THE UNBELIEVABLE NIGHT AT ISTANIBUL - LIVERPOOL VS AC MILAN (2005 UCL FINAL)

Football is not just a game, It's an honor, its a pride, and more importantly, It's a life. There are some moments and memories in football that can never be forgotten. In this article, I'm going to write about the one of the best comeback in the football history, the match made it clear that the game of football is simply unpredictable! The showpiece event was contested betwen Liverpool of England and AC Milan of Italy on 25th May 2005 in Istanibul.

Everyone was expecting a thrilling match between the both sides, but in the beginning, the start of the match was not as like everyone was expecting it to be. AC Milan scored three goals in the first half of the match and the day was turning out to be a nightmare for Liverpool fans. Two goals from Crespo and one by Maldini gives Milan the 3-0 lead at the end of 1st half.

Everyone gave up in the 1st half that it will be all over for liverpool, but the fans in the stadium were soo much excited and they just give the players Goose bumps before the start of the second half, they got the believe, they got the passion and they were absolutely confident that they can still do it.

\Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard scored in the 53rd minute and give the rise to a believe that they can still do it, 53 minutes gone, it's 3-1. It was followed by another goal by Smicer in the 56th minute, and that goal completely boosted the morale of the players that the comeback is on!

And finally in the 60th minute, the moment finally happened that was expected. Liverpool equalized from 3-0 down till the 50th minute to 3-3 in the 60th minute, thanks to the goal by Xabi Alonso. AC Milan players and fans were completely devastated, no one was expecting how liverpool was able to make such an unbelievable comeback. But in the end, the game went on penalties as both sides weren't able to score the winner till the 120th minute of football

The game went on penalties, and believe me or not, Liverpool won the game on penalties (3-2) ! What a great comeback that was. It was simply unbelievable night, Liverpool became the champions of Europe in 2005 with an astonishing comeback after 3-0 down to 3-3 and then winning the tie on penalties. It was the best ever UCL final for me, Unforgetabble and beyond words! Now you can say that game of football is totally unpredictable!

ARTICLE BY :- Zayn Ali Khan

Wenger - The Football Genius

Yes, being a Manchester United fan, I'm writing an article on Arsene Wenger rather than Louis Van Gaal. Because according to my perception, he's the greatest coach of all time after Sir Alex Ferguson. But why is it so ? You will might get the answer after reading this article later on.

There are few things in the coaching style of Arsene Wenger which inspired me alot. he has done what is unexpeced and unbelievable sometimes. Although he never had a world class squad since 2005 but still he managed to maintain a top class reputation of the club. because of lack of transfer budget, he couldnt manage to bring some world class players in his side and also couldnt manage to afford the high wages of his players, and thats the reason why his so many key players left the club. Thierry Henry, Robin Van Persie, Adebayor, Arshavin, Samir Nasri, Cesc Fabregas and many others are the best example of it. Sometimes it gets very difficult to start a new season without the key player of the team who currently lefts the side, and it gets worse when you dont have the budget to buy his replacement, but still Arsene Wenger managed to compete Arsenal to qualify for the Champions League every year since he joined the club. Although Arsenal havent won the league since 2002, but still Arsenal is believed to be a European threating club.

Arsene Wenger was the one who make Arsenal the INVINCIBLES, remained undefeated in the entire season of 2002, and that was probably his biggest achievement. These days, Arsenal can afford to bring some world class players in their side since there are no more financial issues as stated by the owner, but wenger still bought Petr Cech only for 11 million and didnt bring any other great signing, I still remember the fans were getting really really angry because they were in desperate need of a striker before the start of the season, and yes the start of the season was not soo good anyways but you can see the position of arsenal in the table, they are desperate title contenders this season and only Arsene Wenger is the man all behind it. He is the one who makes the coal a diamond in football, the best example these days in Francis Coquelin, his debut was at the day when Arsenal was humiliated by Manchester united by 8-2 in 2011, and he was the worse player on the pitch. From that day to now, he is considered to be one of the best Central defending midfielders in the premier league right now, he was completely polished by Arsene Wenger and almost all the players had become world class in Arsenal just because of Arsene Wenger. Believe me or not, this guy is everything behind arsenal's success.

There are three matches in his Arsenal's managment career which were the reflection of his genius tactics. The first and the best one was against Barcelona in 2011 champions league round of 16, it was a first leg when Arsenal knocked Barcelona 2-1, I cant describe the performance in words. The people were shocked that Arsenal have beaten the Guardiola's Barcelona, the team that stunned Real Madrid 5-0 in their home ground was beaten by the underdogs. And they were completely outclassed. It was just amazing, although they lost the second leg but still the media, the fans, and the journalists gone really wild at that day.

The second and the third one are the recent victories against Bayern Munich and Manchester United by 2-0 and 3-0. You can imagine how Arsenal would have played by the score line, the teams having one of the best attacking players were failed to score against arsenal, it was the complete domination of Arsenal and Arsene Wenger

In the end of this article, I am stating that European giants must be very scared of what Wenger is creating inside Arsenal. They are going to win titles if they remains the same like they are right now