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Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Liverpool Champions League-winning hero Djimi Traore on the Miracle of Istanbul, 15 years on

Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

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News, Soccer, Sports, Sports News

4.4979 Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

On May 25th, 2005, Liverpool produced one of the greatest comebacks in sporting history, as they beat AC Milan, to claim the club’s fifth European Cup. And ahead of the 15th anniversary of the Miracle of Istanbul, the Liverpool ECHO’s LFC correspondent spoke to Djimi Traore, one of the Liverpool heroes on that famous night. Djimi tells Paul all about the run up to the final; what Rafa Benitez said before it; exactly what happened at half-time, when it appeared he would be coming off; Steven Gerrard; the penalty shoot-out, and the celebrations back in Liverpool the next day when 1 million people lined the streets of the city. Enjoy.The Liverpool Echo sends a twice-daily Liverpool FC bulletin out via email with the all latest news, views and analysis from Anfield. Sign up for this service here: https://communicatoremail.com/F/QvfUCndgGDRHFbKqw0Z7Ip/Join our Blood Red podcast group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1656599847979758/ Watch and subscribe to our Blood Red videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-TbqyJWlhRPedk-if0rKtw?view_as=subscriber Visit the Liverpool ECHO website: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/liverpool-fcDownload our Liverpool FC app for free: Apple – https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/lfc-echo/id1255495425 Android – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mirror.liverpoolfc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is the Blood Red Podcast from the Liverpool Echo, giving you the inside track on all the big talking points from Anfield.

0:08.0

On May 25, 2005, Liverpool produced one of the greatest comebacks in sporting history

0:15.9

as they beat AC Milan to claim the club's fifth European Cup.

0:19.7

And ahead of the 15th anniversary of the miracle of Istanbul, the Liverpool echoes

0:23.7

LFC correspondent Paul Gorsh spoke to Jimmy Trieri, one of the Liverpool heroes on

0:28.7

that famous night. Jimmy tells Paul all about the run up to the final what Raffa Benite said before it

0:34.7

exactly what happened at half time when it appeared he would be coming off.

0:38.6

Stephen Gerard, the penalty shootout and the celebrations back in Liverpool the next day

0:43.8

when one million people lined the streets of the city to see the Reds parade

0:47.6

the Champions League trophy. Enjoy.

0:50.1

The Blood Red Podcast from the Liverpool Echo

0:55.6

Before we get into the game itself I just want to talk a little bit about the

1:00.2

The games leading up to that the Nachau games against Leavocution and Chelsea and Yaventes if that's okay.

1:05.7

Yeah no problem.

1:07.7

So starting with obviously after the Olympia Arcos game you draw a levocation in the last 16 and a 3-1 winner home.

1:16.5

I spoke to Did he Herman about this game and he said it was the one that kind of made the team believe

1:22.0

that you could actually do something serious in this competition.

1:25.0

And what were your thoughts and memories about that game against the German side?

1:31.0

I remember it was like, toonis, it was like a little bit pressure on us because you know we

1:37.2

always been like maybe like underdog team or something like that. But when we draw against Leverkusen, like I think like everybody was expecting us to go through, you know,

1:48.0

because the team we have in that time.

1:50.0

But it was not like easy game, but I think we've been like well well prepared you know right far like I think the

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