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pow wow wrote: LIverpool 3-3 AC Milan, 2005 CL Final

Liverpool 3 nil down at HT, grown men in tears, myself included, depressed, expecting complete humiliation as Milan were so on top, dead and buried.  Second half and Gerrard pulls one back and we end up with 3 goals in  six incredible minutes, thought I was about to have a convulsion!!  Extra time and Dudek pulls off a ridiculous save from Shevchenko, only then did I think we were going to win.  Penalties Shevchenko steps up and Dudek saves, we win, more tears from me and million other supporters.  What a night :-)
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Okay.  Am I to understand that there is some kind of situation in football where one teams ends up with 3 and the other teams ends up with 3 and then some kind of stuff happens and somebody wins but they both still have 3? Is this true?   I will laugh for a week. ;)

GratefulFan wrote: pow wow wrote: LIverpool 3-3 AC Milan, 2005 CL Final

Liverpool 3 nil down at HT, grown men in tears, myself included, depressed, expecting complete humiliation as Milan were so on top, dead and buried.  Second half and Gerrard pulls one back and we end up with 3 goals in  six incredible minutes, thought I was about to have a convulsion!!  Extra time and Dudek pulls off a ridiculous save from Shevchenko, only then did I think we were going to win.  Penalties Shevchenko steps up and Dudek saves, we win, more tears from me and million other supporters.  What a night :-)
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Okay.  Am I to understand that there is some kind of situation in football where one teams ends up with 3 and the other teams ends up with 3 and then some kind of stuff happens and somebody wins but they both still have 3? Is this true?   I will laugh for a week. ;)
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During playoffs and in the final in football, mainly in the final, if both teams are tied at the end of regulation they go to two 15 minutes extra time periods with the Silver Goal rule. If both are still tied after that they go to free kicks from the penalty spot.  And thats how Liverpool won the Champions Leagues back in '05

greaserkat wrote:

During playoffs and in the final in football, mainly in the final, if both teams are tied at the end of regulation they go to two 15 minutes extra time periods with the Silver Goal rule. If both are still tied after that they go to free kicks from the penalty spot.  And thats how Liverpool won the Champions Leagues back in '05
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Thanks greaserkat. :)

So this is similar to a regular season shootout in hockey, though hockey wouldn't dream of settling a play off game this way, let alone a final. ;)  And I don't know why they have to go to some penalty spot just for failing to properly win.  What are they being penalized for exactly?  It's a bit late at that point to go back to being 14 and thinking more seriously about rugby or something.  Seems mean.  

Anyway, the shootout winner in hockey gets one goal added to the game total, meaning a shootout win would be communicated like this:

"Hey! How'd the game go?"

"Great! Chicago 5, Toronto 4. Shootout."

"Cool.  Let's grab a beer.  I'm buying."

"Perfect.  Let's go.  You're the best!"

Vs this:

"Hey! How'd the game go?"

"Great! Man U 3, Chelsea 3.  Though I'm a bit knackered because Pat Shanahan was there and he wouldn't  stop talking to me while I was trying to nap".

"Who won?"

"Man U"

"Man U the team, or Manieux the goalkeeper?"

"Yes, the goalkeeper won the game.  They always do in free kicks, right? Duh"

"Which goalkeeper? Who won?!"

"Man U!!  What the hell is the matter with you?"

"Oh Jesus.  What was the score again?"

"3-3. Man, you should have seen that last save!"

"Man U should have seen the last save, or Manieux should have seen the last save?!  Did Manieux make the save, or not!"

"No, YOU should have seen that last save by Man U."

"What the hell do I have to do with any of this! I wasn't even there!"

"Forget it.  Let's just go grab a beer. I'm buying!"

"Fuck you.  I seriously fucking hate you.  Don't ever talk to me again.  I mean it. Don't ever fucking talk to me again."

what the heck is this mysterious "silver goal" bollox?

Silver Goal rule  is that if any team scores during overtime, the game does not end when the goal is scored.  Both extra time halves have to be played and if at the end of both extra time halves one of the teams is ahead then they win the match.

greaserkat wrote: Silver Goal rule  is that if any team scores during overtime, the game does not end when the goal is scored.  Both extra time halves have to be played and if at the end of both extra time halves one of the teams is ahead then they win the match.
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yeah but since when has it been called "silver goal"?
its just called "extra time" no need to call it anything else and its not a new thing,its been around since God was a boy playing for Israel reserves 11 in his sandals :-p
they tried to fuck around with it when the French fluked the World Cup back in 98 by creating the "golden goal" but they soon realised that this was bollox and stopped it.... but "silver goal" blah,humbug!
i bet it was one of Blatters useless ideas,old fart is as bad as Gaddafi!

right,moan over!
dont try and explain the offside rule or you will get me in the same trouble as Andy Gray and Richard Keys!!

Offside, like yellow and red cards, is a piece of piss to explain. Basically, in the English Premier League, these rules only apply to non-England internationals. England players cannot be booked, sent off, or caught offside -- as long as they all refer to 1966 at least 3 times in a post-match interview (coats for goalposts, they think its all over, thank f**k the Russian linesman's mum was killed by the Krauts at the Red October steelworks during WW2). All Johnny Foreigners, including the "make your mind up if you're British or not" Norn Irish, Welsh and Scottish must obey the offside rule at all times, and are three times as likely to be booked as Frank Lampard and 9 times as likely to be sent off as John Terry. The only exception to this rule is Vidic of Man Utd, who is allowed to rob players at gunpoint, and only receives a stern word from the ref. The offside rule is as follows: don't loiter about near the opposition's goalmouth unless you're within spitting distance of one of their players. If you do spit at them, you are known as "active" and can be considered offside. If you don't spit, you are inactive and shouldn't be playing. You can also not spit and still be offside though: it depends whether or not you play for Man Utd or Chelsea, and if the linesman is daydreaming about Gabby Yorath instead of having one eye on the passer, one on the receiving player, and the other eye on active and inactive players. You cannot be offside if the ball is thrown to you or passed to you from your own half of the pitch. No one knows why this is. Some think it is in the Bible, in the Book of Mumbling. Others think it may be the mysterious 12th Commandment (the 11th being "thy shalt not fanny about on yachts") A booking is when the ref decides you have broken a law of the game: he will write down your name, shirt number, telephone number, age, current transfer value, and the probability of John Terry sleeping with your wife or girlfriend (at any point, the odds of this are even money). A red card is shown when your team takes the lead against one of the top four teams. In this instance, you can be red carded just for looking happy. David Healy was sent off against Wales for this reason because the foreign ref mistook the red of Wales for that of Manchester United.
See clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTdoFkYBsD4&feature=related 
Also in this footage note the ref forgot that it's not against the rules of the game to punch or kick Robbie Savage as hard or as often as you want, and he mistakenly sent off Norn Iron's Michael Hughes for doing both. The sending off was reversed on appeal by a FIFA panel who also confirmed that Savage is less likable than a ginger-haired step child.

This: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsZkCFoqSBs

It still gives me goosebumps. Bergkamp was one of the best. Also, the Dutch commentary fits perfectly in this particular scene. Notice the wonderful cross pass from Frank de Boer. Absolutely amazing.