2012 was really a big year in football as a lot of big things happened(No not liverpool winning the carling cup)that will be significant in the years to come.Here are 4 moments that were my favourite;
4.Chelsea lifting the Champions league for the 1st time
What made this interesting was how chelsea got to the finals,coming back from a near elimation to Napoli,beating Barcelona at Stamford Bridge despite only having 1 shot on target and then drawing 2-2 at the Nou Camp despite being a man down.That was just amazing!Call it luck or whatever you like but it was simply unbelievable.The final was no different as well,playing a rampant Bayern Munich who were desperate to win this years champions league after losing out 2years ago,and even though Chelsea spent the 1st 50minutes defending,they immediately woke up when Bayern Munich scored and suddenly it became a competition again.Chelsea became the 1st team from London to win the UEFA champions league..and it only took a mere £500m :-)
3.Lionel Messi breaking Gerd Mullers goal scoring record
I must say even though this didn't surprise me much,i mean it's Lionel Messi afterall.He pratically breaks records for fun,& now he has scored the most goals in a year beaing Mullers previous record of 89 goals in a year,Messi now has 92goals.That's history being made right there & i'm glad i was alive to see it.Normally i would say Ronaldo deserves this years Balon D'Or from some of the milestones he set(this year) but then i looked at Messi milestones and they made Ronaldo look like he shouldn't even be compared to Messi,so hands down..Messi is the best footballer in the world.
2.Man City's way of winning the premier league trophy
This was one of the best finales to a season i had ever seen!Man utd practically won the trophy for 2minutes before Sergio Aguero blasted in deep deep deep in stoppage time.All Fergie was waiting for was for the City game to end and they would be champions..but Aguero had other plans.Just as Manchini was biting his fingernails while looking at the clock,City who were 2goals behind from winning their 1st Trophy for 44yrs or something,decided to make us jump from our seats and score 2goals..in Stoppage time?we're talking 4mins of stoppage time and they did it.What a moment,what a game,What a season.
1.Zambia winning the African cup
To win a trophy deep in stopage time is something,to win a trophy in a country were your teammates died in some 18yrs ago?Now that's just magical,and to do it while being considered underdogs made it all the more special.No one expected the copper bullets to even make it past the group stages but they proved everyone wrong by beating big teams like Senegal,Ghana and eventually the tornument favourites Ivory Coast who had a superstar roster squad.Zambian overcame the odds and won the AFCON on penalties to ivory coast.It was a magical moment for every Zambian out there,especially Drogba missing a penalty?That type of thing doesn't happen often.
Ofcourse they were plenty more significant things thats occured in football this year,now i won't go into detail explaining them...because i'm lazy,so therefore i'l just list them out;
-Spain winning the Euros for a record 2times in a row
-Real Madrid winning La liga
-Hazards' hilarious transfer Saga
-RVP going to Manchester United(totally shocked me)
-Chelsea being the 1st ever defenders of the champions league to be dumped out in the group stages.
-Chelsea playing Europa League Football.
-Chelsea Losing 4-1 to Athletico madrid in the UEFA Super cup.
-Chelsea losing the club world cup.
-Chelsea.
-Usain Bolt(Not football related but i was just tempted to write his name)
-Stewart Downing grabbing his 1st Premier league goal & assist...and it only took him a year.
-The Van Persie and Wayne Rooney collabo,Van Rooney or something.
-Michu
-The Manchester Derby
-Juventus' unbeaten run(came to an end only recently)
-Ibrahimovics' 4goal haul against England,which ended with an audatious overhead kick from 35yards out.
-The world never ended :-)
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