Chapter 212 Top and Elimination
The CCTV interview team returned to China.
And Luton's season continues.
The top three points in the league are now very tight. Charlton, Leeds United, Luton, the three teams compete for two direct promotion places, and the third place can only go to the promotion play-off.
The risk of upgrading to the play-offs is too great, because in this knockout system, no one is 100% sure that they can definitely advance. Therefore, for the team, the safest thing is to climb the points. The top two will directly enter the English Champions League.
However, Gao Bo's ambitions don't stop there. His team had a break at the beginning of the season when the state was not very stable, but the progress of the season fell asleep, the league played more and more, and the tacit understanding between the main players It is also improving, and newcomers such as Griezmann have adapted well to the league.
Gao Bo has reason to believe that his team can have a very stable performance in the second half of the league!
What Luton has to do is keep winning, and then waiting for his opponent's mistakes. But even if they made no mistakes, Luton didn't have to worry.
In the second half of the season, Luton and the two rivals in the league will have another chance to directly face each other. This time, Gao Bo will never allow the team to lose! !
With the momentum of home win over Tottenham, January 27th, the 26th round of the league! The team is playing against Trampir at home! Two to zero! !
In the second half of the game, Vardy broke out completely. He scored twice in this game and scored two goals. It is worth mentioning that both of his goals were given to him by Griezmann. Sent an assist.
The degree of tacit understanding between Griezmann and Vardy is also deepening, and after Griezmann is fixed in the middle by Gao Bo, his ability to pass threats in the frontcourt is also fully utilized.
Advance can destroy the city and pull out the village, and retreat can send ammunition to the front line.
Gao Bo was very satisfied with Griezmann's performance. In fact, Gao Bo still hesitated to establish an offensive core for the team, because if there is an obvious offensive core, then it is easy for the opponent to be targeted on defense.
But in the end Gao Bo decided to establish Griezmann as the core of the frontcourt. After all, only in this way can Griezmann's talents be fully utilized.
After this pizza, Duan Xuan called Gao Bo, mainly to tell him that the "World Football" interview about Gao Bo will be broadcast on January 31.
Gao Bo wanted to see it very much, but on the one hand, the time difference was too big when it was broadcast. It's still noon here in England, and the team still has a game that day, so Gao Bo still has to lead the team to the away game. There must be no chance to watch his TV debut for the first time.
On January 31, the 27th round of the league, the team challenged Swindon away.
The game was played at 3 in the afternoon. When the team came out from the hotel to the stadium, the broadcast of World Football was nearing its end.
On the bus, Gao Bo took the time to take out his mobile phone and surf the Internet to see the response of this issue.
On the Internet, the fans are still very enthusiastic, and the ratings of this world football are exceptionally high. This shows that the fans are very interested in Gao Bo, the mysterious coach coaching in England.
After Gao Bo glanced twice, he stopped paying attention.
For Gao Bo, there is nothing more worthy of his attention than letting the team win the game.
The team encountered some difficulties in this away game, but in the end Luton won the game with a strong strength.
In this game, Vardy and central defender Jeffrey scored goals, helping the team to reverse Swindon two to one away, and once again won a series of three consecutive victories in the league.
Then Luton became more and more brave in the league!
On February 4th, in the twenty-eighth round of the league, Luton played against Colchester United at home!
Vardy's good form continued. He scored twice in the first half to help the team lead. In the second half, Colchester United scored a goal by counterattack, but soon Vardy attacked with a corner kick. Jump up from high to high and hit the ball to the goal!
Three to one!
While Vardy performed a hat trick, he also helped the team win at home!
A wave of four consecutive victories in the league still can't make Luton top the list because their opponents Leeds United and Charlton are in a very good league. The first group at the top of the list has opened a very wide gap to the fourth place behind.
The competition for the top two in the league is fierce!
On February 9, the 29th round of the league!
Luton vs. Walsall at home!
The team still continued their good form in this game.
Griezmann helped the team open the scoring in the fifth minute of the game.
After the game was completely under Luton's control.
At the twenty-third point of the game, Adam made a right-footed shot after cutting in from the wing. The football drew an arc, like a rainbow line, flying into the dead corner of the goal from the right.
Two to zero.
In the 32nd minute of the game, Vardy received a cross pass from Kevin Keane in the penalty area, fell to the ground and successfully shot, and the score was rewritten again!
Three to zero!
Before the end of the first half, in the 45th minute of the game, Luton got a free kick from the left. Griezmann passed the ball into the penalty area. After the football cup was cleared, Alex Sandro won the draw. Shoot, score a super long shot!
Four to zero!
Luton beat his opponent out in the away game.
However, in the second half, the players seemed to relax. Walsall scored a goal in the 64th minute and 70th minute of the second half The score became four to two!
Although Luton won the game in the end, Gao Bo still furious in the locker room. He was very dissatisfied with the team's performance in the second half.
In any case, the team won away games, and just one day later, the team got good news.
Charlton's away draw with Swindon, Leeds United actually lost to Brentford at home!
In this way, with the victory of this round of the league, Luton temporarily rose to the top of the league! !
Reaching the top of the list is certainly something to celebrate, but there is always sorrow in joy.
Two days before Luton fans were happy, the team lost.
And this is still a loss in the FA Cup.
In the fifth round of the FA Cup, Luton's opponent was the Premier League team Fulham.
The game was played at Fulham's home court on February 14th, and on February 17th, the team will also go to play in the knockout round of the Europa League. They will play away against Ajax.
The two away games are so close in time, and there is another game that needs to go to the Netherlands. After Gao Bo weighed in, he decided to make a rotation in the FA Cup.
He has already won the FA Cup. Compared with the FA Cup, Gao Bo still pays more attention to the UEFA Cup!
Luton, who played on the bench, also failed to beat Fulham on the road. Luton lost to his opponent one to two and was eliminated from the FA Cup.
After this game, the team immediately went to London Airport and took a plane to the Netherlands!
They will face their first opponent in the Europa League knockout round in the Netherlands-Ajax!