Football Card System
EP.49

New Year Bell 2009. On January 3, in the third round of the FA Cup, Luton will play Chelsea.

Early in the morning, Luton's orange bus slowly drove out of the training base, meandering through the narrow streets of Luton, and drove up to the M1 highway.

It is the only road that passes through Luton. The highway connects the cities of Luton and Hertfordshire. It takes the exit from the M1 to the southwest, which is the Greater London area.

The view outside the car window flew back from the window.

The players were sitting in their seats, some were closing their eyes and some were listening to music with big headphones.

Gao Bo did not choose to annoy the current player, he did not want to remove the seat belt from the speeding car.

“From there Hertfordshire.” John Aston pointed in the other direction when the bus stopped from one exit.

Gao Bo looked at John Aston, who looked a bit melancholic.Of course he knew John was very melancholic.

The English team has always had its own rivals, and Luton is no exception.

And Luton's archenemy was Watford in Hertfordshire, a pair of noisy neighbors. It's hard to trace the root cause of how the two sides formed enmity, but there's no denying that the team most hated by Luton fans is definitely Watford.

The two sides are arch-enemies of each other, and the derby between them is also called the "M1 Derby". The British M1 connects Hertfordshire and Luton where Watford is located.

Of course, in addition to Watford, Milton Keynes in the same region is also considered a city rival Luton.

However, bitter rivals Luton Watford are now playing in the Champions League, while Milton Keynes is still in the First Division. Luton, who is in the second division, appears to be out of luck in competition with his rivals.

"John, we're not gonna stay in the second division too long." Gao Bo turned his head to look at his players, confident: "Super League is the stage for these guys !!"

John is not as sure as Gao Bo. This Luton team is indeed very promising, especially now the average age of core players Luton, Vardy, Kanter and others, has been around twenty years. Give them a few years. Maybe not and can't rush to the Premier League. But John knows that the time is different now. Chelsea became a giant team because of Abramovich's investment. Now Manchester City also have the support of the big gold masters, and the gold dollar has swept the professional football world.

How long can Luton stay with these people?

One season?

Or two seasons?

John doesn't know, but he does know that when a team gives a check, a small team like Luton can't resist the temptation.

For example, did a team spend five million to buy Vardy?

Even though John knows that Vardy is worth the price, can Luton refuse him? Their budget for the season is only one million.

But if Gao Bo knew what John was thinking, he would definitely sneer. In his previous life, Vardy was sold for 50 million and it was considered blood loss.In this life, although Vardy was young and inflation in the transfer market was not so severe, if there was a card bonus, it was not, added with the current Var. At a very young age, after a season or two, there will be no more than 20 million, and no talks!

"High, you can take Luton to the Super League, right?"

John knows very well that both Valdy and Kanter are as valuable as the coach in front of him. Gao Bo was the most important factor in the rise of Luton.

Gao Bo understood what John was thinking. He thought for a moment and gave an ambiguous answer: "I'll take the team forward."

"What's been going on at Chelsea lately." Gao Bo turned his head to ask his data analyst, Lin Sen.

“You're annoying Chelsea, boss!” Lin Sen shook his head. He did not understand why Gao Bo had to say so much to annoy his opponents before the game against Chelsea. Facing a strong opponent, it should not be humble. Is it possible to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger ...

"Scolari said that there is no problem with the Chelsea dressing room now, and Chelsea will be in the best condition for this match and make a good start to the new year ..."

“Wait... What does Deco say?” Gao Bo leaned forward and asked, holding the armrest of the chair.

"He said..."

Done! !

Gao Bo was overjoyed, he did so much, didn't he just want Scolari to set Deco up to start this game. Scolari put Deco at the core and essentially abandoned the tradition of counter-attacking tactics in the Chelsea defence.As long as Scolari continues to use his set, the game will be easier for Luton.

Strangle Deco! !

Kanter in the field will definitely strangle Deco.

......

The sun was still shining in the morning, and as the bus drove into West London, the sky was already gloomy and little rain fell from time to time.

“This damn weather forecast !!” Gao Bo cursed while grinning, talking about MMP, but in his heart he hoped the rain would be a little more torrential, preferably a violent storm!

In any case, it is difficult to break away from the fact that Luton's lineup has no advantage compared to Chelsea, and opponents show a devastating posture in strength.

If this was stormy weather, this would cause shock on the ground and narrow the distance between the forces of both sides.

The match was played at 5pm, although only the FA Cup ~ www.mtlnovel.com ~ and the opponents were teams in the second division. There was a cluster outside Stamford Bridge at three or four in the afternoon. Blue rows of fans are coming.

The atmosphere of the England fans is very good, and the FA Cup is also played at the weekend, there are absolutely no empty tickets in the stadium.

Luton arrived at the hotel near Stamford Bridge Stadium at around nine in the morning. After the players had lunch at the hotel in the morning, they had a two-hour lunch break in the afternoon. At 3:30 p.m., the Luton Mobil bus had entered the Stamford Bridge parking lot.

Right now, all the Luton players were calm when they were not here, they looked at the huge stadium outside the car window in astonishment. For most Luton players right now, this is the first time in their lives playing against a Premier League side, let alone a newly promoted side in the Premier League.

"Many people..."

"It's Chelsea .. they're the richest team .. but who's richer than the Abu Dhabi consortium?"

"Of course the Arabs are rich ..."

"Ah ah ah ah, when will I become rich ..."

"Stop dreaming, Charlie ..."

The players talk a lot.

At this time, the bus stopped at the parking lot provided by the stadium.

This was a place where ordinary fans could not come.

Gao Bo first got out of the car and not many news media reporters came to film Luton, most reporters went to the bus waiting for Chelsea.

But not far from the line, Gao Bo saw Luton supporters wearing orange shirts.

Gao Bo extended his hand and waved towards the fans, Luton fans immediately cheered.