Inglorious Moonshot

[subtitle]: Exchanging terrestrial honor for lunar infamy.

A great shot of an eminently poor shot.

 Chelsea   0   0   Liverpool  

AET (Liverpool win 11-10 on penalties)

 Wembley Stadium, London 

Chelsea versus Liverpool. League (Carabao!) Cup Final 2022. A match played on February 27th at 4:30pm local (UK) time and 8:30am Pacific (a.k.a. our local) time.

But the real Cup drama started the night before the first kick.

[chat]  GoGo, USA!

[ pod]  there is no pod… Dave in Costa Rica Seattle

[chat]  ArsenalByBirth

[ pod]  there is no pod… Producer Ken

[chat]  VAR Czar

[ pod]  the pod killer… Mark in Portland

Note: timestamps correspond to chat messages, in local (Pacific) time.

[ Feb 26, 2022 ]

7:21pm

I won't be watching the Cup Final tomorrow.  But I look forward to Mark's commentary.

8:47pm

I will be re-streaming it later in the  day. Coincidentally, just like the 2019 League Cup final, I am scheduled to serve at my church tomorrow morning on the A/V team. Hopefully, Kepa won’t ruin things this time.

PAUSE THE CHAT!

| Hopefully, Kepa won’t ruin things this time.

The (not so innocent) joke that tempted fate… and lost.

RESUME CHAT… (whilst skipping some mid-match chatter)

[ Feb 27, 2022 ]

5:05pm

Haters of football (world style) need watch these 75 minutes and try to claim that scoreless football is devoid of action and entertainment. Classic nil-nil high action!

5:07pm

Classic.

[ Feb 28, 2022 ]

7:14am

I never resumed the match after getting the kids to bed. Too tired. I fell asleep.

I made it to second half stoppage time. I think there was a minimum of 6 minutes, and I was in minute 2.

7:22am

There’s been podcasts made about this before mark finished

👍 GoGo, USA!

9:39am

What do you THINK is going to happen in the rest of the match?

11:24am

I’m watching now. Lukaku had a nice deflected shot (steering in an Alonso cross from an extreme angle) that was saved during stoppage.

I think it’s going to penalties. 0-0. Chelsea win 9-8.

2:15pm

Just finished. Hands on my head. Wow. Unbelievable.

When it was 8-8 and the Liverpool teenager came up to take a kick, I thought I had called it perfectly. He misses and next Chelsea taker makes it for 9-8. Didn’t happen.

2:17pm

I was worried when Kepa stood so close to the ball. Short run ups seem best reserved for experienced outfield players. Total blast into the stands. No chance. Ugh.

2:20pm

I've never seen that before at any level... PKs that reach the keepers.