By STEVEN HOWARD
May 02, 2007
Source: www.thesun.co.uk
As Rafa Benitez and Liverpool head for the Acropolis and other crumbling reminders of antiquity, Jose Mourinho’s Euro dream lies in ruins.
Any Champions League semi-final defeat is a killer but to lose in a penalty shootout is death by a thousand cuts.
So a Chelsea season that, in Benitez’s tongue-in-cheek words, offered “trophies, trophies, trophies” only Saturday morning is now in tatters.
Well, there’s still an inaugural and high-profile FA Cup final at the new Wembley but how much stomach for that will Chelsea have after the events of last night?
At the end — as Dirk Kuyt’s winning penalty went in — Anfield was a sea of red.
And in the middle, the blue-shirted men from Stamford Bridge began a sad, painful walk towards the dressing room. A sea of misery.
A Bridge of Sighs.
Well, there’s still an inaugural and high-profile FA Cup final at the new Wembley but how much stomach for that will Chelsea have after the events of last night?
At the end — as Dirk Kuyt’s winning penalty went in — Anfield was a sea of red.
And in the middle, the blue-shirted men from Stamford Bridge began a sad, painful walk towards the dressing room. A sea of misery.
A Bridge of Sighs.
As the match went into extra time, Anfield paid this seemingly indestructable team the ultimate compliment by booing them every time they touched the ball.
That showed just how concerned Liverpool fans were that the holy grail of the Champions League final might still be snatched from their grasp. Remember the huge banner unfurled on the Kop before the game did read: “We’re Scouse not English”. (Abridged)
That showed just how concerned Liverpool fans were that the holy grail of the Champions League final might still be snatched from their grasp. Remember the huge banner unfurled on the Kop before the game did read: “We’re Scouse not English”. (Abridged)
I'll add the backgound music "Santorini ( live at the Acropolis) "later since I cannot get access to Blogger in dorm:(
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