24 May, Westfalen Stadium, Dortmund.

More than 60,000 fans were ready early.

More than 50,000 of them wore red jerseys, and Liverpool fans were now completely dominating the stadium.

In contrast, the Green and White Legion has a pitiful following, less than 10,000.

Even the fans in the yellow and black Dortmund shirt are a little more than the fans of Sporting Lisbon.

This is the prestige crushing of the five major leagues against the minor leagues.

The players on both sides were still in the warm-up stage, and the commentary began to work.

"Hello everyone, this is the 2000-2001 UEFA Cup final, I'm Huang Jianxiang, and our special guests today are Fan Zhiyi, a Chinese player from Crystal Palace in the Premier League, and Sun Jihai, his former teammate at Crystal Palace and an international who currently plays for Dalian Shide."

"Today's match between the English Premier League giants Liverpool and the Portuguese Super League giants Sporting Lisbon. Among them, Deng Kai, a Chinese player of Sporting Lisbon, is deeply loved by Chinese fans and is the home team of most Chinese fans. ”

"I don't know who Fan Zhiyi is more optimistic about in this game?"

Fan Zhiyi smiled: "Of course it's Liverpool." I've played against Liverpool in the Premier League and they're very strong. Their lineup today is basically their starting lineup in the league. ”

"Owen and Huskey are a golden pair for Liverpool, and they are also the first choice in England's forward line-up. Among them, Owen has become the Premier League's top scorer for two consecutive years, and the momentum is very strong, and English fans believe that he is a superstar who can surpass Ronaldo. ”

"Husky is 1.9 meters tall, has a strong fulcrum and can play alone, except for a slightly worse archery, there are almost no shortcomings. Explosiveness is the strongest presence in his height, and he was once called a large version of the black panther Eusebio. ”

"Drogba and Husky on Sporting Lisbon's side are a bit similar, but Drogba is too much, and the gap between him and Husky is like dust and stars."

Sun Jihai praised on the side, saying that Brother Fan would use figurative sentences.

Fan Zhiyi was encouraged to be more energetic, as if he took out the Liverpool information analyzed by the team's assistant coach: "Liverpool's midfield is also not weak, the left and right wing-backs Borg and Danny Murphy are both powerful players, and the midfield combination of McAllister and Vladimir Smitchell is even more dreamy of returning to the top this season, and the older they get, the more demonic they become." ”

"In particular, Smitchell, one of the troika of the Czech national team, is not as good as Nedved in Lazio, but he is slightly better than Poboski, who is struggling in Benfica."

"Five years ago, the Czech Republic shone at the European Championships and reached the semi-finals, thanks to Smitchell. In last year's European Championships, although the Czech team had a poor record, Smitchell performed well individually. A brace in three minutes to beat Denmark was another of his masterpieces. It is worth mentioning that it was Sporting Lisbon's goalkeeper Schmeichel who was pierced twice by him at that time! ”

'Liverpool's backline is just as strong. The centre-back duo of Hyypia and Henjos were very well connected, with Carragher excelling at left-back. The right-back is the famous player Marcus Babel who was brought in from Bayern. ”

"Speaking of which, Babbel and Schmeichel and Dunkai also have an account to settle, two years ago in the Champions League final, after Bayern was beaten by Manchester United, the picture of Babbel angrily hammering the turf is the saddest scene for all Bayern fans."

"On top of that, Liverpool have a number of high-quality players on the bench and Robbie Fowler is definitely one of the strongest substitute strikers. Dietmar Hamann and Liverpool's own Academy midfielder Steven Gerrard are also capable of starting. ”

"Such a squad is definitely several times stronger than Sporting Lisbon. What's more, in terms of fixtures, Sporting Lisbon only experienced one league game two days ago, while Liverpool have a relatively relaxed schedule. It's hard to lose if you want to lose! ”

After Fan Zhiyi blew about Liverpool, Huang Jianxiang expressed a different opinion: "Although Liverpool has a stronger squad, Sporting Lisbon has created a lot of miracles before, and they may be able to do it in this game. ”

"The starting lineup on Sporting Lisbon's side can be said to be an all-star in the Portuguese Super League!"

"Cristiano Ronaldo, Drogba, Quaresma"

"Viana, Dunkai"

"Mateus, Didier Deschamps"

"Terry, Fonte, Barzagli, goalkeeper Schmeichel!"

"Among them, Ronaldo's goalscoring ability is extremely strong, and it is very likely that he will score in this game! He's definitely something to focus on for Liverpool......

Fan Zhiyi stretched out his hand to interrupt Huang Jianxiang's introduction: "That, about Ronaldo, I have a friend who has an evaluation of him, and I think it's more pertinent." ”

Huang Jianxiang: "I would like to hear about it." ”

Fan Zhiyi: "His style of play is very physical, but his physical fitness is okay in the secondary league, and it is not enough to put it in the five major leagues. So according to his style of play, he can play for three years at most. ”

Huang Jianxiang thought about it, and always felt that this sentence was not simple.

……

Soon, both sides were back in the locker room and lined up to walk out of the tunnel of the players.

With a whistle, the game officially began.

It may be that the stakes are high in this game, and the players on both sides are extra cautious, that is, conservative.

After all, whoever wins the two teams will be the new treble!

In the first ten minutes, neither side created much of a threat.

But that doesn't mean this time is useless.

Both teams have judged the strength and state of the other team through this period of time, and then generated corresponding solutions.

In the Liverpool coach's seat, manager Gilard Houllier happily communicated with the substitute players such as Barmsby, Hamann, and Gerrard around him: "Sure enough, they have a physical problem!" ”

"The load of three days and two battles is too great, and their running ability has dropped significantly."

"The front court is okay, if the three central defenders and the double back system in the back are not enough to run, they will almost completely give up the two wings!"

"If you play in the second half, you have to take advantage of these chances!"

After speaking, Houllier waved his hand and signaled the Liverpool players on the field to change the focus of the attack.

Smitchell then handed the ball to left wing-back Borg.

In just ten minutes, Liverpool made a series of dangers, and Sporting Lisbon gradually fell into the disadvantage.

Twenty-first minute.

Fonte cleared the ball with a header and Didier Deschamps was caught and kicked the ball forward.

Liverpool midfielder Allister made an interception and distributed the ball to right-back Babel.

Babbel dribbled the ball, hit the wall and Murphy went down to cross.

Heskey, England's black and white gem, beat Font with a header.

Schmeichel reacted quickly and subconsciously saved the powerful header.

But the next moment, the white treasure Owen flashed in front of the goal and scored a follow-up shot.

1 to 0!

After 20 minutes of fierce battle, Liverpool finally broke the deadlock and took the lead!