San Siro Stadium
Inter 0-1 Liverpool
(aggregate score 0-3)
Yes, we are through to the quarter-final! Inter squandered 3 or 4 chances in the first half which could have change the outcome of the match. Their biggest culprit is Zlatan Ibrahimovic. He didn't get a single shot on target throughout the game and was booed off the pitch by his own fan.
The 0-1 score was perhaps the difference between Zlatan and Torres. Torres only had 1 chance prior to his goal. And what makes the goal so impressive to Zlatan's misses was- Torres was actually not facing the goal when he attempted his shot. With his back to the goal, he controlled the ball beautifully, turned around, and bang! Goal! Zlatan has 4 chances, all facing the goal as he attempted to put them into the net, but he blew all of them away!
Towards the end of the game, I could see the Inter fans applauding...I guess they were clapping for Liverpool because Liverpool played so well that their own team couldn't find a way pass The Reds. Inter's players looked shocked and out of sort as soon as Torres found the net. They didn't pose too much attacking danger to the Liverpool's goal and I could see Julio Cruz looking tired and resigned to the scoreline. The last 10 minutes was all about Liverpool's passing the ball around without too much pressures from Inter. It was disappointing to see Inter's lack of determination to fight back. Inter just didn't stretch the Liverpool's defence enough, there wasn't any width to Inter's attacks and they kept attacking through the middle, which was easily dealt with by Mascherano, Hyypia and Skrtel.
Mascherano again had a great game in the middle of the park. He was everyone, closing man down, going into tackle and protecting the back four with ease. To me he was the Man of the Match.
So off we go into the quarter-final... so who do I want us to meet? As long as it is not an English team...haha... Schalke or Fenerbache is every quarter-finalists' dream draw isn't it?
YNWA @ 5:52 AM
