Victory!

I may be no longer on speaking terms with my liver. But the reason for this is completely justified (at least im my opinion). Why? Because yesterday Liverpool won the Champions League! Liverpool pulled off an astonishing comeback from a 3-0 deficit at the half (a terrifying score in soccer for you who don't follow the game) against Italian superclub AC Milan. The first half was downright embarrassing. Liverpool's dreams looked shattered at half-time as gloomy talk of a drubbing ensued. At Scallywag's the initial cheer went out of the place after the first goal within the first minute of play. But after the half-time break (during which there were many long faces), something remarkable occurred - within the space of six minutes the three-goal deficit had been sensationally overcome. First Gerrard headed in a goal (which was met with grim cheer), then Smicer knocked one in (and it was a game again! much rejoicing). When Xabi Alonso stepped up for a penalty after Gerrard was pulled down in front of the goal, I knew that we would win. It took another 40 minutes of play, an astounding performance by goaltender Dudek and a shootout, but it was amazing. A comeback like this has never been done before! The Toronto Supporters were cheering and celebrating for many hours afterwards! We sang "You'll Never Walk Alone" quite a few times. Reports are that there were 75,000 Liverpool supporters in Istanbul for the match (and only 40,000 may have had seats in the stadium).

There are all kinds of weird coincidences between this year and past years where Liverpool have been crowned Champions of Europe ('81 and '78):
- The Pope dies ('78)
- Prince Charles gets married
- Coronation Street's Ken and Deirdre get married
- There is a new Doctor Who
- Norwich City and Crystal Palace are both relegated
- Liverpool win 17 league games and finish 5th
- The Welsh rugby team wins the Grand Slam title
- The league winners (1978 Nottingham Forest, 2005 Chelsea) beat Liverpool in the League Cup final