Wednesday, April 06, 2005

Full Time 1 : Liv 2- Juv 1

Full Time 1 : Liv 2- Juv 1
Venue : Anfield, Liverpool.

First Half for Liverpool : Attack and Control wellCool corner tries and tackles. Scored two goals before 30 minutes are up! Plenty of opportunities because most are on the forward mode.

First Half for Juventus : Defend mode , dont-know-how-to-play mode.Didn't get much of the ball. Too busy defending as Liverpool was very fierce. Midfield didnt send much up for Del Piero or Ibrahimovic. Not much chance to score.

Second Half for Liverpool : Defend strategy
Although defending , Liverpool played well with a few corner kicks and free kicks. Gerrard and Baros even tried on the goal but they were either too high up or too far away from the goal post.

Second Half for Juventus : Attack !!!
Attack would be their natural action since they have been playing like kiddos on the street in the first half! However, they seem to lack the punch. There were a few wild shots from afar from Juventus , but that was that. If it wasn't for the 'lucky' goal which Cannavaro sent into the goal, I bet Juventus would be crying their way home. :(:(:(

Overall :
Good match , with Liverpool returning to its full form. The coach must be really proud of his boys. Juventus has to buck up in the second leg of the match , else I'll definitely have to fork out money already here! The goal conceded by both Liverpool players (Hyypia - 10' and Luis Garcia-24') were beautiful compared to Cannavaro's second half header.

Man of the Match: 19-year-old Scott Carson from Liverpool, goalkeeper.
This guy is a third choice as the goalkeeper it seems. Replacing Dudek who was injured , he went well in defending many tries of Del Piero and Ibrahimovic. Firewalker salutes u!

Future game next week:
Juventus : Juventus need to score one goal ahead of Liverpool. They better NOT let Liverpool score anything first, or at all. They must maintain a point ahead of Liverpool to be able to take advantage of the 2-1 aggregate since they have the upper hand in scoring the away goal.

Liverpool : Liverpool needs one more goal to seal the faith against Juventus to make it 3-1 or 3-2 aggregate. They need to attack early and then just enter defend mode after that to cruise into the Semis.

Key point for both sides: Attack early for both teams . Defence is important for Juventus as well.

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