Rabu, April 30, 2008

No More Mistake!!!

Liga Champions Eropa musim 2007/2008 saat ini sudah memasuki masa-masa krusial. Setelah minggu lalu 3 tim Inggris dan 1 tim Spanyol memainkan laga pertama semifinal, maka minggu ini keempat tim semifinalis akan memastikan siapa yang berhak atas 2 tempat di final Liga Champions Eropa yang akan digelar di Stadion Luzhinski Moscow. Akankah terjadi all England final?

Bermain di stadion Anfield menjamu Chelsea, Liverpool hanya mampu meraih hasil seri 1-1, meski bermain dengan sangat baik. Laga yang seharusnya dimenangkan Liverpool ini harus diakhiri dengan gol bunuh diri John Arne Riise pada masa injury time beberapa detik sebelum laga usai yang menjadikan skor 1-1 dan memberi keuntungan buat Chelsea atas gol away. Keputusan wasit memberikan masa injury time selama 4 menit memang layak dipertanyakan mengingat pada babak pertama masa injury time yang diberikan hanya 1 menit. Pelatih Liverpool Rafa Benitez sangat gusar dengan kenyataan ini yang membuat The Reds menjadi sedikit lebih berat dalam memuluskan jalan ke final.

Seperti yang sudah-sudah, menjelang laga semifinal kedua yang akan digelar di kandang Chelsea Rabu ini banyak pihak yang lebih menjagokan Chelsea melaju ke final dari pada Liverpool. Selain unggul gol away Chelsea juga diuntungkan oleh factor tuan rumah. Tapi seperti yang sudah-sudah pula Liverpool sukses menjungkir balikkan semua prediksi dan membuktikan dirinya sebagai salah satu penguasa Eropa dengan 2 kali melangkah ke final dengan salah satunya berakhir dengan juara. Perlu dicatat dalam 2 final tersebut Liverpool selalu menghajar Chelsea di semifinal. Jadi tidak ada alasan bukan untuk tidak menjagokan Liverpool sebagai salah satu finalis Liga Champions musim ini.

Demi memastikan tempat di final malam ini Liverpool harus bermain fokus dan disiplin. Jangan lagi ada kesalahan! Sekecil apapun! Karena pada semifinal pertama sudah terbukti kesalahan sekecil apapun akan berakibat sangat fatal. Dan ini tidak boleh terulang di London. Meski bukan yang utama tapi kepemimpinan wasit juga layak menjadi perhatian. Ingat kali ini kita akan berlaga di Stamford Bridge. Red alert juga pantas diberikan kepada Steven Gerrard dan Jamie Carragher untuk lebih berhati-hati dalam bermain karena kedua ikon Liverpool ini sudah mengantongi 1 kartu kuning. Jika malam ini salah satu atau keduanya kembali mendapatkan kartu kuning dan Liverpool melaju ke final maka salah satu atau keduanya dipastikan akan absen di Moscow.

Sama dengan jutaan suporter Liverpool yang tersebar di seluruh alam semesta, aku sendiri tidak pernah mempunya keraguan sedikit pun akan peluang The Reds di London malam nanti. 110% kita akan berlaga di Moscow 21 Mei nanti dan untuk ke 6 kalinya The Reds akan mengangkat trophy Liga Champions.

Keep the faith and never surrender.

Minggu, April 27, 2008

Brand new home jersey

Liga Inggris musim kompetisi 2007/2008 belum selesai tetapi Liverpool FC sudah mengumumkan seragam barunya untuk musim depan. Tetapi yang baru dirilis adalah seragam untuk laga home. Sedangkan untuk laga away sampai saat ini belum dirilis.

Seperti diberitakan liverpoolfc.tv para fans The Reds di seluruh dunia sudah mulai dapat memesan jersey laga home untuk musim 2008/2009 melalui website liverpoolfc.tv. Home jersey keluaran Adidas ini masih tetap mengandalkan kombinasi antara tradisi dan style. Di jersey home terbaru ini Adidas menghilangkan ornamen garis putih di dada dan mengganti desain kerah dengan V-neck berwarna putih. Terlihat lebih simpel dan lebih intimidatif. Kesan intimidatif ini juga terlihat pada desain home jersey untuk posisi kiper. Berwarna hitam dengan 3 stripes Adidas trade mark berwarna merah menjadikan Pepe Reina terlihat lebih kokoh dan garang dengan kostum ini.

Beberapa pemain pun memberikan komentar positif mengenai desain home jersey ini. Steven Gerrard dan Xabi Alonso diantaranya.Well untuk kalian yang hobi meng-koleksi jersey Liverpool silahkan segera memesan di liverpoolfc.tv. Percayalah kalian akan terlihat lebih keren dan berwibawa dengan jersey baru ini ahahahahahaha…;)

Whatever you wear as long as it’s all about Liverpool FC wear it with pride.

*gambar diambil dari www.liverpoolfc.tv

Minggu, April 20, 2008

Mantap di Empat

The Reds semakin memantapkan posisinya di peringkat 4 klasemen sementara Liga Inggris setelah barusan (19/04) mengalahkan Fulham dengan skor 2-0. Sebuah hasil yang menggembirakan mengingat Liga Inggris akan segera berakhir dalam hitungan beberapa pekan ke depan. Hasil positif ini juga semoga menjadi pemompa semangat dan mental The Reds saat menghadapi Chelsea dalam semifinal pertama Liga Champions yang akan digelar di Anfield 22 April besok.

Laga di Cravern Cottage yang baru berakhir beberapa jam yang lalu, Jermaine Pennant membuka keunggulan The Reds pada menit 17 setelah menerima umpan dari Lucas Leiva. Jermaine Pennant turut andil dalam gol ke dua Liverpool setelah memberi assist yang matang kepada Peter Crouch. Striker jangkung Peter Crouch menggenapi kemenangan The Reds dengan golnya pada menit ke-70. Gol Holy Crouchy ini juga sekaligus membuktikan kapasitasnya sebagai bomber yang tidak layak jual pada musim panas mendatang. Ya seperti di-isukan oleh beberapa media bahwa si jangkung ini isunya akan dilepas oleh Rafa Benitez musim depan. Newcastle United sangat berminat memboyong si jangkung yang akan ditandemkan bersama mantan striker Liverpool sebelumnya Michael Owen.

Di pertandingan melawan Fulham ini Rafa Benitez sengaja menyimpan beberapa pilarnya diantaranya Steven Gerrard dan Fernando Torres demi menjaga stamina dan kebugaran keduanya untuk menghadapi Chelsea selasa depan. Kemenangan ini juga sekaligus menjauhkan Liverpool kejaran sang rival sekota, Everton dalam memperebutkan jatah terakhir untuk Liga Champions musim depan.

*gambar diambil dari www.liverpoolfc.tv

Minggu, April 13, 2008

We've Won It Five Times

(Tune of The Beach Boys classic 'Sloop John B')

We won it at Wembley
We won it in Gay Paris
In 77 and 84 it was Rome

We’ve won it 5 times
We’ve won it 5 times
In Istanbul
We won it 5 times

When Emlyn lifted it high
He lit up the Roman sky
Thommo in Paris and Souness did it as well

We’ve won it 5 times
We’ve won it 5 times
In Istanbul
We won it 5 times

At Wembley we won it our home
Took 26,000 to Rome
20,000 to Paris when we won it again

We’ve won it 5 times
We’ve won it 5 times
In Istanbul
We won it 5 times

Stevie G’s eyes lit up
As he lifted the European Cup
21 years and now it’s coming back home

We’ve won it 5 times
We’ve won it 5 times
In Istanbul
We won it 5 times

Sabtu, April 12, 2008

Red & White Kop

On a Saturday afternoon
We support a team called Liverpool
And we sing until we drop
In a red and white Spion Kop
We all live in a red and white Kop
A red and white Kop
A red and white Kop
We all live in a red and white Kop
A red and white Kop
A red and white Kop
In a town where I was born
Lived a man who sailed the seas
And he told me of his pride
They were a famous football team
So we trailed to Anfield Road,
Singing songs of victory
And there we found the holy ground,
Of our hero Bill Shankly
We all live in red and white Kop…

Rabu, April 09, 2008

Liverbird Upon My Chest

Here's a song about a football team
The greatest team you've ever seen
A team that play total Football
They've won the league, Europe and all.

A Liverbird upon my chest
We are the men, of Shankly's best
A team that plays the Liverpool way
And wins the championship in May

With Kenny Dalglish on the ball
He was the greatest of them all
And Ian Rush, four goals or two
Left Evertonians feeling blue

A Liverbird upon my chest
We are the men, of Shankly's best
A team that plays the Liverpool way
And wins the championship in May

Now if you go down Goodison Way
Hard luck stories you hear each day
There's not a trophy to be seen
'Cos Liverpool have swept them clean

A Liverbird upon my chest
We are the men, of Shankly's best
A team that plays the Liverpool way
And wins the championship in May

Now on the glorious 10th of May
There's laughing reds on Wembley Way
We're full of smiles and joy and glee
It's Everton 1 and Liverpool 3

A Liverbird upon my chest
We are the men, of Shankly's best
A team that plays the Liverpool way
And wins the championship in May

Now on the 20th of May
We're laughing still on Wembley Way
Those Evertonians are feeling blue
It's Liverpool 3 and Everton 2

A Liverbird upon my chest
We are the men, of Shankly's best
A team that plays the Liverpool way
And wins the championship in May

And as we sang round Goodison Park
With crying blues all in a nark
They're probably crying still
at Liverpool 5 and Everton nil.

A Liverbird upon my chest
We are the men, of Shankly's best
A team that plays the Liverpool way
And wins the championship in May

We Remember them with pride
Those mighty reds of Shankly's side
And Kenny's boys of '88
There's never been a side so great

A Liverbird upon my chest
We are the men, of Shankly's best
A team that plays the Liverpool way
And wins the championship in May

Now back in 1965
When great Bill Shankly was alive
We're playing Leeds, the score's 1-1
When it fell to the head of Ian St John

A Liverbird upon my chest
We are the men, of Shankly's best
A team that plays the Liverpool way
And wins the championship in May

On April 15th '89
What should have been a joyous time
Ninety six Friends, we all shall miss
And all the Kopites want justice (JUSTICE)

Sabtu, April 05, 2008

Scouser In Gay Paris

How would you like to be
A Scouser in Gay Paris
Walking along on the banks of the Seine
Winning the European Cup once again.
We'll go up the Eiffel Tower
And stay up there half an hour,
Cos we won't be too late
When we celebrate,
We're the Scousers in Gay Paris.

We'll visit the Follies Bergere
They like to see Scousers there
The woman are lovely
With skin like a peach
But they'll never move it like Kenny Dalglish

How would you like to be
A Scouser in Gay Paris.

Kamis, April 03, 2008

Fields of Anfield Road

Fields of Anfield Road

Outside the Shankly Gates
I heard a Kopite calling
Shankly they have taken you away
But you left a great eleven
Before you went to heaven
Now it's glory round the Fields of Anfield Road.

All round the Fields of Anfield Road
Where once we watched the King Kenny play (and he could play)
We had Heighway on the wing
We had dreams and songs to sing
Of the glory round the Fields of Anfield Road

Outside the Paisley Gates
I heard a Kopite calling
Paisley they have taken you away
You led the great 11
Back in Rome in 77
And the Redmen they are still playing the same way

All round the Fields of Anfield Road
Where once we watched the King Kenny play (and he could play)
We had Heighway on the wing
We had dreams and songs to sing
Of the glory round the Fields of Anfield Road

Rabu, April 02, 2008

You'll Never Walk Alone

"You'll Never Walk Alone"

When you walk through a storm
Hold your head up high
And don't be afraid of the dark
At the end of the storm
Is a golden sky
And the sweet silver song of a lark

Walk on through the wind
Walk on through the rain
Tho' your dreams be tossed and blown
Walk on, walk on
With hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone
You'll never walk alone


ps : sing this song with a proud is a MUST.

Selasa, April 01, 2008

Welcome to The Mighty Reds

Welcome to The Mighty Reds!
This is a blog especially dedicated to The Most Successful Football Club in English, Liverpool FC. This is also dedicated to the great and outstanding Liverpool FC supporter around the universe. Liverpool FC also known as The Reds, The Pool. Then their loyal supporter often called Liverpudlian or Kopites.

At The Mighty Reds I wish you could grab useful and newest information related to Liverpool FC. I just try to give a little help to anybody out there in their way to know, to understand and to love Liverpool FC. Maybe mostly I’ll write about my thought, opinion, dream and desire about Liverpool FC. So please pardon me if you find any article full of subjective opinion. Yeah sometime I could be so irrational in the way to support Liverpool FC. And this blog is just a little part of my way in order to support Liverpool FC.

This The Mighty Reds blog is written by Tambenk -A hardcore supporter from Indonesia- in dual language English and Indonesian. But I’ll try my best to write it in English so you’re also could understand the meaning of each article. I also will put some artworks, pictures, poems, etc in this blog. And if you have something such as artwork, pictures, photos or poems, etc please don’t be shy to share it with the world. Send it by e-mail as attachment at deka_detaro@yahoo.com.

That’s all lads.
If later I think there is something important in which to describe about this blog I’ll update it then.

You’ll Never Walk Alone
Tambenk