We also backed off them for the entire first half, made even worse by the sending off of Gomes which is one of those in my opinion. You can understand why he was sent off, but you also not moan at a ref for leaving the player on if the boot was on the other foot.
I think Harry was a bit shell-shocked as well how else can you explain him not telling Crouch to at least stay on the halfway line to keep at least a couple of the Inter defenders occupied in stead of dropping so far back into the midfield they had the freedom of our half to play in & there whole eleven players to available to walk round us.
So 4-0 down at HT & boy was i worried
But the second half was a transformation brought about by harry telling the lad's they were now playing for pride. Which while bloody obvious seemed to do the trick. We started to close them down quickly & get our foot in. They dropped off a little i think we have to admit, but 4-0 up & us down to 10 men not surprising really.
Bale's first goal was an amazing statement of the lad's quality & not only stunned the San Siro, it left Maicon one of the worlds best RB's in his wake along with Zanetti one of the best players over the last twenty years. His run culminated in a shot that left what is widely perceived as the best Keeper in the world standing there flat footed while the ball nestled nicely into the old onion bag, via the side netting.
We kept them at arms length from then on in & that goal seemed to lift the weight of the world off our shoulders & made us realise they were only mortal & we could hurt them. The final flurry of the late goals & Bale's hat trick was just the icing on the cake of a game that looked like after 45 minutes could have been our worst nightmare.
Yes we lost, yes we gt nothing from that game in points wise for our CL push. But it will have given us so much confidence to know we can go away to places like that with intimidating atmospheres & score. It will also help us at WHL against Inter as won't be as worried. Plus goal difference might play apart so to just lose by one is a help. We will be confident that as long as we play properly from the start of games we can hold our own against anyone.
Now i heard the commentator's saying that watching that Everton fans would be happy. Well if i was a Toffee i'd be worried. We can only build on that come back & Modric only played minutes & Van Der Vaart is fully rested. Roll on tomorrow.
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