hateutd
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- Joined
- 12 Sep 2009
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- Manchester City F.C. from Maine Road
I love this video...I will remember for whole of my life that I was dead for 90 minutes....
Couldn't have said it better myself. Now, where's those tissues - you've got me going again!Without exaggeration I must have watched this vid a minimum of 500 times.
And , again, no exaggeration to say it STILL makes my whole body "goose bump" all over. And then the tears come. It's amazing. I honestly cannot imagine any event in our future, and I include winning the champions league, affect me so much.
In the space of 19 seconds from the throw in to the goal, my (our) whole life as a city fan was perfectly encapsulated. From utter , complete, life altering despair and complete tragedy, to the most euphoric, most unexpected, most unmitigated and complete, joy. All that and also the knowledge, the absolute certainty, that the city we fell in love with, that tripped us up time after time, destroying our weekends, annihilating our happiness week after week for (in my case) over 40 years was gone. Amd not only gone, but had Infact served only to make THAT moment all the sweeter.
Typical city indeed to kill you with the odd bit of hope over the years (Spurs and West Ham quarter finals), 81 cup final, promotions ("we're back") followed by relegations, some in utter slapstick ("keep it in the corner Lomas") had all been leading up to that Sergio moment. In one simple second all the hurt had meaning, and with that meaning, it disappeared, forever.
Perfect perfect moment. Perfect day. Perfect video.