The UEFA Cup of the 03-04 season has come to an end. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

At the Stadio Ullivi in Gothenburg, Premier League champions Notts County defended their title with a 2-1 win over La Liga champions Valencia and lifted the UEFA Cup trophy once again.

When the referee blew the final whistle, all the players sitting on the Notts County bench rushed into the field in a frenzy, including the Notts County staff, and even Loew and David let go of their reserves.

Champions and honors are like poison ~ products, which can be addictive, even if Notts County has won the championship trophy of the League Cup, but no one will lift the championship trophy too much, it will still be the same excitement.

Of course, this time David's feelings are far less intense than when he won the championship last season, nor as crazy as when he won the Premier League title, but in his heart, there will still be infinite emotion.

The UEFA Cup is still very high in this era, as can be seen by looking at Liverpool and Newcastle's desperate struggle to compete for a place in the League Cup.

Notts County have been able to win the UEFA Cup for two consecutive seasons, which is already legendary, especially this season, the UEFA Cup participating teams are even more gorgeous than the Champions League participating teams, and it is not easy for Notts County to finally lift the championship trophy.

If it was the Europa League after the restructuring, I am afraid that it would not have such a high gold content, Sevilla even won the championship three times in a row, and the media joked that the Europa League had been renamed the Sevilla Cup, who cared at that time!

UEFA staff were in full swing as they prepared for the award ceremony, while the Notts County players celebrated the title with their team-mates and families.

Because of the number of times they have been on the championship podium in the past few days, looking at the podium, the players have long since lost the feeling of the hillbilly process, on the contrary, they will be very indifferent.

David looked at the League Cup trophy in a trance, he really couldn't remember which season the League Cup was restructured, but Notts County had already won two League Cup trophies, and it could be regarded as a return with honors.

Perhaps this is the final farewell, at least in David's view, a cup competition that is far from being comparable to the Champions League in terms of influence is about to drift away from Notts County.

Won the Premier League title, Notts County will be eligible to play in the Champions League next season, with David's construction of Notts County, and the countless talents in the Notts County Academy, I am afraid that every season in the future, the Premier League will have a place in the Champions League list, so that Notts County will definitely not have the opportunity to go to the Europa League again.

Of course, David doesn't find any attraction in the Europa League in the future!

Soon, the award ceremony has been prepared, all the UEFA bigwigs have stood in their places, and the award ceremony has begun.

The first to receive the medal was naturally the loser Valencia in the final, and the lonely appearance of the giants of the Bat Legion was written on their faces, even if the medals were added, they couldn't see any joy, maybe they could be happy if they were replaced by gold medals, but unfortunately, they lost in the final!

After watching Valencia receive the award, the fans of the Bat Army began to leave the stadium one after another, and the next highlight was the Notts County award, who did not want to see the celebration of stepping on the corpse of their team.

The stands already remembered the song "We Are the Champions", and every time this song resounded on the pitch, it was when Notts County stood on the top podium and the fans were the happiest.

This is a kind of belief, perhaps from any point of view, whether the club has won the championship or not has nothing to do with the fans, but for the fans, they are more happy than the players, from the bottom of their hearts.

One by one, the players took the stage to receive their medals, and those who had already won the UEFA Cup last season looked calm, but for those who only moved to Notts County this season, the medal was too important.

For example, Klose, although he is already the world's top center forward, he has never won the honor, let alone continental competitions, and even the Bundesliga trophy he has not had a chance to win!

And in one season at Notts County, he has already completed the double of the Premier League and the League Cup, and this feeling really makes him want to stop.

New signings such as Abidal and Sagna were equally excited, and the UEFA Cup title would probably be impossible for most players to achieve in their lifetime, but they achieved it early, even if they are not the most important members of the club, but they are also extremely proud.

Finally, when captain Alonso once again lifted the League Cup championship trophy high in the crowd of players, countless streamers fell from the sky, and the atmosphere of the stadium reached a real high~ tide.

Looking at the players kissing the trophies one by one, Loew and David stood side by side, looking at each other and smiling, full of tacit understanding.

"It's really intoxicating to see how happy the players are, the feeling of being a champion!" David said with emotion.

Loew glanced at David with disdain, and complained: "It seems that you are calm, and I don't know who had red eyes like that just now!" ”

David was like a cat who had been stepped on by the tail, "Can't you maintain a minimum of respect and politeness to the president of the club, it seems that the salary increase has to be delayed!" ”

But as soon as he finished speaking, David himself laughed.

After a while, David said with longing in his eyes: "The stage of the League Cup is too small, next season we can go to a higher place to see the scenery, Champions League champion, how about this title?" ”

Loew also laughed, "It's really good, since you dare to think, we dare to go crazy with you!" ”

yes, what a crazy goal!

In the post-match press conference, Benitez expressed great regret for the loss of the title, but also praised the performance of Notts County, in his opinion, Notts County won by no means luck, and meeting Notts County in the final is really a fate that Valencia cannot escape, even against Real Madrid and Barcelona, it is far less stressful than when playing against Notts County.

Now that he had won the match, Loew didn't stir Valencia's nerves anymore, and after praising his opponent's performance a few times, he didn't say anything more.

And on the very controversial decision in the first half, Loew did not hold on to Collina's decision.

'It was a very bad decision for Notts County, but we respect Collina's decision, he is the best referee in the world, he has his own judgment on the situation, no matter what, we won the championship and the result is the most important thing!' (To be continued.) )