THERE’S A PLACE on offer in the Champions League final as Liverpool and Roma get set for semi-final action with tomorrow night’s first leg tie.
But take a trip down memory lane and see if you can recognise the players that lined out when the clubs clashed four times in Europe over the course of 2001 and 2002?
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Simple one to start, can you name this Liverpool player in action against Roma in March 2002?
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Danny Murphy
Steven Gerrard
Jamie Carragher
David Thompson
And a straightforward one for Roma, who is this player that was central to the Italian club's fortunes?
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Damiano Tommasi
Antonio Cassano
Marco Delvecchio
Francesco Totti
Do you know this player who anchored Liverpool's defence?
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Sami Hyypia
Abel Xavier
Stéphane Henchoz
John Arne Riise
Who is this Brazilian player that enjoyed a spell with Roma?
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Aldair
Emerson
Marcos Assuncao
Cafu
Any idea who this Liverpool player in action is, pictured in action in the UEFA Cup in 2001?
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Nicky Barmby
Gary McAllister
Dietmar Hamann
Danny Murphy
Name this Italian that featured for Roma against Liverpool and enjoyed a long stint with the club?
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Amedeo Mangone
Damiano Tommasi
Christian Panucci
Alessandro Rinaldi
Can you identify this player who featured for Liverpool against Roma in European action?
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Vladimir Smicer
Igor Biscan
Milan Baros
Christian Ziege
Any idea who this Roma player is, pictured in possession back in February 2001?
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Hidetoshi Nakata
Vincent Candela
Walter Samuel
Gianni Guigou
Name this Liverpool player who netted at Anfield against Roma in March 2002?
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Markus Babbel
Dietmar Hamann
Patrik Berger
Jari Litmanen
And finally who is this striker in action for Roma against Liverpool?
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Gabriele Batistuta
Vincenzo Montella
Marco Delvecchio
Abel Balbo
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You scored out of !
Gold
Top of the pile, you really were paying attention.
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You scored out of !
Silver
Not too bad at all. If you'd paid a little more attention you could have won the gold.
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You scored out of !
Bronze
The questions just didn't suit you this time.
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You scored out of !
Wooden Spoon
Well now. There's not much we can say about that. Do you even like soccer?
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And yet we will continue to allow our GAA games to continue…zero sense
@jay bernard: much more interest in the GAA buddy
What reason cant this not go ahead and the GAA can? Some of these women are probably even professional
@Al Byrne: The women’s game is essentially amateur in Europe other than the English & French extended squads.
Inter county GAA is seen as elite sport so can go ahead same as PRO14, SSE Airtricty League, 6N etc. All are being played behind closed doors.
At least sports fans will have something to watch during lockdown.
@TL55: Just to counter that inter-county GAA Players = elite-sportsman = they’re grabd to carry on… Here’s what Louth’s Bevan Duffy thinks about ploughing ahead:
“I don’t understand, with the case numbers going up, the way things are all around the country, how GAA inter-county footballers are all of a sudden immune to this.
We’ve teachers in that dressing room. We’ve lads living at home, a lot of lads living at home with their elderly parents.It doesn’t really make that much sense.
The protocols need to be better, without a doubt. There hasn’t been any testing at all, which I can’t get my head around.”
That last sentence is pretty shocking. And yet it’s fine for these guys to mix in the community and travel the country because we can’t find another way to entertain ourselves?
@Fergal O’ Reilly: GAA players are a lot closer to elite athletes than that Irish women’s rugby team. There is only about 2 or 3 strong clubs in the country. There is only a handful playing women’s rugby, inter county ladies gaelic is way more competitive and as a result players are a much higher standard as seen by the ease that many of them have transition and gone straight to the top of aussie rules and rugby codes.
Gaelic players may not be professional but that doesn’t mean they are not elite.
With regards to Bevan Duffy, this is down to personal responsibility, the GAA aren’t forcing him to do anything. If your are not glad of the opportunity to play, sit out for a year or however long it takes. There is certainly no gun to his head to play.