A thoroughly entertaining game, and filled with drama. I was hoping Cardiff (as the underdog) would triumph, and was pleased to see it almost come off. What struck me about the first Liverpool goal, bringing the score to 1 - 1 was the ugliness about the participants. The second ugliest Premier League player (Suarez) hit the post, and the rebound was knocked in by the third ugliest player in the Premier League (Skrtel). After Kuyt's goal, the Cardiff equaliser two minutes from time, to force extra time, was fantastic.
The performance by the various penalty kick takers was dire, and so the result could have gone either way. I find it mad that Cardiff missed three where the ball hit the post (on two) and completely missed on another. Professional footballers get paid loads to kick a ball. To place it 12 yards from the goal, and then be unable to kick it so that it goes somewhere between two posts that are 24ft apart is shite.
Anyway, at least these two teams each had a massive contingent of players from the home leagues. I was amazed earlier in the week when the commentator on a Champions League match referred to Inter Milan as "the Italians" when there was not a single Italian amongst the starting eleven!
[NB: The ugliest player is of course Carlos Tevez]
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