Chapter 1067: Reaching the Top of Europe

Gao Xiaodong's goal directly shattered Barcelona's confidence. In the last seven or eight minutes, Barcelona could no longer organize an effective attack.

Seeing that the situation was over, Barcelona fans got up and left the field.

Barcelona fans were full of confidence before the game, thinking that Barcelona would definitely win against Manchester United. Unexpectedly, they were beaten by Manchester United and lost. The fans had no shame in staying in the stadium to watch the Manchester United people win the trophy.

Manchester United fans stood and applauded after Gao Xiaodong scored. No one sat down. They were all waiting for the moment the game ended.

Beep beep beep...

At the 120th minute of the game, the referee Kaushoy believed that the overall situation was decided and blew the whistle to end the game without giving Barcelona a minute of stoppage time.

"Champion champion..."

"Manchester United...Manchester United..."

"High, high, high..."

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The scene erupted instantly, with tens of thousands of Manchester United fans cheering like a roaring red wave.

Glazer's sons and daughters, as well as Manchester United's senior executives, also came out of the box to celebrate this great victory with ordinary fans.

Manchester United's substitute players and coaches also rushed to the court at the end of the game, hugging, beating their chests, and high-fiving the main players to share the joy of victory.

Ferguson, who has already won two championships, was relatively calm. He did not immediately go to the stadium to celebrate with the players. Instead, he went to comfort the sad and disappointed Barcelona coach Guardiola.

Guardiola was also coming towards Ferguson. He was a little angry and disappointed when Gao Xiaodong scored the fourth goal, but at the end of the game he had adjusted his mentality to welcome defeat.

"Congratulations, Sir, Manchester United is the better team."

Guardiola held Ferguson's hand and sighed.

"You guys performed very well, but you were a little unlucky."

Ferguson comforted Guardiola. In fact, Sir Alex really admired Guardiola very much. He had always hoped that Guardiola could take over from him after he retired.

“You can’t blame it all on luck;

Manchester United did play better than Barcelona. "Guardiola was very clear-headed and did not attribute the defeat to luck.

Ferguson smiled and said: "Messi must have been a little impulsive, otherwise it would be difficult to say the result."

Guardiola sighed: "Messi is still too young, and so am I."

Ferguson patted Guardiola on the shoulder and said, "Youth is the greatest advantage. The world is yours."

"Thank you Sir for the encouragement."

Guardiola accepted Ferguson's kindness and turned around and walked towards his players. The game was over. The Barcelona players were still immersed in sadness and despair. Guardiola must comfort them, help them correct their mentality and cheer up again.

As Barcelona licked their wounds in the corner, Wembley Stadium became the stage for Manchester United to celebrate.

When UEFA was preparing for the awards ceremony, Manchester United fans waved jerseys, banners, and scarves and sang songs adapted for the players. The Manchester United players in the stadium had forgotten their fatigue at this moment, interacting with the fans in the stadium, waiting With the arrival of the awards moment.

Soon, the awards ceremony began, and the first person to take the stage was runner-up Barcelona.

For a team like Barcelona, ​​runner-up is the biggest failure. When they stepped onto the podium, although Guardiola and many Barcelona players wanted to remain graceful and polite, their eyes could not hide their loss and sadness. Few people went to greet the enthusiastic fans and VIPs lining the streets.

Hosting the award ceremony was UEFA President Michel Platini.

For UEFA, it doesn't matter who wins or loses. As long as the game attracts the attention of fans around the world, then UEFA will be successful.

Platini hugged Guardiola and Messi when giving them medals, wanting to comfort these two figures who are very important to UEFA in promoting football. Guardiola responded politely, but Messi Angry about being sent off, he just passively accepted Platini's hug, turned around and left without speaking to Platini, and casually took the silver medal off his neck and held it in his hand.

After the silver medals were awarded, Manchester United players, led by Ferguson, walked to the podium to receive the gold medal and championship trophy.

Unlike just now when the fans applauded as if they were responding to the situation, the fans now welcomed the Manchester United generals on stage with extremely warm applause. The fans, VIPs, and staff in the aisles also continued to express their admiration and love for the Manchester United generals.

The first to receive the gold medal was Ferguson, followed by Van der Sar, Giggs, Scholes, and then Gao Xiaodong.

Platini also gave special courtesy to Gao Xiaodong who performed well today. After awarding the gold medal, he gave Gao Xiaodong a hug and said with a smile that we meet again.

Gao Xiaodong was very considerate to the chairman. He also hugged Platini and replied that it was the support of the Football Federation and the chairman. He hoped that we would meet again next time.

Platini just had a bad encounter with Messi and is now very satisfied with Gao Xiaodong's performance. He feels that although Gao Xiaodong's image is not as good as Messi and Ronaldo, his skills are not weak at all and his emotional intelligence is very high. It deserves a good look from UEFA.

After the medals are awarded, it is the most exciting moment to raise the cup. Now fans all over the world are paying attention to who will lift the championship trophy.

Manchester United does not yet have an official captain, and the five vice-captains of the team committee may all be the players to raise the cup. However, because this Champions League final is the farewell game of goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar, van der Sar may also lift the cup on behalf of Manchester United. championship trophy.

The answer was soon revealed. Van der Sar stood in front of Platini and took the big ear cup from Platini's hand.

Van der Sar was very grateful to his Manchester United teammates for giving him this opportunity. He bowed to his teammates and then raised the Big Ears Cup, which symbolizes the club's highest honor.

Almost at the same time, the salute and the song "We Are the Champions" rang out, overwhelming golden confetti and fireworks fell from the sky, and many fans set off fireworks, turning the entire Wembley Stadium into a night of fireworks.

At this moment, Manchester United fans all over the world came out of their homes, bars, and hotels and took to the streets to celebrate Manchester United's fourth Champions League championship in history.

On-site commentator Andy Gray passionately praised: "This season's European finale has finally come to an end. Manchester United people had the last laugh. They defeated the powerful Barcelona team and won the fourth championship trophy in the club's history. This... The Champions League also allowed Manchester United to surpass Barcelona and Bayern and become the team with the fourth most titles after Real Madrid, Milan and Liverpool. It also allowed Sir Alex Ferguson to surpass Mourinho, Guardiola and Ancelotti and become the team with the most championships. The greatest coach in the world has also made this year's Golden Ball selection lose all suspense. In the absence of intercontinental competitions, Gao Xiaodong can almost stabilize Messi and Ronaldo to defend the Golden Ball... Victory belongs to Manchester United and Ferguson. , belongs to Gao Xiaodong, and also belongs to Van der Sar. In the farewell match, Van der Sar gave a perfect ending to his career. He can now retire without regrets... The victory also belongs to the man who is about to retire. Giggs and Scholes, as the last two players in Class 92, although they have not announced their retirement this season, because Manchester United won the Triple Crown again this season, it is conceivable that Giggs also has no regrets. Thomas and Scholes are also very likely to choose to retire. Perhaps, next season we will never see Van der Sar, Giggs, Scholes, O'Shea, or even Brown, but as long as there is Ferguson and Gao With Xiaodong and Rooney, Manchester United will still be the invincible Red Devils..."