Chapter 120 The Leader of the Dressing Room

Chapter 120 The leader of the dressing room

May 20, morning.

Gao Bo, who woke up from his sleep, opened the curtains of the hotel and looked at the raindrops pattering outside the window.

The weather in England is always so rainy.

The FA Cup final will be played at 5pm today. Therefore, this morning, the team will not train, the players can fully relax on this day, and the team will have another meeting at noon, the main purpose is to motivate and mobilize the players. However, in this meeting, Gao Bo will not make tactical arrangements.

The tactics that should be said, the details that should be emphasized In this ten-day closed training, Gao Bo has basically instilled his own ideas into the players, and the rest is the players' performance on the field.

At the noon meeting, Gao Bo announced the starting list.

Although everyone has basically known the starting candidates during this week's training, it is still up to the head coach to speak out in the end when the dust settles.

The meeting time was very short, and after basically announcing the starter, Gao Bo said a few words and left the conference room.

Adam is mentally prepared to start the game. Gao Bo has put him on the side of the main lineup during the ten days of training, and the players in the team basically know this, but when Adam really heard the starter When the list came out of Gao Bo's mouth, Adam's heart was suspended.

But soon he was enveloped in a new daze, and in a way, this was Adam's first start.

The players left the conference room one by one. Some of them will take a lunch break and try to get more sleep, and some may go to a few teammates to play cards and chat or something.

The noon time is the free time of the players. Before the lunch break, as long as they don't leave the hotel, basically no one will take care of them.

"Come on Adam, your strength is long enough to start." Captain Kevin Keane came over and rubbed Adam's head, then walked out.

"Hey Adam." Vardy came over. "What do I say, get ready to make a big fuss at Wembley!!"

Kanter was further behind Vardy, who grinned at Adam and walked out on his own.

Adam stood up too, and he took a deep breath.

Appearing in a big scene like Wembley, no matter who will be a little nervous.

But as a professional player, he has to overcome such nervousness.

"There is actually only a thin line between stars and ordinary players. That is, those big men can always show their strength at a critical time, and they are not afraid."

Adam remembered Gao Bo's words of encouragement.

He turned and walked out of the conference room.

Me too... fearless! !

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"Starting under such circumstances, Adam's pressure is not small..."

In the room, John said to Gao Bo worriedly.

"Pressure is everywhere, John." Gao Bo stood by the window and turned his head.

"If he can survive this pressure, it will be a great thing for him and for the team."

Gao Bo always looks optimistic.

"Don't talk about that. After this game, the team will go on vacation. Where are you going then?" John asked.

As for the origin of Gao Bo, John and others only know that he is a Chinese and has been a coach at Chelsea for a period of time. As for his family, his relationship network, etc., John and others have never heard Gao Bo mention it.

"I have to go home..."

Gao Bo has not returned to China for more than five years since he came to study abroad.

Now is the time to go back and have a look.

Gao Bo picked up the phone and looked at the phone number that was called almost every once in a while,

But never got through...

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At three o'clock in the afternoon, the players began to gather in the hotel lobby one after another.

Outside the hotel by this time, many Luton fans had assembled here, and when they saw the players appear in the lobby, the fans cheered.

Two hours before the game started, Gao Bo also got down from the room. After the players and the coaching staff had all arrived, everyone boarded the bus and headed to Wembley Stadium.

The team drove slowly through the city of London for nearly 40 minutes before arriving at Wembley.

This time, the team drew the home team's locker room. Compared with the visiting team's locker room, the home team's locker room is much larger, but the equipment is the same. The players have been to Wembley once, and now they are familiar with it. .

At John's urging, the players quickly changed their equipment and went out to the court to warm up before the game.

Just as the players on both sides were warming up on the court, the two coaches had already received each other's starting roster.

Benitez frowned in the visiting locker room watching Luton's start.

I really did not expect that Luton's starting lineup has changed so much on the left.

It is impossible to see the formation from the starting list, but Benitez still thinks that Gao Bo is still a 442.

Both players on the left were replaced, with Adam and Hassan Ali replacing Lewis and Solo Davis as the starters.

Benitez thought for a while, but did not understand the purpose of this adjustment.

Adam White is already a regular substitute for Luton. He is usually replaced when the team needs to attack, and his position is also very flexible. He sometimes plays as a right midfielder or a left midfielder, and sometimes the position is also The premise is to play the left and right wingers, and even the shadow striker and center. Adam has played in the Luton game.

But without exception, they were all substitutes.

Benitez thought for a while, and he was not quite sure.

Adam White's first start for Luton? !

Benitez also specifically understood why Adam White, a player known as England's new talent, basically only got the opportunity to play as a substitute in Luton. The big reason for this is the physical limitation of this young player. , Seventeen-year-old Adam White is a player Luton brought in from street football. Although Adam is technically talented due to his outstanding talent, physically, the young player is obviously unable to adapt to ninety minutes. Intense competition.

Another adjustment is that Hassan Ali replaced Solo Davies. Benitez thinks that Luton will probably not play a back three - because their right back is not the kind of player who can play as a central defender!

Hassan Ali is likely to play left back!

Letting a midfielder with a certain defensive ability to play the full-back is actually nothing, this may be a measure to strengthen the defense.

Benitez looked at the starting list in his hand, it seems that Luton's left is the direction of their focus change!

At this time, the players have warmed up and returned, Benitez put the list down and looked at his players.

The starting players were busy taking off their training suits and changing into their game clothes. Gerrard put on his game socks and put on his shoes. He inserted the shin guards with the Liverpool logo into the socks, then took them off and put them on. The long-sleeved training jacket on the upper body, put on his No. 8 jersey, and then carefully put on the captain's armband.

"The specific details have been emphasized a lot in our two days of training. Before the game starts, what I need to emphasize is that everyone must be mentally prepared, this will be a tough battle!" Benitez said to the players While busy changing equipment, he said. "The opponent's defense will be very intensive, we need a little patience, even if we can't score a goal late, don't worry! The game has ninety minutes, and we only need one goal to win!"

As soon as Benitez finished speaking, Gerrard had already changed his equipment, and he stood up abruptly: "The boss is right, this game is a 90-minute game!"

"Fix them in ninety minutes!!!"

Gerald clenched his fists and said vigorously.

The Liverpool locker room immediately responded with a bang.

When compared to Benitez, everyone was tepid, Gerrard is the real leader of this dressing room!