Liverpool is 2006 FA Cup Winner!!!
Liverpool played West Ham in Cardiff Millenium Stadium on 13/05 (Sat) in e 2006 FA Cup Final. I watched it "live" & being a Liverpool fan, is almost like Instanbul all over again!
Liverpool started e game in a 4-5-1 formation, wif Crouch as e lone striker supported on e flank by Kewell & Cisse. Gerard, Alonso & Sissoko complete e midfield wif e backline of Carragher, Hyppia, Riise & Finnan (e 1st choice defense tat boost e 2nd best defensive record in e Premier League) & Reina, winner of e Golden Glove award for keepin' e most clean sheet tis season, in goal.
West Ham on e other hand is 6 places below Liverpool in e League & a massive 27 pts behind Liverpool! So on paper, West Ham doesn't hv a chance against Liverpool, who had beaten them home & away tis season bt..bt..when come to FA Cup, anything can happen! Juz like in e 1988 FA Cup, Liverpool mysteriously lost to Wimbledon, e Crazy Gang led by Dennis Wise!
Liverpool was 2-nil dwn at e half hour mark after a Carragher own goal, he used to be famous for tat, & a Reina spilled over, fr Etherington shot, tat allowed Ashton to take advantage of. Crouch put e ball in e net soon aftertat bt was ruled offside. Cisse did score later on wif a scissor kick off a Gerard's long pass to keep Liverpool in e game. Wat happen to e normally ever so reliable defense & goalie? It was lucky tat e scoreline stayed 1-2 at half time becos e pacy Hammers were givin' e slow backline lots of trouble fr e flanks!
Gerard smashed home e equaliser 10 min into 2nd half bt Liverpool fell behind again fr a freak goal by Konchesky. His intended cross sailed over e Reina & into e net after e keeper was caught out of position!
As e game goes into injury time, e Hammers seem to hv e Cup in their hands bt Gerard popped up wif one of e best goal in 2006, a long thunderous strike fr 35 yards out tat give Hislop no chance at all! Liverpool is levelled again!!! The whole stadium is screamin' & so am I!!!
The Hammers almost got e score winner thru Harewood in e 2nd half of extra time bt it fell to his cramped leg & he fluffed it! It brought back e memory of 2005 Champions League Final when Shevchenko missed e chance to win it in e extra time too! So when e game went into extra time, I noe there will oni be one winner & tat is Liverpool & it is!!!
Wat a performance by capt Gerard & he fully deserved e Man of e Match Award! Is great to sign off e season wif a trophy bt it is oso a gd warnin' sign to Benitez tat e backline nid some reinforcement & so is e frontline. Morientes cn go, Cisse cn be sold becos he cn still fetch a gd price & he dun really live up to his 14 millon pound price tag. Dun be surprise tat e cup final sick chicken, 2nd time liao, Kewell be shown e door & so r e likes of Hamann & other fringe players tat wan regular 1st team football.
Lookin' forward to nxt season Premier League & hope tat we cn better e 3rd position tis season & close e gap on Chelsea. Wheras for now, is 2006 World Cup in Germany!!! Goal Goal Goal!!!

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