Sunday, April 15, 2012
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Blackburn 2-3 Liverpool
The game yesterday was crazy and it felt like anything could happen. King Kenny had chosen to let the key players rest for the FA-cup semifinal, so it felt like we wouldn’t even try to win. The starting line-up for Liverpool was Doni, Flanagan, Skrtel (c), Coates, Johnson, Henderson, Shelvey, Spearing, Maxi, Carroll and Bellamy Blackburn‘s line-up was Robinson, Orr, Dann, Hanley, Martin Olsson, Dunn, N’Zonzi, Hoilett, Formica, Marcus Olsson and Yakubu.
I think we started the game well and we played okay. I was wrong when I thought that we wouldn’t try to win because the lads looked really hungry for a victory. That’s something I have really missed for the last months. We scored two goals quite early in the first half, both goals by Maxi. I don’t understand why he doesn’t get more time on the pitch, he scores almost every time he plays. Halfway through the first half Flanagan made an idiotic back pass and the first one to get to the ball was Hoilett. Doni was all alone with the Blackburn player and he didn’t know what to do so he tripped him and got a red card. I felt sorry for him because he had waited so long to get the chance to play. Maybe he should have done nothing and just let Yakubu score, but I guess that’s not an easy decision to take as a goal keeper.
When Doni got the red card we had a 2-0 lead. Brad Jones came on for Flanagan and made his Premier League debut. The first thing he did on the pitch was to save a penalty from Yakubu, and when he had done that he pointed to the sky to dedicate the goal to his son Luca, who died in leukemia a few months ago. That was an emotional moment and I was really happy for Brad.
Before halftime Yakubu scored for Blackburn as he headed in a free kick. Liverpool defended badly and that was it. When the halftime came we had a 2-1 lead and that result remained to the 60th minute when Yakubu made it 2-2. It was a strange situation because Brad Jones kicked the ball straight on Yakubu and when the ball came back to him he failed to catch it, and in the middle of all that he pushed Yakubu and the referee blew the whistle. Brad Jones got a yellow card and Yakubu got a penalty. I have nothing to say about that, I’m just glad that Jones didn’t get a red card.
Just before the end of the game Carroll made it 2-3 as he headed the ball in the back of the net, finally. I think he had a good game and he looked quite sharp. It was a good team performance and we played most of the game with ten men. That isn’t easy so I’m proud that they did it so well, and glad that we finally got three points. Now it’s just to focus on the FA-cup semifinal and I hope that I will get to see the same fighting spirit and determination as the lads showed yesterday.
I think we started the game well and we played okay. I was wrong when I thought that we wouldn’t try to win because the lads looked really hungry for a victory. That’s something I have really missed for the last months. We scored two goals quite early in the first half, both goals by Maxi. I don’t understand why he doesn’t get more time on the pitch, he scores almost every time he plays. Halfway through the first half Flanagan made an idiotic back pass and the first one to get to the ball was Hoilett. Doni was all alone with the Blackburn player and he didn’t know what to do so he tripped him and got a red card. I felt sorry for him because he had waited so long to get the chance to play. Maybe he should have done nothing and just let Yakubu score, but I guess that’s not an easy decision to take as a goal keeper.
When Doni got the red card we had a 2-0 lead. Brad Jones came on for Flanagan and made his Premier League debut. The first thing he did on the pitch was to save a penalty from Yakubu, and when he had done that he pointed to the sky to dedicate the goal to his son Luca, who died in leukemia a few months ago. That was an emotional moment and I was really happy for Brad.
Before halftime Yakubu scored for Blackburn as he headed in a free kick. Liverpool defended badly and that was it. When the halftime came we had a 2-1 lead and that result remained to the 60th minute when Yakubu made it 2-2. It was a strange situation because Brad Jones kicked the ball straight on Yakubu and when the ball came back to him he failed to catch it, and in the middle of all that he pushed Yakubu and the referee blew the whistle. Brad Jones got a yellow card and Yakubu got a penalty. I have nothing to say about that, I’m just glad that Jones didn’t get a red card.
Just before the end of the game Carroll made it 2-3 as he headed the ball in the back of the net, finally. I think he had a good game and he looked quite sharp. It was a good team performance and we played most of the game with ten men. That isn’t easy so I’m proud that they did it so well, and glad that we finally got three points. Now it’s just to focus on the FA-cup semifinal and I hope that I will get to see the same fighting spirit and determination as the lads showed yesterday.
Monday, April 9, 2012
Cottage Thinking
I’m sitting here in a cottage in the middle of nowhere. The place is called Valsjöbyn and it’s a little village in the forest somewhere between Sweden and Norway. My family and I own this cottage so we spend some days here once in a while and it’s a good place for relaxation which is very much needed in the middle of all the stress. We don’t do very much here, or at least I don’t. My parents go out with the dogs and do things like cross country skiing, but I just sit inside reading and watching the TV. That might sound boring, but I love reading and we have as many TV channels here as we have at home so I can watch as much football as I want to.
Today it’s Monday but I will have a lot of Premier League games to watch since this is a bank holiday. That prospect makes me excited and it also reminds me of the time when I didn’t like football. It feels strange now to think about it because it’s such a big part of my life now, but it was not even two years ago that I hated the sport. I have always been a horse girl and when I was six years old I started to take lessons at a riding school. Four years after that I got my first pony and now I’m seventeen years old and I have pony number five. I still love horses but I know that when I have sold the one I have now I won’t buy a new one.
I tried football too when I was little, but my parents have told me that I wanted to quit after just one training session and so I did. Since then I haven’t played more than a few times in school, so I’m really bad at it. I enjoy playing though, but since I don’t have any skills I just go all in with my tackles. I think I would fit best as a central defender and that’s where I like to play. Most people prefer to play as an attacker but I don’t because I know that doesn’t suit me.
It feels like most people who blog about football are guys who have played since they were five years old, and as a girl (especially a girl who likes horses) it’s not very easy to get respect from those guys. They don’t seem to accept that I have changed my mind about football and they definitely don’t accept that I know things about the sport. I have learnt a lot during the time I have watched football because I’m so into it, so I know quite a lot more than they think I do.
My sudden interest in football has changed my life a lot, and I have other dreams now. Before I started to like football I wanted to be a vet or something like that, and I didn’t have any plans at all about moving somewhere. Now I want to be a sports journalist and all I want is to get on a plane to England. All this has also given me a best friend who I share all my interests with, and together I think we can manage to do so many things that we wouldn’t have had the courage to do alone.
Today it’s Monday but I will have a lot of Premier League games to watch since this is a bank holiday. That prospect makes me excited and it also reminds me of the time when I didn’t like football. It feels strange now to think about it because it’s such a big part of my life now, but it was not even two years ago that I hated the sport. I have always been a horse girl and when I was six years old I started to take lessons at a riding school. Four years after that I got my first pony and now I’m seventeen years old and I have pony number five. I still love horses but I know that when I have sold the one I have now I won’t buy a new one.
I tried football too when I was little, but my parents have told me that I wanted to quit after just one training session and so I did. Since then I haven’t played more than a few times in school, so I’m really bad at it. I enjoy playing though, but since I don’t have any skills I just go all in with my tackles. I think I would fit best as a central defender and that’s where I like to play. Most people prefer to play as an attacker but I don’t because I know that doesn’t suit me.
It feels like most people who blog about football are guys who have played since they were five years old, and as a girl (especially a girl who likes horses) it’s not very easy to get respect from those guys. They don’t seem to accept that I have changed my mind about football and they definitely don’t accept that I know things about the sport. I have learnt a lot during the time I have watched football because I’m so into it, so I know quite a lot more than they think I do.
My sudden interest in football has changed my life a lot, and I have other dreams now. Before I started to like football I wanted to be a vet or something like that, and I didn’t have any plans at all about moving somewhere. Now I want to be a sports journalist and all I want is to get on a plane to England. All this has also given me a best friend who I share all my interests with, and together I think we can manage to do so many things that we wouldn’t have had the courage to do alone.
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Heartache
I'm so tired of this feeling. I'm so tired of Liverpool losing.
I can't find many positive things about the game against Newcastle today even if I try really hard. We lost, we didn't play very good, we looked both frustrated and irritated, Carroll's behavior was really embarrassing, Reina got a red card and can't play in the FA-cup semifinal and so on. I don't want to question Kenny Dalglish because I love him and I respect him so much, but I don't want Liverpool to lose either. When we play like this it's so hard to find the energy to do things you don't want to do, like school work. Liverpool Football Club means so much to me and because of that it makes me half depressed when we play like this. We have lost most of the games we have played since the start of this year and now we even have Everton above us in the league which is really painful. We don't have any chance at all to reach a Champions League spot now, so all I want is that Chelsea doesn't get to Champions, United doesn't win the league, we finish above Everton in the league and we win the FA-cup. Usually things don't go the way I want them to, so I'm not very hopeful...
I can't find many positive things about the game against Newcastle today even if I try really hard. We lost, we didn't play very good, we looked both frustrated and irritated, Carroll's behavior was really embarrassing, Reina got a red card and can't play in the FA-cup semifinal and so on. I don't want to question Kenny Dalglish because I love him and I respect him so much, but I don't want Liverpool to lose either. When we play like this it's so hard to find the energy to do things you don't want to do, like school work. Liverpool Football Club means so much to me and because of that it makes me half depressed when we play like this. We have lost most of the games we have played since the start of this year and now we even have Everton above us in the league which is really painful. We don't have any chance at all to reach a Champions League spot now, so all I want is that Chelsea doesn't get to Champions, United doesn't win the league, we finish above Everton in the league and we win the FA-cup. Usually things don't go the way I want them to, so I'm not very hopeful...
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