Champions Of Europe!!

.210508. UCL Final @ Moscow (Luzhniki Stadium)

*Luzhniki Stadium @ Moscow, Russia*

Just came home from one of the most dramatic penalty shootout in a European Champions League Final history. It was the moment of truth as who was to be crown champions of Europe in the land of Russia. Daniel and I decided to invade Oldtown Kopitiam in Cyberjaya as the spot for the UCL grand finale!! To our suprise, the place was already jammed packed with United (majority) and Chelsea supporters when we actually arrived at 1.45am.

Thanks to Daniel who spotted 'Padi' with empty spaces, we quickly grab a few tables and reserved the best seats for that night (or morning). And soon, the rest joined in, about 20 of us, together with hundreds around. The atmosphere and crowd was rather heated up with excitement!! And so the match kicked off with Man Utd controlling well for the next 35 minutes. Ronaldo played well enough today and managed to score a brilliant header after finding a cross from Brown who completed a perfect 1-2 pass with Scholes. Just at the stroke of half time, Lampart found the equaliser after a deflected shot from Essien through a scrappy looking United defence which wrong-footed Van Der Sar.

Second half and extra time was rather boring and average respectively with some few nice chances from United who just couldnt score and Chelsea hitting the wood twice. Then came one of the most thrilling and nerve-shredding penalty shootout I've ever witness. With Chelsea leading 4-4 with an extra shot, it looked as if Terry was going to seal the game after Van Der Sar dived the wrong way.

But...........................................

Lady luck was on United's side and the woodwork did it's wonders again to United's favour. The whole crowd screamed like mad and I almost lost my voice that moment! And so we all (majority) chanted for United and finally Anelka's kick was brilliantly saved by Van Der Sar to seal the European crown!!! The fans ran wild and we shouted our lungs out, hugging each other and exchanging "high fives"!!!

*Man Utd - Champions of Europe 07/08 and Barclays PL Champions*

I tell you, it was definitely, without a single doubt, a brilliant season for Man Utd and to wrap it up with such a astonishing fashion is simply remarkable. Looking forward to the next season and may the best team wins again! =D

Photoshoot @ Malacca Pt3 laterz.... =p

Man Utd In The Finals!!

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It's all up to Chelsea and Liverpool as to who will be joining Manchester United in the all-English European Champions League Finals for the first time in the history of the competition!!

It was Man Utd who came through at the end of a pulsating 2nd leg semi final clash against Barcelona at Old Trafford thanks to a stunning unstoppable strike from Paul Scholes in the first half.

Messi played very well but just not good enough to break the red devil's defence with Ferdinand and Brown both performing extremely well. Sorry Barca, there's always next season though.

hahaha...

Dramatic Finish!!

.230408. Liverpool vs Chelsea (European Champions League Semi Finals 1st Leg)

Both teams played moderately well, but Liverpool was a little ahead especially coming into the 2nd half. Dirk Kuyt put Liverpool ahead just before half time after a scrappy defense from Chelsea.

Liverpool 1 Chelsea 0

It looked as if the lead was going to stay that way till end and Liverpool will have the advantage when they visit Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in 8 days. But just few seconds before the referee blow the final whistle, COULD YOU BELIEVE IT???

JUST BEFORE THE FINAL FINAL OF THE FINAL WHISTLE....

John Arne Riise scored a DRAMATIC, STUNNING, FANTASTIC OWN GOAL!! I'm pretty sure those who left their TV screen earlier will get a shock when they read the news tomorrow. Poor Liverpool! Very lucky Chelsea!!

Liverpool 1 Chelsea 1

And now, they have to complete a mission which they have NEVER SUCCEEDED BEFORE (under Rafael Benitez), which is to score in Stamford Bridge a week later for the return leg of the semi finals.

What do you have to say about it? Who's gonna win?? haha

Liverpool, Chelsea, Man Utd or Barcelona?

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Today mark the "final" midterm of my life (Radar System Design and Analysis) !! Hehehe... Hooray!! No more midterms deee... ><

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Latest update was Man Utd swept away Roma with a 1-0 home victory to march into the European Champions League Semi Finals. Man Utd set a date with Barcelona in the closing stages of the UCL while Liverpool will host Chelsea first on April 23rd. It is the 2nd consecutive season that 3 English Clubs made it into the Semis.

Earlier, Tevez sealed the tie with a brilliant header after finding a perfect cross from Owen Hargreaves to make the aggregate 3-0. With 15 minutes left, it is quite clear that Roma couldn't come back looking at the way they play today. Man Utd definitely had more clear chances but Roma keeper was just too good today to deny few shots. De Rossi could have made it 1-0 from the spot, but found his penalty taken horribly off target at the top. Barcelona got away with a 1-0 win at home thanks to an easy finish from Toure (aggregate 2-0).

*looking forward to 2 things today: 1) Rocket Launching with Dan at 7.30 am and 2) Worship Training in SIBKL at 8pm*

Arsenal vs Liverpool Trilogy!!!

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The Arsenal vs Liverpool Trilogy came to a sensational ending just moments ago when Liverpool emerged as the better team in the cracking European Champions League Quarter-Final match at Anfield.

Both sides meet in just 7 days with Arsenal twice host Liverpool for the UCL Quarter Final 1st Leg and EPL match, both ended with a 1-1 draw.

The 3rd and final part of the trilogy looks as if it was going to be a 1-1 draw again when both teams levelled during half time. Everything changed when Torres scored a brilliant top right corner shot with 20 minutes left on the clock.

Arsenal fought hard and Theo Walcott made a magnificient run from his own half to beat 5 Liverpool men before passing it back to Adebayor to complete a cool finish that looked as if Arsenal was going through to the semi finals.

Just a minute later on the other half, Babel made a quick dash into the penalty box and was brought down by Toure. PENALTY!!! I was so freaking excited and the match was getting a lil or perhaps alot more intensed by then!! Gerrard stoop up before the ball and took the penalty firmly to beat keeper, Almunia. 3-2 to Liverpool!!!

Arsenal almost came back quickly with some pretty well attacks but Liverpool counter attacks was too good and Babel sealed off the game with a brilliant finish from the counter attack in the dying seconds.

*cheerz* to Liverpool but you have to face Man Utd in the Finals!! (That also if you make it past Chelsea who won 2-0 at home against Fenerbache with an aggregate of 3-2)