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Towards Wembley!

Chapter 96 Towards Wembley!

On the morning of April 19, Luton players gathered at the training ground as usual.

But there is no need to train today, because today is the day of the FA Cup semi-final, they are going to London! Go to Wembley! And waiting for them in London is their opponent, the North London giants, Arsenal!

"Hurry up, pack your things and get on the bus!!"

John Aston was busy greeting the players to get on the bus. As an assistant coach, his job is still very complicated.

Gao Bo always used to look up at the sky every time he set out, he wanted to know the weather on match day.

The clouds in the sky were not thick, the sun was warm in the morning, and the sun shone through the clouds.

I hope that tomorrow when we return, we can see such a beautiful sunrise.

Gao Bo suddenly thought a little about literature.

"It shouldn't rain today ..." John, who was done, came and said.

"I hope to experience heavy rain during the game .." said Gao Bo.

Arsenal are a relatively beautiful team in the Premier League. Their teamwork on the front lines of the penalty area and the overall bottom passing game done on land is very typical.

Although heavy rain has an impact on Luton, but the impact for Arsenal will certainly be greater.

"It's no use, Gao, we're going to Wembley!" John Aston looked very proud, and he held out one finger: "It's Wembley!"

Rain and windy weather have no effect on Wembley. Wembley Stadium is the new Wembley Stadium that was built two years ago. It is different from the previous stadium where England lifted the World Cup champions. The facility is more modern and can be used in any weather conditions. Set up a football match.

In such a modern stadium, the weather factor becomes irrelevant.

Wembley Stadium is home to England and the mecca of English football. England have won the World Cup at this stadium. But as the old Wembley Stadium was built in the 1920s in the last century, having entered the 21st century it has increasingly been unable to hide the needs of modern football.

The Football Association ultimately chose to knock down the old Wembley Stadium. Most of the fans had hoped to defend Wembley Twin Towers when the stadium was rebuilt, but it ultimately failed. On 20 May 2000, Old Wembley hosted its final FA Cup final. Aston Villa face Chelsea. Chelsea's Roberto Di Matteo scored the only goal of the match. On 7 October 2000, the final game at Wembley was played between Germany and England. Germany's Hamann scored the winning goal and became the last player to score at Wembley. The loss of the game also led to the dismissal of England coach Kevin Keegan. After the match, many fans moved the stadium seats as a memorial, and Wembley has been officially closed since.

Then the English Football Association started the construction of the new Wembley Stadium.

Wembley Stadium is considered by England as a symbol of English sport. Due to the involvement of various interest groups, the debate surrounding the reconstruction of Wembley Stadium has never been interrupted, and the cost of construction has also been increasing. ?

After several twists and turns, the new Wembley Stadium was finally built and used in 2007. That year's FA Cup final was held at New Wembley Stadium.

The new Wembley, costing 780 million pounds, is a modern, high-tech stadium with 90,000 seats and a floating roof that can be closed. It is the largest enclosed stadium in the world.

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As the team members prepared to depart, the city of Luton nearly boiled over.

As the team bus drove out of the gate of the training base, it was found that the entire street was crowded with supporters wearing Luton's orange cage uniform.

The match was drawn by Arsenal into the home team's dressing room, so they wore Arsenal's red home shirt. However, since the colours of Luton and Arsenal's home uniforms are by no means a colliding colour, the Luton players drawn into the away team's dressing room also wore home uniforms during the match.

Flags fluttered in the street, and fans cheered.

The atmosphere reached its peak when the team bus came out.

"Wembley !!! Wembley !!! Wembley !!!"

“This... the whole Luton guy is out!” Linsen opened his mouth After coming to England, he was completely aware of the meaning of football for England fans.

Take for example Luton, most people who live in Luton are also fans of the Luton team. It was truly loyal loyalty to the team from the ancestors.

Gao Bo stood in front of the car, and there was a straight road connected to the entrance of the training headquarters.

This street is one of Luton's main streets, and even the team's home stadium is named after this street - it's the idea that the whole city of Luton carries.

From the entrance of the training headquarters, you could see thousands of people. On the main road along the two or three kilometers, looks crowded people.

"This is grossly exaggerated ..."

Gao Bo and John looked at each other, and both of them saw shock in their own eyes. He immediately saw Alexander, who was very active in the crowd. The owner of this tavern seems to be in charge of the fan club. He now organized the crowd and kept order.

“Alexander, how do you make such a big battle ?!” Gao Bo got off the bus and walked towards the crowd.

The arrival of the head coach roused the cheers of the fans, and Alexander had to shout: "We're going to Wembley with the team !!!"

“Game time is five o'clock in the afternoon, and how can many of you get there?” Gao Bo pointed helplessly at the dense crowd on the street. He was now a little worried about so many people. What if there is a safety accident? !

"The train !! Come on board the train there !! We found a train company to order two trains !!" Alexander laughed, "It's a big problem for the team to reach the semi-finals, of course we all have to participate."

Gao Bo understands that the FA gave Luton 30,000 tickets. As a result, on the day of the ticket purchase, Luton fans flooded the server through the ticket sales channel on its official website. I know, Luton is just a city with only a few hundred thousand people ...

After Luton had only to put all his tickets on the offline ticket sales channel, fans queued almost overnight just to pick up Wembley tickets.

“You're not just 30,000 people, are you?" Gao Bo pointed to the crowd on the street and said, "And even if you take the train, it is estimated that you cannot transport so many people."

Gao Bo does not know much about the capacity of the train, but even in China, a 16 knot train can only transport about 10 to 20 thousand people ...

"This is the case, we can make some more trips .. haha" Alexander said with a smile.

"It's just a semi-final. What if the team makes it to the final ?!"

"Uh ... then wait for the final and we'll do it again ..." Alexander said this, but he muttered in his heart.

I'm afraid I won't have a chance to enter the final ...

Gao Bo doesn't know what the fans think, but seeing this sensational crowd at least shows that at Wembley, the power of Luton fans won't lose much to Arsenal.

Gao Bo is still very happy with this.

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When the team bus is out of town, the players discover that behind the bus, there is a long line of cars!

Several vehicles also removed the Luton team flag from the window, which was fluttering in the wind.

This is also a Luton fan! ! !

The players were surprised by the loyalty the fans put in.

As the bus drove onto the M1 highway, the train behind the vehicle merged into a long queue and rushed towards Wembley Stadium.