thoughts:
1.
I wonder this about the fist goal- in real time it was impossible to tell what happened. On replay it was obvious that the ball had deflected off of Inzaghi, and not only that but it appeared as though he'd steered the ball toward goal with the back of his shoulder. The announcing team said nothing about it. Is it not handball to deliberately use your shoulder if it's the back of your shoulder?
2.
The sideline reporter (most likely US broadcast only): This annoying phenemonon has evolved from a lisping Eric Dickerson on the sideline of MNF 10 years ago to a wholly pervasive and annoying institution in all American sports. The formula always involves a somewhat good looking female asking inane questions of the coach and reporting back to the booth. The sideline reporter in yesterday's broadcast was utterly pointless- not pretty, not female, not interviewing anyone or providing insight. Once per half the team in the booth went to him for some annoyingly rushed critique of the substitutions not yet made. There's a color guy in the booth to handle that and there's us at home who already know these things and are capable of asking our own questions. The cup final sideline reporter is a most unwelcome development in the world of broadcasting.
1. Good question, Babs. I've yet to see the goal but don't know the specifics of the rule. My take is, if Inzaghi had anything to do with it, then it was illegal.
2. Indeed. Although at least Dickerson was fun to laugh at.
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