diskusbooks Chapter 444 Defending UEFA Cup Champion
Chapter 444 Defending UEFA Cup Champion
Chapter 444 Defending UEFA Cup Champion
The UEFA Cup of the 03-04 season came to an end.
At the Nia Ulivi Stadium in Gothenburg, the Premier League champions Notts County defeated the La Liga champions Valencia 2:1, successfully defended their title, and once again won the UEFA Cup championship trophy.
When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, all the players sitting on the Notts County bench rushed into the field crazily, including the Notts County staff, and even Loew and David put down. reserved.
Championships and honors are like drugs, they are addictive. Even though Notts County has already won the UEFA Cup, but no one will set off too many championship trophies, they will still be excited.
Of course, this time David feels far less intense than when he won the championship last season, nor is he as crazy as when he won the Premier League championship, but in his heart, he still has infinite emotions.
The gold content of the UEFA Cup in this era is still very high, as can be seen from the desperate efforts of Liverpool and Newcastle to compete for a place in the UEFA Cup.
Notts County can win the UEFA Cup for two consecutive seasons, which is already a legend. Especially this season, the teams participating in the UEFA Cup are even more gorgeous than the teams participating in the Champions League. Notts County can finally It is even more difficult to win the championship trophy.
If it was the Europa League after the restructuring, I am afraid it would not have such a high gold content. Sevilla even won three consecutive championships, and some media joked that the Europa League had been renamed the Sevilla Cup. Who cared at that time? !
UEFA staff were busy preparing for the award ceremony, and the Notts County players celebrated the championship with their teammates and family members.
Because the number of times they have been on the championship podium in the past few days, looking at the podium, the team members no longer have the feeling of country bumpkin progress. On the contrary, they will be very indifferent.
David looked at the UEFA Cup championship trophy in a daze. He really couldn't remember which season the UEFA Cup was restructured. However, Notts County has already won two UEFA Cup championship trophies, which can be regarded as returning with honor.
Perhaps this is the final farewell, at least in David's view, this cup, which is far from being comparable to the Champions League in terms of influence, is about to drift away from Notts County.
Having won the Premier League championship, Notts County will be eligible to participate in the Champions League next season. With David's construction of Notts County and the countless talents in the Notts County youth training camp, I am afraid that every season in the future, the Premier League Notts County will have a place in the list to participate in the Champions League, so Notts County will definitely have no chance to go to the Europa League.
Of course, David doesn't think the future Europa League has any appeal!
Soon, the preparations for the award ceremony were completed, all the bigwigs from UEFA had already stood in their positions, and the award ceremony was just beginning.
The first one to receive the medal is of course the loser of the final, Valencia. The lonely look of the Bat Corps giants is written on their faces. Even if the medal is added, there is no joy. Only then can they be happy, but unfortunately, they lost in the final!
After watching Valencia receive the award, the fans of the Bat Corps also began to leave the stadium one after another. The next highlight is Notts County receiving the award. They don't want to see them celebrating by stepping on their team's corpse.
The stands have already thought of the song "We Are the Champions". Every time this song resounds across the stadium, it is when Notts County stands on the highest podium, and it is also the happiest time for the fans.
This is a kind of belief. Perhaps from any point of view, whether the club wins or not has no direct relationship with the fans, but for the fans, they feel happier than the players, happiness from the bottom of their hearts.
The players came to the stage to receive their medals one by one. The players who had already received UEFA Cup medals last season seemed very calm, but for those players who just moved to Notts County this season, this medal is too important.
For example, Klose, although he is already the world's top center forward, he has never been able to win any honors, not to mention intercontinental competitions, and he has not even had the chance to win the Bundesliga trophy!
In one season after joining Notts County, he has already completed the double crown of the Premier League and the UEFA Cup. This feeling really makes him want to stop.
Abidal, Sagna and other new players are also too excited to be able to hold themselves. The honor of the UEFA Cup may be beyond the reach of most players in their lifetime, but they have achieved this achievement early, even if they are not the most important of the club. One, but they also feel immense pride.
Finally, when captain Alonso once again held up the UEFA Cup trophy surrounded by the players, countless ribbons fell from the sky, and the atmosphere of the stadium reached a real climax.
Watching the team members kissing the trophy one by one, Loew and David stood side by side, smiling at each other, with a perfect understanding.
"Seeing how happy the players are, the feeling of being a champion is really intoxicating!" David said with emotion.
Love glanced at David contemptuously, and complained: "You said it as if you were so calm, and I don't know who's eyes were so red just now!"
David seemed like a cat whose tail was stepped on, "Can't you maintain the minimum respect and courtesy to the club chairman? 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 UEFA Cup stage is too small, next season we can go to a higher place to see the scenery, Champions League champion, how about this title?"
Love also laughed, "It's really good, since you dare to think, we dare to go crazy with you!"
Yeah, what a crazy goal that is!
At the press conference after the game, Benitez expressed his regret for losing the championship, but he also praised Notts County’s performance. In his opinion, Notts County’s victory was definitely not luck. Meeting Notts County in the final Notts County is really a fate that Valencia cannot escape. Even facing Real Madrid and Barcelona, the pressure is far less than that of Notts County.
Now that he won the game, Loew didn't try to provoke Valencia's nerves. After a few words of praise for the opponent's performance, he didn't say anything more.
And in the very controversial penalty in the first half, Love did not hold on to Collina's penalty.
"Although the penalty that time was very unfavorable to Notts County, we respect Collina's penalty. He is the best referee in the world. He has his own judgment on the situation on the field. In any case, we won the championship. The result That's the most important thing!"
(End of this chapter)