brilliant Ronaldo, crying John Terry, and MU got the double

What a final for CL 2008! Although Liverpool didn’t make the final, I always excited to watch a Champions League final. It’s like the world cup for football clubs (okay it’s only for European clubs but we all know that the best clubs are in Europe, right?).

This year’s final consists of all English clubs: Chelsea FC and Manchester United FC. As for me, I have sentiments for Chelsea, so of course I support MU. Because both teams are not my team, I can watch the match and enjoy it, without worries.

Stephen, Stiffen, and Adith planned to watch the game at block 32, since block 1 is already locked. They already ‘booked’ the room with Herry by playing hearts since 1.30am. Me and Nathan joined then. I enjoy banana prata from Ah Fang which Stephen brought for me [you have to try that banana prata...it's delicious!!] .

The ESPN coverage was cool, esp the pre-match. It’s been a long time since I watch football match from ESPN. Usually I just stream from a Chinese TV (CCTV 5), which is I only can enjoy the visual but not the audio . The match kicked off punctually. At first, both teams still ‘cool’ and did not make much attempts for goal. But as the time goes, they improved the game and create chances. Petr Cech looks strong and steady in his post. On the contrary, Edwin van der Sar is kinda cranky. Yeah but I know he’s a great keeper, although older.

Minute 26th, Paul Scholes & Wes Brown made a brilliant assist for Ronaldo, who headed the ball to goal. Nice job! The tense gets higher and the game gets dirty, as always when you have divers such as that Drogba. [yeah I have a little bit more sentiments on him... ]. Frank Lampard then equalized on the 45th minute, just moments before half time. Actually he did it also because van der Sar got slipped. The ball was so close from van der Sar’s hand. Too bad…too bad…

The 2nd half was not as interesting as the first one, at least for me, because I almost fell asleep. The score did not change until the final whistle blew. That means they have to play extra time. The extra time was quite interesting, at least I didn’t feel sleepy. Chances were made, tackles were done, and maybe some wounds were made also. That stupid diver Drogba got a red card just moments before the extra time ended. For this one, I really mean it when I say he was stupid. He got the red card not by doing dangerous tackle to protect his team or whatever, but he got it by slapping an opponent (that cute Nemanja Vidic).

So, as I predicted, the champion should be decided by penalty shout out. Both teams looked pessimist. Stephen told me that both the keepers are not a penalty-stopper type. Even Petr Cech is probably the best keeper now, but he’s kinda stupid when it comes to penalties. Wew. I didn’t know that. Well, I still support MU, but I hope Cech will make a brilliant save. I always like him [because he's cute ].

So this is the result for the penalties:

PENALTY SHOOT-OUT
TEVEZ SCORES Man Utd 1-0 Chelsea
BALLACK SCORES Man Utd 1-1 Chelsea
CARRICK SCORES Man Utd 2-1 Chelsea
BELLETTI SCORES Man Utd 2-2 Chelsea
RONALDO MISSES Man Utd 2-2 Chelsea [as we predicted before. But then, he was brilliant, and MU won that night...so who cares?]
LAMPARD SCORES Man Utd 2-3 Chelsea
HARGREAVES SCORES Man Utd 3-3 Chelsea
A COLE SCORES Man Utd 3-4 Chelsea
NANI SCORES Man Utd 4-4 Chelsea
TERRY MISSES Man Utd 4-4 Chelsea [he slipped. Poor John...]
ANDERSON SCORES Man Utd 5-4 Chelsea
KALOU SCORES Man Utd 5-5 Chelsea
GIGGS SCORES Man Utd 6-5 Chelsea
ANELKA MISSES Man Utd 6-5 Chelsea [not his fault, for me. Van der Sar made a brilliant save...finally]

Man U got the double. Congrats!

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