Cristiano Ronaldo put Los Blancos ahead in the first quarter of the game before Mario Mandzukic provided a wonderful bicycle kick to put things
level at halftime.
All in all though it was probably a fair reflection for the game to be
level at halftime.
Perhaps it was the fact that we got some amazing luck to go in
level at halftime and completely blew that opportunity.
What a SAVE from Matips close - range effort to keep the score
level at halftime.
Not exact matches
We could not get the second though and our fluency was not quite there and the Toffees drew
level at the worst possible time on the stroke of
halftime with Baines finding Coleman unmarked in the box, just about the only defensive mistake of the half.
Even when we managed to get to
halftime with the scores
level at 1 - 1, you could not kid yourself that Arsenal were in the game or worthy of a draw.
Tottenham created enough chances to be more than 2 to the good
at halftime, and Liverpool had opportunities to be
level at 2 - 2 by the half.
It was looking good
at halftime after Aduriz had scored to make the aggregate scores
level, but second half goals from Raul Garcia and Diego Costa set up a repeat of last years final.
Sunderland had couple of good chances before the break and Liverpool were lucky to go into the
halftime at level terms.
We will be playing two short halves with a break
at halftime, to make a few doodles and recuperate, all skill
levels are welcome and encouraged to participate.