After Cristiano Ronaldo missed his penalty, I was just waiting for Chelsea to miss one of theirs. I was uncomfortable, but I wasn’t panicking. It was only as John Terry stepped up that the reality of the situation hit home. There were no second chances after this. If Terry scored, it was all over. Fifty years on from Munich, forty years on from first winning the trophy, it could all be taken away from us with one kick from Terry.
I gripped my hands together and I prayed hard. I promised God I’d do anything. I’d go to church every week, I’d buy a Bible and read it, I’d do whatever He wanted me to do, as long as Terry didn’t score. Please, God, please don’t let him score, please, please, please, don’t let him score.
God was onside that day. Maybe I hadn’t prayed loud enough back in 1995 when we couldn’t buy a goal at Upton Park, and maybe I had enunciated properly when Patrick Vieira stepped up to take the penalty in 2005.
I remember years ago watching the local news ahead of a Liverpool United match. There was a scouse priest on the telly claiming that he, along with his congregation, had been praying for a result. United won the game regardless and the priest was back on the news after the weekend. The priest was asked whether this proved God doesn’t exist. The priest was quite defiant in his answer. “No, it proves God does exist… but He’s a United fan.”
As Alex Ferguson stood on the touchline, watching Terry step up, he’d already done his praying. “When they took their second-last penalty I clasped my hands and I prayed,” Ferguson has admitted. “He nearly saved it, Van der Sar. But once the ball went in I said to myself, ‘Don’t ever pray again.’ Because when I was in my first cup final as manager of Aberdeen we were 1-0 up, and Rangers scored two goals in the last two minutes of injury time… I had prayed as well, that day, and I thought I would never do it again. They beat us 2-1, even though I had prayed to God.”
He stood there though, looking rather composed, awaiting to find out his fate. Would he have two European Cups to his name, or was he going to be denied by the last kick of the ball? Was he confident, or did he think it was all over?
“No, I thought we were done,” Ferguson says, shaking his head as if he still cannot comprehend the situation. “I thought we were done.”
Fortunately, we weren’t done. In case you missed out on what happened next, this short video should fill you in.
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Couldn’t have happened to a nicer man
Viva John Terry
hahaha amen to that
lol any excuse eh scott?
i prayed all match long after deisler HAHA God works in HIs own magnificent ways, even though we’re the red devils :p
Viva John Terry!!! What a moronic clown.
I don’t know what you’re talking about James
I missed that penalty on purpose because i secretly love Manchester United. At home, when I’m all alone and no one is looking, i put on my red lipstick and my Red Manchester United Kit.
john terry is a man united fan its a fact i listened to the comm. during the manu chelsea match thisyear!!
millions and millions of videos on youtube
that must be the best
YOU CAN NEVER GET ENOUGH OF THE VIDEOS OF THAT NIGHT AND 99 AND 68…NEVER…..
AHHHHHHH BLISS
Scott do you go to the Church every week and did you buy a Bible yet as promised? I really wonder! No sense of loyalty eh… And you expect Ronaldo to be loyal. Ronaldo’s probably more pious than you. So start fulfilling your empty promises Scott otherwise there shall not be any help whatsoever from the Heavens lol
I cant believe i watched the shootout. I get so nervous.
I was hysterical afterwards though.
Hahahahahhahaha. VIVA JOHN TERRY
I dont think god has any place on a footballing blog tbh, leave the abomination that is religion out of it, football should be the only religion preached around here.
John Terry missing the penalty had nothing to do with a christian or any other god, the result rests on the shoulders of men and not of myth.
“God” is impossible and praying to him will do you no good, it is a crutch for the ignorant and weak minded.
For further reading please check: http://www.evilbible.com/Impossible.htm
Oh, come on! SAF can’t lose his faith in god. He IS god!
well deserved for spitting secretly like a whore
when terry was walking up to take that penalty, i said something that i will never forget.
“if theres a God he will make him miss”.
and i got an answer
I could watch that racist rentboy slip and fuck it up for chelski every second of the day and never get bored.
Chelski FC Est 2004 = SHIT CLUB, NO HISTORY