by andy_g » Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:20 pm
i was at the game last night... a great occasion - and seeing all these players on the same field was almost surreal. zidane, raul, shevchenko, stevie g, ronaldinho, del pierro, eto'o, kaka, beckham, henry, dielser, deco, cafu, casillas, litmanen etc etc. some roll call.
in fact, liverpool past and present were pretty well represented with gerrard, rigobert song (remains the same) and jari litmanen.
stevie g played the whole game and was even captain of the shevchenko XI for the second half... in which he switched to playing centre back!! he strolled around the whole second 45, put in a couple of tackles and wasted about as much energy as the rest of the players. the whole game was almost played at walking pace. us lot in the crowd sweated more with our succession of perfect mexican waves.
but here goes for the pessimists and conspiracy theorists amongst us:
1. steven gerrard played in blue
2. sometimes steven gerrard didn't smile
3. steven gerrard and zinedine zidane seemed to talk to each other a few times
4. steven gerrard and david beckham seemed to talk to each other a few times
5. steven gerrard didn't score any goals and only had one shot
6. steven gerrard shook hands with ronaldinho and samuel eto'o
7. arsene wenger was watching from the dugout
8. steven gerrard was on the losing side - again
9. steven gerrard is now a utility player
10. steven gerrard was spotted in barcelona
unrelated to SG but it needs to be said - ronaldinho is totally and utterly flippin' amazing. when he's got the time to turn it on in this kind of game its poetry in motion. and on this evidence we should also bring back gianfranco zola to play out his career at liverpool - he's still got it y'know...

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