You 'll never walk alone

Could not have been otherwise!

The Reds of Merseyside, a club originally founded and run by Liverpool workers whose greatest players have always been proud local lads, Liverpool FC which is -as they say- not a club with funs, but funs with a club, against million-pounds-Chelsea, a team from a rich side of London, whose billioner president and arrogant coach have aspired to transform into a European top club, met in Anfield Road's legendary ground on May 1st.

The outcome was not a surprise and Liverpool FC will not walk alone in what will be the attempt for the 6th Champions Winners' Cup on May 23th in my home town, Athens.

Almost one year ago I was posting that I don't like mixing politics with football and here I am going down the slippery road to connecting footballing victories with working-class triumphs. The sad truth is that, historical connotations aside, it is nothing like it. True that Liverpool is much poorer a club compared to Chelsea and even truer that going down the steps under "This is Anfield" and into the pitch with the echo of "You 'll never walk alone" sang by the Kop-choir can influence every game's outcome, but apart from that, no worker will get anything out of a Liverpool win apart from a temporary consolation from his real problems.

Nevertheless, last night's semifinal comes as another proof of history still counting in football, and shirts being "heavier" than money. And that maybe poor people with a cause, like "poor" clubs with a history may still have a chance in winning the Champions League.

As for the real world and politics...posts are coming up.