Ground football: Ronaldo thought I was going to assist him

Drop drop!

With the referee's whistle, the stoppage time ended, the game was suspended, and extra time will begin.

This is also the first time in European competition history that a golden goal has been used in extra time!

That's right, the Golden Ball system!

It is also known as... sudden death method!

The Golden Ball rule was a brief extra-time rule in football history.

Specifically, if the two teams are tied after the normal 90 minutes of play, they will need to play two 15-minute periods of extra time.

If a team scores first in extra time, the game ends immediately, and that team wins.

This goal is called the Golden Goal, similar to the sudden death rule in rugby or ice hockey.

The original intention behind this competition format was to promote attacking football and curb passive play.

At the 1990 World Cup in Italy, Argentina, guided by the "counter-attack" strategy, successively eliminated the entertaining teams of Brazil, Yugoslavia, and Italy in the knockout stage, and twice used penalty shootouts to advance to the final, ultimately creating an embarrassing miracle - scoring 5 goals in 7 games to become the world runner-up.

This was a success for the Argentine team.

But it is a huge blow to world football.

The passion of veteran fans is exhausted by these kinds of matches, and new fans are not attracted by these boring matches. Many sports decline or even die out because of this double loss.

Therefore, the Golden Ball system came into being.

So far, the Golden Ball rule has been used in major tournaments such as the 1996 European Championship final, the 1998 World Cup Round of 16, and the 2000 European Championship semi-finals and finals.

The beneficiaries were Germany, France, France, and France, and the winners of the Golden Ball were Oliver Bierhoff, Laurent Blanc, Zidane, and Trezeguet.

Last year, Portugal was defeated by Zidane's golden goal in the European Championship semi-final, so Sporting Lisbon fans are familiar with this format but also feel a bit disgusted or even afraid of it.

During the break before overtime began, all the commentators were talking about this.

Whether considering factors such as being down a player, physical condition, the overall strength of both sides, or the Golden Ball rule, Sporting Lisbon has no chance of winning.

According to local media reports, large numbers of Liverpool fans have begun to gather in the city to celebrate the team's treble victory.

One Liverpool fan, in an interview, said: "This is just the beginning of Liverpool's resurgence. We've defeated Manchester United supporters—Dunkay and his team. Next year, we'll beat Manchester United in the league! Beat Ferguson! Liverpool is the strongest! We're back!"

This interview was featured on major sports channels.

However, during the preparations of both sides, another piece of news also garnered widespread attention from fans, namely...

Breaking News! The culprit behind Liverpool's poor second-half performance has been found! Was it due to playing while intoxicated?

The reason Sporting Lisbon players are so fired up is simple: they can't accept Liverpool's disrespect, because Liverpool ordered red wine to the dressing room at halftime!

Liverpool celebrated their victory prematurely at halftime, almost causing a major upset!

Staff member: Gerrard asked me during halftime if I had any red wine, and asked me to take a bottle to the Liverpool dressing room!

Sources close to the matter: Gerrard did indeed come to ask for red wine.

An unnamed source claims that Borussia Dortmund's sporting director delivered red wine to Liverpool's dressing room, indicating their interest in acquiring Gerrard and Heskey from Liverpool! Negotiations are expected to begin this summer!

"A King's Stance! Liverpool has absolute confidence in their ability; ordering a champagne to celebrate at halftime shows their confidence, not arrogance!"

Ronaldo: I don't know if it's true, but if it is, it's really disrespectful to the opponent!

Zidane: If my opponents celebrate with champagne at halftime, I'll make them either suffer a defeat or get a beating!

The news quickly spread throughout the European football world.

I believe it will spread all over the world in another half hour.

What Liverpool did was absolutely outrageous.

But England fans thought Gerrard did a fantastic job, that's so England!

"Well done, Gerrard! This is how we English people truly shine!"

"Eastern culture values ​​modesty, but that's only because they lack confidence. We have confidence, so we can be as high-profile as we want!"

"Gerrard has created a classic! In the future, opening champagne when top teams are leading by a large margin will become a symbol of greatness!"

"This is Liverpool, the mighty Liverpool!"

"Gerrard's actions demonstrate his leadership abilities, and I think he should be Liverpool's captain in the future!"

"I love what Gerrard did, it was so cool! So stylish!"

"I hereby declare that from this day forward, I am a die-hard Gerrard fan!"

"Gerrard is like Beckham, and even makes up for Beckham's only flaw—being too low-key!"

"Honestly, if Beckham had a personality like Zidane, he would have been the Ballon d'Or winner and FIFA World Player of the Year long ago! I have high hopes for Gerrard's future!"

The absurd thing about this world is that Gerrard and Liverpool's popularity soared after the midfield champagne incident.

Everyone strongly supports what they are doing.

Most people value the result more than the starting point and process.

Whether you're showing off or not, as long as you succeed, you're awesome.

Of course, if you fail to pull it off, then you're an idiot.

They never look at the essence of things, or even whether things are true.

……

Soon, overtime began.

Sporting Lisbon has made a small adjustment.

João Pinto replaced the exhausted midfielder Viana.

The lineup has changed to:

Cristiano Ronaldo, Yin Bu, Quaresma

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Bento, Deng Kai

Terry, Fonte, Barzagli

Schmeichel

It looks a bit like 4213.

Pinto moved past the attacking midfield position, and with Deng Kai moving back, this substitution was acceptable.

On the other side, Gerrard also heard a lot of encouragement from the fans during the short break, and the fans even chanted "The next Beckham" in an organized manner!

No young English player doesn't want to be the next Beckham.

A goal that made him famous, a key player for a top club, a young national team player, and a contributor to the treble!

Gerrard has almost replicated Beckham's path to fame, and may even win the treble earlier than Beckham!

drop!

With a whistle, overtime officially began.

Liverpool kick off.

For Sporting Lisbon, Ronaldo, Yin Bu, Quaresma, and Deng Kai rushed forward to win the ball, while Pinto, who was expected to go to the front, stayed in midfield.

I like playing football on the ground: Ronaldo thought I was going to assist him.