Chapter 43 The Opponent in the Third Round

Chapter 43 The opponent in the third round

Gao Bo's bed in the office now belongs to Lin Sen. This young Chinese man usually seldom stays in the team. His job requires him to run all over England. He has to watch the game live, and sometimes he has to record it himself. Some game footage.

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 apartment and the back door of the training base. Compared with the big city London, Luton's public security environment 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 town of Luton has only one professional team, Luton.

He took out the newspaper from the letterbox at the door of the apartment as usual. It is 2008, but traditional English people still retain their habit of reading the paper early in the morning.

It's like Loy still returns from morning exercise on time every morning. The bright sun, the shaky buttocks, and Gao Bo stretched comfortably. It's rare to have good weather today.

Luton's newspapers still slammed Luton. Now the team is in very good shape. After winning the 14th round of make-up at Bournemouth, the team scored 20 points. This score makes Luton. Moving up two more places in the standings, they are now 13th in the league, while seventh-placed Brentford is now on 33 points and Luton are now one point away from seventh in the league. There is a 13-point difference. The only pity is that the teams at the top of the table are also in very good form in these rounds. The top team, Wycombe Rangers, scored 40 points, and Luton is still two away from the top of the table. Very different.

Now the media in Luton have begun to discuss the possibility of Luton participating in the promotion play-offs. 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 play-offs next season. of.

People’s goals are always getting bigger a little bit. At the beginning, Gao Bo’s goal was to upgrade to the play-offs, but now that the team is in full swing, Gao Bo’s goals have of course become bigger. He wants to skip the promotion play-offs and kill them. To the top three in the league, or even to win the championship.

Today the team has a holiday. Although there are frequent matches in December, the team's next game will be the league's home game against Banliet three days later, but Gao Bo still decided to give the players a day off. After all, players are not robots. , the moisturizing of the holiday can allow them to maintain a good attitude to meet the game.

Gao Bo's vacation is very simple. After having breakfast in the morning, he will go out for a walk. When he comes back from lunch, he will take a two-hour lunch break, and then he will choose to watch some classic game videos.

Dinner was also eaten outside. Gao Bo felt good about everything in Luton. The only thing that made Gao Bo complain is that there is no Chinese restaurant in this place. The bachelor Gao Bo can only endure the dark dishes of England every day....

In the evening, Gao Bo came to a bar near the apartment.

This is a bar near the apartment, not even a sign or anything, and most of the customers are residents near the apartment.

The arrival of Gao Bo caused a lot of cheers. Obviously, Gao Bo was already a regular customer of this bar. Gao Bo looked at the faces in the apartment. In Worth Field, Gao Bo could see many familiar faces here. Gao Bo knew that at least half of the people in the bar who booed him in the first game 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 owner's plump figure and bald hair don't make him think of King Arthur's tall and mighty image at all. At least Gao Bo believes that the name Arthur is definitely a waste of a good name to put on him.

"Have you ever seen a bar that opens early in the morning, high..."

Gao Bo shrugged, if the bar wasn't open, he wouldn't have to wander around all day.

"whisky...."

Gao Bo found himself in love with whisky now, and of course, he also loves Moutai, Erguotou, etc. all high-alcoholic beverages.

The bar is doing exceptionally well today as the draw for the third round of the FA Cup is about to take place.

"Hey... it's Lineker!!"

The person who presided over the draw was Lineker, a famous English football legend who won the 1986 World Cup Golden Boot, and is still very popular in England.

"I like him!! I watch his shows a lot."

"I grew up watching him play football.."

"Hey, be quiet, guys, I can't hear what's going on in there..."

The bar gradually quieted down, and most of the drinkers who came here were Luton fans, who also wanted to know which team Luton would draw in the third round of the FA Cup.

Luton's performance in the FA Cup has always been bad, and their best result in the FA Cup is only to make it to the fourth round. If this draw is lucky, maybe they can make it to the fourth round.

"Let's start the draw!! I can't wait." Someone in the bar complained. Lineker was still talking. There will be something to play on.

"Who do you think we will draw?" Someone in the bar asked such a question.

"I want to draw Manchester United!!"

"Why not Manchester City, maybe Manchester City we can still win.."

"Why can't Manchester United win?"

"Are you dreaming, work?"

"Manchester City is also very good. They have found a big rich man. I heard that the Abu Dhabi consortium will throw 200 million to sign them next season."

"Oh...shit..."

"I would rather draw a team from the lower leagues so we can get to the fourth round."

"Let's draw Chelsea, they are really rich, and they won't care about us with the ticket revenue."

"Manchester City is the richest now, and people can have a steady stream of dollars when they turn the gas valve..."

Fans in the bar were talking.

On the TV, Lineker spoke for a while, then inserted a few minutes of commercials, and finally began to get to the point.

"Now we start drawing lots..." Gao Bo heard this voice clearly.

The first Premier League team to be drawn was Arsenal against...Leeds United.

There was a sigh in the bar. This was obviously a wave of fans who hoped that the team could make waves at the home of a giant in the third round. Now that Arsenal, one of the traditional top four in the Premier League, has been drawn out, it means one less chance.

Soon United were also drawn, and they were drawn to Southampton.

Liverpool's opponents also drew out, Liverpool away against Preston.

The fans in the bar have no hope of drawing a strong team. Instead, they want to draw a team from a lower league, either the first league or the second league, so that the team has a chance to reach the first place. Four rounds of the FA Cup.

The draw on TV continues, with the home team drawn first.

"Chelsea...." The draw guest drew Chelsea out.

After winning several Premier League titles, Chelsea are now regarded as one of England's giants. 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, and 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 towards everyone.

The lottery was so good...