I cannot believe the Champions League final yesterday. There’s no point to recap the whole drama. In short, Liverpool came back from three goals down to AC Milan to tie the game at 3-3 and then went on to win in penalties. Full report here:http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=183634&cc=5901

First of all, Liverpool’s Champs League success has been built on not giving away boatloads of goals. They did. You certainly don’t want to go even one goal down to an Italian side much less three. They did. If you are going to give three goals away to an Italian side, you hope it’s Atalanta and certainly not AC Milan, a powerhouse team capable of killing off a game. It all defies belief. Yet so has Liverpool’s European jaunt from beginning to end. If UEFA does not grant Liverpool a spot in next year’s competition there’s something seriously wrong. The Reds finished fifth in the Premier League and the cut-off for Champs League qualifying is fourth. But in a competition like this you need to give the winner the right to defend their trophy.

In other news, I’m off to WisCon this weekend and looking forward to it. Full reports to follow.