I Want to Be the King of Football

Manchester City and Manchester United's FA Cup final battle began with the competition for the hotel.

By convention, the venue for the FA Cup final is arranged to be held at Wembley Stadium outside London, which is the same as the home ground of the England national team, and every time the England national team plays at home, it will stay in Watt, Hertfordshire. A Grove Hotel in North Ford.

This is a country villa hotel, built in 1996, next door to the famous Grove Golf Park, the hotel is not only beautiful, but also located in the suburbs, away from the hustle and bustle of the city, it is a rare holiday destination.

What's more, this hotel often hosts high profile guests with great experience, especially the football team.

From the England national team to various club teams, they are regulars at the Grove Hotel.

Since the Abu Dhabi consortium took over Manchester City, the team has chosen to stay at this hotel every time they travel south to play near London, as have other teams including Manchester United.

Training facilities here, as well as a variety of physiotherapy and spa facilities, are very complete and very popular with football teams.

The Guardian revealed that the Grove Hotel had been booked in advance after Manchester City beat Arsenal.

Manchester City made a reservation through Darren Hart, sales director of the Grove Hotel. First, 50 rooms were booked. The two parties agreed that after Manchester City looked back and counted, they would decide whether to book the entire hotel and provide it to its own players. , players’ families and guests invited by the club.”

The problem was with sales director Darren Hart, who timed City under his own name.

Two days later, Manchester City received a call from Darren Hart. On the phone, the sales director of the Grove Hotel told Manchester City that Manchester United had booked the hotel and that the fifty rooms under his name could not be kept.

The Guardian revealed that after Manchester City got the news, Soriano, the general manager of Manchester City, immediately sent people south to force the Grove Hotel to sign a contract before the signing representative of Manchester United arrived, otherwise he would file a lawsuit.

The reason is that Darren Hart received Manchester City's deposit, but did not fulfill the corresponding obligations.

Due to Manchester City's tough attitude, the Grove Hotel was forced to sign with Manchester City before the signing representative of Manchester United arrived.

Manchester City, with its wealth and wealth, bought the entire hotel at once, not to mention a room, even a utility room, and did not leave it to Manchester United, and signed a contract on the spot to pay the remaining amount.

Manchester United originally thought they had the chance to win, but when Shi Shiran came to Watford, they found that the hotel they had grabbed was taken away by their opponent. They questioned the person in charge of the hotel on the spot and got the explanation that the reservation If the room is more than half of the hotel, a contract needs to be signed, and everything is subject to the contract.”

The Guardian said Manchester United had lost the battle for the hotel and were forced to choose a five-star hotel on the outskirts of London.

The distance is about the same, but he failed to stay at the more familiar Grove Hotel, which made Ferguson extremely angry. He immediately attacked Manchester City in an interview with the media, believing that the team in the same city used a higher price and used a disgraceful way. way to force hotels to change room reservations.

Ferguson's bombardment quickly triggered the follow-up of the British media.

Soriano, general manager of Manchester City, said in an interview with the media that Manchester City did not use any means, but strictly followed the regulations of the Grove Hotel to book rooms, without paying higher prices and without any coercion.

A spokesperson for the Grove Hotel also accepted an interview with the Guardian reporter, saying that the team did not conduct any illegal operations.

First of all, we are very grateful for the trust of both teams, but unfortunately it is difficult for us to host two top English clubs at the same time, and they both want to stay in our hotel, so we are forced to play between the two. choose, we follow the charter,

In the end, Manchester City, who signed the contract, was chosen.

try{mad1('gad2');} catch(ex){} For Manchester United's allegations that Manchester City stole the hotel contract that should have belonged to Manchester United at a high price, a spokesman for Grove Hotel said that this is not true, because the hotel has a relationship with Manchester United did not sign any form of contract.

The hotel spokesman also revealed that after Ferguson was interviewed by the media, the hotel immediately contacted Ferguson through the staff of Manchester United and explained the matter, which was also understood by Ferguson and Manchester United, and the two sides will continue to cooperate in the future.

Future cooperation is a matter of the future, but before the FA Cup final, Manchester United will definitely not be able to stay at the Grove Hotel.

And the battle for the hotel before the final also made the two sides become tense.

The horn for the finals has already sounded!

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Manchester City only travelled south from Manchester to Hertfordshire the day before the game and checked into the Grove Hotel.

At this time, the guests invited by the team, the family members of players and staff had already arrived at the hotel.

In this regard, Manchester City is still very generous.

In the final round of the league, neither Manchester City nor Manchester United did their best. Manchester City played as a substitute and finally defeated Bolton 2-0 away with goals from Dzeko and David Luiz.

Manchester United is basically the same, beating their opponents 4-2 at home.

After Manchester City won a round early, it is impossible for the Manchester duo to give their best in the final round.

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The Grove hotels are all built in British style, and they are all country villas, divided into several buildings, and the floors are not high.

According to the characteristics of the Grove Hotel, Manchester City separates players from staff, family members and guests, and arranges to stay in different buildings. Although they are not isolated from each other, everyone remains conscious.

Everyone also knows that the day before the final, players still need to rest early.

Su Dong's family members came a lot. In addition to Wang Chuqing who came from Oxford, his parents and Wang Qingquan and his wife also came to feel London and checked into the Grove Hotel ahead of schedule.

They will all be in the UK until after the Europa League final.

Guardiola prefers humanized management, so he gave every player time to visit the night before the final.

Su Dong went to meet Wang Chuqing and his parents.

I was happy to meet again after a long absence, but in fact the conversations were all old-fashioned, nothing more than how well prepared, did you have confidence, how was your state, and you have to cheer tomorrow and so on.

Sometimes Su Dong felt that since childhood, his parents only seemed to say these things.

Of course, this is not disgust, but a feeling of kindness.

In the past, my parents would say this before every exam, and then they would say the same thing before playing football, and they would say the same thing before every game, and then they would say the same thing after going abroad.

If one day, suddenly he can't hear it, he must be very unaccustomed.

Don't worry, I have arranged everything. After the game tomorrow night, there will be a special car to pick you up. Just follow our team's bus and the fans' vehicles, all the way north, and celebrate back to Manchester!

When Su Dong said this, he was full of confidence.

Su Wenji and his wife were also very proud and kept nodding their heads.

Today's Sudong is not only their pride, but also their hometown and the pride of the motherland.

After chatting with his parents and Wang Qingquan and his wife for a while, Su Dong took the time to go back.

Before leaving, he specifically told Wang Chuqing that he had to take good care of the four elders during this time.

try{mad1('gad2');} catch(ex){} I know, I know! Wang Chuqing pushed him out angrily.

Su Wenji and his wife, Wang Qingquan and his wife in the room would all smile.

These two young people are so good that they dare to love each other. Su Dong is also very fond of Wang Chuqing. The only downside is that they don't have children.

Men are talented and women are beautiful, and the children born are sure to be beautiful.

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The building where the players live is just a few steps away from the building where the family members live.

When Sudong returned to the room, Torrent came to him and said Guardiola was waiting for him.

Came to Guardiola's room and found that Soriano, Begiristan and Estiat were also present.

After saying hello one by one, as soon as Su Dong sat down, he clearly felt the strange atmosphere at the scene.

After Su Dong's eyes swept across the crowd, it finally fell on Guardiola.

He saw the Spaniard's brows furrowed, and he was sitting on pins and needles over there. After noticing Su Dong's eyes, Guardio stretched out his hands, wiped his face vigorously, and stood up, I'll wash my face and wake up. .

Watching Guardiola's back go away, Su Dong understood what the problem was, and immediately nodded amusedly.

He's been like this lately, especially at night, he can't sleep at all. It's the same from yesterday to now, too anxious! Estiart shook his head helplessly and sighed.

The crowd did not make any jokes or even sarcasm.

In fact, this situation is very normal.

Many fans do not know at all that before an important game, many, many players even need to rely on drugs to fall asleep, otherwise they will not be able to fall asleep at all, and the whole person will be excited and anxious.

Excited, it is because the body is adjusted to the best state, how can it not be excited?

Needless to say, anxiety, the importance of the competition determines all the participants, and it is impossible not to be anxious.

Many fans may think, che, isn't it just an FA Cup?

The gold content of the FA Cup is relative.

In any case, it is also a national championship trophy, only one is released every year, and no number of teams can compete for it.

The biggest difference between the league and the cup is that the league doesn't actually have so much thought, it just plays one game at a time, the front line is drawn very long, and when there is basically no anxiety, at best it is in a strong dialogue.

But cup games, especially finals, are different.

It's a one-off game.

The players have the anxiety of the players, the coaches have the anxiety of the coaches, and the management has the anxiety of the management.

Good grades have anxiety, bad grades have anxiety.

Professional football is a huge Vanity Fair. It involves too many complicated interests. Everyone in it cannot be without pressure. When there is pressure, there will naturally be anxiety.

Maybe many people don't realize that, in fact, whether it is a player or a coach, it is a high-risk career.

The higher the pyramid, the greater the gain and the greater the risk.

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