Sporting Lisbon, whose physical fitness is even worse, is obviously even more disadvantaged.
Liverpool left midfielder Berg passed the ball to McAllister in the center, and McAllister passed forward to find Heskey.
After passing the ball, McAllister did not continue to move forward, but his partner Gerrard in the center began to move forward.
This is also the regular cooperation between the two.
While McAllister made regular passes, he paid more attention to defense. The young Gerrard was mainly responsible for running, attacking and defending.
Heskey passed the ball directly back without stopping, then turned and headed forward to the right.
Gerrard rushed up to catch the football and looked at Owen in front of him on the left.
Irving feinted to the right, shook off Font, and then accelerated towards the left and sprinted forward.
Fonte chased him in embarrassment.
The next moment, Schmeichel gave a warning and shouted: "Come back!"
boom!
Before Fonte could react, Gerrard, who was still dribbling the ball in search of a passing target, flicked the ball and shocked everyone with his violent long-range shot.
Young people don't have any other advantages, they are just reckless.
Powerful volleys are very harmful to the power-producing legs. Most players who like long-range shots have leg problems in their later years.
But long shots are also the fastest way for young players without speed to get into position.
Later, Real Madrid's Ernesto Valverde played for several years without making any noise, but after scoring eight goals in the first half of the 2022-2023 season, he became a qualified successor to the midfielder, relying on long-range shots.
Whoosh!
Schmeichel tried his best to save, but Gerrard's long-range shot had a tricky angle and some irregular shaking, which was beyond human reach.
"GOAL! It's safe! Liverpool's Triple Crown is safe!"
"Gerrard scored a wonderful world-beating goal within five minutes of playing!"
"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!"
"It was 3-0 in the first half. In the history of the UEFA Cup final, there has never been a situation where we were ahead by three goals and still didn't win the championship!"
"We can congratulate Liverpool in advance. They have completed a great season! They became the first cup treble winner in the five major leagues!"
"Sporting Lisbon is lucky. They had a miraculous season. They once had a chance to become a minor treble with a higher value than the cup treble! But unfortunately, their foundation 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 been noticed by major wealthy clubs. Starting from this summer, they will gradually receive olive branches from wealthy clubs. This is another step in their careers.
A major breakthrough!"
The commentator has already begun his concluding remarks, as if the referee is blowing the final whistle instead of the half-time whistle.
As the players disappeared into the tunnel, the camera scanned the heavyweight fans in the stands.
Hathaway was with the Beckhams, Matthäus's girlfriend Marlene and others, and most of them looked unhappy.
Football giants such as England coach Kevin Keegan, Barcelona's new coach Rexach, Inter Milan chairman Moratti and other football giants are each concerned about their target players, with different expressions.
…
In the player tunnel, Deng Kai walked at the end. He did not want to enter the locker room for the time being. The atmosphere there must be very gloomy and would bring resistance to 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 was lively.
Head coach Houllier came to the door of the locker room early, enthusiastically high-fived each player and gave them encouragement.
"Well done, Husky!"
"My dear Owen, you should win the Ballon d'Or!"
"Borg, that pass in the first half was fantastic!"
"Murphy, your impact has sent Sporting Lisbon into a panic!"
"Babel, this time you can finally take revenge on Schmeichel!"
"Hyypia, your defense is very beautiful!"
Houllier's face flushed and his voice became more urgent, but the assistant coach next to him just thought he was too excited.
"Gerrard! You will wear England's No. 10 jersey! I swear! I..." Houllier was startled, his whole body weakened and he fell forward.
Fortunately, Gerald had quick eyesight and quick hands, and helped Houllier: "Boss, what's wrong with you? Come here! Help, there is no help, where is the doctor..."
Houllier's assistant rushed out immediately, took out Suxiaojiuxin pills and fed them 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 big problem."
"Relax, we can handle this. Of course, it would be better if there was some red wine. A little red wine can help Houllier recover faster."
Gerald felt better now, but was still very nervous. His experience made him full of respect for 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 was tragically killed in the Hillsborough disaster on April 15, 1989, which prompted Gerrard to choose professional football and join the Liverpool youth training.
This incident left a certain psychological shadow on him, but it was also a psychological stimulus.
"Is there red wine... Excuse me, is there red wine here?" Gerrard asked the staff everywhere, even going to the players' tunnel.
It happened that Maxa was also here looking for Deng Kai. After hearing Gerrard's request, he became furious and turned around and returned to the locker room.
Deng Kai, on the other hand, calmly communicated with Gerrard and learned of Houllier's condition. He immediately called Matthaus from the locker room and asked Dortmund's sports director to contact him.
A bottle of expensive red wine was delivered from the Westfalen box to the Liverpool dressing room.
When Gerrard handed the red wine to Houllier's assistant, he remembered to say thank you to the little brother from Sporting Lisbon.
As a result, when I turned around, I 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 eyes were red, as if they were about to eat people.
Deng Kai: "This..."
Before Deng Kai could ask, he heard Maxa's hoarse speech: "Shame! This is the biggest shame that each of us has ever encountered in our lives!"
"So what if it's three to zero? Did UEFA directly award them an award?"
"They even opened champagne at midfield! No, no, no, red wine is even more outrageous than champagne!"
"If I were you, I would rather die on the court than be so humiliated by them!"
"Now, tell me, what are you going to do in the second half!"
Maxa waved the hanger in her hand like a Damascus scimitar.
"Kill them! Tear them apart! Let them go to hell with the red wine!"
The entire Sporting Lisbon dressing room was filled with murderous energy.
Infected by the passionate emotions, everyone no longer felt tired.
The physical stimulation of extreme emotions exceeds normal biology at this moment.
Cristiano Ronaldo, who was extremely angry but had poor physical strength, especially in his upper limbs, punched the door panel of the locker room with one punch, and then his already ferocious expression became even more ferocious.