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Istanbul

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 The Cradle of Life

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 The Ataturk Stadium bathed in light
In blood red, stood Sons of the Mersey
Sporting Crusaders prepared to fight
Dudek pulled on the goalkeeper’s jersey

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 The Miracle of Istanbul

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 Put to the sword and grown men cried
“well and truly over” said the old Blue sage
Six minutes of magic restored all pride
Shevchenko shut out of history’s page

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 The Legend of Dudek

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 A fellow Pole watched from heaven above
Milan’s Rossoneri now shown no mercy
Divine intervention then guided the glove
And made a Legend of the goalkeeper, Jerzy

Notes

Dedicated to Jerzy Dudek.
25th May 2005. Dziekuje.

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/istanbul/