May 24, Signal Iduna Park.
Over sixty thousand fans were already prepared.
Among them, more than fifty thousand were clad in red jerseys; Liverpool fans at this moment completely occupied the stadium.
In contrast, the supporters of the green and white team were pitifully few, less than ten thousand.
Even those wearing the yellow and black Dortmund jerseys were more numerous than the Sporting Lisbon supporters.
This is the prestige of the top leagues crushing the lower ones.
The players from both sides were still warming up as the commentary began.
"Hello everyone, this is the 2000-2001 UEFA Cup Final. I'm Huang Jianxiang, and today our special guests are Fan Zhiyi, the Chinese player from Premier League's Crystal Palace, and his former team-mate at Crystal Palace, now playing for Dalian Shide, the international player Sun Jihai."
