"Well won."
Just after Jack finished securing Leo Lin's arm, Ramos walked over to him. He grabbed Leo Lin's left hand, pulled him up from the ground, and then the two embraced tightly.
"You earned this, kid."
"You deserved to win this match. I'll see you in the national team soon. When that time comes, we'll be going after the World Cup together."
As Leo Lin's teammate in the Spain national team, Ramos had no negative feelings at all about Leo Lin winning the Champions League. He sincerely offered his congratulations.
Carvajal came over as well. He had originally wanted to swap shirts, but Leo Lin's shirt had already been taken by Ramos.
Firmino ended up exchanging shirts with Carvajal instead, and the two chatted amicably.
Carvajal was also Leo Lin's national team teammate, and both of them would be key members of Spain's squad for the 2018 World Cup.
In the stands, Spain manager Lopetegui kept nodding. He had already settled on the squad list in his mind.
Several of the Spanish players on the pitch were certain to be core members of Spain's World Cup campaign.
"You gave everything you had," Leo Lin said to Ramos and Carvajal.
"You played well. Together, we made this Champions League final even more meaningful. Together, we showed everyone the beauty of football, didn't we?"
Leo Lin smiled and patted Ramos on the back. After the Real Madrid players and Liverpool players exchanged greetings on the pitch, the Madrid players gradually made their way back to the dressing room.
Now they were leaving this pitch, leaving the Stade de France, to Liverpool.
What came next would be Liverpool's moment of triumph and celebration!
The broadcast cut backstage, where Liverpool's name was being engraved onto the big-eared Champions League trophy.
The close-up camera swept across the stands, where around forty thousand Liverpool fans wore nothing but exhilaration and joy on their faces!
Many of them had pulled off their shirts and were waving them in the air, letting the sweat of victory fly freely!
Liverpool's chairman and club chief Mike embraced tightly with others around him. For Mike, this was the single most important moment of his career in club management.
Liverpool's management team naturally deserved enormous credit as well for helping the club become quadruple winners!
Klopp was interacting with the fans, throwing his trademark triple fist pumps, and every Liverpool supporter in the stadium erupted in cheers and roars!
And at this very moment, far away in Liverpool itself.
The whole city had been set ablaze in red. Liverpool fans had flooded into the streets and packed every road to the brim!
At Liverpool Central Park, Liverpool City Square, and every iconic landmark across the city, the Liverpool crest had been raised high. At this moment, Liverpool was the pride of Merseyside!
For Everton fans, this was the darkest day imaginable. They could barely even leave their homes.
Liverpool supporters had all crowded down toward the front rows, waiting for the award ceremony to begin.
At a moment like this, you had to be as close to the front as possible to get the clearest view of Liverpool's trophy presentation, and to see every Liverpool player as clearly as possible!
The Liverpool players sang You'll Never Walk Alone with the fans, and then all of them sang One Kiss together.
Right after that, the fans began loudly singing a song no one had ever heard before.
The Song of Leo Lin!
At first Leo Lin did not understand what they were singing. Only when he heard his own name and saw the fans raising worshipful hands toward him did he realize this was a song Liverpool fans had created for him!
"We don't envy Manchester United for having Martial."
"We don't envy Manchester City for having Foden."
"We don't envy Real Madrid for having Ronaldo."
"We don't envy Barcelona for having Messi."
"Because we have Lin!!!"
"Because we have Lin!!!"
"He is our superstar!"
"He is Anfield's superstar!"
"Liverpool have set sail!"
"Our dynasty has arrived!"
...
Listening to tens of thousands of fans sing a song they had written for you together, it was a feeling beyond anything words could capture!
Leo Lin was so moved that his eyes turned red. Beside him, Henderson looked openly envious.
Laughing, Leo Lin threw an arm around Henderson and said, "Don't cry, my captain. Your name is in the song too. The fans won't forget what you've done."
At the words my captain, Henderson shook his head again.
"Stop with the my captain stuff. Before long, you'll be one of the captains too."
Henderson was certain of it. With everything Leo Lin had shown this season, both in performance and leadership on the pitch, becoming a captain was only a matter of time.
Klopp and Krawietz began calling the players back toward the dressing room. They needed to change into their championship gear and get ready for the celebrations to come.
In the players' tunnel, Liverpool's staff were celebrating wildly too.
"Liverpool!"
"Liverpool!"
"Liverpool!"
Everyone shouted it over and over, tirelessly!
And when the players entered the dressing room, Mike was waiting at the entrance, hugging each of them one by one.
The special championship shirts, gleaming gold, had already been prepared. Under the lights, the Liverpool crest and the numbers on the back looked especially stunning.
Top-class champagne was waiting to be sprayed!
Inside the Stade de France, the trophy presentation stage was being assembled. The number of viewers in the livestreams was not dropping but rising instead. More and more viewers who were not even Liverpool fans were pouring in, all waiting to watch the final trophy ceremony!
Comments flooded the screen so fast that Jon Champion and Derek Rae had never seen so many in a livestream before.
Across Europe, even the comment feed in the Sky Sports commentary studio had started lagging.
One moment there was not a single comment, the next the entire screen was packed wall to wall with them.
[We really became quadruple winners! Quadruple winners!!!]
[Liverpool have truly reached the summit of Europe. This is the most glorious moment in Liverpool's history!]
[From this moment on, we are the rulers!]
Amid the dazzling light show in the stadium and the fireworks bursting across the pitch, the Liverpool players began entering the tunnel, waiting to walk out for the ceremony.
The stadium DJ announced loudly that the UEFA president had placed the big-eared trophy on the presentation stage!
In the VIP box, Barnett and Delores were beaming with excitement, and Maria was already crying.
The passionate announcement echoed through the entire stadium and across every livestream!
"Gentlemen!"
"Ladies!"
"All the fans here tonight!!!"
"Please rise to your feet!"
"And now, let us welcome with your applause the winners of this season's UEFA Champions League!"
"This season's quadruple winners!"
"Liverpool!!!"
"The entire first team squad, onto the stage!!!"
Every fan in the stadium roared Liverpool together, and amid thunderous applause and cheers, Liverpool stepped out to receive the trophy!
"Liverpool!!!"
"Liverpool!!!"
"Liverpool!!!"
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