I continue to play football with a passion for this sport, not to get over a lost final.

我继续带着对这项运动的热情来踢足球，没有因为一次决赛的失利而放弃。

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Liverpool couldn't match the opposition in the final and lost 2–0.

利物浦队在决赛中不敌对手，以0:2输掉比赛。

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I think we lost that final the previous week when we lost the title at West Ham. We were flat the time the final.

当我们在决赛失利前还在西汉姆丢失了联赛桂冠，那是在是最烂的决赛周。

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