Chapter 94 Semi-Final: Rival Arsenal!

Chapter 94 Semi-final: Rival Arsenal!

Because it was on the road, Gao Bo and his team did not celebrate too much after the game. After the game, the players celebrated in the locker room for a while, then packed up and boarded the bus and returned to the hotel to rest. After a night, returned to Luton the next morning.

When the team's vehicle entered the urban area, the fans were almost boiling, and the fans crowded around the bus that was moving slowly in the urban road, as if they were in a championship parade.

In fact, reaching the semi-finals of the FA Cup is indeed no less than some teams winning the championship for Luton fans. Because Luton is only a fourth-level team. With such a league level and such achievements in cup competitions, even if Luton in the semi-finals is eliminated, I am afraid that in the next ten or twenty years, when fans mention Luton this season When suddenly, have to relish.

Luton's historic breakthrough into the semi-finals made the entire Luton go crazy. Anyway, the tavern owners last night must have made a profit.

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In all sports media pages published the next day, the game was featured on the front page.

In the other three knockout games, Premier League-level teams participated, including giants such as Arsenal and Liverpool, but the most striking one was Coventry vs. Luton at home. A match between a Championship team and a League Two team.

"Luton - FA Cup semi-finals!" is the headline of many media.

Just associating Luton's name with the FA Cup semi-finals is shocking enough.

"Luton, led by the Chinese coach, is creating a miracle, or rather, they have created a miracle. In the second division, Luton, who was deducted 30 points, is now second in the league, and they are almost locked in a promotion to England. The places in the first league, and even after the end of the season, Luton won the second league championship, people will not be surprised! In the FA Cup, Luton is also a super dark horse in the FA Cup this season, their promotion It wasn't because of the luck of the draw, they met Chelsea and Manchester City on the way to the semi-finals. But in the end Luton knocked them out!! Now, this second division team will go to Wenzhou Bully, go for a ticket to an FA Cup final!!" Sky Sports wrote in the report.

And the photo they matched was when Gao Bo jumped up to celebrate the goal.

Generally speaking, the media prefer to use players as pictures. After all, on the football field, fans prefer to chase football stars with full personality. However, the English media unanimously chose to put Gao Bo's photo, which fully shows how successful the manager's work in Luton is.

"The first half of the game was quite dull. Both sides played a defensive counterattack situation, but in the end, under the pressure of the home fans, Coventry tried to attack, but if the Coventry fans knew the consequences of pressing the attack. , they may not create pressure on the team, Luton took advantage of some players in Coventry to try to press the opportunity that caused the midfield to disjoint, and completed a quick counterattack!! Scored a goal."

"In the second half, Coventry used a corner kick to score a goal to equalize the score, and the essence of the game was in the last minute of injury time. Luton also used a corner kick, which was headed by central defender Geoffrey to complete the goal. A lore!!!!"

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Three of the four FA Cup quarter-finals have come to an end, none of which have resulted in a draw. The other three teams that have reached the semi-finals include Everton and Arsenal, while Liverpool host Fulham at home. The game will be played tonight, no matter what the result of this game, the promotion team will be the Premier League level team. Next, no matter which team Luton draws as an opponent, it will not be easy.

But the FA Cup semi-final match is already a month away.

So Gao Bo is not thinking about the FA Cup for the time being. In addition to needing to pay attention to the draw tonight, Gao Bo began to focus on the league again.

On the day he returned to Luton, Gao Bo gave the team a day off, and Gao Bo casually gave himself a day off.

Since there are 46 rounds of league games in the second division, Luton's schedule is even denser than some Premier League teams when it needs to take into account the cup competition. Therefore, the strings of the team collapsed very tightly during this period.

Gao Bo understands the truth of overdoing it.

Gao Bo didn't go anywhere during his one-day vacation. After returning to the apartment, he first made up his sleep, and then got up in the afternoon and read the newspaper for a while. He wanted to go out for a walk in the afternoon, wait for a drink at the bar, and change. At the pub for the final FA Cup quarter-final game and the draw after the game.

However, when Gao Bo opened the curtains and looked at the rainwater, he knew that his plan was in vain. It doesn't seem to be going anywhere today.

Gao Bo made himself a pot of tea and turned on the TV.

Just when Gao Bo was a little impatient, BBC Sports finally started live broadcast.

The game was played at Anfield, Liverpool's home ground, and both sides had their best lineups.

Liverpool are again far away from the Premier League championship this season. In order not to leave themselves empty-handed after the season, they must also win in the FA Cup before they can explain to the fans.

While Fulham is in the middle of the league, it is basically impossible to qualify for the European competition, but there is no fear of relegation. In the league, Fulham is basically in a state of accompany.

In terms of strength, Liverpool is far ahead of Fulham, but in such a single-game knockout system, when both sides are extremely invested, Liverpool wants to easily eat Fulham Not easy.

It was a very difficult game for both sides. However, in the 73rd minute of the second half, Gerrard used a long-range shot to break Fulham's goal and break the deadlock of the game.

Then Liverpool managed to keep the score 1-0 until the final whistle, won the game, and got the last FA Cup semi-final ticket.

The draw for the FA Cup semi-finals took place immediately after the game.

The first to be drawn was Everton, and then Liverpool were also drawn.

In this way, the result is certain.

The Merseyside derby is in the FA Cup semi-final as Luton draws to Arsenal...

Gao Bo turned off the TV after seeing the results. He walked to the balcony and looked at the two- or three-story apartment not far away.

Drawn to Arsenal...

Gao Bo frowned, Wenger's team is not easy to deal with.

He held onto the railing of the balcony, and the lights of the distant floors reflected on the white walls and red tiles through the rain curtain.

Another new challenge...

Fighting with people is a lot of fun! Gao Bo charged himself up again.