Sep. 19, 2005
Last night was exhausting. I watched one of the most important matches for Liverpool and the supporters (us!), Liverpool – Man United. It started at 20:00 at Tokyo time on TV. Ten minutes before the match, I heard my heard beating. I was too excited and worried at the same time. I didn’t know what to do. From the beginning, supporters were loud in the stadium. So did I at home in Tokyo! Many times I screamed and cheered them up. After the half time (score: 0-0), I couldn’t believe I had to watch another half. It was already too much!
Though Liverpool was better than Man Utd in the first half, they were not as good as the first half in the second half. I was so worried. But in the end, match was draw. It was good and close-match. I was very very tired watching it though. Gerrard and Riise did well and Sinama Pongolle was amazing! But other players were not very impressive. Crouch was disappointing. Liverpool managed to deliver the ball very close to the goal several times but there was no one who could score for sure. We need a striker like Michael Owen!!! who Benitez didn’t want to invest in.
On the same day, Michael Owen scored first time after being transferred to New Castle. Wonderful!
(Japanese)
昨日の夜は信じられないくらいクタクタになった。リバプール対マンチェスターユナイテッドの試合があったのだ。チームにとってもサポーターである私たちにとってもすごく大切な試合。日本時間の午後８時からテレビで生中継があったのだけれど １０分前くらいからどきどきしてきて どうしていいか分からなくなった。
スタジアムのファンの声援もすごかったし私も家で叫んでた。前半終わって０－０。まだあと半分あるなんて信じられなかった。
リバプールは前半かなり押してたものの後半はあまり調子がよくなかった。かなり心配だったけど結局は引き分け。いい内容の試合だったし接戦だった。Gerrard と Riise はいつも通りよかったしSinama Pongolleは際立ってよかった。でも他の選手がイマイチだったし Crouch にはがっかり。ゴール前まで攻めながらも誰もゴールを決める人がいないっていうパターンが多かった。Michaelみたいなストライカーが必要だと思った。（というかMichaelが必要！）
そのMichaelは 同じ日New Castleに移籍して初めてのゴールを決めた！素敵、Michael!