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I have to admit one thing.
As a Liverpool fan, I get goosebumps every time I think about the Reds
taking on the European Champions Real Madrid and especially away at the
Santiago Bernabeu. We lost 3-0 last time at home in an inspiring performance from
Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema.
This one match I do not have much expectations. As Brendan
Rodgers so eloquently put it in a post match interview after our recent loss to
Newcastle over the weekend, “there is no formula”. We are without Daniel
Sturridge and missing Luis Suarez who now plays for Barcelona. We just need to
find a way to use our players and win.
What will happen tonight? Liverpool will likely lose. Mario
Balotelli is horrible and should be sold off in January. I don’t want this to
be a match preview. There are tons available and I feel that I should speak
here as a Liverpool fan. I am not ashamed to admit we have lost our edge. We lost
it when Fernando Torres left in January 2011 and we are feeling it after losing
Suarez.
Super Mario will have to prove himself in this match if he
wants a regular place. Whenever Sturridge does return, I hope Balotelli isn’t in
the starting eleven. Ronaldo, Benzema and the returning Gareth Bale will really
be in top form at home.
Where does our strength lie? It lies in the fans. It lies in
all of the Kop who sing ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’. Will we test perhaps the
best team in Europe? Rodgers claims they are probably the best now according to
BBC Sport. Steven Gerrard has to rally the troops. We need to be our best
against the best. There are no excuses. Rodgers says that we want a good result
and not rely on the other games to qualify out of the group stages in the UEFA
Champions League. He is right that we have every chance to go through. I feel
that we should not take this game as a write-off.
If we lose, we make sure every minute on the pitch, we show
the Los Blancos no fear and make them work hard for every goal and at the same
time take the game to them! Go Reds, may you never walk alone, because we will
be singing with you all the way to victory lane!
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