Chapter 51 : A veritable group of death! Group E!
After the "small lesson" was over, Carter arranged for the drummer to distribute brand new school team jerseys.
Gu Ran received five sets of brand new "No. 3" jerseys.
One set is for main use, one set is for replacement, one set is for spare, and the other two sets are away jerseys that can be used when there is a conflict with the home jersey.
——In amateur matches, it is generally not necessary to use away jerseys.
The home jersey is a red and white diagonal striped style, and at first glance, it is a bit similar to the jersey of Southampton Club.
Of course, Southampton's jersey has vertical stripes, not diagonal stripes.
The school emblem of Southampton Private School is embroidered on the chest of the school team's jersey - a stag with its head held high in the forest, its antlers as magnificent as steel swords.
On the back of the jersey are printed Gu Ran's initials: "GR".
G equals Gu, and R equals Ran.
Although he studied in the UK, Gu Ran never had a British name. Gu Ran was not called Jack, nor Pony. Gu Ran was called Gu Ran when he was born, and he will be called Gu Ran even after his death.
If foreigners cannot pronounce Chinese names correctly, that is a problem with their tongues, not the Chinese names.
It's a pity that Gu Ran is still an unknown person now. In order to avoid mispronouncing the pinyin letters, he can only use the abbreviations.
Looking at the abbreviation of his name, Gu Ran couldn't help but feel overwhelmed with emotion:
I finally have my own jersey!
This is just the beginning…
One day, I want the name printed on the back to no longer be an abbreviation!
One day, I want the whole world to know my name!
One day, I want foreigners to be able to pronounce Chinese names clearly!
Gu Ran secretly clenched his fists, and then carefully put the jersey into his sports backpack.
"Those who get the jerseys are the players who will be on the 18-man roster," Coach Carter announced in a deep voice.
"These 18 players do not have to attend classes tomorrow morning. Prepare your personal belongings at 8 a.m., gather at the school gate, and take the school bus to the airport. Our plane will take off at 9:10 a.m. and fly to Manchester."
"Manchester?"
The main players below all looked worried:
"Fuck! We won't encounter a pirate ship in the first group match, right?"
"Of course it is. The only team in the Manchester area among the top 32 is the Manchester Grammar School's Pirates, right?"
"I was very impressed by the Corsair's foul play..."
"But the pirate ship's female cheerleaders are still pretty good..."
"Quiet! Everyone, be quiet!" Coach Carter frowned and shouted, "I think everyone has guessed it. Our opponent tomorrow is the Manchester School of Arts and Sciences' Pirates."
"Later, I will have the drummer send the relevant information about the Manchester Pirates and the time of the other two group matches to your email."
"I demand that after today's training, you all go home honestly. You are not allowed to go to bars, drink, be affectionate with your girlfriend, or be affectionate with your boyfriend, even if you are affectionate with yourself!"
"Everyone, take a serious look at the competition information! Have a good rest and prepare for tomorrow's game. Do you understand?"
"Yes! Coach!" the team members responded loudly.
"Very good, now disband and go home!" Coach Carter waved his hand.
The players felt relieved.
Gu Ran packed his belongings, went to the locker room to take a shower, then left the training ground with his backpack.
Gu Ran returned home after having dinner outside.
After briefly greeting Andrew and Sally, Gu Ran returned to his room, opened his laptop and checked his email.
Sure enough, there was a letter in the mailbox from the official mailbox of the school team.
The content of the letter is an introduction to the schedule of this group stage:
The official name of the Talent Cup National Competition is the "England High School Amateur Football Championship".
The national competition is held once a year. The winning team will receive a talented player trophy awarded by the English Football Association and have the opportunity to be recommended by the English Football Association to professional clubs above the A-level.
The national competition also adopts the seeded team model. The top eight teams in the previous session do not need to participate in the qualifiers and can directly enter the group stage.
The 32 high school teams across the country are divided into 8 groups, and the 8 seeded teams are also divided into 8 groups.
So this means that although the top two teams in the group can advance to the round of 16, there is actually only one spot - because the eight seeded teams are all super strong, the chance of a crash is not very high.
The Southampton private school Bucks Steelhorns are not a seeded team, and their best record in history is reaching the national quarterfinals once.
This year, Southampton private schools were drawn into Group E.
The other three high school teams in Group E are:
The Pirates of Manchester Grammar School.
The Wild Boar Jazz from Tonbridge High School.
And, the seeded team - Rugby School Golden Fleece.
Seeing this, Gu Ran couldn't help but secretly take a breath.
Rugby School... that's the birthplace of modern rugby!
Rugby School was also an important player in formulating the rules of modern football!
Rugby School was founded in 1567, and the British National High School Football Championship has a history of nearly 80 years, and Rugby School has won 29 championships!
In the last national competition, the Rugby School team only lost to the Westminster School team 3:4 in the final!!!
The email information described the style of the Rugby School team as follows: they like to rely on physical strength and speed to attack their opponents, and in terms of strength, speed, and technology, they already have the level of a League One team.
This isn't a seed, this is a king coming down to fight a bronze team!
Let's look at the data of the other two teams...
The Wild Boar Jazz of Tonbridge School have won the national championship five times and were runner-up 11 times.
The style of the Tonbridge School Wild Boar Jazz is: solid defense and good at breaking through the flanks.
Tonbridge School is a typical aristocratic school and one of the three largest aristocratic schools in the UK under the care of the British royal family.
The children who can enter Tonbridge Secondary School are all born with a silver spoon in their mouths. They don't need to worry about their future at all, so they have plenty of time and energy to engage in football programs.
In order to show the world that they do not only recruit aristocrats and discriminate against commoners, Tonbridge School has also recruited many commoner students over the past few decades - on the premise that these commoner students are elites in a certain program.
The most exaggerated thing about Tonbridge School is that they have 28 football fields, 5 of which are of international competition standards.
The last team, the Manchester Grammar School's Corsairs: won the national championship three times and was runner-up seven times.
Their style is: aggressive movements, fierce fighting, superb skills, and good use of the width of the court.
Although Manchester Grammar School is not as famous as Rugby School and Tonbridge College, Manchester United's meritorious Sir Bobby Charlton once studied at this school.
Manchester Grammar School also often invites Manchester United stars to train and communicate.
In this comparison, the Southampton school team is simply a piece of cake!
What does Southampton have?
There is a troll coach with a trash talk skill of +6!
The best result of the Southampton school team is to reach the national quarterfinals!
Originally, Southampton had some hope this year, but the team's core left-back was poached by Westminster School...
It's no wonder that Coach Carter is so anxious and angry.
Group E is simply the group of death, and Southampton Private School is the weakest team in this group.
Check out the schedule:
On May 25th, that is, tomorrow at 3 pm, the Southampton private school Stags Steelhorns will travel to play against the Manchester Grammar School's Corsairs. The venue of the game will be the Manchester Grammar School's on-campus football field in the Manchester area.
On May 29, the Stag Steelhorns will continue their away game against the Wild Boars of Tonbridge High School. The game will be held at the school football field in Tonbridge High School in Kent near London.
On June 2, the Bucks Steelhorns will face the last opponent in Group E, which is also the strongest opponent in the group, the Rugby School Golden Fleece, at home.
The schedule is very tight, basically two games a week!
This requires a lot of physical strength!
The Southampton school team was weak to begin with, and was scheduled to play two away games and one home game.
It was actually understandable that he was given a zero in his previous life.
The group stage uses a points system, with the winner getting 3 points, the draw getting 1 point, and the loser getting 0 points.
So theoretically, the highest score is 9 points, and it is impossible for two 9 points to appear in the same group.
After all three single round-robin matches are played, the top two teams in the group with the highest points ranking will advance to the round of 16 knockout stage.
Gu Ran roughly estimated that if the Bucks Steelhorns wanted to fight their way out among the strong teams, they would have to get at least 4 points to have a theoretical chance of qualifying.
This requires at least one draw and one win.
In other words, if you lose one game, theoretically there is still hope, but if you lose two games, there is no hope at all.
From any angle, this is extremely difficult.
Not to mention winning alone, it is extremely difficult to tie with any team in the group.
Although Gu Ran's own strength has improved greatly in the past two days, it is still not enough.
Especially in terms of physical fitness - with Gu Ran's current physical fitness, it is impossible for him to play a full game in such a fierce competition.
We still have to seize the time to reap the results of our physical training.
So, at this time, masturbating Sophie becomes more and more necessary.
One talent point of a future superstar is equivalent to the results of 100 hours of physical training...
I'm really not greedy for Sophie, I just want to play with her natural bubbles...
12 o'clock midnight.
Gu Ran took out his cell phone, thinking about how to get Sophie to come to his room.
After all, this morning, because of my young body, I couldn't control myself and raped Sophie. I don't know how to explain it to Sophie.
Why don't we just forget it?
Gu Ran put down his phone hesitantly.
Just then, the door was gently pushed open.
(End of this chapter)