{"id":17795,"date":"2015-07-23T20:35:07","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T10:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=17795"},"modified":"2015-07-23T20:37:58","modified_gmt":"2015-07-23T10:37:58","slug":"brisbane-roar-vs-liverpool-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=17795","title":{"rendered":"Brisbane Roar vs Liverpool FC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tagfootball.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5928\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tagfootball.jpg\" alt=\"tagfootball\" width=\"600\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tagfootball.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tagfootball-300x37.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JKdOiT1FGRw\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>Match Highlights<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eGS77B15EQ8\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>YNWA From Our Seats<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C7ntcvj0itQ\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>YNWA TV Footage<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Brisbane Roar 1 Liverpool FC 2<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<span class=\"dropcap\">M<\/span>y beloved, financially troubled, not-sure-who-owns-them football club set aside their worries for one night and played an entertaining friendly against a full strength Liverpool FC last Friday night. \u00a0Liverpool had flown in for the second leg of their World Tour, fresh from beating Thailand Allstars 4-0. \u00a0Local fans were eager to see\u00a0new signings James Milner, Danny Ings and Joe Gomez in action and happily the club gave the fans what they wanted by fielding a full strength squad with all the new players.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">On paper, there is an extraordinary contrast between the two clubs. \u00a0Liverpool has spent \u00a367 million in the transfer market this year on their new players. \u00a0Meanwhile Brisbane didn&#8217;t pay their players in June and cancelled a youth game in Cairns because they&#8217;re broke. \u00a0Since we lost our major sponsor Coffee Club, the fittingly named betting agency Ladbrokes was our sponsor for one night only.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For dedicated\u00a0Roar fans, the game was also the first opportunity to see the team perform under new coach John Aloisi as well a chance to see new signing Jamie McClaren. \u00a0Aloisi is a Socceroos legend having scored the penalty against Uruguay that took the team to the 2006 World Cup but his coaching career got off to a rocky start at Melbourne Heart. \u00a0Under his stewardship the club went a competition record of fifteen games without a win. \u00a0Since then he&#8217;s undergone some mentoring at Melbourne Victory and taken on the tutelage of\u00a0national coach Ange Postecoglou so hopefully he&#8217;s a wee bit better now.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/petratos.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17798\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/petratos.jpg\" alt=\"petratos\" width=\"620\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/petratos.jpg 620w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/petratos-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">They were packed to the rafters at Suncorp with a capacity 50,000 fans in attendance. \u00a0About 45,000 of those fans wore red. \u00a0Pre-game the crowd belted out the famous You&#8217;ll Never Walk Alone chant which was magnificent to soak in in person.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We were a little confused as to who our new holding midfielder was until it dawned on us that Luke Brattan, the whitest player in our team, was rocking some cornrows.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/60e5d802-455e-43b8-b3b5-01c1d1039226_800.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17802\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/60e5d802-455e-43b8-b3b5-01c1d1039226_800.jpg\" alt=\"60e5d802-455e-43b8-b3b5-01c1d1039226_800\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/60e5d802-455e-43b8-b3b5-01c1d1039226_800.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/60e5d802-455e-43b8-b3b5-01c1d1039226_800-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Roar looked a little nervy from the kick off but quickly gained their composure and held their own. \u00a0The greatest moment of the game was in the 17th minute when some neat link up play from Thomas Broich (who else?) and Brandon Borrello found Dimi &#8216;Worst Player Of Last Season&#8217; Petratros. \u00a0Dimi, who had the poorest shots to goals ratio of attacking player last season, veritably sliced through the Liverpool defence, dinked it into the bottom corner and the ball bulged into the back of the net. \u00a0Brisbane Roar 1 Liverpool 0. \u00a0The crowd fell silent but for a few thousands enthusiastic Roar supporters crying out in joy. \u00a0It was a moment I won&#8217;t soon forget. \u00a0I was so happy for Dimi who had such a rough season last year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Roar would hold that lead for about twenty minutes with goalkeeper Jamie Young making a couple of excellent saves as well as defenders Jade North and James Donachie providing some excellent scrambling defence. \u00a0Eventually Liverpool drew equal thanks to an excellent goal from Adam Lallana.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The game turned into a training exercise on the hour mark when both teams emptied the dressing room and fielded all of their youngsters and subs. \u00a0Liverpool would find a winner in the 75th minute thanks to new recruit James Milner but for Roar fans, there was plenty of reason to hold our heads high and be proud of our team. \u00a0We played fearlessly and held our own against one of the biggest clubs in the world. \u00a0To do it in the current climate, with a new coach and all the back office problems is even more impressive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It made the wait for the new season all the more agonizing. \u00a077 days to go! \u00a0But when it does, we&#8217;ll be there. \u00a0Jen and I, along with four of our friends, have locked in our season tickets and we&#8217;ll be ready for another season and whatever it may bring.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/edojenliverpool1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17803\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/edojenliverpool1.jpg\" alt=\"edojenliverpool\" width=\"620\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/edojenliverpool1.jpg 620w, http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/edojenliverpool1-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" 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