Liverpool won the first leg 2-0 so if they score once Inter will have to score 4 goals. I just tuned in in the 2nd minute and will record my thoughts as it happens.
5th minute: Ball is crossed into Cambiasso and his shot is blocked and goes out for a corner. Chivu takes the corner, it went over everyone.
8th minute: Free kick to Inter and they take it immediately. They get into the box but it is cleared. Off the throw in Cruz takes a nice shot but the keeper makes a diving save an it goes out for the corner. The corner goes over everyone again. Ball is cleared.
11th minute: Maicon puts it in the box for Inter but no one is there and it is cleared.
12th minute: Zanetti runs down the middle and is taken down. Like Ray Hudson said they should have played the advantage but a foul was called. Free kick taken by Ibra and it hits the wall. Ryan Babel got a yellow card though (encroachment or a hand ball). Another free kick is taken a little closer to net. Ibra puts it over the crossbar.
16th minute: Inter continue to control the ball. Liverpool has barely had it on the attack in the last few minutes.
17th minute: Shot from far out goes way over, goal kick taken by Reina.
18th minute: Torres gets it inside the box but the ball is taken away. Throw in taken from near the top of the box. Balls gets knocked around. Throw in again from about the same position. Ball is cleared down field. Gets back down near the Inter goal but a bad long ball results in a goal kick.
19th minute: Foul on Cruz. Appeal for a card does not work. Free kick taken on goal by Stankovic is easily caught by the keeper but the whistle was blown on an Inter defender and it is Liverpool's ball.
21st minute: Stankovic hits a long ball down field, goes out for an Inter throw near the top of the box. Eventually gets cleared after a few players got touches on it.
22nd minute: Zanetti runs down the left side but slips. Tries to get the ball while on the ground and the referee calls a free kick to Liverpool.
23rd minute: Gerrard feeds Kuyt down the right flank but Kuyt's cross is not a good one. Inter fans are booing knowing they need goals.
25th minute: Stankovic runs into the right side of the box but the ball is taken. The ball is cleared to Babel down the field and the keeper is forced to come out and clear it.
27th minute: Gerrard gives it to Kuyt on the flank, Kuyt puts in a cross and it is cleared for a corner. Gerrard's corner is cleared by Inter.
29th minute: Defensive mistake by Cambiasso is almost taken advantage of by Torres who attempts a shot from very close but he is at a bad angle and it is saved by the keeper.
30th minute: Ibra takes a shot from the left side at the edge of the six yard box, he just puts it past the far post. Great chance wasted for Inter.
32nd minute: Torres gets the ball on the left flank and it is crossed to Babel on the right. Babel crosses it to Kuyt whose shot goes wide, not really close.
34th minute: Awful pass in the defense is taken advantage of by Kuyt. His shot goes off a defender and then goes off his head out of bounds for a goal kick.
34th minute: Inter's Burdisso gets a yellow card for a stupid foul.
37th minute: Ball is going back and forth with no significant chances.
40th minute: Zanetti gets by a defender and puts in a cross that was two deep. It was caught by the keeper. On the counter Kuyt had it on the left side but could not found a teammate.
43rd minute: Inter passes around in the box but a shot is not produced.
43rd minute: Maicon put in a strong pass from about 10 yards out and Cruz tried to flick it into the goal but Reina was there. Great save.
45+1 minute: Inter free kick is cleared out of the box.
45+2 minute: Vieira goes down the field and finds Stankovic who crosses it from the right side but can not find Ibra. The ball is cleared and the half is over.
HALFTIME: INTER MILAN 0 LIVERPOOL 0
The game has been controlled by Inter Milan. Inter has put two good shots on goal. Cruz forced the keeper to make a diving save and he almost scored on that flick on. Two stupid defensive mistakes by Inter produced Liverpool's only real chances. I wouldn't be surprised to see Liverpool bring in an extra defender at the beginning of the half. Maybe bring in Riise for Babel since he has a yellow card.
46th minute: And the second half has begun, Inter really needs goals.
48th minute: Gerrard gets a yellow card. He had possession outside the box and lost the ball. He slide in to get it back and was given a card.
48th minute: Vieira gets it on the edge of the box and dribbles in. He does not do a good job though and it is taken away.
49th minute: It looks like Figo is coming in for Inter soon.
51st minute: Burdisso gets a second yellow card and he is out of the match. Burdisso fouled a Liverpool player and then tried to say that he was fouled! Inter is down to 10 men and need 2 goals, it is not looking good for Inter fans.
52nd minute: Chivu's free kick from a good position goes insanely wide of the net.
53rd minute: Kuyt runs on to the ball in the box on the right side and tries to pass across the box but it is cleared.
56th minute: Vieira feeds it to Stankovic who is on the right side of the box. He pouts a ball in towards the center of the box but it is cleared. Aurelio then gets a yellow card for a foul on Chivu near the box. Free kick taken by Ibra and goes way over the cross bar.
57th minute: Mistake by a Liverpool defender leads to a two on one and Ibra tries to score from about 10 yards out but this shot goes wide. He should have given it to Cruz who would have had an easy tap in.
59th minute: Soft header is easily saved by Reina. Liverpool counters and Rivas gets a yellow card for a foul on Babel just outside of the box.
60th minute: Gerrard's free kick is saved by the finger tips of Inter's keeper. The corner produces play around the box but no shots are produced.
61st minute: LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTION: Yossi Benayoun for Ryan Babel.
64th minute: LIVERPOOL GOAL! Aurelio gets the ball to Fernando Torres. Torres turns and puts in a great shot from just outside the box. And that will be the end of Inter's Champions League dreams.
66th minute: The Liverpool supporters are very loud. I hope Inter supporters leave them alone when they sing You'll Never Walk Alone.
68th minute: With the way the game is going, Inter will be lucky to score one goal.
68th minute: Gerrard takes a soft shot from the top of the box and it is easily saved by the keeper.
71st minute: Free kick taken by Cruz from the top of the semicircle and it goes over the bar, not even close.
72nd minute: Benayoun puts in a cross from the left side of the box and it is knocked out by Inter's keeper. Gerrard's corner is caught by the keeper.
73rd minute: Stankovic commits a bad foul out of frustration and is given a yellow card.
74th minute: Benayoun gets a yellow for a foul.
76th minute: INTER SUBSTITUTION: Pele for Patrick Vieira.
79th minute: Ibra gets the ball and hits the ball way over the crossbar from about 9 yards out. He really should have done better.
80th minute: INTER SUBSTITUTION: David Suazo for Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
81st minute: LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTION: John Arne Riise for Dirk Kuyt.
84th minute: Torres almost receives a ball that would have definately been a goal but it is cleared by Inter.
84th minute: INTER SUBSTITUTION: Luiz Jimenez for Dejan Stankovic
85th minute: Chivu receives a yellow card for Inter while Hudson tries to remember if he was booked before. Silly old man.
88th minute: LIVERPOOL SUBSTITUTION: Jermaine Pennant for Javier Mascherano.
90th minute: There will be three minute of extra time.
And that is all folks. Liverpool win the match 1-0 and 3-0 on aggregate. They advance to the quarterfinals. The announcer just said Liverpool has done the Italian job. How corny. The quarterfinal draw will take play on March 14. The first leg will be played on April 1st or 2nd and the second leg will be played on April 8th or 9th. Inter will now have to focus on Serie A. They lead the league by 6 points over Roma with 9 games left.
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