Benitez UNCOVERED: Inside the Dressing Room on that amazing night in Istanbul…

February 13, 2007

tadi-nya gue cuman dapet se-potong doang: "Don’t let your heads drop. We’re Liverpool. You’re playing for Liverpool. Don’t forget that. You have to hold your heads high for the supporters. You have to do it for them. You can’t call yourselves Liverpool players if you have your heads down. If we create a few chances we have the possibility of getting back into this. Believe you can do it and you will. Give yourself the chance to be heroes’."

akhir-nya gue dapet full story-nya…mmhhh…nggak ada komen yg paling pas buat cerita ini…yah, poko na mah: mantap…!!! 

"YOU ARE LIVERPOOL ..GET YOUR HEADS UP, GET OUT THERE AND DO IT FOR THE FANS"
Martin Lipton

RAFAEL BENITEZ has finally revealed the chaos and confusion from which he conjured Liverpool’s greatest triumph out of impending disaster.

Giving the first in-depth account of what really happened in the dressing room as his side faced up to the mountain they had to climb from a 3-0 half-time Champions League Final deficit against AC Milan, Benitez admitted he did not know if he could find the words to bring his team back from the dead.

The Liverpool manager also confessed that at one stage he was sending out a 10-man team for the second half in Istanbul as his plans verged on bedlam.

While his players were reeling, Benitez strode from the dug-out and down the tunnel at Attaturk Stadium to find a Liverpool dressing room in a state of shock and knowing he had a brief window of opportunity to get across the most important message of his career.

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Bandung, 9-11 Februari 2007…

berangkat dr pondok Indah hari Jum’at jam 8 malem…tapi ternyata tuh "X Trans" mobil-nya telat dateng…akhirnya jam 8.30 baru deh berangkat…sampe di Cihampelas jam 11…nggak ada Blue Bird, ke-paksa deh pake taksi nggak jelas yg emang nongkring di situ…bisa di-tebak: nggak pake argo…! dr situ ke rumah biasanya kalo pake argo kurang dr 20ribu…eh, supir-nya minta 30ribu…"nggak, 20ribu we, kang…!?!" setelah belaga cuek jalan ke arah Cihampelas-nya, eh tuh supir manggil lg…hehehe…nyerah dia…orang deket jg…

sampe rumah bukan-nya langsung tidur tapi ngobrol dulu ngalor ngidul…apalagi dede Utun-nya jg kebetulan bangun…wah seneng tuh Naja berasa langsung dapet temen maen…

Sabtu pagi bangun udah jam 9 kurang…hallah, nanggung banget mau ke bubur Pak Amat…mendingan langsung siap2 aja buat kondangan…jam 11 berangkat pake angkot…tadi-nya mau pake taksi tapi susah bener dapet-nya…naek angkot dr rumah sampe Jl. Pajajaran, naek lg angkot ke Antapani sampe Stadion Siliwangi…dr situ sebener-nya deket banget tapi ber-hubung mama Dewi lg hamil ya su kita naek angkot lg aja…angkot Aceh arah Cicaheum…turun deh pas depan Manggala Siliwangi…

selesai kondangan sebener-nya men-temen ngajakin ke BSM maen bowling cenah…tapi kita udah keburu janjian sama dede Utun, kata-nya mau ke Jonas…nah, kita pikir emang mau photo session ternyata malah ngambil hasil-nya doang…foto-nya udah…jd-nya malah Naja yg pengen ikut2an di-foto…kaya-nya dia semangat banget pengen di-foto secara sekalian dapet bonus satu baju jg…lari sana lari sini sambil ketawa ketiwi sampe akhir-nya malah jatoh nabrak dinding…walhasil tuh bibir be-darah deh…waduh, hese deui yeuh ngupahan-nana…pan cenah mau di-foto…mana tinggal nunggu 2 anak lg nih…bisa2 pas di-foto malah manyun melulu…

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