At 2:45 am local time and 10:45 pm in Moscow, one of the greatest finals was played. By that I mean Football/Soccer finals. The European Champions League finals in Moscow between the The English Champions Manchester United and the London Blues revolution Chelsea F.C. The finals showed the beautiful part of the beautiful game but also the ugly side too.
Well we all know what happen... well just to recap, Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 42th goal of the season in the 23 minute( i guess) by header.. cross by wes brown( and what a beauty the cross was). Chealsea level in the 44th minute by none other than Frank Lampard Jr.. or jus frank Lampard.. I'm not gonna talk about the whole match but the key points. For instance, Man United should have been 3-1 up( Tevez's chances) and chealsea should have level it 3-3 ( hit the post twice) and Man U should have scored and won it 4-3 but thanks to Mr. Chelsea( Big John Terry) himself the goal was denied.
This could have been one of the best champions league final we had considering last years finals was one of the worst. In the end after extra time the game went into penalties. It was here when I thought Chelsea have the upper hand. Why? you might add. Well Petr Cech the Goalkeeper is the best goalkeeper in the world. Hands down he is the best. Only 2 other keepers is worth the mention which is Buffon and Cassillas. In the opposing team I believe they have a very past his prime goalkeeper.. Van Der Sar. Yeah we know he won the Champions League before but then watching his performance that night I was worried for Man United. He was erractic.
I couldn't remember the line up the penalties for both teams but we can sum up the penalties in 3 very important incident. The first major one was the penalty miss by the great 42 goal scoring machine, Cristiano Ronaldo. Ronaldo did his stutter steps but to no avail it failed and Cech save the penalty toward the right of the goal. Chealsea have the upper hand.
The next incident was the most devastating one which was Mr. Chelsea's missed penalty. Up until this point of the match, Chelsea was in control. Then came the heroic John Terry pulling up his sleeves and armband saying that he is the Captain and I am gonna win it for us. At this point I thought Chelsea have their First European trophy in the bag. But then, disaster struck.... Terry completely slip and his kick went way off target. After that, I said to myself... Bye Bye Chelsea.
The last incident that was important was predictable. Van der Sar vs Anelka. Le Sulk chose the same spot where Cech Saved Ronaldo's Penalty... The outcome, yes the same fate as Ronaldo... Saved, But the difference is Ronaldo now has the winner's medal on his neck and Anelka doesn't. Watching the young Man U side celebrate was a joy to watch but then the camera focused on Terry and he was crying like a baby. The only time I see men breakdown and cry like that... Funerals. It was like death was brought upon to him. I remember the scenes of Terry crying on the shoulders of Grant and Pete Kenyon.. He was distraught. But like every great captain out there he lead his team to get their medals. But to see him like that make me ponder the what if in Chelsea situation. I believe the reason of chelsea not winning the trophy is because of Drogba's dismissal. If he wasn't dismiss he would be one of those in contention of taking the spot kick and you might never know Terry would have not need to take the penalty.
People Might argue that no matter if drogba is in or out Terry will take the last kick because it is fitting for the captain. Yes of course but you see the rotation will be longer until it reaches Le sulk and it might change the result.
Well all is said and done. I wish congrats to the winning side and their supporters. To the losing team... Well better luck next time.
smile always John Terry
