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Do YOU remember Luis Garcia vs Juventus?

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LeTallecWiz

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Ryan said:
Do you remember that Juventus goal? Do you really remember it?

Watch it again. It just had me up off this couch it was that great.

That goal for me launched everything that became great, short-lived but great nonetheless, during the Rafa years. I didn't accept the Olympiakos this. They crumbled, we just ripped at the, Gerrard pulled something like I'd never seen out of his arse and the whole things judt felt incredulous. I never thought it would last. We were never going to get even close to doing anything that year for fucks sake. I thought we'd be in the UEFA Cup, so you take the Olympiakos this, store it up and treat it like that one-time Swedish chick you managed to bang in your life.

Leverkusen was good, but they're not a real Champions League team so you're still not believing. Plus it was easy so it didn't count.

And then we go and beat Juventus. And no one ever will be able to convince me that they weren't the best side in Europe at the time. Go back and look at their team. Actually, fuck it - here it is;
  • Gianluigi Buffon
  • 8 Emerson
  • 9 Zlatan Ibrahimović
  • 10 Alessandro Del Piero
  • 11 Pavel Nedvěd
  • 16 Mauro Camoranesi
  • 19 Gianluca Zambrotta
  • 20 Manuele Blasi
  • 21 Lilian Thuram
  • 27 Jonathan Zebina
  • 28 Fabio Cannavaro
... and they had the likes of Pessotto and Trezeguet on the bench.

It was Garcia's volley that did it for me. Hyypia's goal gives you a shock, and you know they're coming back. But they didn't, we battered them for 45 minutes, all over the park, and I still don't think I've seen a better 45 out of a Liverpool team in my life than that first half. And we've got Milan Baros and Le Tallec up front. You think this fat Spanish cunt on the sideline has got it sorted. He's put out a shower of shite and they're battering the best team in Europe, managed by Capello and you begin to believe in the whole box of dice.

And then he whallops that volley in out of nowhere. Out of absolutely fucking nowhere on a ball coming across his body and dropping onto his weaker foot, and it doesn't make any sense. The best keeper in the world is waving at it. And you cannot believe your fucking eyes. That moment, that goal for me was the first moment where I got caught up in the whole reality of what we were doing, and what we could do.

Whhat I would give to re-live a football moment like that again. For your team to give you for the first time in your football-supporting life the thought that you could go onto be the best team in Europe? Cherish that shit.

And I'd swap 500 fucking trillion aimless flicks on the edge of the box to no teammate to have that one goal back again. Whatever weaknesses he had, he gave us that, and it started everything for me. It lead to my greatest nights as a Liverpool fan and I'll never forget it.

I've no idea why anyone's first reaction to the name Luis Garcia wouldn't be anything other than sheer unbridled joy. Look what he gave us. Watch that volley again.

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He played a MASSIVE part in helping us win the Champions League and FA Cup with some key goals. Inconsistent yes, but when he was consistent it was when it really fekin mattered!

2 major trophies ya dim cunts! TWO.

Do I need to draw you a picture?

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Great post btw Ryan - one of your best in a long time.

It's odd - until half time at Istanbul (even despite dmishra being convinced we'd do it here on SCM), you kinda felt it was our tournament. Be it what happened 'take a bow son,' or the destruction of leverkusen, or sami/luis vs Juventus, or Zlatan missing an absolute sitter from two cms, and Lampard doing the same thing at the Bridge, to Gudjohnson's miss in the 96th minute. It was just ours. I can't believe I doubted it at half time ... but alas, those six crazy minutes made it even better.
 
As I said in the other thread, I agree with almost every single word of Ryan post. In fact I don't believe some people give us enough credit for beating Juventus in the manner that we did.

But Garcia was infuriatingly inconsistent and in some games he disappeared completely and in others you wish he would have disappeared. He was great in the big games, but you have to win almost every game to win the league.
 
I was in Anfield for this one and I was sitting right behind Garcia when he hit it. First thought was 'ah, ya dopey bollocks, you'll never beat Buffon from there!' and then the ball hits the back of the net and he'll breaks loose. Ill never forget that moment as long ill live. If, by chance, I ever get the opportunity to meet little Luis, ill shake his hand and thank him for that moment.

Just a point on the Juve side we beat that night, it was truly immense. Ibrahimovoc & Del Piero up front. Cannavaro at the back. Nedved too. Just an unbelievably good side and we battered them.

Then out on the lash in Liverpool. Great, great night.
 
LeTallecWiz said:
Great post btw Ryan - one of your best in a long time.

It's odd - until half time at Istanbul (even despite dmishra being convinced we'd do it here on SCM), you kinda felt it was our tournament. Be it what happened 'take a bow son,' or the destruction of leverkusen, or sami/luis vs Juventus, or Zlatan missing an absolute sitter from two cms, and Lampard doing the same thing at the Bridge, to Gudjohnson's miss in the 96th minute. It was just ours. I can't believe I doubted it at half time ... but alas, those six crazy minutes made it even better.
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Spot the wormhole.
 
I never hated him because no matter how shit he was playing ya just got the feeling something magic was around the corner.
 
Leo said:
I never hated him because no matter how shit he was playing ya just got the feeling something magic was around the corner.
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Yeah, but the problem was 99 times out of 100 it wasnt.
The 1 when it came was special, but too much shit, too much losing the ball, too much lazy.... Nah not for me.
 
Herr Onceared said:
Yeah, but the problem was 99 times out of 100 it wasnt.
The 1 when it came was special, but too much shit, too much losing the ball, too much lazy.... Nah not for me.
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He helped us win two major trophies with his goals unlike half the wankers togging out for the past 4 years.
I can never hate him
 
Leo said:
He helped us win two major trophies with his goals unlike half the wankers togging out for the past 4 years.
I can never hate him
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I dont hate him *now*.
I hated watching him play for us.
He was shit most of the time.
 
He WAS Rafa's Liverpool. Occasionally brilliant, Occasionally shocking the odds, occasionally doing the amazing and pretty great in cups and in Europe.
But mostly shit and inconsistent and maddening in the league.
 
I loved him then. I love him now. Gave us some amazing memories, and was a snip at the price, it's not like we paid 20 milion for the guy. He was not in the team for his hard work, tracking back etc. He was in there to try things, make things happen, to probe and prod and create. Scored vital goals and was part of a brilliant time to be a Red.
He did this and should have earned our respect for it. He earned mine, and also gave us one of my favourite songs ever too.
 
Definitely a Liverpool Legend for me and one of my favourite ever players.

I haven't forgotten what he was like in the league, but I don't think it matters. I really don't. What he gave us, and gave us in style, was some of the best times I've ever had as a Liverpool fan.
 
I decided to look up his stats in the league and he had 18 goals in 77 league games. That's almost 1 in 4 for a fucking winger (I know he wasn't a conventional winger, but he played out wide most of the time). I wish we had a shit in the league winger who could score 1 in four 4 today. He was incredibly frustrating on occasions, but fuck me the positives outweighed the negatives a million times over. He was a proper hero and his exploits in 2005 make him one of my all time Liverpool favourites (I suppose that's not too difficult given I'm only a young 'un and missed our good teams). How anybody can look back at Luis Garcia with anything but delight at the fact that he played for us is beyond me.
 
Jack D Rips said:
Well of course I respect your opinion Fabio, but for me I reserve titles like "Legend" for the likes of Sami, Kenny, Rushie, Stevie G.

I dont think Garcia comes anywhere near.
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He was a massive part of our CL win. So he's now officially a legend.
 
Jack D Rips said:
Well of course I respect your opinion Fabio, but for me I reserve titles like "Legend" for the likes of Sami, Kenny, Rushie, Stevie G.

I dont think Garcia comes anywhere near.
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There's different paths to achieving legendary status. Unlike the players you have listed, Luis' Liverpool career was short and sweet, but he's such an influential figure in our recent history that dismissing him so easily does him a massive disservice, and significantly undersells some of his performances in what were crucial games.
 
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