I was the biggest idiot in the whole world during that Road to Istambul.
I watched every game in the same room (my brother's room at the time) and tried to stay in the same position if possible - I also liked to be alone so other people wouldn't annoy me and make even more nervous than I already was.
During the semifinal vs Chelsea, my brother was watching the game in my room while I watched it on his (makes no sense, but I forced him to accept that arrangement). My brother was watching on open tv while I had cable tv on - which means I was maybe 2 or 3 seconds behind as there's always some delay with cable tv.
In those final moments when Gudjohnsen had an open goal (and missed), my brother shouted "NOOOOOO!" very loudly and I could hear him from the other room. Obviously for those 2-3 seconds I thought Chelsea had scored. When I finally saw the ball go wide, my first reaction was to run towards my brother calling him all the names I could think of - the b***ard had nearly killed me!
Then in the final, I started watching the game on my brother's room as I did during the whole campaign but since everything started going wrong in that 1st half and we were quickly 3 goals behind, I changed to my own room. If the lights were off, I turned them on; the computer was off, so I turned it on; if a door was closed, I would open it - in my brain, we needed a change so I tried to change everything I could (seriously).
That means I ended up watching us win the UCL in my room, and from the moment of Gerrard's goal until the final Dudek save, I stayed in the very same spot in my bed, trying to move as little as possible, because it was "working". Freakin idiot I was.
I'm not like that anymore - these days I only have a superstition with penalties (I never watch them, usually close my eyes) - but those were natural, crazy reactions I had during that campaign and if any of it made any difference in the universe's balance and helped us win the European Cup, then it was all worth it
![Tongue :P](https://www.lfcreds.com/reds/Smileys/newer/tongue.gif)
Oh, and that Luis Garcia goal - I was running around the apartment like a lunatic!