Chapter 49 Chelsea Away

Chapter 49 Chelsea away

2009 New Year's bell rang, January 3, the third round of the FA Cup, Luton will be away against Chelsea.

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

This is the only motorway passing through Luton. This expressway connects the town of Luton and Hertfordshire. Take the M1 road to the southwest and exit, which is the Greater London area.

The scenery outside the car window quickly flew back from the window.

The players sat in their seats, some with their eyes closed, some listening to music with huge headphones.

At this time, Gao Bo would not choose to disturb the players. He did not want to take off the seat belt in the fast-moving car.

"It's Hertfordshire from there," John Aston said, pointing in the other direction as the bus pulled out of one exit.

Gao Bo looked at John Aston, who looked a little melancholy. Of course he knew what John was thinking about.

English teams always have their own sworn enemies, and Luton is no exception.

And Luton's sworn enemy is Watford in Hertfordshire, a pair of rowdy neighbours. It's hard to trace the source of the feud between the two sides, but it's undeniable that the team that Luton fans hate the most must be Watford.

The two sides are each other's number one enemy, and the derby between them is also called "M1 derby". Because the M1 road in the UK connects Hertfordshire, where Watford is located, to Luton.

Of course, in addition to Watford, Milton Keynes in the same area is also considered Luton's regional mortal enemy.

However, Luton's number one rival, Watford, is now playing in the British Championship, and Milton Keynes is still in the first league. Luton in the second league seems to be at a disadvantage in the competition with the rival.

"John, we won't stay in the Second Division for too long." Gao Bo turned to look at his players, full of confidence: "The Super League is the stage for these guys!!"

John is not as confident as Gao Bo, this Luton team is indeed very potential, especially now Luton's core players, the average age of Vardy, Kante and others are only around 20 years old, give them a few years, Not necessarily and can't rush to the Premier League. But John knew that times were different now. Chelsea has become a giant team because of Abramovich's investment, and now Manchester City also has the support of a big money owner, and the gold dollar has swept the professional football world in an all-round way.

How long can Luton keep these people?

a season?

Or two seasons?

John didn't know, but he knew that when a team was waving a check, a small team like Luton couldn't resist the temptation.

For example, if a team spends five million to buy Vardy?

Although John knew that Vardy was definitely worth the price, could Luton say no? Their budget for a season is only one million.

But if Gao Bo knew what John was thinking, he would have sneered. In the previous life, Vardy sold 50 million to be considered a blood loss. In this life, although Vardy is still young and the inflation in the transfer market is not so great, if there is a card bonus, plus the current Vardy Di is so young, and after another season or two, there is no more than 20 million, and he can't even talk about it!

"Gao, you can take Luton to the Premier League, can't you?"

John knew very well that neither Vardy nor Kante was as valuable as the coach in front of him. Gao Bo is the most important factor in the rise of this Luton team.

Gao Bo understood what John was thinking, and he thought for a while before giving an ambiguous answer: "I'll take the team forward."

"What's going on at Chelsea recently?" Gao Bo turned to ask his data analyst Lin Sen.

"You've angered Chelsea, boss!" Lin Sen shook his head. He didn't understand why Gao Bo had to say so many things to anger his opponent before the match against Chelsea. In the face of a strong enemy, he shouldn't keep a low profile. Is it possible to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger...

"Scolari said there is nothing wrong with Chelsea's dressing room right now, and this game will give Chelsea their best form to start the new year..."

"Deco hit back directly in the media, he said you were over your head and that angering Chelsea would cost Luton..."

"Wait... Did Deco say that?" Gao Bo asked while leaning forward, leaning forward on the armrest of the seat.

"He said it..."

done! !

Gao Bo was delighted for a while. He did so much, didn't he just want Scolari to arrange Deco to start this game. Scolari took Deco as the core and basically abandoned the tactical tradition of Chelsea's defensive counterattack. As long as Scolari continues to use his set, this game will be easier for Luton.

Strangle Deco! !

With Kante on the pitch, Deco would definitely suffocate.

......

It was still sunny in the morning, but by the time the bus pulled into West London, the sky had already darkened, with a little rain falling from time to time.

"This damn weather forecast!!" Gao Bo grinned and cursed, saying MMP, but in his heart he hoped that the rain could be bigger, preferably a violent storm!

In any case, this game is difficult to escape from the fact that Luton's lineup has no advantage over Chelsea at all, and the opponent is showing a crushing attitude in terms of strength.

And if it is stormy weather, this will cause some surprises on the court, narrowing the gap between the strengths of the two sides.

The game was played at five o'clock in the afternoon, even though it was only an FA Cup, and the opponent was a League B team, outside Stamford Bridge was already a cluster of blue fans at three or four in the afternoon. came in.

England's fan atmosphere is very good, and the FA Cup is also a weekend event, and there is absolutely no empty stadium.

Luton arrived at a hotel near Stamford Bridge at 9:00 in the morning. After the players had lunch in the hotel in the morning, they took a two-hour lunch break in the afternoon. At 3:30 in the afternoon, Luton's bus The car had already pulled into the parking lot at Stamford Bridge.

At this time, all the players in Luton were calm when they didn't come. They looked at the huge stadium outside the car window in amazement. For most of the current Luton players, it is the first time in their lives to play against a Premier League-level team, not to mention, this is a newly promoted giant team in the Premier League.

"A lot of people..."

"This is Chelsea...they are the richest team....but who has the money compared to Abu Dhabi and the Abu Dhabi consortium?"

"Of course the Arabs are rich..."

"Ah ah ah, when will I be so rich..."

"Stop dreaming, Charlie..."

The players were talking.

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

This is a place where ordinary fans can't come.

Gao Bo was the first to get out of the car, and there were not many news media reporters who came to film Luton. Most of them went to wait for the Chelsea bus.

But next to the cordon not far away, Gao Bo saw Luton fans wearing orange jerseys.

Gao Bo reached out and waved at the fans, and the Luton fans instantly cheered.