Football on the ground: Ronaldo thought I was going to assist him

Chapter 372 No Wine, No Dressing Room

No. 405 minutes, seeing the halftime approaching.

Both sides accelerated the pace of the game.

And Sporting Lisbon, which has poorer physical fitness, is obviously even more disadvantaged.

Liverpool's left midfielder Borg scored the ball to McAllister in the middle, and McAllister passed forward to find Heskey.

After passing the ball, McAllister did not continue forward, but his partner Gerrard in the middle began to advance.

This is also the normal cooperation between the two.

McAllister pays more attention to defense while making regular passes. The young Gerrard is mainly responsible for running, attacking and defending.

Heskey passed back without stopping the ball, then turned around and moved forward to the right.

Gerrard rushed up to receive the football and looked at Owen on the left front.

Owen flicked to the right to shake Fonte away, and then accelerated to the front left.

Font chased in embarrassment.

The next moment, Schmeichel gave an early warning and shouted: "Come back!"

boom!
Without waiting for Fonte's reaction, Gerrard, who was still dribbling the ball to find the target of the pass, flicked the ball and shocked everyone with a violent long-range shot.

Young people have no other advantages, but recklessness.

Vigorous volleying is very harmful to the powerful legs. Most players who like long shots have leg problems in their later years.

But long-range shots are also the fastest way for young players without speed to get up.

Later, Real Madrid's Valverde played for several years without making a sound, but in the first half of the 2022-2023 season, he blasted eight balls and became a qualified successor to the ceremony's midfielder, relying on a long-range shot.

Swish!
Schmeichel tried his best to save, but Gerrard's long-range shot was tricky and there were some irregular shaking, which was beyond human capabilities.

"GOAL! Steady! Liverpool's Triple Crown is steady!"

"Gerrard contributed a wonderful world-wave goal in 5 minutes!"

"He made people completely forget about Smicer!"

"Kevin Keegan's decision is absolutely correct, and Gerrard is definitely expected to become the cornerstone of England's future midfielder!"

"Three to zero in the first half, there has never been a situation in the history of the UEFA Cup final that led by three goals and did not win the championship!"

"We can congratulate Liverpool in advance. They have completed a great season! They have become the first three cup champions in the five major leagues!"

"Sporting Lisbon is lucky. They played a miraculous season. They once had a chance to become a junior triple crown with a higher gold content than the cup triple crown! But unfortunately, their background is still a little bit worse."

"Of course, these young people don't have to be discouraged, because they have performed well enough. I believe they have all been noticed by the big clubs. Starting from this summer, they will receive olive branches from the big clubs one after another. This is another milestone in their careers. A major breakthrough!"

The commentary has already started the concluding remarks, as if the referee did not blow the whistle for the end of halftime, but the whistle for the end of the game.

As the players disappeared into the player tunnel, the camera panned to the heavyweight fans in the stands.

Hathaway was with the Beckhams, Mateus's girlfriend Marlene and others, and most of their complexions were not very good-looking.

England coach Kevin Keegan, Barcelona's new coach Rexach, Inter Milan chairman Moratti and other football giants each care about their target players with different expressions.

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In the player tunnel, Deng Kai walked at the end. He didn't want to enter the locker room for the time being. The atmosphere there must be very gloomy, which would hinder his thinking.

He must sort out his thoughts before he can go in and make some contributions to the team's changes in the second half.

On the other side, Liverpool's dressing room is lively.

Head coach Houllier came to the door of the locker room early, enthusiastically high-fived every player and sent them encouragement.

"Nice job, Husky!"

"My dear Owen, you deserve a Ballon d'Or!"

"Borg, that pass in the first half was brilliant!"

"Murphy, your impact made Sporting Lisbon scramble!"

"Babel, this time you can finally take revenge on Schmeichel!"

"Hypia, your defense is very beautiful!"

Houllier's face was flushed, and his voice became more and more hurried, but the teaching assistant next to him thought he was too excited.

"Gerrard! You will wear England's No. [-] jersey! I swear! I..." Houllier was stunned, his feet went limp, and he fell forward.

Fortunately, Gerald had sharp eyesight and quick hands, and he supported Houllier: "Boss, what's wrong with you? Come on! Help, I can't help, where is the doctor..."

Houllier's assistant rushed out immediately, took out a quick-acting heart-relief pill and fed it to Houllier, and signaled Gerrard not to be nervous: "It's a heart attack, as long as you take the medicine in time, there will be no major problem."

"Relax, we can handle this. Of course, it would be nice to have some red wine, a little red wine will make Houllier recover faster."

Gerrard is better now, but still very nervous. His experience has made him respect every life.

If he can, he is willing to use one thousand percent of his strength to save anyone's life.

Gerrard's cousin Jon Paul died in the Hillsborough tragedy on April [-], [-], which prompted Gerrard to choose professional football and join Liverpool's youth training.

This incident left him with a certain psychological shadow, but it was also a psychological motivation.

"Is there any red wine...Excuse me, is there any red wine here?" Gerrard asked the staff everywhere, and even went to the players' tunnel.

It happened that Maxa was also looking for Deng Kai here. After hearing Gerrard's request, he flew into a rage, turned around and returned to the locker room.

On the other hand, Deng Kai, after communicating with Gerrard calmly, he learned of Houllier's condition, and immediately called Matthaus from the locker room, so that under the contact of Matthaus, Dortmund's sports director Taking a bottle of expensive red wine from Westphalia's box to Liverpool's dressing room.

When Gerrard handed the red wine to Houllier's assistant, he remembered to thank the little brother from Sporting Lisbon.

But after turning around, it was discovered that Lei Feng named Deng Kai had already left without leaving his name.

However, when Deng Kai entered his locker room, what he saw was not a group of teammates, but a group of humiliated wolves!

The eyeballs were red, as if they were about to eat people.

Deng Kai: "This..."

Before Deng Kai had time to ask, he heard Maxa's speech at the top of his lungs: "Shame! This is the greatest shame each of us has ever encountered in this life!"

"What about three to zero? Did UEFA award them directly?"

"Showing champagne at halftime! No, no, red wine is even worse than champagne!"

"If I were you guys, I'd rather die on the court than be humiliated by them!"

"Now, tell me, what are you going to do in the second half!"

Maxa wields the coat hanger like a Damascus machete.

"Kill 'em! Rip 'em! Let 'em go to hell with claret!"

The entire dressing room of Sporting Lisbon was filled with murderous aura.

Under the infection of passionate emotions, everyone didn't feel tired anymore.

The physical stimulation of extreme emotions overrides normal biology at this moment.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who was so angry to the limit but whose body, especially his upper body strength, was not outstanding, actually punched the door of the dressing room wardrobe, and then his already ferocious expression became even more ferocious.

(End of this chapter)