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Paddy De Nagan

12-05-2007, 20:50

I am wondering how ye faithful ones o' MILAN are coping with the run up to the final. Are ye suffering with nerves, raging in revenge or soothing in the calm and bliss in knowing that we are in a champions league final yet again?

Let me tell ye that I am both suffering with nerves and enjoying the essence of "finalism".
Let me tell you what this final means to me off the pitch. A few years ago I met a special girl. I could not believe the luck I was granted, and I knew deep down, the relationship would never last. I knew but i didn't stop believing in the opposite. But then the imaginable loss happened. She left me to return to her fiance. What a loss from the jaws of victory. Then two months later the same happened again, in football form. The exact emotions I felt twice ! Oh, what depression. But, now, I have rissen into confidence, the girl has made me strong, i have learnt from my mistakes and now let me redeem myself. Let me cast away my regrets on May 23rd. God bless you all, and let the deserving team win! :5ok:

BigHouse90

12-05-2007, 21:00

Paddy De Nagan

12-05-2007, 21:06

Right now it just feels good to be in the finals. Right now it's the most anticipated event for me, and I live in Michigan, where sports teams are doing great. But of course, I dont like the NBA or NHL.

I know once it gets closer to the final, I'm going to get crazy with my nerves, it's going to be great.

It's going to shape the whole year for me. i work with two fanatic pool fans. My local pub where I will watch the final is a huge liverpool following. it's going to be great!
I'm working from 8 to 5;30 on final day in a responsible job in a hospital. God help the patients for there will be many mistakes!

BigHouse90

12-05-2007, 23:30

It's going to shape the whole year for me. i work with two fanatic pool fans. My local pub where I will watch the final is a huge liverpool following. it's going to be great!
I'm working from 8 to 5;30 on final day in a responsible job in a hospital. God help the patients for there will be many mistakes!

Haha, I have a feeling my school work will dip a bit that day.

Good thing I live on the East Coast and I get out of school right when the game starts.

drucurl

13-05-2007, 03:34

can't concentrate.....bought a 2005 Milan jersey :nunu:

Ghost

13-05-2007, 07:32

Its hard but thats life..

Jim_UK

13-05-2007, 07:40

I'm working from 8 to 5;30 on final day in a responsible job in a hospital. God help the patients for there will be many mistakes!

Hope you won't have to do any stitches or injections that day ... especially if your hands shake with a few nerves :grinser:

Tony75

13-05-2007, 07:47

I'm in same situation as Paddy. Surrounded by fans of english teams. Always going on about english football this and that. We shut up man u. Time to shut up liverpool too. FORZA MILAN.

forward

13-05-2007, 09:01

I feel absolutely confident, unlike before the Bayern and MU games.

I am sure I will get cracked up right before the final, but so far I am convinced we are the stronger side.

BRN Scozia

13-05-2007, 09:21

I'm supremely confident, its our destiny to win in Athens!

I'll be there to see it with the mighty Brigate Rossonere. Can't wait!

Forza BRN Scozia! Forza Milan!

Paddy De Nagan

13-05-2007, 10:48

Hope you won't have to do any stitches or injections that day ... especially if your hands shake with a few nerves :grinser:

"Relax miss Smith, I'm just going to carefully inject this needle into your retina, it won't hurt.............."GILARDINO 90th minute, RETO!!!!!!!" :w221:

Pireloke

13-05-2007, 11:44

I don't think about it. Or try not to. But it's always there in the back of my head. I am angry. Angry for 1993 still. Yeah I know that wasn't Liverpool, but that's allright, they need to pay for it anyway. I'm super angry for 2005, I'm raging, since then Liverpool became Luckypool for me.

Seem they bathe in luck, luck against Beitar Jerusalem this year, they should have gone out in the qualification rounds already... luck against Barcelona, luck against Chelsea... seems they never run out of luck. It makes me more angry. And it scares me, because I'm superstitious, and I saw us loose two CL finals where we basicaly blew the opposition off the field but by some freak of destiny lost twice... it still hurts and I'm angry... I want REDEMPTION and SALVATION on May 23th, nothing more, nothing less. So I can resume living without anger.

kastriot

13-05-2007, 13:03

iluvmajok

13-05-2007, 17:00

:mad: :stupid: I am wondering how ye faithful ones o' MILAN are coping with the run up to the final. Are ye suffering with nerves, raging in revenge or soothing in the calm and bliss in knowing that we are in a champions league final yet again?

Let me tell ye that I am both suffering with nerves and enjoying the essence of "finalism".
Let me tell you what this final means to me off the pitch. A few years ago I met a special girl. I could not believe the luck I was granted, and I knew deep down, the relationship would never last. I knew but i didn't stop believing in the opposite. But then the imaginable loss happened. She left me to return to her fiance. What a loss from the jaws of victory. Then two months later the same happened again, in football form. The exact emotions I felt twice ! Oh, what depression. But, now, I have rissen into confidence, the girl has made me strong, i have learnt from my mistakes and now let me redeem myself. Let me cast away my regrets on May 23rd. God bless you all, and let the deserving team win! :5ok:

iluvmajok

13-05-2007, 17:04

The deserving team will win Paddy my old mucker, and they,ll be lifting the trophy to break your hearts again. Reds to win on pens !!! P.s all together now IN ANCIENT GREECE WE WON IT SIX TIMES........

Ghost

13-05-2007, 17:19

Hasan Rossonero

13-05-2007, 18:35

I manage to forget about it for 2 hours sometimes. But then when I remember it I get this sudden rush of emotion, and my heartbeat starts racing.

I am preparing for this Final by talking to you guys, my friends, watching past videos etc.

mrki

13-05-2007, 18:46

Its like im just waiting for may 23rd. Im just sleeping as much as I can so the time passes faster... :)

Mystik

13-05-2007, 19:21

I have an exam DURING the match:(:(:( talk about bad luck. Hope my boys make me proud though. Don't wanna come home to a bad result.

kastriot

14-05-2007, 03:12

I have an exam DURING the match:(:(:( talk about bad luck. Hope my boys make me proud though. Don't wanna come home to a bad result.

Dude,how unlucky can u be!!!! Don`t wanna sound smart or stupid,but no exam can stop me from watching the Fina!! Why don`t u consider that option instead,its much fun :respect: :diablo:

Rayno_acm

14-05-2007, 04:09

I have an exam DURING the match:(:(:( talk about bad luck. Hope my boys make me proud though. Don't wanna come home to a bad result.
Yeah, I know what you're talkin' about. In a case like this I mobilize myself at max and try to give the best I can and then I just hope that Milan will follow my example :w221: :nervous:

curry chicken

14-05-2007, 12:41

They don't have pills for this anxiety? I don't know how I manage to do my school work and house work these days...

I'm not skipping my very important Wednesday class...am making a 'temporary leave of absence from the classroom, due to unfourtunate and irreversible circumstances.' :D I just need to get my story straight with my mum and the Academy, so I wont get busted sitting in my livingroom crying like a big girl's blouse and freaking out over the opening ceremony. The biggest porblem is that I still have two classes to get through on the 23rd, two classes that require my utmost attention. You can bet that I'll be counting down the nano-seconds in my head.

The CL always bring out a different side of me. Simply, I lose all ladylike dignity. Everytime I take a look at my watch, I see the date and right away my mind calculates the days left til the finals and then my eyes roll back and...you can imagine what 2005 did to me. I'm slowly becoming a mess (my dad's not too worried...yet) and the day before the finals, I probably won't sleep. :nervous:

ah, but that's what makes the experience doesn't it?

Warro Bantan

14-05-2007, 13:54

:nervous: I eat little, sleep less, (unless assisted by certain herbs and spices) :stoned: and worry more and more....I put on my Milan shirts every time I go to play, and prepare myself for the game, and the mindset that I need to have firmly in place by the 23rd.

I have alternating periods of excitement, worry, and then a resurgence of belief..."lightning doesnt strike in the same place twice" is the mantra that I chant when I am both at the lowest, and highest moments of mental fortitude.

I visit MM, and read the posts of people who are going thru somthing similar, and pity those, like my friend Mystik, who cannot get to watch the match live, while hoping that I dont regret watching the game (the match is on labour day in JA, a public holiday) live....

I watch us play in the league, and hope that our best performances are repeated in Athens, and that our poor play isnt present there for not even one second.

I play with my 2 year old, help my 14 year old with his homework, while trying, unsucessfully to place Milan, and the final in the dim recesses of my mind...

I play FIFA 07, with Milan, in Manager mode..though I am in my 2rd or 3rd season now, having won all trophies in all competitions..then I play vs Liverpool in a one off...just to feel the emotions of beating them, in 90 simulated minutes...

I throw myself into reading (The song of Fire and Ice, book 3), to take me completely away from this world, and into another, for as long as I can read undisturbed...(which is a very short period of time, condidering that I have a 2 year old terrorist in my house)

:w221: I pray to God to give us the victory, even if I know that he doesnt really like football...(if God were a football fan, then there would be no losers) :D

I cling to the knowledge that on paper, we have a better team, we play better football, and are most deserving...but remind myself that victory isnt guaranteed anyone over 90 minutes... :nervous:

Then I think of the final itself:

I think of Dida and the high balls, and crosses that I am sure Liverpool will resort to, and whether or not Crouch will score a hat-trick on 3 Dida mistakes... :irritate:

I think of Mascherano not allowing Kaka a moment on the ball, and Liverpool scoring on the counter... :d55:

I think of Seedorf cracking in a morale inspiring 30 yard strike, and watching Gerrard wither as Kaka, and Gila both score in the last minute of each half to gift us an emphatic victory... :devf:

I think of Maldini lifting the trophy, as I watch through tear inspired blurry vision.....and then I feel a little better. :respect:

FORZA MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILAN!!

Paddy De Nagan

14-05-2007, 15:34

I have an exam DURING the match:(:(:( talk about bad luck. Hope my boys make me proud though. Don't wanna come home to a bad result.

The unsung heroes of fanatism (?)

And warro banton, we should have your post engraved in stone, and placed outside every stadium Milan plays in. :5ok:

Warro Bantan

14-05-2007, 16:57

Thanks Paddy!

remote2book

18-05-2007, 19:31

i agree with paddy........emotional post warro...as for me..ikno the weekend will go fast as always it does...but monday and tuesday i work 1-9 on both days....eveyday iam at work...this is all i been thinking about.

NAMMY

18-05-2007, 19:35

I've got an exam on Monday and Friday next week, and an essay to hand in on Wednesday. I should do okay if I get organised.
I'll definitely be really tense during the game, also being scared of how jammy Liverpool are. I'll probably be in a Portsmouth pub full of LUFC fans too! But no scared enough to wear my Milan shirt ...

Debs

19-05-2007, 11:02

Rui Costa has always been a class act in my books, and he still is!!! :5ok: :5ok: :5ok:

Rui Costa cheering on Milan Saturday 19 May, 2007

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Manuel Rui Costa has urged his former Milan teammates to beat Liverpool in the Champions League Final. “Do it for me too!”

The Portuguese midfielder was on the field when the Rossoneri lost on penalties after a 3-3 draw in 2005 in Istanbul and even though he has moved on, he has not forgotten that bond.

“Who, like me, has had the fortune to live in the Milan family does not forget and never stops feeling a part of it,” he told the official club website.

“I understood that when I returned to Benfica, a very sentimental choice that took me back to my roots and was a dream I had since I was a child and first left Lisbon.

“Milan enters your veins and never goes away, so I want to tell everyone at the club that my heart will be with all of you in Athens.”

Just two years after that fateful day when a 3-0 lead was frittered away in the space of six minutes, the Diavolo have the opportunity to take revenge by facing Liverpool again on May 23.

“I am proud of what you have been able to achieve in this incredibly difficult season and I know you’ll close it with the class and the courage that only Milan can express in these ‘special moments!” continued Rui Costa.

“So beat Liverpool, and it will be a small revenge for me as well. Good luck!”

http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/may19g.html

milanista03

19-05-2007, 11:56

After the amazing victory in Milan, i got a nice sleep. My dreams fulfilled with milan's goals n how the players embraced the fans. Not 2 mention maldini's happines that light my whole week... When i startd thinking bout th final, i knew i would nevr b cured. I lost my sleep, tossing, wondering n nervous what would it turn out 2 b? I got cranky, upset 4 small things. I wonder how long i can b like this. When the time draw near idont knw wht 2 do anymore.God, i really wish 4 a victory.

BigHouse90

19-05-2007, 18:47

My soccer coach just scheduled a meeting Wednesday. Of course, the games start right when I get out of school, so I'll be missing a few minutes of it.

He's not good at scheduling for me, he also entered us in the huge tournament the day Harry Potter 7 releases, luckily I dont have to.

I sent him and e-mail, so hopefully he changes it.

hitmannq8

19-05-2007, 22:58

I dreamt that we lost the game and was considering killing myself. The feeling was really really bad..i was just hopeless.. It was like I was Hiro Nakamura and I travelled in time one week. Damn it felt bad, but as Claire says the future is not written in stone. We have to prepare in the best way possible, play our own game and not lose our heads. I have faith in the players but Liverpool's main contributor in CL is what I fear the most.. LUCK.

Tony75

20-05-2007, 04:09

I coach and the lads wanted to know if we had training on Wednesday. Haha.
You might have but I won't be there. Majority are Man U fans though, but still would expect them to watch the final.

ACMILAN1983

20-05-2007, 07:20

I feel nothing but hunger for victory ;)

20-05-2007, 11:55

I got sick this week, so I was concentrating on trying to get better coming Wednesday. It was also my birthday, the 23rd May, but who cares about party and stuff when Milan is having its most important game of the season? Not me. Will celebrate later when the cup is truly ours.

Of course, this weekend the sport section is already concentrating on the final, and from what I skim through, most of them this Liverpool might take the cake. That means, I won't talk to my uncle, who's a Liverpool supporter, won't talk to him before. or after, regardless of the result.

milanista03

20-05-2007, 23:32

yup,you'r right ct. All the sport section has the buzz of final alrdy,same goes 2 my place. What piss me off is they quote th story from english papers. So, milan become the bad guy. We looks arrogant of saying the physical thing, the strategy n others more. Which we know is all the media work cause if we read the script of the pers confrnce, it's nothing close 2 that. I dont care about the victory hunters fan reading th article, but i do mind for milan. It's deffinetely NOT milan. I'm planing to make a complaint about it 2 the media. I'll make it my personal mission 2 ask them 2 cover fairly. I wonder what would they react about the kitten thing given they always describe milan as th arrogant side. At least i have something to pass the time :(

Paddy De Nagan

22-05-2007, 12:42

So it's the eve of the battle! :p017:
I'm surprisingly relaxed about it.During work tomorrow, will just be a blur. I've got Inno Milan on CD and will blast it out in work!
The walk to the bar is the most nervous time for me.

What do ye think, the weeks have flown in since we beat Manchester. I'm more confident now, than I ever was. :1five:

BigHouse90

22-05-2007, 13:05

Cant even focus on school. Luckily I'm in Photoshop class, so we can listen to music and be on our own.

I'm talking to a few guys on another forum about the game, I'm starting to really get excited. I think I'm leaving school early tommorow so I can get to a local resturant.

EDIT: I've played the Champions League song multiple times.

Hasan Rossonero

22-05-2007, 13:19

I'm fine...

Please help me.

Ghost

22-05-2007, 13:22

The suspense is killing me now, I dont think i'l be able to watch it.

Warro Bantan

22-05-2007, 13:41

Hasan, I believe you and I are at the same place mentally, so I can only ask someone who isnt to help both of us...if I were to try, it would be a case of the bling leading the blind!

I have been at work for a few hours now, and try as I might, I cannot concentrate.

The butterflies in my stomach have started to flutter around already...but I have something in store for them, a few litres of Appleton VX Rum and Pepsi will put them to sleep!! :D

Nothing like watching a match with a hang-over...yup..thats the plan for me...go out 2nite, get plastered, wake up late tomorrow, overhung, and go watch the game at a friends house....sounds like a PLAN!

Anyone in JA for the final tomorrow, PM me, u r welcome to join me gametime!!

FORZA MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILAN!!!

Warro Bantan

22-05-2007, 13:43

Milancelotti!!!! Wikkid Avatar!!!! Wikkid Wikkid Wikkid!! :D