Liverpool Through to Quarterfinals, Neutrals Cringe
Everyone was crying after this match. Merseyside denizens shed tears of joy. The Nerrazzuri cried into their cappuccinos. Neutrals bellowed in agony at having been forced to watch the full ninety minutes. Liverpool advanced to the Champions League quarterfinals defeating Inter Milan 3-0 on aggregate.
Liverpool held a 2-0 lead following the first leg. They needed only a draw to advance. If you need someone to cynically conspire to kill an away match in Europe, Rafa Benitez is your man. Inter’s demise was augured from the outset.
This win, plus an impressive run of league form, should allow Rafa to retain control of his seat’s temperature gauge for now, even with Tom Hicks sultrily dancing for DIC.
Most importantly, however, the Ibrahimovic Stache has supplanted the Rafa Goat as the most faintly frightening football facial hair.
Tags: Liverpool, Inter Milan, Rafa Benitez, Zlatan Ibrahimovic
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12 March 2008 at 11:14 am
I’d disagree about Liverpool deliberately killing the match from the offset. Rafa fielded the same squad/formation he has during the four game league win streak and Liverpool were looking to attack early on. A depleted Inter defense is still quite good, and rather than all-out attack, Inter, knowing Liverpool’s penchant for counter-attacking left defenders back. Once the Reds scored a goal, however, it was the most boring thing one could watch.
And yes, I’d actually prefer to see Rafa have that ‘wolf-man’ condition that covers your entire face in hair than that little tuft he likes to think is a goatee.
12 March 2008 at 1:25 pm
That’s a fair argument. But, as is the case usually, I felt the goal was due more to Torres’ individual brilliance rather than Liverpool’s tactics. The second half was terrible.
12 March 2008 at 2:04 pm
There’s no doubt the goal was Torres’ alone (and it was pretty amazing at that). The second half was very, very boring, but I was drunk enough that it didn’t really matter. I bet if i went back and watched again I wouldn’t make it too far.