Our fifth match of the year against Juventus fell on a cool night in early May, when the semifinals of the Europa League came to the Silvio Piola for the first and last time in its history. The crowd was nervous. Playing with a semi-fit Ibrahimovic (who was recovering from a bruised rib sustained in our last match against Juventus, all of eight days ago), and without the Ferj (who was ineligible for the Europa League), our defense looked sure to struggle, and the question was whether our attack would be sharp enough to help us take advantage of playing the first leg at home…
Song clip: Liechtenstein, “All at Once”
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by Brian Phillips · May 23, 2009
Roma and Atlético Madrid tied 1-1 at the Olimpico in the other semifinal, so Atlético take the away-goal advantage back to Spain…
What thriller!
Brilliant
You are one goofy and entertaining dude.
Feared for the worst when they went 1-0 up, with the away goal and all. As you won you should be able to progress to the final now though!
Just dont concede away
Top class goals. But two away goals is a lot. Juevntus can’t be all that disappointed …
Nevermind the actual progress in the game, this video was outstanding! I could re-watch it more than one should be able to, given it loses all of its suspense once the result is learned. Great work.
Brian your videos are works of art. That was fantastic. Heres to away draws.
Long time Pro Vercelli Run Of Play follower, first time commenter…
Wonderful video, though as already mentioned, giving up two away goals is rough, even though you have the one goal lead..
A Europa League classic…the long terrible dance of Lifey-Death.
Two quick observations:
Michael Dogan. In this clip, he 1) sends in the dangerous corner that leads to the penalty, 2) converts the penalty, and 3) makes the incredible pass to find David for the equalizer in the 66th minute. Not bad for 1:58.
Also: you can see the imagined fate of Gigi Buffon (who’s the basis for Juventus’s 39-year-old goalkeeper Paolo Carli) during the penalty at :32. He guesses correctly, and flings himself at the shot, but his physical abilities have declined to the point that he essentially just goes horizontal and falls to the ground without appreciably moving toward the ball. Sorrowful times for Italy’s most-capped player.