I don't know how this season will end. I'm not going to write anything off at this point. The lost points hurt. And we can analyze the defending and mistakes all night long.
But, despite all that, I am taking positives from this. If nothing else, this team has taught me to believe and to dream. Even down a goal in injury time I was willing us on. Even after Yossi equalized and time was running out, I still believed. When Reina ran up for the corner, I still believed. And even after dropping two points I still believe that this season is not over.
If nothing else, we have shown incredible heart. And we've shown it time and again. We fight and we struggle and we climb back and that is a beautiful thing. We've had heart in cups and in the CL, but our fight for the league has been lacking. But this season we are finding it and learning from it. And that is the championship mentality we need if we actually are going to go ahead and win this thing.
Listening to the crowd tonight, they believed. Watching the players fight for every last stray ball, they believed. And here watching the game at my home, I believed.
I think almost everyone would've taken a title challenge when asked earlier in the season. Well, we've got it. Who knows what the future holds. But I am taking from this belief. Each mountain we climb (or almost climb) leads me to believe.
It hurts. It really does. But despite it all I am going to believe.
