Chapter 43 The opponent in the third round
Gao Bo's cot in the office now belongs to Lin Sen. This young Chinese still rarely stays in the team. His job requires him to run all over England. He has to go to the scene to watch the game, sometimes he has to record it himself. Some game videos.
So now Gao Bo has to go back to the apartment to sleep every day. Fortunately, the apartment is not far from the office. A tree-lined path connects the back door of the apartment to the training base. Compared with the big city of London, the public security environment in Luton is still very good. At least Luton has not had any vicious public security incidents for several years, and Gao Bo is now a local celebrity in Luton. The small city of Luton is the only professional team in Luton.
As usual, he took out the newspaper from the mailbox at the entrance of the apartment. It is now 2008, but the traditional English people still retain their habit of reading newspapers early in the morning.
It's like Roy is still returning from morning exercises every morning on time. The dazzling sun, swaying hips, Gao Bo stretched his waist comfortably. It is rare to have a good weather today.
Luton's newspapers still gave Luton a blow. The team's condition is very good now. After winning Bournemouth's 14th round of make-ups, the team scored 20 points. This score allowed Luton. The ranking in the standings has advanced two more, and now he is ranked 13th in the league. Brentford, who is seventh, has 33 points. Luton is now 7th in the league. There is a 13-point difference. The only pity is that the top teams in the standings are also very good in these rounds. The top team, Wellcome Wanderers, scored forty points, and Luton is two from the top. It's very poor.
Now Luton's media has begun to discuss the possibility of Luton's participation in the promotion playoffs. With a 13-point difference, the league has not yet passed halfway. With Luton's current state, it is of course possible to participate in the promotion playoffs next season. of.
People's goals are always getting bigger. At the beginning, Gao Bo's goal was to upgrade the play-offs, but now the team is in full swing, Gao Bo's goal is of course also bigger. He wants to skip the upgrade play-offs and kill Enter the top three in the league, and even win the championship.
Today the team ushered in a holiday. Although there are frequent matches in December, the team's next game will be the league at home against Ben Light three days later, but Gao Bo decided to give the players a day off. After all, players are not robots. , The moisturizing of the holiday can keep them in a good attitude to meet the game.
Gao Bo's vacation is very simple. After having breakfast in the morning, he went shopping outside, waited until he came back from lunch outside, took a lunch break for two hours, and then he would choose to watch videos of some classic games.
Dinner is also eaten outside. Gao Bo feels good about everything in Luton. The only thing that makes Gao Bo complain is that there is no Chinese restaurant in this place. The single Henkel can only endure the dark cuisine of England every day...
In the evening, Gao Bo came to a bar near the apartment.
This is a bar near the apartment. There is no sign or anything. Most of the customers are residents near the apartment.
Gao Bo's arrival caused a lot of cheers. Obviously, Gao Bo is already a regular customer of this bar. Gao Bo looked at the faces in the apartment. In the Wosui Stadium, Gao Bo could see many familiar faces here. Gao Bo knew that he booed at him in the first game. At least half of the people in this bar participated, but now, these people have become Gao Bo's fans, and the reason why they changed their attitudes, The only reason is that he led Luton to keep winning.
"You should have opened the door earlier, Arthur!"
The owner of the bar is called Arthur, but the chubby figure and hair loss of this owner will not make you think of King Arthur's tall and mighty image. At least Gao Bo thought that putting the name Arthur on him was definitely a waste of a good name.
"Have you ever seen a bar that opens early in the morning, Gao..."
Gao Bo shrugged. If it weren't for the bar's closed door, he wouldn't have to wander around all day.
"Whiskey..."
Gao Bo found that he is now in love with whiskey. Of course, he also loves Moutai, Erguotou... and all high-alcoholic beverages.
Today's bar business is exceptionally good, because the draw ceremony for the third round of the FA Cup is about to take place.
"Hey... it's Lineker!!"
It was Lineker who presided over the lottery, a famous football player in England, and the Golden Boot of the 1986 World Cup. His popularity in England is still very high.
"I like him!! I often watch his shows."
"I grew up watching him play football.."
"Hey, keep your voice down, guys, I can't hear what it says..."
The bar gradually calmed down. Most of the alcoholics who came here were Luton fans. They also wanted to know which team Luton would draw in the third round of the FA Cup.
Luton's results in the FA Cup have always been poor. Their best result in the FA Cup is only to make it to the fourth round. If lucky this time, they may be able to enter the fourth round.
"Let's start the draw!! I can't wait." Someone in the bar complained, what Lineker was still talking about, Gao Bo didn't hear clearly, probably just analyzing the Premier League's top four in the FA Cup this season What's going on here?
"Who do you think we will get?" Someone in the bar asked this question.
"I hope to draw Manchester United!!"
"Why not Manchester City, maybe we might still win Manchester City..."
"Why can't Manchester United win?"
"Are you dreaming, working?"
"Man City is also very good, they have found a big rich man. I heard that next season, the Abu Dhabi consortium will throw out 200 million yuan to sign them."
"Oh... shit..."
"I hope to draw a low-level league team so that we can enter the fourth round."
"Smoke Chelsea, they are really rich, they won't care about the income from tickets then."
"Now Manchester City is the richest. People can have a steady stream of dollars by turning on the oil valve..."
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On TV, after Lineker spoke for a while, he inserted a few minutes of commercials and finally started to get into the topic.
"Now we start the draw..." Gao Bo heard this voice clearly.
The first Premier League team to be drawn is Arsenal. Their opponent is... Leeds United.
There was a sigh in the bar. It was obviously hoped that the team could have a wave of fans in the third round. Now that Arsenal, one of the traditional Premier League semi-finals, has been drawn out, it means there is one less chance.
Soon Manchester United was also drawn out, they were drawn to Southampton.
Liverpool's opponent was also drawn out, and Liverpool played away against Preston.
The fans in the bar are no longer hopeful about drawing a strong team. Instead, they now want to draw a low-level league team, either the First Division or the Second Division, so that the team has a chance to make it to the No. Four rounds of the FA Cup.
The lottery on TV is still going on. The home team is drawn first.
"Chelsea..." The draw guest drew Chelsea out.
After winning several Premier League titles, Chelsea is now regarded as one of the giants in England. The voice in the bar has become quieter, and people are still willing to pay attention to the dynamics of those big teams.
"Luton..."
Before the fans reacted, Chelsea's opponent was drawn out.
The bar was quiet for a while, everyone turned to look at Gao Bo.
Because they know that Gao Bo used to work at Chelsea.
Gao Bo's face was normal, and he also picked up the wine glass and raised it to everyone.
This lottery is so good...