Chapter 87

Chapter 87: The Off-Road War Coven Hangs Down

The home fans gave the home team's players huge cheers as the players from both sides ran out of the tunnel.

Ricoh Stadium is much bigger than Worth Stadium. But now the Worth Stadium in Luton is located in the city center, surrounded by residential areas, and there is no room for expansion. What's more, with the capital of the current team's poor boss, he can't afford to buy people. Can you still count on him to build a new stadium?

John is a little nervous, this is already the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, and if it goes further, it will be the quarter-finals...

Reaching the semi-finals of the FA Cup is something a small team like Luton could not have imagined before.

"Can we really reach the semi-finals?" John stood next to Gao Bo and applauded the players from both sides together with Gao Bo.

"Not necessarily!" Gao Bo did not look back.

uncertain? ! !

John is a little anxious, who swore a few days ago to win the FA Cup?

Just as John was about to say something, Gao Bo turned around and saw that his assistant was a little anxious.

"John, there is nothing in this world that is 100% certain. Anything can be done with a 100% or 20% certainty!"

"You mean we have a 10-20% chance of defeating Coventry?!" John also lacked confidence, probably because he had beaten teams in high-level leagues one after another this season, and John always felt that his team would face high-level teams in a certain game The feeling of losing in a league-level team always makes John uneasy.

But Gao Bo is apparently not so troubled.

"I mean we have a 20% chance of winning the championship!!" Gao Bo smiled, his face full of confidence.

John's face was stunned, and he was not too sure about one or two percent, but looking at the smile on Gao Bo's face, those who didn't know thought that Luton could win 100% of the championship.

"John, do you know what is the most important thing for me on the football field?" Gao Bo looked at the players who were already in their respective positions. In this game, he still sent the single forward lineup from the previous game. Val Di is at the top, but Charlie, who has been in great shape recently, was placed on the bench by Gao Bo.

John shook his head, who could have guessed the thoughts of this talented coach in front of him?

"It's hope!" Gao Bo said seriously, "When I set a goal, even if there is only a glimmer of hope of success, I will give 100% to do it!"

"There is only a glimmer of hope for us to win the FA Cup?!" John was startled again, didn't he still have one or two percent just now?

"You really know how to focus..." Gao Bo spread his hands helplessly. "This is just a metaphor. We must win the FA Cup this season, John! We have reasons to do it."

Gao Bo turned around.

"If we win the FA Cup, the sales funds for next season will be transferred to the funds for signings!"

"Do you know what that means?"

John nodded, of course he understood what it meant, just a Charlie Austin, and now some teams have offered a price of four million pounds, four million pounds for a second league like Luton. For a team, that's a pretty big number! And under Gao Bo's "packaging", Charlie's worth still has enough room to rise.

"Get ready for a big fight in Europe next season, John!"

For the first time, John Aston discovered that the team's head coach has such ambitions. . . .

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"The players on both sides have stepped onto the court!" Letkinson grabbed the microphone on the commentary stand.

The four games of the FA Cup quarter-finals are divided into two days. The first kick-off is Coventry's home game against Luton, and Fulham's home game against Liverpool.

Sky Sports has arranged live broadcasts for these two games, but as the ace commentator,

Letkinson specifically asked to explain this game, the confrontation between the two non-Premier League teams.

Letkinson really wants to see how far Luton can go in the FA Cup...

"The home side have sent their best squad! Coleman's team have been inconsistent in the league this season, but they have had good luck in the cup, and after eliminating Blackburn, they also reached the quarter-finals. Ben The goalkeeper who started the game for Coventry was Westwood. On the back line, White, Dane, Turner, Hall were lined up, and the midfielder was Henderson, Ganelson, Doyle, Eastwood, the striker is the partner of Best and Morrison!" Letkinson was broadcasting the starting lineup to both sides.

Gao Bo, on the other hand, set his sights on Henderson.

This player, if Gao Bo remembers correctly, is the midfielder who will take over as Liverpool's captain in the future, the new captain of the Reds. Henderson is a product of Sunderland's youth training. During the winter window, the 19-year-old Henderson was rented out by Sunderland to Coventry for training.

Henderson didn't know that he was being followed by Gao Bo. In fact Gao Bo was not interested in Henderson, because Henderson is also a Premier League youth training. Apart from loan, Luton may have a hard time getting Henderson to accept a transfer or something. thing.

......

It's been ten minutes since the game started.

Gao Bo frowned on the sidelines. He looked at Coleman on the other side. This guy can really put down the air of a British Championship team and actually play a solid defense and counterattack against Luton, a second-class team? !

Coventry's current strategy is really a defensive counter-attack. They haven't crossed the midfield for three days, but huddled in their own half, waiting for Luton to attack.

"Coventry is now...playing a defensive counterattack?!" Letkinson was also a little surprised. "They were really playing a defensive counterattack. Coleman put on a defensive posture, waiting for Luton to attack."

Gao Bo was also a little helpless. He didn't expect his opponent to do this before the game. No matter what, Coventry is also a team in the British Championship. They are two levels higher than Luton. Coleman is still like this. Can put down the shelf to shrink the defense.

This gentleman is really able to bend and stretch.

However, the problem is that Gao Bo's formation of a single striker is actually a defensive counterattack. After all, this is an away game. If Gao Bo wants to come, Coventry has to make a difference at home.

So the current scene is very dull. When two teams who both want to play defense and counterattack meet, the game will become like this.

Now Luton is in control of the ball and has been in possession of the ball in the backcourt for a while. Luton doesn’t know whether to press it, because Gao Bo emphasized before that this game must be based on defense and must not lose the ball.

Gao Bo saw that the players were a little impatient, and he pressed his hands down to signal the players to be quiet.

Gao Bo is not in a hurry, even if the game is 0-0, it is no big deal.

This is when the head coaches of the two sides compete for patience. Whoever can't bear it first will fall into the passive position first.

Both coaches are reluctant to overturn pre-match deployments easily.