Archive for April 14th, 2009

This is getting really insane. Chelsea just scored on a cheap goal. Chelsea’s Drogba fired a ball at the goalmouth. The ball did a little dipsey doo and bounced off of Liverpool’s keeper Reina for a goal for Chelsea.

That goes in the books as an own goal for Liverpool. ESPN 2 has it as an own goal but ESPN soccernet calls it a goal for Drogba. Who cares. It was a gimme goal anyway. 

2-1 Liverpool but Chelsea now holds the advantage 4-3 on aggregate.

Liverpool needs to score twice and hold Chelsea at bay to advance to the semifinals of The Champions League.

Chelsea just scored on free kick. Alex fired the ball just above the wall and the keeper Reina never had a chance. It’s 2-2. Chelsea has the lead 5-3.

It looked like Reina had cement in shoes. He was frozen to the spot just left of goal center.

Stamford Bridge is in full throat.

Liverpool fans are crying.

It’s all over but the shouting now. Frank Lampard just scored on a beautiful run into the box and he tickled the twines to make 3-2 Chelsea.  The aggregate score is now 6-3 in favor of Chelsea.

This will make it twice in a row that Chelsea has knocked Liverpool out of The Champions League.

It’s not over yet. Liverpool just scored on a goal by Lucas to make it three all. It was one of those ricochet shots off of Chelsea defender Essian.  

This is the Twilight Zone. Kuyt just scored on beautiful header for Liverpool to make 4-3. That’s two goals for Liverpool in less than two minutes. 

Chelsea leads 6-5 on aggregate.

Hope springs eternal but Liverpool turned the ball over in their own end and Drogba hit Lampard with a beautiful pass and Lampard rammed the ball home for the goal. 

It’s 4-4 and 7-5 on aggregate.

It’s a wrap. Chelsea advances to The Champions League final.

Whew! Now we can all breath a little bit easier.

I’ve been waiting all morning for the match between Chelsea and Liverpool to begin. It has. I’m parked in front of TV. I’m watching it on ESPN2. Guess what? Liverpool got first blood when they scored on a free kick from thirty meters out by Fabio Aurelio. The ball slithered between the post and the keeper Peter Cech. It happened in 18th minute of the match.

You are not going to believe this! Liverpool just scored again on a penalty kick by Xabi Alonso to make it 2-0 at the 27 minute mark of the first half. That’s two goals made up in 27 minutes. What a crazy match!

The ref awarded a penalty kick to Liverpool on a dead ball foul by Chelsea’s Ivanovic on Liverpool’s Alonso in the box. The call was right. Ivanovic mugged him to the ground. This is futebol guys not WWF wrestling.

It’s all even 3-3 on aggregate goals but Chelsea has the advantage due to having one more away goal than Liverpool.

Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge is crazy right now. The entire joint is full shock at this turn of events so far. But all you Chelsea faithful hang in there. It’s only the first half.

Liverpool just missed two golden opportunities to level the match on aggregate.

It’s halftime. Thank God. 2-0 Liverpool.