Soccer Card System

Chapter 46 The opponent in the third round
Opponents in the third round of Chapter 43

Gao Bo’s cot in the office now belongs to Lin Sen. This young Chinese seldom stays with the team. His work requires him to travel all over England. He has to watch the games live, and sometimes he has to record some game videos by himself.

So now Gao Bo has to go back to the apartment to sleep every day. Fortunately, the apartment is not far from the office, and a tree-lined path connects the apartment with the back door of the training base.Compared to the big city of London, Luton's security environment is still very good. At least Luton has not had any vicious security incidents for several years, and Gao Bo is now a local celebrity in Luton.In the small city of Luton, there is only one professional team, Luton.

As usual, he took out the newspaper from the letterbox at the door of the apartment. It is 2008, but traditional English people still retain their habit of reading newspapers early in the morning.

It was as if Roy still came back from his morning exercise on time every morning. The sun was shining brightly, his buttocks were wobbling, and Gao Bo stretched comfortably. Today is a rare day for good weather.

Luton’s newspapers are still blowing about Luton. Now the team is in very good condition. After winning the 22th round of make-up games against Bournemouth, the team scored 13 points. The top team Wycombe scored 7 points over Wanderers, and Luton is still 33 points away from the top of the list.

Now Luton's media has begun to discuss the possibility of Luton participating in the promotion play-offs. With a difference of [-] points, the league has not yet passed halfway. With Luton's current state, it is of course possible to participate in the promotion play-offs next season.

People's goals are always bigger and bigger. At the beginning, Gao Bo's goal was to advance to the play-offs, but now that the team is in full swing, Gao Bo's goal has of course become bigger. He wants to skip the promotion play-offs directly, reach the top three in the league, and even win the championship.

Today the team ushered in a holiday. Although there are frequent games in December, and the team's next game is three days later against Bennett at home in the league, Gao Bo decided to give the players a day off. After all, the players are not robots. The nourishment of the holiday can keep them in a good state of mind to meet the game.

Gao Bo's vacation is very simple. After eating breakfast in the morning, he will go shopping outside. After eating lunch outside, he will take a two-hour lunch break, and then he will choose to watch some classic game videos.

Dinner is also eaten outside. Gao Bo feels good about everything in Luton. The only thing that makes Gao Bo complain is that there is no Chinese restaurant in this place. The bachelor Gao Bo can only endure the dark cuisine of England every day.
In the evening Gao Bo came to a bar near the apartment.

This is a bar near the apartment. It doesn't even have a sign or anything, and most of the customers are residents near the apartment.

Gao Bo's arrival caused cheers. Obviously, Gao Bo is already a regular customer of this bar.Gao Bo looked at the faces in the apartment. At Worth Road, Gao Bo could see many familiar faces here.Gao Bo knew that at least half of the people in the bar participated in the booing at him in the first game, but now, these people have become Gao Bo's fans, and the only reason why they changed their attitudes was that he led Luton to win continuously.

"You should have opened the door sooner, Arthur!"

The owner of the bar is called Arthur, but the owner's chubby figure and bald hair don't make him think of King Arthur's tall and mighty image at all.At least Gao Bo thought that putting the name Arthur on him was definitely a waste of a good name.

"Have you ever seen a bar that opens early in the morning, Kao?"

Gao Bo shrugged, if it wasn't for the bar not being open, he wouldn't have spent the whole day wandering around.

"whisky"

Gao Bo found that he fell in love with whiskey now, of course, he also loves Moutai, Erguotou and other high-alcohol beverages.

The business in the bar is particularly good today, because the draw ceremony for the third round of the FA Cup is about to take place.

"Hey Lineker!!"

Presided over the draw ceremony was Lineker, a famous English football player who won the 1986 World Cup Golden Boot and is still very popular in England.

"I love him!! I watch his show a lot."

"I grew up watching him play football"

"Hey, keep your voice down, guys, I can't hear what's being said in it"

The bar gradually quieted down. Most of the drinkers who came here were Luton fans. They also wanted to know which team Luton would draw in the third round of the FA Cup.

Luton's results in the FA Cup have always been poor, and their best result in the FA Cup is only to break into the fourth round. If the draw is lucky this time, maybe they can enter the fourth round.

"Let's draw lots soon!! I can't wait." Someone in the bar complained, Lineker was still talking, but Gao Bo couldn't hear clearly, probably analyzing how the top four in the Premier League would play in the FA Cup this season.

"Who do you think we will draw?" Someone in the bar asked such a question.

"I hope to draw Manchester United!!"

"Why not Manchester City, maybe we can still win at Manchester City"

"Why can't Manchester United win?"

"Are you dreaming, job?"

"Manchester City is also very good. They have found a rich man. I heard that the Abu Dhabi consortium will spend [-] million yuan to sign them next season."

"oh shit"

"I'd like to draw a team from the lower leagues so we can get to the fourth round."

"Let's draw Chelsea, they are really rich, and then they won't care about the income from tickets."

"Manchester City is the richest now, and people can get a steady stream of dollars by turning on the oil valve."

Fans in the bar chattered.

On the TV, after Lineker spoke for a while, he inserted a few more minutes of commercials, and finally got to the point.

"Now we start drawing lots." Gao Bo heard the voice clearly.

The first Premier League team drawn was Arsenal, and their opponent was Leeds United.

There was a sigh in the bar. This was obviously the fans who hoped that the team could make waves at the home court of a giant in the third round.Now that Arsenal, one of the traditional top four in the Premier League, has been drawn out, it means that there is one less chance.

Soon Manchester United was also drawn out, and they were drawn to Southampton.

Liverpool's opponents were also drawn, and Liverpool played away against Preston.

The fans in the bar no longer had any hope of drawing a strong team. Instead, they now want to draw a team from a low-level league, either the First Division or the Second Division, so that the team has a chance to reach the fourth round of the FA Cup.

The lottery on TV continued, and the home team was the first to be drawn.

"Chelsea" The guests of the lottery drew Chelsea out.

Having won several Premier League titles, Chelsea are now regarded as one of England's biggest clubs.The voice in the bar has become quieter, and people are still willing to pay attention to the dynamics of those big teams.

"Luton."

Before the fans could react, Chelsea's opponent was drawn out.

The bar was quiet for a while, and everyone turned to look at Gao Bo.

Because they knew that Gao Bo had worked for Chelsea before.

Gao Bo had a normal expression, and he even picked up the wine glass and raised it towards everyone.

It was a really good draw.
(End of this chapter)