Saturday, January 13, 2007

And the winner is...

Okay, here's a blow-by-blow account of the penalty kicks.

First up for Tigres is Emmanuel Cerda. He actually has played the best of any Tigres player. Pretty active player tonight. He hit the crossbar earlier. Here goes:

BLOCKED!!! by Memo Ochoa. Ochoa dived to his right and knocked the ball out.

Here comes Blanco. The crowd is going crazy. Whistles and chants and claps everywhere. He's taking like a 20-yard run-up.

GOAL!!!! He beat Edgar Hernandez pretty easily. Crowd is loud. My fingers have frostbite i think.

America 1-0.

Walter Gaitan is up. Stutter step and...

GOAL!!! Ochoa dived left, ball went to his right.

Tied 1-1.

Salvador Cabanas comes up. Takes about five steps back and...

GOAL!!! Looked like it might have been going high but it's in there. I'm starting to shiver.

America 2-1.

Jimmy Lozano now. And...

GOAL!!! Right at Ochoa but he dived out of the way. Probably a good thing. The ball probably feels like a cannon ball right now with as cold as it is.

Tied 2-2.

Oscar Rojas. Hmmm... I have a bad feeling about this...

GOAL!!! Guess not. Hernandez guessed correctly but Rojas hit it well.

America 3-2.

Javier Saavedra is up. The crowd is getting really loud, like thier trying to will Ochoa to save it.

BLOCKED!!!! AND HE DOES!!!

America 3-2.

Nelson Cuevas is coming up. If he scores, it's ball game. Cuevas is from Paraguay and I'm cold.

GOAL!!! Slow little roller. They're not going as crazy as I thought. Probably because they are $#@% COLD!!!

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