football's number one madman

Chapter 694

On the third day after playing the 21st round of the league, the FA Cup kicked off.

As the cup with the longest history in football, the FA Cup is definitely the event with the most participating teams, and this season, this data has been broken again:
305 teams!
From the defending champion Chelsea to the most grassroots community football team, as long as they apply for registration with the FA, they can participate in this grand event!

Since the beginning of September, when the Premier League giants have just played four rounds of the league, the first round of the FA Cup preliminaries has been staged all over the country.

Then there are four rounds of qualifying rounds, and the event will not officially start until more than 200 amateur teams have decided the winner.

League Two, League One, English Championship... Teams of all levels will appear in turn, while the Premier League teams will only join in the third round, which is enough to reflect the status of football.

But... Regrettably, this event is also the favorite of bookmakers!
Because here, not only is it full of all kinds of massacres and tragedies with big scores, but also there are many dark horses and unpopular ones!
For example, in this round, Tottenham, who played first, bloodbathed Tranmere from League One 7-0 in the away game, which made many fans who bought small balls cry out with regret.

Manchester City also used a score of 7:0 to kill the unknown man who came to the Etihad Stadium-Rotherham, to the crap.

Arsenal beat Blackpool 3-0 away.

Manchester United beat Reading 2-0 at home.

New Wimbledon beat the League One team Fleetwood 3:2 thrillingly away.

Of course there are also many upsets.

For example, Newcastle, which is in the quagmire of relegation, has no intention of a cup match at all, but they are tied 1:1 by Blackburn in the British Championship. They have to play a rematch two weeks later, wasting time in vain.

Huddersfield, which was almost locked in relegation, was defeated by Bristol City in the British Championship by one goal, which made the British Championship a joke.

Leicester City was also defeated by the low-level Newport 2:1 reversal.

Also lost, and Liverpool.

Perhaps it is a fateful arrangement, Liverpool is the only one to play against the Premier League team in this round, and their opponent is Wolves!

Klopp, who wanted to fight hard in the league, only sent out a rotation lineup.

Old injuries like Sturridge, perennial substitutes like Shaqiri, big colanders like Moreno, post-00 youngsters like Jones and Camacho, all appeared in the starting 11 list.

As a result... Nuno Santo on the opposite side unceremoniously put on all his main forces.

Although Liverpool's overall strength is far above the Wolves, their rotation is not enough to make opponents bow down.

Nuno Santo used his troops like a god, and his Portuguese players worked together. Raul Jimenez opened the scoring and Ruben Neves expanded the score to secure a 2:0 victory early.

Although Liverpool replaced Salah and Firmino in time, they are already powerless!

As for Chelsea, they met Robin from the north - Nottingham Forest.

Facing his 7th opponent in the English Championship, Conte put on the posture of the overlord of the Premier League, almost turning his nose up to the sky!
Li Polo, Hazard, William, Kante, Rudiger, Azpilicueta, Navas...all go home and rest!
He used Giroud, Remy, Cheek, Golovin, Barrios, Tomori, Ampadu, Zapacosta, Criscito, and Caballero, which are almost all substitutes!

For such a temporary lineup, Li Polo is really not at ease, but even if he does not hesitate to turn against Conte, he is not qualified to enter the bench...

[Negative sentiment from Antonio Conte, +488! 】

And Conte also became cruel, and practiced for this starting lineup for three days before pushing it onto the field.

I don’t know if Conte instilled some soul soup into the players. Chelsea’s substitute players completely suppressed their opponents in the game, and their ball possession rate reached an astonishing 63%: 37%!

Giroud scored twice, Remy made a pass and made a contribution, and Golovin also contributed a world wave. Chelsea, who were fully rotated, staged a devastating battle of annihilation at Stamford Bridge!
After watching the whole game on the sofa at home, Li Polo glanced at Conte who was celebrating wildly under the camera, and couldn't help curling his lips.

[Now, Kong Er's idiot is going to be even more proud! 】
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Since he didn't get the chance to play in the FA Cup, Lee Polo got a day's vacation. He also shot a few commercials for his endorsement brand.

During this gap, agent Alan Barnett informed him:
"Hey, buddy. I have completed the relevant procedures for you. You are now a professional track and field athlete. As long as you want, I can sign up for you to participate in British domestic track and field events."

Lee Polo was very satisfied with the efficiency of Barnett and his son.

After all, it has only been a week since he proposed this idea...

With the influence of old Barnett in the British sports world, this kind of trivial matter is almost just a phone call or an email!

Li Polo turned on his phone, looked at the game schedule for the second half of the season, and finally shrugged:

"If possible, next week?"

Allen was still talking to himself:

"I've found you a personal assistant and a nutrition assistant. As long as you train according to their requirements, based on your foundation, it only takes two or three months to meet the entry requirements...Wait!"

He finally reacted:

"What did you say?"

Lee Polo shrugged his shoulders:

"Next week we play the second leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final and that Conte guy will definitely give me a rest."

Allen froze for a moment, quickly turned on the phone, searched quickly, and then nodded:

"Birmingham will hold the Indoor Athletics Grand Prix in February. Before that, there will be a warm-up competition, mainly 2-60 meters of racing, hurdles, high jump, pole vault, long jump, triple jump, shot put, seven All-around events... which event do you want to participate in?"

Li Poluo pondered for three seconds before giving a confident answer:

"As long as it is a purely physical competition, I can participate!"

Allen was very speechless:

"You should meet the personal assistant I found for you and learn the basic rules of track and field competitions!"

Li Poluo waved his hand, not polite at all:
"Can't I run yet?"

"Those track and field athletes bragged about the gold content of their training so miraculously that they had to train for several years to use their left foot, right foot, and arm posture when starting..."

"I'm going to smash their old faces in the most primitive way!"

Allen rolled his eyes:
"Just be happy with yourself."

He suddenly remembered one thing:
"By the way, I forgot to tell you that you have been shortlisted for this year's Lawrence World Sports Awards, and the final result will not be known until two months later."

"What Lawrence?"

The name of this award is a bit unfamiliar to Lee Polo.

Allen gave him a popular science:
"This award was jointly established by Daimler Group and Richemont Group in 2000. Although it has a relatively short history, it has great influence and is the only global sports award."

Li Poluo frowned:
"Daimler, I know, is the headquarter of Mercedes-Benz. What is Richemont?"

Allen explained with a smile:
"Richemont, they are a watch seller."

"Vacheron Constantin, Cartier, Jaeger-LeCoultre, IWC, as well as Dunhill, Montblanc...you probably understand it?"

The corners of Lee Polo's eyes twitched slightly, leading the topic to the award itself:

"Who else is on the big list?"

Allen glanced at the phone:
"Djokovic is tennis, Hamilton is F1, James is basketball, and Kipchoge is marathon."

(End of this chapter)