Chapter 96 Onward, Wembley!

Chapter 96 Onward, Wembley!

On the morning of April 19, Luton's players assembled at the training ground as usual.

But there is no need to train today, because today is the day of the FA Cup semi-final and they are going to London! Go to Wembley! And what awaits them in London is their opponent, Arsenal, a giant in north London!

"Hurry up, pack up and get in the car!!"

John Aston is busy calling the players into the car, and as an assistant coach, his job is still very complicated.

Gao Bo always looks up at the sky before going out to the road, and he wants to know the weather on the day of the game.

The clouds in the sky are not thick, the morning sun is warm and warm, and the sun shines through the clouds.

I hope that when we return tomorrow, we can also see such a gorgeous morning sun.

Gao Bo suddenly thought a little literary.

"It shouldn't rain today..." John, who was done with his work, walked over and said.

"I hope to be able to have a heavy rain during the game..." Gao Bo said.

Arsenal is a team with a more gorgeous style of play in the Premier League. Their teamwork at the front of the penalty area, as well as the overall ground-propulsion short pass and play style, are very distinctive.

Although the torrential rain has also affected Luton, the impact on Arsenal will certainly be greater.

"It's useless, Gao, we're going to Wembley!" John Aston looked proud as he held out a finger: "This is Wembley!"

The rain and windy weather did not have any effect on Wembley at all. Of course, the current Wembley Stadium is the new Wembley, which was newly built two years ago. It is completely different from the previous stadium where England lifted the World Cup championship. Its facilities are more modern and can be used in any weather conditions. Host football matches.

Playing on such a modern course, the weather factor has become irrelevant.

Wembley Stadium is the home ground of England and the Holy Land of English football. England once won the World Cup trophy at this stadium. However, since the old Wembley Stadium was built in the 1920s, after entering the 21st century, it has become increasingly difficult to hide the needs of modern football.

The FA finally chose to demolish the old Wembley Stadium. Most of the fans hoped that the Wembley Twin Towers would be preserved when the stadium was rebuilt, but it failed in the end. On 20 May 2000, Old Wembley hosted her last FA Cup final against Chelsea and Aston Villa, with Chelsea's Robert Di Matteo scoring the only goal of the game. On October 7, 2000, the last game at the old Wembley was between Germany and England. Germany's Hamann scored the winning goal and became the last player to score at Wembley. The loss of the game also directly led to the dismissal of England coach Kevin Keegan. After the game, many fans removed the stadium seats as a souvenir, and Wembley was officially closed after that.

The English Football Association then began construction of the new Wembley Stadium.

Wembley Stadium is regarded by the British as a symbol of British sports. Due to the involvement of various interest groups, the debate surrounding the reconstruction of Wembley Stadium has never been interrupted, and the construction costs have continued to increase. ?

After several twists and turns, the new Wembley Stadium was finally built and put into use in 2007, and the FA Cup final that year was held at the new Wembley Stadium.

The £780 million new Wembley is a modern, high-tech stadium with 90,000 seats and a roof that can be floated and closed, making it the largest roof-top stadium in the world.

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Just as the team members were about to set off, the city of Luton was almost boiling.

When the team's bus pulled out of the gate of the training base, it was found that the entire street was densely packed with fans wearing Luton's orange home jerseys.

Arsenal were drawn to the home team's dressing room for this game, so they were wearing Arsenal's red home jersey. However, since Luton's home jersey color does not constitute a contrasting color with Arsenal, the Luton players who were drawn to the visiting team's locker room also wore home jerseys during the game.

Flags fluttered on the streets, and fans cheered.

The atmosphere reached its climax when the team bus was seen coming out.

"Wembley!! Wembley!! Wembley!!!"

The players were a little shocked by the atmosphere created by the fans, let alone these young players, even John, who has served the team for more than 20 years, has never seen Luton fans so enthusiastic.

"This is... the whole of Luton has come out!" Lin Sen smacked his mouth, and only after he came to England did he truly realize the meaning of football to English fans.

Take Luton as an example, most of the people living in Luton are also fans of this team. That is really a die-hard loyalist of a team since the ancestors.

Gao Bo stood in front of the car, and there was a straight road connected to the entrance of the training base.

This road is one of Luton's main roads, and even the team's home ground is named after this road - this is the Worth Road that runs through the entire city of Luton.

From the entrance of the training base, you can see the end of Worth Road. On the main road that is two or three kilometers long, it is densely packed with people.

"This is too exaggerated..."

Gao Bo and John looked at each other, and both saw shock in their own eyes. Soon after, he saw Alexander, who was very active in the crowd. The owner of the pub, who appeared to be the head of a fan club, was now directing the crowd and maintaining order.

"Alexander, how did you come up with such a big battle?!" Gao Bo got out of the car and walked to the pressure mountain.

The arrival of the head coach aroused cheers from the fans, and Alexander had to roar: "We are going to Wembley with the team!!"

"The game time is 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and how can you all get there?" Gao Bo reluctantly pointed to the dense crowd on the street. He is a little worried about so many people now. What if there is a safety accident? !

"Railroad!! Let's go by train!! We have booked two trains with the railway company!!" Alexander laughed, "It's a big deal for the team to reach the semifinals, and of course we have to participate in all of them."

This Gao Bo understands that the FA gave Luton 30,000 tickets. As a result, on the day of buying the tickets, Luton fans crowded the server through the official website ticket sales channel. You know, Luton is just a A city of only a few hundred thousand people...

After that, as long as Luton put all the tickets on the offline ticket sales channel, the fans almost lined up all night, just to grab a Wembley ticket.

"You are not only 30,000 people, right?" Gao Bo pointed to the crowd on the street and said, "And even if you take the train, it is estimated that you can't transport so many people."

Gao Bo doesn't know much about train capacity, but even in China, a 16-car train can only carry about one or two thousand people...

"This is a problem, we can take a few more rides... Haha" Alexander said with a smile.

"This is just the semi-final, what if the team made it to the final?!"

"Uh...then we'll do it again after entering the finals..." Alexander said in his mouth, but he was muttering in his heart.

I'm afraid I won't have a chance to make it to the finals...

Gao Bo doesn't know what the fans think, but seeing this sensational crowd at least shows that at Wembley, Luton's fans will not lose much to Arsenal.

Gao Bo is still very happy about this.

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When the team's bus was out of the city, the players found that behind the bus, there was actually a long line of cars!

Some vehicles also had Luton's flags sticking out of their windows, and the flags fluttered in the wind.

These are Luton fans too! ! !

The players were astonished by the battles the fans had come up with.

When the bus pulled up on the M1 highway, the cars behind the vehicle converged into a long line and rushed towards Wembley Stadium.