英超》艾佛頓主場謝幕戰激情取勝 百年古迪遜公園球場完美告別
在充滿感人氛圍的133年歷史古迪遜公園(Goodison Park)球場，艾佛頓以一場勝利為這座傳奇主場的英超時代畫下句點。數以千計球迷在開賽前數小時便湧入球場周邊街道，向這座自2025-26賽季起將由女足接管的主場作最後道別，男足將遷至新落成的布拉姆利摩爾(Bramley Moore)碼頭希爾迪金森(Hill Dickinson)球場。
133 years2791 games5370 goalsCountless cherished memoriesFor the final time for our Men's Senior Team...?It's matchday at Goodison Park. ?#EndOfAnEra pic.twitter.com/bvQJDmEvus
— Everton (@Everton) May 18, 2025
在漫天藍色旗海與沸騰的氣氛中，太妃糖軍團於默西賽德郡的陽光下輕鬆擊敗已降級的南安普頓。尼迪耶（Iliman Ndiaye）成為絕對主角，開場6分鐘便以一記瀟灑低射點燃慶典，隨後雖見隊友比圖（Beto）兩度越位破門被判無效，仍在補時階段盤過聖徒門將拉姆斯戴爾（Aaron Ramsdale）擴大比分。
下半場比賽猶如紀念賽般輕鬆進行，但艾弗頓頓門將皮克福特（Jordan Pickford）仍以終場前神勇撲出阿切爾（Cameron Archer）的射門展現價值。這場勝利延續了主帥莫耶斯（David Moyes）自一月接替被解僱的戴奇（Sean Dyche）後帶來的積極改變。
Everton bid farewell to Goodison Park with a beautiful violin rendition of Z-Cars ?? @tntsports & @discoveryplusUK pic.twitter.com/cLkHIRmwR2
— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) May 18, 2025
隊長高文（Seamus Coleman）雖僅出戰17分鐘，但足以讓球迷為這位2009年以6萬英鎊(約237.1萬台幣)超值轉會的愛爾蘭老將獻上千萬的歡呼。揚格（Ashley Young）替補登場完成主場告別戰，中場杜古希（Abdoulaye Doucoure）被換下時亦含淚接受全場起立致敬。
尼迪耶的梅開二度表現贏得滿堂喝采，球迷期待這名新星能與莫耶斯及美國弗里德金集團新東家共同開創輝煌未來。終場哨響時，整座球場沉浸在震耳欲聾的歡呼與不捨中，為艾佛頓男足在此的百年歷史寫下動人終章。
The end of an era. Thank you for the memories, Goodison Park ? pic.twitter.com/lFCKBBLbcX
— Premier League (@premierleague) May 18, 2025
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