Anfield´s flame

It is possible that the only valued thing in our lives is what is going on at the present. If it’s kind, the past will stay swept and tidy and dreams still to come will be reflect at the look. If not, it will be inevitable to not look back and try to find good memories of the past that help us to find relief from our dreary present. This is the constant pursuit of our essence.

In that incessant pursuit is Liverpool again; a team we could call mystic, with a special sparkle earned in its glorious time of the 70´s and 80´s when they won 4 European Cups. A mysticism derived from, to a large extent, the `eternal´ stints of ostracism that this club has suffered among its best accomplishments.

Then, spans of sixteen (1906-1922), twenty four (1923-1947), and seventeen years (1947-1964), were periods where Liverpool fans couldn’t call its team the English champions. Now, they are being jolted with another drought, because since 1990 they haven’t obtained the country’s crown.

Is in these moments when the red supporter looks back to feel the magic of a legendary team, and he encounters his last European conquest in a very recent past (Champions League 2005).

The League Cup 2012 is the only title for reds in the last six years. Now, Liverpool is off European spots at the premier league standings.

In similar nostalgic times, there were players like McManaman, Fowler (for whom I have a special devotion) or Michael Owen, who kept Liverpool’s fans, hopes alive.

Today it is the Uruguayan Luis Suarez who has that responsibility, a super player who has scored almost the 40% of Liverpool´s goals this season. His coach Brendan Rodgers has renamed him as “the Messi of Liverpool”.

The farthest and most recent history tells us that reds will shine again at its best; meanwhile, in these drab days, Luis Suarez keeps Liverpool’s essence alive, keeps Anfield´s flame alive.