Watching the last 20 minutes of the Liverpool vs Barcelona football match was exhilarating. The seemingly impossible task of scoring 4 unanswered goals against one of the greatest teams in Europe became a slender chance when Liverpool went 3-0 up.
A neatly worked rebound off a Barcelona player in the right-hand corner gave them a last-ditch opportunity. When the Liverpool player spotted the Barca players napping in the goalmouth and a Liverpool striker unmarked, he struck the ball perfectly and the next second the ball was driven into the top left of the goal with skill.
Liverpool erupted into a frenzy of joy and relief. Needless to say, the Barcelona fans were despondent. How did they give away a 3-0 advantage from the first leg?
There is something massively uplifting about watching the underdogs that you support take on superhuman tasks, and succeed. The fans stay in the ground, the players salute their supporters and the managers try to say something meaningful when all they really want to do is hug their players.
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