PEPE REINA

José Manuel Reina Páez or most famously known as Pepe Reina replaced my favourite Jerzy Dudek after Liverpool won Champions League Final. There is nothing wrong with Jerzy but I guess the new coach Rafa Benitez favours him over Jerzy. Both are good keepers but you can only have one keeper at a time in a game. And you cannot change keeper just like you change defenders, midfielders or strikers throughtout the season so poor Jerzy had to sit on the bench.

I have some reservation about Pepe Reina. People said that he is a penalty specialist in spain. Okay I agree with that. He had shown it many times. So not to bad. But he is not THAT good in the air. You can see Liverpool struggle with set pieaces of crosses these days. Because Pepe Reina is quite short for a keeper. And he always in a hurry to release the ball back as soon as he catch it. Well you can do it couple of times in the game for tactical reason but not EVERYTIME?? hold your horses pepe reina...you have 6 seconds to hold the ball...But I let you get
away with it. As long as the liverpool keep winning. I dont have any quarrel. You should give credits to your defenders for working hard to keep you in a clean sheet.

JERZY DUDEK

Ahh..Jerzy Dudek...Who could ever forget Jerzy Dudek? He is class....he who became a Champions League-winning hero in 2005. He who imitates Bruce Grobellar wobbling legs. He who saved the then AC Milan striker shot, Shevchenko. He is miracle i tell you!

He was born in Poland on 1973. He is currently with Real Madrid. I guess he is destined to be with great clubs. Previosly Liverpool, Real Madrid. He is a living legend.

He is good in the air..but one on one is not his specialty although he made one exception during the European Champions League final in 2005. But that was not really one-one-one save..That was crazy. An extra force might have had a hand into that and his captain, Steven Gerard..really believe that.

But it is really a sad one seeing down the pecking order of the man between the post right after he single handedly won liverpool the Big Ear for us. He was clearly not happy with that situation and cost him in a Poland squad where he was also the demoted from the first choice keeper.
He didnt play regular so is the reason behind his demotion.

But Jerzy Dudek will always be remembered as one of the famous keeper in the history of football. The world saw the most amazing thing in European Champions Leagea final 2005 and this man played a part in it.