There were reservations about holding the final in Turkey but UEFA chief executive, Lars-Christer Olsson was satisfied by the assurances of the Turkish authorities: The conditions there are the same, generally, as for all countries and they have given guarantees, this is important, especially since their experiences last autumn.
The inspirational orchestrator of the famous anthem had perfectly complimented Rafa Benitez's team talk. The Queen sent a message to the Liverpool squad, telling them "congratulations on your remarkable win last night. The BBC reported early arrivals were lively but there was no violence and the mood between the two fans was friendly. The boy is a colossus.". Well 20 years ago, Alan Hansen had just called time on one of the great careers in Liverpool history and arguably left himself on top of the pile as the greatest defender in the club's history. Since Manchester United qualified for the Champions League, their place in the UEFA Cup as, 2005–06 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, 2005–06 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group G, 2005–06 Season at Official Liverpool Website, 2006 English football corruption investigation, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2005–06_Liverpool_F.C._season&oldid=979635246, Articles with dead external links from August 2019, Articles with permanently dead external links, Articles with unsourced statements from October 2020, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 21 September 2020, at 21:20. The first in a long line of great Scots who would lead Liverpool, Alex Raisbeck wrote his name in Liverpool history in 1901 when he became the first Liverpool captain to lead his team to a league title. Some may disagree but like I said, he was good enough for Shankly, and he's certainly good enough to be my No. Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan telephoned British prime minister Tony Blair to offer his congratulations, and Tony Blair himself passed on a message to the Liverpool squad, stating "unbelievable. Pirlo had a chance in the early stages, but he put his shot over the crossbar. Liverpool prepare as the 2005 UEFA Champions League Final at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium, ... Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard with the Champions league trophy in Istanbul in 2005 … Maldini opened the scoring for Milan after less than a minute, Hernan Crespo then doubled the lead and got his second just before half-time. Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher was not so optimistic, stating that the Liverpool side were not as good as the one that had won the 2001 UEFA Cup Final: "No disrespect to the squad we have got now but it is obvious we are not as strong as we were when we won the UEFA Cup in 2001. Raisbeck played for Liverpool on 341 occasions, scoring 19 goals and writing his name into history with the two great achievements I mentioned.
Dietmar Hamann scored Liverpool's first penalty, revealing later that he did so despite a broken toe. Shevchenko needed to score his penalty to keep Milan in the competition, but Dudek saved his shot which went straight down the middle, handing Liverpool victory and with it, their fifth European Cup.
Liverpool was thus the fifth and last club to accomplish the feat after Real Madrid, Ajax, Bayern Munich and Milan – all of whom had either won at least five times (six in Real Madrid's case) or three times consecutively. They showed that football is the most beautiful sport of all. [24] Milan were first to take a penalty, but Serginho - who had taken Milan's first penalty in 2003 and scored - shot over the crossbar after attempts from Jerzy Dudek to distract him, which mimicked Bruce Grobbelaar's "spaghetti legs" antics during the shootout in the 1984 final against Roma. Hughes was a world class defender, be it at central defender or fullback, and was also a top class player when asked to play in midfield.
On 6 July, however, Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry released a statement confirming that Gerrard would remain at the club,[42] and Gerrard signed a new four-year contract on 8 July. Liverpool finished second in their group behind 2004 Champions League runners-up AS Monaco and subsequently beat Bayer Leverkusen, Juventus and Chelsea to progress to the final. Benitez made an astonishing gamble, abandoning caution for an attacking formation which backfired so hideously, the away end resembled a series of portraits of Edward Munch's The Scream. He was re-instated for the following season and led Liverpool to their 18th, and to date last, league title.
He would go on to earn the name, The Anfield Iron and become a club legend. Liverpool won the match 3–1 after extra time. The whole country is very proud of you. Liverpool finished the season in third position, nine points behind champions Chelsea. We thought it was all over. As a player, he's one of our best ever, perhaps the best midfielder we've ever had. It shouldn't have happened. 1. Liverpool won the 2005 UEFA Champions League Final, hosted at the Ataturk Stadium, Istanbul, by beating AC Milan 3-2 on penalties after the match finished 3-3 after extra time.
While nobody would argue that Liverpool have had a couple of great captains over the years, some may not be aware of just how many great captains we have had throughout our history. "[16], Each team was allocated 20,000 tickets for the final, out of a total of 69,000. He didn't let the removal of the armband affect him though and continued to perform brilliantly as he helped Liverpool to even more success. He also set the bar for what was to come. Liverpool were drawn in a group with Olympiakos, Deportivo La Coruna and the previous season's beaten finalists, Monaco. Milan almost took the lead in the 70th minute, after Dudek dropped a low cross towards Shevchenko, whose effort was cleared off the line by Traore.
His assistant referees were Oscar Martínez Samaniego and Clemente Ayete Plou, and the fourth official was Arturo Daudén Ibáñez. To the surprise of many, Liverpool began the match with Harry Kewell in the starting line up, who had spent much of the 2004-05 season injured. It wasn't. Arguably one of the finest Liverpool players of all-time, Gerrard has undoubtedly been an inspirational captain. AC Milan had a few tricks up their sleeves to keep the European Cup away from her spiritual base. Regulations of the UEFA Champions League 2006/07, p.38: Annex 1a: Access List for the 2006/07 UEFA Club Competitions, Regulations of the UEFA Champions League 2006/07, pp. ", If Yeats harboured any doubts about moving south, they evaporated at this meeting.
Meanwhile, Liverpool started with Djimi Traore and Harry Kewell. Milan, who had won the competition six times, were appearing in their second final in three years and tenth overall. I've now made Liverpool my English team. Jamie Carragher torches Gary Neville after criticism from Jurgen Klopp. From the kick-off, AC Milan took the lead within a matter of seconds. By the time Gennaro Gattuso (the biggest culprit when it came to counting chickens at halftime) tripped Gerrard Liverpool were rampant. They had won on six occasions (1963, 1969, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003), and lost three times (1958, 1993, 1995). Hughes would indeed go on to captain England, but more importantly, he would become one of Liverpool's greatest players and of course, Liverpool captain. The group stages were contested as eight double round-robin groups of four teams, the top two qualifying for the knockout stages. The 2005–06 participants competed for a new identical trophy. "[11] This was the Liverpool's sixth final and it was their first appearance since the 1985 European Cup Final, when they lost 1–0 to Juventus and were subsequently banned from European competition for six years due to the Heysel Stadium disaster. [15] Milan manager Carlo Ancelotti said "I think a team that wins should have the right to defend it but we may just do the English federation a favour and solve this. Brilliant. Hughes was never the most popular amongst the other players and had never really gelled with then captain Tommy Smith. One of the true greats, a man who served the club as a player, a coach and as assistant manager to three managers. Prior to the 2005 Champions League Final, The Football Association had decided on 5 May that only the top four finishers in the Premier League would qualify and Liverpool ended their domestic season in fifth place behind Everton. A few minutes later, Liverpool made a substitution after Harry Kewell picked up a groin injury; he was replaced by Vladimír Šmicer. It was also estimated that Liverpudlians drank around 10,000 bottles of champagne after the match, with supermarket chain Sainsbury's stating: "We've never seen anything like it. The striker, on-loan at Milan from Chelsea at the time, beat Jerzy Dudek with a deft dink and ran off celebrating before the ball even hit the back of the net. [22], Liverpool fielded a 4–4–1–1 formation, with the surprise inclusion in the squad being Harry Kewell, who played just behind Milan Baroš, who himself had been picked ahead of Djibril Cissé. A new Champions League trophy was therefore commissioned for the 2005-06 season. That's something we all know and are all thankful for. On paper, ahead of the game, it looked like a mismatch and it proved to be so in the first half.
Manager Carlo Ancelotti said, "We had six minutes of madness in which we threw away the position we had reached until then". He was versatile too, he played centre back in two great Liverpool teams and right-back in another. Another, which was rather attractive at half time last night, was to grab the nearest taxi back to Taksin Square and drink the night away trying to forget the embarrassment they had just suffered. The MacKinlay led Liverpool would follow up their 1921/23 title success by retaining the title the following season making him the first Liverpool captain to lift the title in back to back seasons.
[28] Liverpool had one last chance at the end of extra time, but John Arne Riise's free kick shot was blocked and following this the referee signalled the end of extra time, which meant a penalty shoot-out would decide the championship.[27].
Milan entered the competition in the group stage after winning Serie A. Milan were similarly astonished at the manner in which they had lost the final. Cisse then scored his penalty to put Liverpool 2–0 up. This included the Champions League in the 2004-05 season. A feat that would not be matched until Emlyn Hughes did so in 1975/76 and 76/77. Kaka collected the ball in midfield, with Liverpool's defence out of shape and running back, the playmaker picked out a perfect pass, that just made it past Jamie Carragher's outstretched leg and landed perfectly in Crespo's path. [10], The final was held at Atatürk Olympic Stadium, it was the first time a European final had been held in Turkey. The bus toured the city of Liverpool, enabling the players to parade the Champions League trophy. And they were duly punished. The other alternative, which one red-shirted gent decided was more favourable, was to start an impromptu rendition of You'll Never Walk Alone, drowned in the kind of sentimentality Liverpool's opponents find repulsive.
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