Thursday, May 01, 2008
Chelsea is through to the UCL finals!!
Chelsea will be playing in the UCL finals in Moscow!! And it'd be our FIRST EVER UCL finals! How exciting, how exciting. And to finally, finally beat Liverpool in the semis. After failing to do so twice. I guess there's some truth to the "three time's a charm/ third time lucky" theory.
An awesome 2nd leg semis, i must say. The match ended 3-2 in our favour after 30-mins extra time.
What's scary was when Babel scored in the 26/27th min of extra time. One more Liverpool goal, and it'd be them in and us out. I was so freaking nervous, I couldn't sit down for the last 5 minutes of the game and i bit my fingernails, after kicking that habit 10 years ago.
Few moments after the final whistle, the commentator said "there are heroes all over the pitch". I wholeheartedly agree.
Here's to the heroes on the pitch.
To Frank Lampard, for his bravery in stepping up to take the penalty. Lampsy, I'm sorry i selfishly doubted you for a second when you were about to take the penalty. I initially thought Ballack would be a better taker. But how blind i am, to not see how much scoring a goal would mean to you. A goal, that would be wrapped up as a gift for your late mum who passed away less than a week ago. A goal, that would give you some form of closure. So Lampsy, you very much deserve to take the penalty. And what a beautifully executed penalty that was. You're our hero (:
To Didier Drogba, for scoring 2 awesome goals and sealing us the trip to Moscow. Your determination and fierceness never fail to awe me.
To the awesome centreback partnership of Carvalho and JT. Yayyy to Carvalho for being on first-class top form for the past few matches.
To Petr Cech, for not chickening out after the head and recently, chin injury. People may laugh at you with your headgear on. But you look fine, really. And you still make good saves.
To Michael Essien, for working your bottom off every single match. Your work rate is admirable.
And because this entry would be ridiculously long if i mention anymore names, here's to the other Chelsea players. You are ALL heroes in my eyes. Great team effort being displayed. From the tight backline to the harmoniously-working midfielders to the tireless strikers. You guys are my favouritest favourites.
And let's not forget the Liverpool players. They gave a tough fight. and they do have their share of heroes.
And and, i have people to thank.
Thank you Mr.Benitez, for saying the things you've said about Drogba diving and the crap. You gave Drog the drive to work extra hard and score those 2 goals. So thank you.
Thank you Anelka, for being our super sub. You always surprise me with your contribution in any game, even when you fail to score. The assist you made for Drogba was brilliant.
Last but not least, thank you Mr.Avram Grant, for not giving up on us when we may have given up on you. I still hard-headedly think not all 100% credit should go to you. But you did contribute. And you help secure that finals for us. You did your job. A good job, i should add. Many fans may still be against having you with us next season. But I, for one, am open to the idea of you staying. You are not the special one. But the fact that you got us through the UCL finals, is special enough.
Ok ok, maybe i'm being too longwinded and dramatic.
But awesome win, still!
Goals from the match:
It'll be Chelsea vs ManU in the finals.
Blue vs Red.
So, let's paint Moscow blue!
(:
An awesome 2nd leg semis, i must say. The match ended 3-2 in our favour after 30-mins extra time.
What's scary was when Babel scored in the 26/27th min of extra time. One more Liverpool goal, and it'd be them in and us out. I was so freaking nervous, I couldn't sit down for the last 5 minutes of the game and i bit my fingernails, after kicking that habit 10 years ago.
Few moments after the final whistle, the commentator said "there are heroes all over the pitch". I wholeheartedly agree.
Here's to the heroes on the pitch.
To Frank Lampard, for his bravery in stepping up to take the penalty. Lampsy, I'm sorry i selfishly doubted you for a second when you were about to take the penalty. I initially thought Ballack would be a better taker. But how blind i am, to not see how much scoring a goal would mean to you. A goal, that would be wrapped up as a gift for your late mum who passed away less than a week ago. A goal, that would give you some form of closure. So Lampsy, you very much deserve to take the penalty. And what a beautifully executed penalty that was. You're our hero (:
To Didier Drogba, for scoring 2 awesome goals and sealing us the trip to Moscow. Your determination and fierceness never fail to awe me.
To the awesome centreback partnership of Carvalho and JT. Yayyy to Carvalho for being on first-class top form for the past few matches.
To Petr Cech, for not chickening out after the head and recently, chin injury. People may laugh at you with your headgear on. But you look fine, really. And you still make good saves.
To Michael Essien, for working your bottom off every single match. Your work rate is admirable.
And because this entry would be ridiculously long if i mention anymore names, here's to the other Chelsea players. You are ALL heroes in my eyes. Great team effort being displayed. From the tight backline to the harmoniously-working midfielders to the tireless strikers. You guys are my favouritest favourites.
And let's not forget the Liverpool players. They gave a tough fight. and they do have their share of heroes.
And and, i have people to thank.
Thank you Mr.Benitez, for saying the things you've said about Drogba diving and the crap. You gave Drog the drive to work extra hard and score those 2 goals. So thank you.
Thank you Anelka, for being our super sub. You always surprise me with your contribution in any game, even when you fail to score. The assist you made for Drogba was brilliant.
Last but not least, thank you Mr.Avram Grant, for not giving up on us when we may have given up on you. I still hard-headedly think not all 100% credit should go to you. But you did contribute. And you help secure that finals for us. You did your job. A good job, i should add. Many fans may still be against having you with us next season. But I, for one, am open to the idea of you staying. You are not the special one. But the fact that you got us through the UCL finals, is special enough.
Ok ok, maybe i'm being too longwinded and dramatic.
But awesome win, still!
Goals from the match:
It'll be Chelsea vs ManU in the finals.
Blue vs Red.
So, let's paint Moscow blue!
(:
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