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Untold UK: Liverpools Miracle of Istanbul
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00:00:23You
00:00:25Yeah
00:00:30What can we see?
00:00:32Championing final in Istanbul
00:00:342005
00:00:38We're about to get underway here
00:00:42Liverpool against AC Valan
00:00:47It's nervous watching this
00:00:49No one gave Liverpool any chance whatsoever
00:00:52at the start of this campaign
00:00:54If someone would have told me
00:00:56we would be in the Champions League final
00:01:00I'd have thought you were a madman
00:01:02We were a very average team
00:01:03But we'd been on this magical journey
00:01:06that we didn't expect
00:01:07and we would help in Istanbul
00:01:09Liverpool standing on the threshold of history
00:01:12but against a star-studded Milan team
00:01:16Wow
00:01:17That's what we face
00:01:22Every single player was world class
00:01:25Listen to this atmosphere
00:01:28They're really going to make themselves heard tonight
00:01:32We felt the expectation from the Liverpool fans
00:01:38There was a weight on the shoulders of a whole city
00:01:41waiting for the finals for so long
00:01:44Tonight is the chance to make up for lost time
00:01:4821 years waiting for this major trophy
00:01:53The closer you get to kickoff
00:01:55The closer you get to kickoff
00:01:55The closer you get to kickoff
00:01:56the more you start believing you can win
00:01:57The closer you get to kickoff
00:01:58We knew this was our chance
00:02:00to create history
00:02:08And it's in!
00:02:09It's 2-0 Milan
00:02:10And it is 3-0
00:02:15The closer you get to kickoff
00:02:16The biggest game
00:02:16of your life
00:02:18is turning into
00:02:20the biggest nightmare of your life
00:02:23This could be the heaviest ever defeat
00:02:26in a Champions League final
00:02:28You've been outclassed
00:02:29Totally outclassed
00:02:31But 3-0
00:02:33It is over
00:02:35There is the half-time whistle
00:02:38I'd never felt more low
00:02:40as a footballer
00:02:43We were going to create history
00:02:45for all the wrong reasons
00:02:47This is just absolutely awful for Liverpool
00:02:49Now absolutely all over the place
00:02:53This is very, very embarrassing
00:02:55You've got to get into that dressing room
00:02:57and you've got to get hold of it
00:02:59No chance really for Liverpool
00:03:00Liverpool need a miracle here
00:03:03Since that night
00:03:05I can't go anywhere in the world
00:03:07without someone asking me
00:03:09what happened at half-time in Istanbul
00:03:12The question I always get is
00:03:13what happened at half-time?
00:03:17I'm still trying to work it out
00:03:20Just when you think you've seen it all
00:03:35What I notice on a lot of documentaries now
00:03:36this bit now
00:03:38when it's all like quiet
00:03:39that gets shot a little bit
00:03:40doesn't it?
00:03:40I think you've got to put it in
00:03:42While they're waiting for the first question
00:03:45Pensive
00:03:46Give us a few words for you, Jamie
00:03:48Liverpool, Istanbul, AC Milan, Netflix, Blockbuster
00:03:51Bangin'
00:03:53So where would you start this story, Jamie?
00:03:57Er...
00:03:59For me
00:04:01the story starts
00:04:03when I was away from Liverpool
00:04:05in the summer of 2004
00:04:07in Portugal
00:04:10In Lisbon tonight
00:04:12the England team bus
00:04:14took the players
00:04:15to a heavily guarded hotel
00:04:16on a hill
00:04:17that they hope will be their home
00:04:19until early July
00:04:24It's the European Championships
00:04:26I'm there with the England squad
00:04:29alongside Michael Owen
00:04:30and Steven Gerrard
00:04:31from Liverpool
00:04:33Even though we're there with England
00:04:34all three of us
00:04:35used to think about Liverpool a lot
00:04:36Just a bit football with Jamie
00:04:37I found it very difficult to switch off
00:04:40from the club
00:04:42Jamie Carragher
00:04:43Maybe one of the reasons
00:04:44why England never
00:04:45that successful
00:04:47Steven Gerrard
00:04:48in the field
00:04:49Are you all right?
00:04:54Yeah, I'm fine
00:04:56I'm going to have a sore backside
00:04:58eventually
00:04:58but
00:04:59I'm all right for now
00:05:01Just need to look straight down
00:05:02the lens please
00:05:03and just say Michael Owen
00:05:05striker
00:05:06Where am I facing?
00:05:07Square on?
00:05:08All three of us
00:05:09we'd all been
00:05:10at Liverpool since we were that big
00:05:13some will say
00:05:14I haven't grown much since
00:05:17Liverpool Football Club
00:05:18ran through our veins
00:05:21This is my bed
00:05:22and my side of the room
00:05:23where I keep
00:05:24posters
00:05:24to remind me of
00:05:26Liverpool
00:05:27We would
00:05:27die for Liverpool Football Club
00:05:29So when did you come to Liverpool?
00:05:31When did you first come to this place?
00:05:32I was up 9 or 10
00:05:33What shirt number would you like to wear
00:05:35if you had a chance at this club
00:05:36when you make it?
00:05:37I'm brief
00:05:38There's something special
00:05:39and a little bit different
00:05:41when you come through the ranks
00:05:42there's definitely more of a bond
00:05:44there's more of a feeling of loyalty
00:05:47and wanting to do well for the club
00:05:49Liverpool Football Club
00:05:50was my
00:05:51love and passion
00:05:52we lived and breathed it
00:05:54and loved it
00:05:55and dreamt about it
00:06:01in Portugal
00:06:02there's a little bit of uncertainty
00:06:03around the Liverpool players
00:06:06Our manager's gone
00:06:08Liverpool manager's gone
00:06:11After six seasons in charge
00:06:13the manager of Liverpool
00:06:15has left the club
00:06:16the first manager
00:06:17to be sacked by the club
00:06:18since 1959
00:06:21when I was a kid growing up
00:06:23when I was a kid growing up
00:06:23Liverpool were
00:06:23one of the best teams in Europe
00:06:25four European Cups
00:06:26Liverpool are European champions
00:06:29for the fourth time
00:06:30but we'd fell a long way from that
00:06:32when we were not competing
00:06:33with the top teams
00:06:35Pulled back and he's put in for an order
00:06:38despair for the Reds
00:06:39The league form was average
00:06:40the cup form was average
00:06:41performances were not ready
00:06:46He's got it in
00:06:47the affiliating for Liverpool
00:06:48The team
00:06:49there was some players in there
00:06:51that you think
00:06:51wow if Liverpool are going to win
00:06:52a big trophy
00:06:53then they're going to have to change
00:06:54that player, that player, that player
00:06:56You feel frustrated that we're not winning
00:06:58Steven Gerrard is sent off
00:07:00That was a challenge that
00:07:02perhaps shows the frustration
00:07:04that he's been feeling
00:07:05Everybody would have felt that frustration
00:07:08We're falling away
00:07:09How do we arrest the slide?
00:07:12I grew up on Liverpool dominating
00:07:13Will they ever compete again at the top?
00:07:16No, you've got no chance
00:07:17I'm absolutely disgusted
00:07:19I've been crying this afternoon
00:07:21The Liverpool motto used to be
00:07:23first is best
00:07:24and second is nothing
00:07:25I really do think
00:07:27that there needs to be
00:07:28some new thinking at Anfield
00:07:30For the Liverpool players
00:07:32in the England training camp
00:07:33the departure of the manager
00:07:34from Anfield
00:07:34has been a major distraction
00:07:36It was the topic of conversation
00:07:38amongst the Liverpool members
00:07:39of the England squad
00:07:40here today
00:07:44I went to the tournament
00:07:45with the hope of
00:07:47parking all the noise up
00:07:49and focusing on the England team
00:07:51but it was impossible
00:07:52All of a sudden
00:07:53we heard news
00:07:54that a new manager
00:07:55had been appointed
00:07:57There was an element of excitement
00:07:59I wonder what this new manager
00:08:01is going to be like
00:08:02but also
00:08:03where is the club going?
00:08:05The morning paper
00:08:06here in Liverpool
00:08:07has the question on everyone's lips
00:08:09Who's next to take over at Anfield?
00:08:15We're very pleased to announce
00:08:16that Rafael Benitez
00:08:18is joining us today
00:08:19as manager
00:08:20on a five-year contract
00:08:23At the club
00:08:24there was
00:08:25a feeling
00:08:26that we'd lost our way
00:08:27we had to make a change
00:08:28and
00:08:29the obvious place
00:08:30to start
00:08:31is to look for somebody
00:08:32who had a track record
00:08:34of winning
00:08:34one of Europe's
00:08:35major leagues
00:08:45He has an outstanding track record
00:08:47two Spanish league titles
00:08:49in three years
00:08:49I think speaks for itself
00:08:52Senor Benitez
00:08:52Welcome to Anfield
00:08:53Thank you
00:08:54Congratulations
00:08:55How important is it
00:08:56that you keep
00:08:57Liverpool's best players
00:08:58that they have at the moment?
00:08:59Because we had fallen away
00:09:01I was
00:09:03really concerned
00:09:04that we were going to lose
00:09:05Michael Owen
00:09:06and Steven Gerrard
00:09:08demonstrably the best players
00:09:09in the club
00:09:09Steven was club captain
00:09:11Gerrard
00:09:12Nice strike!
00:09:14Oh!
00:09:15He is a magnificent player
00:09:17Massive heart
00:09:19Great passion
00:09:21Steven Gerrard
00:09:22Great effort
00:09:22What a wonderful goal
00:09:25by Gerrard
00:09:26The embodiment
00:09:27of what Liverpool
00:09:28was all about
00:09:30Great balance
00:09:31Gerrard
00:09:32Three for Liverpool
00:09:33and Michael Owen
00:09:34are the hub of it
00:09:35Michael
00:09:36had been a star player
00:09:39European footballer
00:09:40of the year
00:09:41He had men's pace
00:09:42great goal scorer
00:09:43Volts the first challenge
00:09:45and the second
00:09:45Brilliant!
00:09:47What a goal!
00:09:49Michael Owen
00:09:50a goal machine
00:09:52If we were to get back
00:09:54to winning ways
00:09:54we saw them as being
00:09:56very much at the heart
00:09:57of the team
00:09:58Gerrard
00:09:59That's a brilliant ball!
00:10:01That's Basman!
00:10:02That Gerrard Owen
00:10:04partnership once more!
00:10:06How critical
00:10:07are your plans
00:10:08is it that they stay?
00:10:10I want to talk with them
00:10:12about
00:10:13my ideas
00:10:16OK
00:10:17Thank you very much
00:10:18Thank you
00:10:21Rafa's first task
00:10:22The task was
00:10:23to go to Portugal
00:10:24to make sure
00:10:25that those key players
00:10:26stayed
00:10:29If the club
00:10:30are going to hold on
00:10:31to their big stars
00:10:32in future
00:10:32they're going to have
00:10:33to start winning
00:10:34and keep winning
00:10:36to compete
00:10:37at the very highest level
00:10:39Meeting the new Liverpool
00:10:40manager
00:10:40was important for me
00:10:42but it was more important
00:10:44that Rafa Benitez
00:10:45was meeting
00:10:46Steven Gerrard
00:10:47and Michael Owen
00:10:48they were very disillusioned
00:10:50with what was going on
00:10:51at the club
00:10:52I'm thinking
00:10:53I've only got one career
00:10:55I might have to
00:10:56think about
00:10:57other alternatives
00:10:58to try to get the best
00:10:59out of my career
00:11:01The England players
00:11:02were talking to me
00:11:03Barry
00:11:03come and sign for us
00:11:04people were knocking at me
00:11:05old tell dog
00:11:06why don't you sign for us?
00:11:08I was thinking
00:11:09I hope this manager
00:11:11has got the words
00:11:12that these two
00:11:12want to hear
00:11:14The Spanish
00:11:15are English
00:11:16temper feels natural
00:11:17ready
00:11:21okay
00:11:23sound is fine
00:11:24position is fine
00:11:26questions are fine
00:11:28we were told
00:11:29he was coming in
00:11:30to introduce himself
00:11:31he wants to say hello
00:11:32and break the ice
00:11:33all of a sudden
00:11:34we're going into her room
00:11:38I'm expecting
00:11:39this spiel
00:11:40of how great players
00:11:42they are
00:11:43how he's almost going
00:11:43to build this team
00:11:46around them
00:11:47and we got the opposite
00:11:48of that
00:11:49are you recording?
00:11:50yes
00:11:51yeah
00:11:51now listen to me
00:11:54he started moving
00:11:55Stevie about on this board
00:11:58he was on me
00:11:59tactically
00:12:00I don't want this
00:12:01I don't want that
00:12:02this is a problem
00:12:02you need to change this
00:12:04you run around too much
00:12:05you can't play in this team
00:12:07unless we trust you
00:12:08it was intense
00:12:09I remember
00:12:10I remember
00:12:11Rafa Benitez's words
00:12:11to Michael
00:12:12where you need to learn
00:12:13to turn on the boat
00:12:14quicker
00:12:15oh my word
00:12:16I've never ever had
00:12:18someone
00:12:18saying anything like that
00:12:20to me before
00:12:21and it was like
00:12:23you know that's
00:12:24absolutely what I was
00:12:25probably the best in the world
00:12:27at at the time
00:12:28I was thinking
00:12:29oh no
00:12:32I don't think this is what
00:12:33he wants to hear
00:12:34that's when
00:12:35we started thinking
00:12:41this is different
00:12:42this was different
00:12:45it just felt different
00:12:47really different
00:12:48quite negative
00:12:49and I was thinking to myself
00:12:51I guarantee you
00:12:52you'll need me
00:12:53before I need you
00:12:55he certainly
00:12:57didn't go any way
00:12:59to convincing me
00:13:00to stay
00:13:01put it that way
00:13:02how did you feel
00:13:04the meeting went?
00:13:05you can see
00:13:06when you talk
00:13:06with someone
00:13:07if he's happy
00:13:08with the conversation
00:13:09I think yeah
00:13:10they were quite happy
00:13:13footballer
00:13:14and the Liverpool striker
00:13:15Michael Owen
00:13:15is on his way
00:13:16to Spain's Real Madrid
00:13:17the player once known
00:13:19as Liverpool's
00:13:20Boy Wonder
00:13:21is leaving the club
00:13:22he joined at the age of 11
00:13:23Buenos dias todos
00:13:26I'd like to say
00:13:27a special thank you
00:13:28for giving me
00:13:29the opportunity
00:13:30to play for the best
00:13:31team in the world
00:13:33Muchas gracias
00:13:36I can remember
00:13:38finding it hard
00:13:39to actually say
00:13:42yes I want to go
00:13:44because obviously
00:13:45I've been at Liverpool
00:13:46all my life
00:13:46but I
00:13:49sort of thought
00:13:50I should
00:13:51Real Madrid were
00:13:53the most successful team
00:13:54in Europe
00:13:55and I think
00:13:56most people
00:13:58will get
00:13:58lured
00:13:59by the
00:14:01chance
00:14:01to win
00:14:03Silverweb
00:14:03News of Michael Owen's departure
00:14:05is only just filtering through
00:14:06to fans here at Anfield
00:14:07this really
00:14:08this really is the end of an era
00:14:09for the last 13 years
00:14:11Michael Owen started
00:14:12Sean Brightly
00:14:13from this
00:14:13most illustrious
00:14:14of football grounds
00:14:15what we gonna do
00:14:17you know
00:14:17I just think it's just not good enough
00:14:19at the end of the day
00:14:19we seem to be going backwards
00:14:20the news will be a major blow
00:14:22to both the Liverpool supporters
00:14:24and to Michael Owen's
00:14:25now ex-teammates
00:14:27I felt frustrated
00:14:29I was gutted
00:14:30but part of me
00:14:31understood it at the time
00:14:32but part of me
00:14:33hated it as well
00:14:34because I'm thinking
00:14:35if Michael goes
00:14:36I'm further away
00:14:36from where I want to go as well
00:14:39I wanted to win
00:14:40and I wanted to
00:14:41River Pearl
00:14:41to be successful
00:14:42like when I grew up
00:14:54I was a tearaway kid
00:14:56on a council estate
00:15:01from 2, 3, 4 years of age
00:15:03I'd be on a bit of waste ground
00:15:04kicking anything I could find
00:15:06that was round
00:15:08rolled up socks
00:15:09fruits
00:15:10coming in with gravel
00:15:11burns
00:15:12and blood all over me
00:15:19I'd walk to school
00:15:20thinking I was a football player
00:15:22I'd talk to myself
00:15:24about football players
00:15:25and it was a real serious
00:15:28scary obsession
00:15:29for Liverpool Football Club
00:15:32The first time I sampled
00:15:34Anfield
00:15:34I was 6, 7 years of age
00:15:38You just can't describe it
00:15:40it's just great
00:15:41you know
00:15:41it's just fabulous
00:15:44feeling
00:15:45love and passion
00:15:46comes to rush
00:15:49this is like a drug
00:15:50this is good
00:15:51they're the moments
00:15:52that grab me
00:15:54and there it is
00:15:55the trophy of the season
00:15:57won
00:15:57by the English champion
00:15:59Liverpool
00:16:00the legacy
00:16:01of the European Cups
00:16:06I had exactly
00:16:07I had exactly the same dreams
00:16:08that I wanted to achieve
00:16:14but when you don't feel like that's possible
00:16:18it's frustrating
00:16:21that team wasn't good enough to win the Champions League
00:16:24that team wasn't competitive at domestic level
00:16:26it was miles away
00:16:28that's why Michael Owen left Liverpool
00:16:36Perched precariously and intrigued
00:16:39Liverpool's fans have been using anything to get a glimpse of their team this week
00:16:42as the squad gathered for the first time ahead of the new season
00:16:47start of 2004 I was going into the last year of my contract
00:16:52Liverpool was the love of my life
00:16:55I wanted to say Liverpool for as long as I could
00:17:02I wanted to say that
00:17:02If someone's making a picture
00:17:03I need this picture for Instagram later
00:17:06In the 2004-2005 season, I have 31 years old.
00:17:15I have 3 years in Liverpool.
00:17:20Sometimes I'm wrong with my concentration.
00:17:25Oh, he's dropped it!
00:17:27More!
00:17:28Push it in!
00:17:29What a howler!
00:17:31I don't hate myself.
00:17:33You hear and read in the news that the trainer will buy a new bramkar.
00:17:42I hope people will understand me with my French accent.
00:17:46I've been in Liverpool for many years.
00:17:48But me personally, I was like in and out of the squad.
00:17:51They didn't play that many games.
00:17:54But when Raphael arrived, it's like everybody starts in the same spot.
00:17:59So I'm thinking like, yes.
00:18:00OK, maybe I have the opportunity to play.
00:18:04I've been part of the Liverpool system for 13 years.
00:18:07I'd gone from being sent out on loan to suddenly now having a new manager
00:18:13that I'm hoping wants to give me that chance to play
00:18:16and to showcase what I can do.
00:18:19I was a relatively unknown player.
00:18:21I played four reserve games, scored ten goals.
00:18:24But there was rumours, Rafa Benitez, he's been watching a few reserve games.
00:18:29So I was thinking, OK, if he's watching them,
00:18:31I've got a chance of being involved this season.
00:18:35When a new manager comes in, you don't want to give him an option not to pick you.
00:18:41Especially when you want another contract.
00:18:43Then you don't have many good years ahead of you.
00:18:48Dear Dear Man was one of my big mates.
00:18:50Rafa would have been expecting this stereotype, disciplined German.
00:18:54And he was the opposite of that.
00:18:57Yeah, I had the old smoke and I had the old pint.
00:19:02Smoked ten a day, ten, twelve a day, because I felt that I needed it.
00:19:06I don't think it affected me physically, because if I felt it did,
00:19:11I would have stopped. Easy as that.
00:19:16When Dear Dear Man had come in and he'd be drinking water over the morning,
00:19:19that was cold for basically, he's had a few bevies the night before.
00:19:24I remember my first night out with Dear Dear.
00:19:27He's only been at the club about a week or something.
00:19:29We're having a great night out, so it's time to go,
00:19:31but we can't get a taxi.
00:19:33Dear Dear said, I'll tell you what, I'll get you a taxi.
00:19:35I'm thinking, what the fuck's he know to get a taxi?
00:19:37He just sprawled himself out in the middle of the road.
00:19:41And I said to him, I'm just lying down on the road,
00:19:43because otherwise nobody will stop.
00:19:44You can't get a cab, obviously, you want to get home,
00:19:46you want to get to bed, and you've got to train the next day.
00:19:49So we get him in a taxi, it's just about leaving,
00:19:52and the wind is coming down, and he's got his head out the window,
00:19:54and he's going, where do I live? Where do I live?
00:20:00I haven't got a clue, lad, I'm off.
00:20:04So hopefully the new manager sort the players out
00:20:07and get that extra bit out of them, like...
00:20:11I think quite early, Rafa was looking at the Liverpool team,
00:20:14thinking, this is not a quick fix.
00:20:18When Liverpool came to sign me, they told me,
00:20:21we have to compete against the best in Europe.
00:20:23But from day one, I could see that we didn't have
00:20:2811 top-class players and we didn't have a top squad,
00:20:32so we have to compete with them in another way.
00:20:37Training under Rafa, it was a bit weird.
00:20:41There'd be no ball, and there'd just be cones all around the pitch,
00:20:45and Rafa would say, right, the ball's at cone A,
00:20:47the ball's at cone D, the ball's at cone F,
00:20:50and we'd all have to run to where we should be.
00:20:54It was completely different to what I was used to.
00:20:56It felt very regimented.
00:20:59And then he'd be looking at all the players,
00:21:01and then he'd say, you need to be two yards higher.
00:21:04You need to be one yard further right.
00:21:06You need to be two yards inside.
00:21:08He saw us as pawns on a chessboard or as numbers.
00:21:13It was also unusual for me,
00:21:16that he was such a terrible detailist.
00:21:19We didn't do this before,
00:21:20and everyone said, why did we do this?
00:21:22I'm quite perfectionist,
00:21:24so I like to go to details,
00:21:26I like to analyze things.
00:21:28Just one centimeter higher or lower,
00:21:31that is the difference between success sometimes and defeat.
00:21:34This has always been my way of life.
00:21:39And since I was little,
00:21:40my father gave me a card.
00:21:44It was basically a few hours,
00:21:47giving me turns and turns.
00:21:49And in that card I was pointing,
00:21:52I had all the alignments of each game,
00:21:54from the college team,
00:21:57and I was pointing data,
00:22:00goals,
00:22:01media de puntuación,
00:22:03tiros a puerta.
00:22:06I began to analyze the movements
00:22:09and the characteristics of the game.
00:22:13I didn't realize that I had a way of seeing the football.
00:22:19And that's what I teach the players,
00:22:21to improve each player a little bit,
00:22:24the team a little bit.
00:22:27The small details mark the difference.
00:22:30In that way,
00:22:31you go perfecting the game.
00:22:40Let the games begin.
00:22:42Welcome to Genet Soccer Saturday
00:22:43on the first day of a brand new season
00:22:45after one of the most dramatic summers on record.
00:22:50I see myself next to this TVG.
00:22:53I think it's fair to say,
00:22:54the start of that season,
00:22:56on the Rafa Benitez,
00:22:58was a bit of a nightmare.
00:23:01Good turn of speed,
00:23:02and a great ball in,
00:23:03it must be!
00:23:04And it is!
00:23:061-0 for Londres!
00:23:10It's a kick!
00:23:11It's a kick!
00:23:11It's a kick!
00:23:11It's a kick!
00:23:12Liverpool's Spanish inquisition
00:23:14may be just about to begin.
00:23:17The worst possible starts,
00:23:18this is exactly what we didn't want.
00:23:21Another horror show,
00:23:22devoid of quality,
00:23:23devoid of ideas,
00:23:25but the biggest criticism,
00:23:26was devoid of fight.
00:23:28Goal, Ozil's given it to Downing!
00:23:30I remember that game, yeah.
00:23:33Middlesbrough coming forward again!
00:23:34Hasselbank,
00:23:35he's found Zenday!
00:23:37That was a bad one, that.
00:23:40Liverpool fans are leaving
00:23:41before the end of the match,
00:23:42they've seen enough.
00:23:44They're wearing a shirt
00:23:45because they play for it, please!
00:23:48It's Cole!
00:23:50It's found a way in!
00:23:53There's no passing,
00:23:54there's no trying,
00:23:55it's hard to watch.
00:23:56Benito needs to get a grip.
00:23:59Crouch is unmarked,
00:24:00far close,
00:24:01here he is!
00:24:03Even Crouch has gone against us.
00:24:06That's how bad it was.
00:24:10Mix the lips away.
00:24:14Carragher's touched,
00:24:15they've threw it up with something to do,
00:24:16it's Anelka!
00:24:18Shit.
00:24:19Another nightmare game to forget
00:24:21for Liverpool's keeper,
00:24:22Jurci Dudek.
00:24:24Dudek is a complete
00:24:25and utter waste of space,
00:24:26and it's just not good enough.
00:24:28This season was
00:24:29the toughest
00:24:29in my football career.
00:24:34Chaplet.
00:24:35Oh God, this is the one.
00:24:40Oh, it's an end goal!
00:24:43Jimmy Traore's put through his own net
00:24:45in common style!
00:24:48What was Traore thinking of?
00:24:51It was a great finish
00:24:52for the defender.
00:24:55Burnley,
00:24:56their first FA Cup goal
00:24:58against Liverpool
00:24:58for 36 years.
00:25:01I can't believe how poor we were.
00:25:02Liverpool were just absolutely awful.
00:25:04And even in Europe,
00:25:06we were really poor.
00:25:07Very, very poor.
00:25:09Liverpool are on the right!
00:25:11Oh, what a goal!
00:25:14All of them players
00:25:15who played last night,
00:25:16what a waste of space.
00:25:17I'm thinking to myself,
00:25:18this couldn't be going any worse.
00:25:20Semiola!
00:25:22In Europe,
00:25:23there's an expectation
00:25:24from the Liverpool fans.
00:25:27I felt all the emotions.
00:25:28Workless, useless,
00:25:30not good enough.
00:25:31No points.
00:25:33So,
00:25:33Liverpool are taking their
00:25:35European destiny
00:25:36right to the wire.
00:25:38One more chance
00:25:39when Olympiacos
00:25:40come to Anfield
00:25:41in a couple of weeks' time.
00:25:43There were times
00:25:44when you thought,
00:25:45will we ever get back
00:25:46to being a big club?
00:25:58I can't remember for a long time,
00:26:00seeing them play that bad.
00:26:01There's no passion,
00:26:02there's no desire,
00:26:04it's rubbish.
00:26:04I really, really do care
00:26:06about Liverpool
00:26:07so, so badly.
00:26:08It hurts,
00:26:09it's like a physical pain with me.
00:26:11It can be tough,
00:26:12mentally,
00:26:13when things aren't going well.
00:26:14You can feel the emotions
00:26:16in the city.
00:26:18God,
00:26:18could we show a little bit
00:26:19of passion?
00:26:19Could we show a little commitment?
00:26:21We've got emotional football clubs,
00:26:23it's an emotional city
00:26:24and the people in it
00:26:25are not emotional.
00:26:27He should have been apologising
00:26:28to the Liverpool fans
00:26:29that were there last night.
00:26:30The team is not playing
00:26:31football the way
00:26:32we usually play football.
00:26:34No fight,
00:26:35no soul,
00:26:35no passion.
00:26:36Recuerdo
00:26:37que cuando entré
00:26:38en el Red Liverpool
00:26:39había una cultura
00:26:40que se basaba
00:26:41en la emoción.
00:26:46El fútbol
00:26:47requiere algo más
00:26:48que eso.
00:26:49Si eres muy emocional,
00:26:51no encuentras el camino.
00:26:56It's Stratego,
00:26:57Milton Bradley's
00:26:57terrific game
00:26:58of strategy
00:26:59for two.
00:27:00Fast,
00:27:00easy to play
00:27:01and exciting.
00:27:02As a child,
00:27:02my father bring me the game
00:27:04Stratego.
00:27:06In Spain at this time
00:27:07it was the only one.
00:27:11In the summer
00:27:11we're going to the mountains
00:27:13in Madrid.
00:27:14We have competitions
00:27:15between all our friends.
00:27:17I had a schoolmate
00:27:19that was very good
00:27:20and I lost one day
00:27:21and I was so upset.
00:27:23I was crying at home
00:27:24in my room.
00:27:27La derrota
00:27:28te enseña mucho más
00:27:29que la victoria
00:27:32y te empiezas
00:27:33a dar cuenta.
00:27:36Es más importante
00:27:37jugar con la cabeza
00:27:38a veces que con el corazón.
00:27:42No volví a perder.
00:27:46Hay que enseñar al jugador
00:27:49que hay que jugar con la cabeza
00:27:51y no solo con el corazón.
00:28:02Mi game,
00:28:03it was about to motion,
00:28:05passion,
00:28:06desire,
00:28:07commitment
00:28:07for the badge,
00:28:09for the bird,
00:28:10for the family.
00:28:11It was in me
00:28:12and I felt like
00:28:14he wanted to really
00:28:15remodel me
00:28:16and change me.
00:28:18Nothing would ever satisfy him.
00:28:21Me gusta exigirles.
00:28:24Yo creo que ahí está la clave.
00:28:27El éxito estriba en eso.
00:28:29El éxito.
00:28:59away from his hometown club.
00:29:01If they lost a player
00:29:01like Gerrard,
00:29:02they would have to accept
00:29:03they're no longer a big club.
00:29:05From his point of view,
00:29:07if he wants to become
00:29:08a top-rate international,
00:29:09he has to be playing
00:29:10at the highest level of
00:29:11club football.
00:29:11and he isn't at Liverpool.
00:29:13Gerrard wants to play
00:29:14regularly
00:29:14at a world level
00:29:16and that means
00:29:17Champions League
00:29:17and playing the
00:29:18Champions League final.
00:29:23The countdown to Liverpool's
00:29:25must-win Champions League game
00:29:27has well and truly begun.
00:29:29Only a win against
00:29:30Greek side Olympiakos
00:29:31at Anfield will guarantee progress.
00:29:34It's been a chill winter
00:29:35for Liverpool.
00:29:36Seventh in the league.
00:29:37They're not scoring goals.
00:29:38They need goals tonight.
00:29:39They're playing
00:29:40for their Champions League lives.
00:29:42It was a massive game.
00:29:44The only thing that was
00:29:45keeping us going
00:29:46was the Champions League.
00:29:49Liverpool have already lost
00:29:50two Olympiakos in Greece.
00:29:52They are third
00:29:53in their section.
00:29:54Victory alone
00:29:55might not be enough
00:29:56to get Liverpool
00:29:56into the last 16.
00:29:58They need to win
00:29:59and win well.
00:30:00So we had to win
00:30:01by two clear goals.
00:30:02Winning wasn't enough.
00:30:04And then the headlines
00:30:05before the game
00:30:08really ramped up
00:30:09the pressure on us.
00:30:12I haven't been
00:30:13really happy with
00:30:14the progression of the club
00:30:15over the last two years.
00:30:16And for the first time
00:30:17in my career
00:30:17I've really thought about
00:30:19the possibility
00:30:20of moving on.
00:30:21I love playing
00:30:22in the Champions League
00:30:23but so do all
00:30:24the other boys.
00:30:24We realise how crucial
00:30:25it is for the football club
00:30:26and for all ourselves
00:30:28individually.
00:30:29I want to play
00:30:29Champions League football.
00:30:30It's as simple as that.
00:30:35we're just about ready for the start
00:30:36of this Champions League match.
00:30:38All important.
00:30:40It has to be a win
00:30:41for Liverpool.
00:30:42Success in Europe
00:30:43means so much for the fans.
00:30:45It is part of the heritage,
00:30:48part of the soul of this club.
00:30:52Rafa Benitez decided to change
00:30:54his goalkeeper.
00:30:55Jersey Dudek on the bench
00:30:57on this crucial night
00:30:58for Liverpool.
00:31:23The plan was to start well,
00:31:25get the fans with us.
00:31:28The plan was to start well,
00:31:29get ourselves in front.
00:31:39Rivaldo.
00:31:40But then all of a sudden.
00:31:42Still Rivaldo.
00:31:43Still Rivaldo.
00:31:53This looks at TaylorMade
00:31:55for Rivaldo's
00:31:56Brazilian brilliance.
00:32:03There it goes.
00:32:04Great hit low!
00:32:05And Kirkland was nowhere
00:32:06and was hit low
00:32:06and into the neck.
00:32:09What a disaster for Liverpool.
00:32:12And Liverpool
00:32:13will now have to score
00:32:15at least three goals.
00:32:20There is the half-time whistle
00:32:22and it ain't going Liverpool's way.
00:32:25At that moment,
00:32:28I thought Steven Gerrard
00:32:29leaving Liverpool Football Club.
00:32:33It's going to take
00:32:34an enormous effort
00:32:35for Liverpool now.
00:32:37Sobretodo
00:32:38cuando las cosas van mal.
00:32:40Si están cabizbajos,
00:32:42si están entregados,
00:32:43entonces tú
00:32:44tienes que darles
00:32:45a ellos una solución.
00:32:46Stratego,
00:32:47a strategy game
00:32:49from Milton Bradley.
00:32:51Rafa Benitez
00:32:52has never been frightened
00:32:53to make changes.
00:32:54His changes tonight
00:32:55have been surprised once.
00:32:56The youngsters
00:32:57Sinema Pongol
00:32:58and Neil Mellor.
00:32:59Do you think these
00:33:00are going to be the players
00:33:01that turn it round for us?
00:33:03No,
00:33:03not really.
00:33:05The nervousness,
00:33:06it's hard not
00:33:07to really feel it
00:33:08as a young player.
00:33:10We've got to score
00:33:11three goals.
00:33:13The whistle goes
00:33:15for the start
00:33:15of the second half.
00:33:16I said the odds
00:33:17heavily stacked
00:33:18against Liverpool.
00:33:19It really is going to take
00:33:20a superhuman effort.
00:33:22Sinema Pongol
00:33:23turns infield.
00:33:24Sinema Pongol
00:33:25still going,
00:33:26but the pass
00:33:26doesn't find cure.
00:33:27Every substitution
00:33:29is a risk.
00:33:32Gerrard
00:33:33What a ball.
00:33:35The role
00:33:36is for Mellor
00:33:37ending up on the deck.
00:33:38Because if it works,
00:33:41you're a genius
00:33:42and if it goes wrong,
00:33:43you've been wrong.
00:33:45You're having them
00:33:46doubts that naturally
00:33:47come in because
00:33:48we didn't have
00:33:49an incredible team.
00:33:51You're thinking
00:33:51is there enough goals
00:33:52in this team
00:33:53where we're going to progress?
00:33:54We need three.
00:34:01Cueh-up.
00:34:02Kicks on the defender.
00:34:03Goes past the mid
00:34:04of the penalty area.
00:34:04Cueh-up.
00:34:05And it goes.
00:34:06Sinema Pongol scores!
00:34:08That is just
00:34:09what they
00:34:10and Adfield wanted.
00:34:12It's one-one.
00:34:14So they need two more
00:34:15without reply.
00:34:20There's a chance.
00:34:21Carrier goes down,
00:34:22no penalty kick.
00:34:23Then Pongol crosses.
00:34:24Chance here.
00:34:25It has a goal once.
00:34:31but this might not matter we need to score another goal 10 minutes to go
00:34:38it's wave after wave of attack and it's nervous for everyone inside
00:34:42emotions are just oozing out my body
00:34:48every counter press every forward pass you can hear the child coming that's when you feel the
00:34:55pull that is a magical feeling character
00:35:02my game it was about love it was about passion
00:35:13young youtube what a headshot what a head
00:35:20it was a screaming half foot volley fantastic
00:35:27liverpool three olympiakas one steven gerrard you cannot imagine liverpool without him
00:35:35will a place in the last 16 be enough to persuade him to stay
00:35:42what does tonight mean to him in terms of his decision whether to stay or leave
00:35:46i don't think one night of football at anfield would be enough
00:35:54that's what's going to happen to him in the last 15 years
00:35:55steven gerrard is liverpool's captain and he is liverpool's inspiration but for how much longer
00:36:01his recent performances for liverpool have now caught the attention of football's biggest spenders
00:36:06chelsea this morning's papers claim that the liverpool skipper is ready to accept a move to chelsea
00:36:13with wages worth 125 000 pounds a week it's the team that abramovic bought
00:36:2476 million pounds worth of talent recruited to west london
00:36:28jose marino has taken chelsea to another level i think i'm a special one
00:36:33this was the club that everybody was talking about in european football and they wanted to buy the best
00:36:38players in england and the best players in europe and stevie was both of them
00:36:45chelsea is always with the eyes in the top place stephen
00:36:50is a fantastic player and he's doing so well i had calls of chelsea and the agents had calls
00:36:55marino was on the phone the best manager in the world at the time offering silly contracts which
00:37:01would naturally turn your head chelsea was spending fortunes he was guaranteed success there
00:37:07everybody expects now to go and win the champions league
00:37:11just on liverpool do you think gerald will go if those figures 150 000 a week are true it's it's
00:37:18extremely difficult for a player to say i'm not going to move from this club to that club
00:37:23i can't park my relationship up with liverpool and the feeling i can't it's impossible
00:37:28but you want to be as successful as you can so when they came i didn't know which way to
00:37:34go
00:37:35little fans are kidding themselves and i think he's not going to leave and go to chelsea
00:37:38i've supported liverpool for 25 years steven gerrard if you're listening you're the captain of our
00:37:44great club you're a liverpool-born lad if he's going to walk that's an absolute disgrace my mate
00:37:50mentally i was in a bad place my head was like a box of frogs outside liverpool's training ground
00:37:56supporters were making their plea stevie probably needed an arm around his shoulder then checking
00:38:01how he was telling how great he is but rafa benitez was never going to do that he's very unemotional
00:38:10as a coach if your best player is thinking about to leave you have to try to understand the
00:38:16reason why and then to convince him that we could do something in a different way i'm not very very
00:38:22emotional outside so the only way that i had or i could do that is working harder
00:38:31we do the montage of the games and we analyze a little bit what happens in the field you want
00:38:38to
00:38:38correct a lot of things football is an emotional sport as a coach you have to be focused on your
00:38:45work
00:38:45job and no perder mucha energía con lo que pasa alrededor rafa was just fanatical morning noon and
00:38:52night talking tactics talking the game talking players whenever i spoke to rafa it was just purely
00:38:59football so who knows about football a little bit can we take this out all of you football football football
00:39:06football two strikers two players defending where is the gap man to man you have to be like that body
00:39:13position it's almost like that's all in you can you defend him because i am blocking you you can
00:39:21cross him on the corridor you can cross him on the kitchen everything you find around he will talk
00:39:26about football move piece move things so how many we have those and these players they have some freedom
00:39:32to move around yeah massively obsessive
00:39:37they thought they were crazy but i knew that the way of working our way of working our way of
00:39:44doing things
00:39:45this is what i was doing when i was taking the notes this is when i was 19 years old
00:40:10all my training
00:40:11sessions jerry goes again garcia it starts to click with everyone his way was thinking football and
00:40:20liverpool are cruising into the last day of the uefa champion team tener jugadores que no
00:40:26creen en lo que vas a hacer porque tienes que darles esa confianza
00:40:50y cuando vas aumentando el rendimiento va creciendo en la convicción de que se puede conseguir algo
00:40:57importante seconds to go hang on to everything folks it's all that liverpool are in the semi-final
00:41:04of the champions league the tremendous performance from liverpool who can scarcely believe what they've
00:41:09achieved and the back of my mind certainly for every liverpool supporter that season was
00:41:15how important this was to have a good chance of keeping our captain
00:41:24and in football there'll be an all english semi-final in the champions league as liverpool will play chelsea
00:41:33chelsea are the champions never has the barclays english premier league
00:41:39had with more deserving champions
00:41:43chelsea chelsea were the best team in the country this season couldn't be going any better
00:41:54there was added significance in the fact that for the last six months they've been trying to buy our
00:42:01captain captain and not being shy about it
00:42:10there's an arrogance to chelsea they've got abramovic's money superstar players from all over
00:42:16the world and they've got cocky mourinho and they basically fancy themselves
00:42:24it's very good to be in the semi-final i'm a lucky guy i never lost the semi-final in
00:42:28in my life
00:42:30i arrive here with my ego big no he's even higher
00:42:44nothing to separate liverpool and chelsea going into this second leg it will be decided at anfield
00:42:51tonight the reds are very much the underdogs against an all-conquering chelsea who've already
00:42:56beaten rafa bonita's side three times this season
00:43:06this was big for the club it was big for us as a team but it was big for me
00:43:12obviously because i was linked to chelsea in the conversations with merino
00:43:16because i knew the fans weren't happy i wanted to be on the winning side
00:43:22they always say semi-finals are the very worst games to lose you can see the tension
00:43:28on all the faces jesse dudek there only just recall to the liverpool team
00:43:34and he came to me and said jesse you're bugging business
00:43:38i just said i said this is he's ready
00:43:44the situation is tense
00:43:46everyone felt it and rafa also felt it and the players felt it and the players
00:43:53rafa had a real focus on mourinho he was the one that he wanted to beat more than any other
00:43:59did you personally want to be jose yo lo que quería era ganar y quería ganar por el liverpool
00:44:08y luego porque era el chelsea y que estuviese mourinho de entrenador es una extra motivation seguro
00:44:20tonight the fight to a finish either liverpool or chelsea will be champions league
00:44:26finalists
00:44:36it was a cauldron it was a concoction of all different emotions it wasn't just about getting
00:44:40behind liverpool it was about stopping chelsea
00:44:44you feel the atmosphere but you have to be patient making chess
00:44:57you feel the atmosphere but you want to be patient for the day
00:45:24was it a goal i don't know but i actually hope it wasn't
00:45:33because i know it gets under the skin
00:45:36but was it a goal it's very very tight
00:45:43la realidad es que fue gol y ya está
00:46:00everyone they knew exactly what they have to do play with that not with that
00:46:05terrific challenge this time by gerrard we were organized we were solid
00:46:11what a tackle by jamie carrigan it just felt like everything we worked on just came together
00:46:19liverpool stand on the brink of the european cup final
00:46:25all they can do is just sing their hearts out will the team hope
00:46:36the time has come for liverpool to play in yet another european cup final rafa benitez and his team
00:46:45have rolled back the years it's just like the old days
00:46:54even though they had all the money the players and joe's in greenfield
00:46:59but this is not my history the city
00:47:14will he even consider leaving a club that had just reached a european cup final
00:47:20a club that is in his blood
00:47:37there was such a buzz at the end of the game
00:47:40because we couldn't quite believe what had just happened really everyone's going to town everyone's going out
00:47:48and rafa benitez's assistant said if anyone comes in tonight before four in the morning
00:47:54you get them fined rafa almost made out that he wasn't too aware of it shall we say it came
00:48:00from the
00:48:00assistant but i'm sure rafa benitez was well aware that none of us did come in before four in the
00:48:06morning
00:48:07in travel agents across the city they're frantically trying to find fans flights to the final in istanbul
00:48:24we've arrived that's your letter there for us at last more than 30 000 liverpool fans are expected in
00:48:30istanbul for their champions league final as they take on the favorites ac milan
00:48:34it'll be their team's biggest match in 20 years this is the best ever it's fifth in the league and
00:48:40it'll be european champions unbelievable and liverpool are going to lift the cup for the fifth time
00:48:48i want the red men in confident mood another plane load makes its way through the terminal
00:48:54in what is the biggest and busiest event in the airport's 72-year history just want to get there now
00:49:00can't wait we're gonna lift the cup that'll be it it's massive me and this club's been built on
00:49:04champions leagues and european clubs no other british club can compare with us and we're gonna bring
00:49:08get home hopefully tonight
00:49:37best feeling ever
00:49:38fans trains trains trams buses even the odd long distance taxi
00:49:46streets of istanbul are now beginning to cram with people there are now no hotels left in the city
00:49:57supporters on a pilgrimage to see their team in turkey to hope their heroes can win
00:50:07come on you can do it
00:50:08the closer you get to the game the more i was convincing myself that we could win
00:50:18but it was almost this realization we're playing the best team in the world
00:50:32they see me when you go through the team you can't help but laugh because it is just a who's
00:50:38who
00:50:38name after name after name they've got ancelotti the greatest champions league manager of all time
00:50:47maldini one of the greatest defenders the game has ever seen ever yap stamp a man mountain who
00:50:56was already won the champions league before clarence seedorf who had already won the european
00:51:02cup with two other clubs got two so who had won the champions league with ac milan and then they
00:51:10had shevchenko he was the best stranger in the world are going to be the best player in the world
00:51:15at that time they're not just wheel class players some of the greatest players of all time
00:51:25sentiamo molto bene abbiamo raggiunto l'obiettivo che c'eravamo prefissati all'inizio della stagione
00:51:32di arrivare qui a istanbul ea giocare questa partita do you know how to score against liverpool and how
00:51:39to beat uh yes you do the polish goalkeeper yes we know exactly how to do that so tell me
00:51:45tell me
00:51:46how tomorrow you'll see
00:51:56it's well past midnight here but there are still thousands of liverpool supporters around this one
00:52:02square whatever happens on the pitch it seems liverpool's fans have come here intent
00:52:07on enjoying themselves
00:52:09i can't sleep because tomorrow is the european cup final
00:52:34the excitement is really building here we're just hours to go before liverpool's biggest european game
00:52:40for 20 years can liverpool write their way back into the history books
00:52:47before we left for the stadium rafa showed us a video it was all the european cup wins
00:52:56of liverpool in the 70s and 80s
00:53:02cruz grobel are again and tips on the line
00:53:12is
00:53:33what joy
00:53:34is
00:53:34You want to do something for the city.
00:53:38That's the special connection.
00:53:40The fans and the history is the club.
00:53:45Being from Liverpool as a scouser, when you see that,
00:53:48you want a little bit of that yourself.
00:53:50You want to make your mark.
00:53:52You want to be able to give people that hope and belief.
00:53:58Part of our responsibility is to make people feel proud.
00:54:05When it was finished, we said,
00:54:06it's our turn to make history.
00:54:21Listen to this atmosphere.
00:54:25They're really going to make themselves heard tonight.
00:54:40Look, you know, it's just Liverpool everywhere, a sea of red.
00:54:47It's just about being laser focused, getting ready to go into battle.
00:54:50You know, there are so many very weak moments,
00:54:56there are so many criticism that you have met.
00:54:57And here, in such a moment, you have the chance to change everything.
00:55:04We're about to get underway here.
00:55:06Liverpool against AC Milan.
00:55:08The final of the 2005 Champions League in Istanbul.
00:55:17Here comes the most important night of my life.
00:55:24This was our chance to create history.
00:55:30Liverpool begin and will look to start well here.
00:55:34Traore, near side of the field, and that was a very shaky ball from him.
00:55:3921 years waiting for this moment.
00:55:42I said, don't make mistakes.
00:55:45Kappa, across comes Traore.
00:55:47And the referee gives the free kick early on here to Milan.
00:55:54First test for Jersey Dudek.
00:55:56In goes the free kick and the shot comes in and it's there!
00:56:00And Malvini, a minute maybe only at the game.
00:56:04It's a wretched, wretched start for Liverpool.
00:56:11There's five or six players in the Liverpool team who haven't touched the ball.
00:56:15And AC Milan are 1-0.
00:56:22You know, the first thing is not to concede a second one.
00:56:26Milan on the break here.
00:56:28Here's Shevchenko, Shevchenko crosses.
00:56:30It's 2-0!
00:56:39This is slipping away, with the whole world watching.
00:56:44Kappa, on towards Crespo, Crespo's through, this could be 3-0!
00:56:48And it is 3-0!
00:56:55It's been a shocking first half of Liverpool, absolutely shocking.
00:56:58They're absolutely all over the place.
00:57:01But 3-0, it is over.
00:57:06There is the half-time whistle.
00:57:09No chance, really, for Liverpool.
00:57:14I'm numb inside.
00:57:20You felt embarrassed to look up to the supporters.
00:57:25We were going to create history, for all the wrong reasons.
00:57:36When you're losing 3-1⁄2 time, if it's any other game, they'll be weird.
00:57:41There was none of that.
00:57:43It was just silence.
00:57:55I was just in a daze.
00:57:56I think we all were trying to take all in what had just happened.
00:58:03I feel ashamed of the performance of myself and the team.
00:58:10But then, commotion does kick in.
00:58:14There's a bit of emotion going around.
00:58:15You should be doing this.
00:58:16You should have had him.
00:58:18Arguing and fighting, and it's your fault.
00:58:20You're not doing this.
00:58:21You're not doing that.
00:58:21It's clear.
00:58:23The team is beating.
00:58:25I hear them.
00:58:27But I'm not doing that.
00:58:28I'm thinking, what is what I have to do?
00:58:32We've got 15 minutes left to change things.
00:58:35Rafa tells Jimmy Traore that he's coming off.
00:58:38Say, Traore shower.
00:58:41Traore shower.
00:58:42For me, it was like, game is finished.
00:58:44Over.
00:58:45He's devastated.
00:58:46He's been brought off in the biggest game of his life.
00:58:49Jimmy goes for his shower.
00:58:51D.D. Man gets sent out to warm up,
00:58:52because he's coming on at half time.
00:58:55My first reaction was, what am I meant to do now, Rafa?
00:58:59We're three no down against the World XI.
00:59:01The chances of coming back are next to nothing.
00:59:05But I went outside, I started warming up,
00:59:07and the last thing I see is Jimmy taking his kit off
00:59:10and walking naked to the shower.
00:59:14I'm two hands against the wall, you know, just thinking.
00:59:17I'm so disappointed about myself.
00:59:20I knew I let down, not only, like, my teammate,
00:59:23but the football club.
00:59:24So I was, like, very, very in a dark place, mentally.
00:59:29So after Jimmy goes for his shower,
00:59:32the physio tells Rafa that Steve Finnick,
00:59:35one of our defenders, was injured and couldn't continue.
00:59:39I just remembered a little pause from Rafa.
00:59:43And he just said, Finnick, shower.
00:59:46And then there's another pause from Rafa.
00:59:50Traore, out the shower.
00:59:53Rafa, come.
00:59:54I said, Jimmy, you're in.
00:59:55I was like, what do you mean?
00:59:56Come on, let's go, let's go back.
00:59:58You're in.
00:59:59Jimmy comes back out, has to get changed again,
01:00:01put all his kit back on.
01:00:04D.D. Man comes back in.
01:00:06I'd never forget, I went back to the dressing room,
01:00:08and the first person I saw was Jimmy Torre,
01:00:11who just walked in the shower.
01:00:13I said, I'm coming on.
01:00:14He said, who's coming off?
01:00:15I said, I don't know.
01:00:17I had no idea what's going on.
01:00:20A little bit of chaos.
01:00:21Oh, it was chaotic, yeah, it was.
01:00:26Rafa ciągnął tablicę
01:00:27i zaczął kreślić ponad po tablicy.
01:00:29We need to find solutions.
01:00:31And I was thinking about
01:00:33how to find a solution.
01:00:36In a situation of that magnitude,
01:00:40you need more than tactics.
01:00:42Now you hear the judge who
01:00:44puka to you in the door,
01:00:46that you're looking for the second half.
01:00:49Everything went like crazy.
01:00:52Go back.
01:00:53And it fell so fast,
01:00:55that I couldn't think.
01:00:57Your mind's just all over the place.
01:00:59Still got no idea what's going on.
01:01:02Going out in that second half,
01:01:04there was a fear
01:01:04that this could be pretty horrific.
01:01:12But I'll never forget,
01:01:14in the tunnel coming out,
01:01:15you could hear the supporters.
01:01:20singing
01:01:21You'll Never Walk Alone.
01:01:22Go on, go on.
01:01:27Go on, go on.
01:01:28Say it all
01:01:29in your hearts
01:01:32and you'll hear it all.
01:01:39It was almost sound like a hymn.
01:01:42You'll Never Walk Alone.
01:01:42Go on, go on.
01:01:46Go on, go on.
01:01:47Normally, like,
01:01:47you have three years down.
01:01:49Fans will never sing for you.
01:01:51But Liverpool fans are like,
01:01:53was singing.
01:01:54You'll never walk alone.
01:01:55In your hearts
01:01:57and you'll never walk alone.
01:02:02You'll never walk alone.
01:02:05You'll never walk alone.
01:02:07You'll never walk alone.
01:02:08You'll never walk alone.
01:02:10You'll never walk alone.
01:02:12The fans are still with us.
01:02:15We can't go out on a whimper.
01:02:19We just owe it to these people
01:02:21to give it a go.
01:02:24Unless we get the most incredible
01:02:25of responses now from Liverpool,
01:02:27they're not going to win it.
01:02:35We just wanted to show you why we are here.
01:02:38We'll be together and try to do something.
01:02:42The line begins in the second half.
01:02:44The way they left off the possession.
01:02:45Long ball forward.
01:02:47The man controls the ball.
01:02:51Opportunity from Risa.
01:02:53Here's a goal from Steven Gerrard.
01:02:57He waves to the fans over on the far side.
01:03:00Come on, the lead.
01:03:03Milan three.
01:03:05Liverpool one.
01:03:06Maybe a route back through Steven Gerrard.
01:03:12And you start to realize
01:03:15it's very important to play with the head.
01:03:18You can't forget
01:03:19that you always have to play with your heart.
01:03:22Come on, 25 yards out.
01:03:25Doesn't shoot.
01:03:26But Smitsa might!
01:03:27Oh!
01:03:28Away from Vladimir Smitsa!
01:03:32What a liking here in Istanbul!
01:03:35The games seem to be all over at half-time.
01:03:38But maybe it's not Mission Impossible after all.
01:03:43Milan three.
01:03:45Liverpool two.
01:03:48They know that we're gonna fight for this
01:03:50and we're not going away.
01:03:51The gloves are off.
01:03:54Liverpool suddenly winning the tackles in midfield.
01:04:02Rafa wants me to release.
01:04:03He wants me to gamble.
01:04:04He wants me to make more forward runs.
01:04:06No team has come from 3-0 down in the European Cup final
01:04:09to win the trophy.
01:04:10This is the 50th.
01:04:12It took me back to being a kid
01:04:13in the schoolyard where
01:04:16emotion just takes over.
01:04:18I was James Carragher here.
01:04:20You know, that kid kicking the ball around the streets.
01:04:25I remember just taking off with the ball.
01:04:27And I just don't do that.
01:04:29And it's Jamie Carragher for Liverpool.
01:04:32Gerrard there!
01:04:33Gerrard goes down on the channel!
01:04:35And the penalty's been given!
01:04:37Now who's gonna take this penalty?
01:04:40Steven Gerrard is the obvious choice.
01:04:43Rafa used to change penalty takers every game.
01:04:46It was a bit weird.
01:04:48It's gonna be Xabi Alonso.
01:04:53Old memories, old stories.
01:04:58Rafa said,
01:05:00Oh Xabi, you have to take it.
01:05:02But it was my first penalty as a professional.
01:05:07This 23-year-old lad in his first season in England
01:05:10who's missed half the season through injury.
01:05:15I was feeling the moment,
01:05:17the meaning of the penalty,
01:05:18the lack of experience.
01:05:20It was...
01:05:22so important for...
01:05:24for the club,
01:05:25for the game,
01:05:26for me, for everyone.
01:05:29Alonso can complete the most remarkable turnaround here.
01:05:45It felt like time stood still.
01:05:52Alonso is there for the rebound!
01:05:54Alonso is there for the rebound!
01:05:55And Richard Impossible is accomplished!
01:05:59Liverpool were 3-0 down 5 minutes ago!
01:06:04And now, look at that scoreline!
01:06:06There has never been a Champions League final anything like this.
01:06:16Wow. That's the point.
01:06:19Where I thought maybe this was written in the stars.
01:06:24We are possibly on the verge of the greatest ever European Cup final.
01:06:29And we are going into extra time.
01:06:42Towards Serginio, who brings it down brilliantly.
01:06:44Into the pin, there it goes, and it was deflected away by Carragher.
01:06:47Could have gone anywhere, could have gone into his own deck.
01:06:52We were under huge pressure from AC Milan.
01:06:55You're throwing your body, you're throwing everything in front of things.
01:06:58We were hanging on for dear life.
01:07:01I can sit near the cross.
01:07:03And throw over the heel.
01:07:05For me, that moment was the second chance.
01:07:08I need to show my character, my strength, and to show to the rest of the world, like, who we
01:07:13are.
01:07:14Just three minutes of extra time.
01:07:16GG, ball played in.
01:07:17And another nice save by Dudek.
01:07:18Another brilliant save by Dudek.
01:07:20How did he take that out?
01:07:22To was, to były sekundy, milisekundy.
01:07:26Odbijał tą piłkę i sobie pomyślałem, jak ty to obroniłeś?
01:07:30Unbelievable from the Polish goalkeeper.
01:07:33Ta cała krytyka, która na mnie spadła, to czekałeś na ten moment, do samego końca.
01:07:40And it will be a penalty shooter.
01:07:44An unbelievable football match.
01:07:49Jamie Carragher is practically man-handling Jersey Dudek.
01:07:53I zaczął po prostu mnie popychać.
01:07:55Come on, come on, Jersey, come on.
01:07:56I cały czas zaczął krzyczeć, mówi
01:07:58Put them off.
01:07:59You know, we've got to do it.
01:08:00We're never going to be in this position again.
01:08:02Remember 1984.
01:08:04Remember Grobala.
01:08:05Put them off.
01:08:05I remember, do dziś, jak zamykam oczy, to widzę po prostu jego, pochodzącego w zielonej krzyczce w czerwonych spodenkach, deprymującego
01:08:14przeciwnika.
01:08:16Missed it!
01:08:18Do anything you can, anything.
01:08:20I said to myself, OK, Brusi did the spaghetti legs, he moved a little bit.
01:08:26OK, maybe, maybe I do a little bit.
01:08:30Didi, against the Genio, who misses!
01:08:34Best possible start for Liverpool.
01:08:39Didi Haman will take the first of Liverpool's penalties.
01:08:44Rafa came up to me and he said, you take the first one.
01:08:47Benitez knew everything about penalties.
01:08:49He said to me that you've got a 91% better chance when he hit it above hip height to
01:08:55my left.
01:08:57Arm out to give Liverpool the advantage.
01:09:00That'll do it.
01:09:01And Liverpool are in front.
01:09:04As Dudek waves both arms at Perlow.
01:09:08Perlow moves in.
01:09:09And Dudek makes a save!
01:09:11Here he comes!
01:09:13Didi moves!
01:09:14Moves the wrong way!
01:09:152-0 to Liverpool!
01:09:18Thomason!
01:09:20He's scored!
01:09:24Jon Arna risa!
01:09:26Oh, but Didi reached it!
01:09:29Samalana back in it!
01:09:31Kaka could equalise here.
01:09:38Emphatically taken by Kaka.
01:09:40Switzer, a long, long run-up.
01:09:43Here he comes.
01:09:44And he slipped into the net!
01:09:46Liverpool lead 3-2!
01:09:49If Milan missed this, then Liverpool win the trophy.
01:09:54The greatest striker in Europe at the moment, Andrei Shevchenko wants the ball immediately.
01:10:00Of course if he misses here, Liverpool against all the odds have won the Champions League.
01:10:08Andrei!
01:10:08Rafa, jeśli chodzi o statystyki, no to był najlepszy.
01:10:12We had the code.
01:10:13Goal był podzielony na 6 kwadratków.
01:10:15Raz, dwa, trzy, cztery, pięć, sześć.
01:10:19I on tak przekazywał informacje.
01:10:21Andrei Shevchenko to lubi 1 i 4.
01:10:25Not to do no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no.
01:10:38A 있다!
01:10:48My team that was 3-0 down at half-time will win.
01:10:55liverpool have won the champions league walk on walk on with hope in your heart
01:11:01this is amazing a night they will never forget liverpool are champions of europe
01:11:14unbelievable there has never been a footballing story as dramatic and this is just incredible
01:11:21brilliant
01:11:35football will never get any better than that for me
01:11:38something that you didn't believe could ever happen was beyond your wildest dreams
01:11:49please don't shake me wake me up the cops back at home where it belongs
01:11:52i went through like so many very very low moments but
01:11:58when you go back it was a fantastic journey to be part of it it was great great time
01:12:09you feel so fulfilled for what you have achieved for how much it meant for the fans for the city
01:12:17you are now part of the history of of liverpool and that's that's a great feeling a great privilege
01:12:26we showed that it's never over till it's over to see how much it means to the people
01:12:33that's something i'll i'll never forget it was a difficult journey in the emotional ride
01:12:43but the reality is i'm a fan and i'm one of them i was the lucky one who could go
01:12:48out there and try and
01:12:48do it this is what you dream of as a kid you know i want to be part of something
01:12:56that was you know look
01:12:57back on in years to come i got to live out that dream i look back at rafa now and
01:13:17think he's the best
01:13:18coach i've worked with i didn't think it at the time but now for my career and someone who helped
01:13:24me
01:13:25take me take me to the next level rafa benitez played a massive part of that
01:13:31when you look back at history in football there's been better players teams managers at this club
01:13:38but i don't think there's ever been a greater moment
01:13:42but i don't think there's ever been a great place and never pulls history in istanbul
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