Chapter Thirty-Eight: Meeting Is Better Than Famous

While Jordan was preparing the plan and registering the two companies, the second and his teammates from the Oxford Holiday Street Soccer team played a game in the wind and rain for the first time.

Originally, there was no rain on the day of the weather forecast, but people often say that the day in June will change, in fact, the day in July is no exception, the weather was sunny at the beginning, played for more than 30 minutes, the second their team scored two goals, it is estimated that God can't stand it, a gust of wind comes, greater than the torrent, the southern suburbs of the park stadium of the kicker, the watch of the ball are drenched in a soup chicken, even this field can not play football, after all, it is not a professional venue, there is no drainage system, everyone has to leave.

The opponent of this game is also a team composed of local Oxford fans, and they also want to play with the Oxford Holiday Street Soccer team, but the Oxford Post does not agree, because there are too many people who sign up, you play two games, so what about the people in the back? Everyone is waiting in line, right?

Let the Oxford Holiday Street Team do it on Saturday or Wednesday and count as a make-up game, but Mr Baker disagrees. Mr. Baker believes that competition is not the goal, training is the foundation. If you want to play, you can play against the Oxford Post or the Victoria Cola.

The Victoria Coke Company didn't care, the sponsorship was too worthwhile, the newspapers, and the Oxford City fans had word of mouth, and the sales of Victoria Coke were rising, and Pepsi was red-eyed, and they were going to have a street race like this in London, so as to consolidate their position as the sales champion of Coke in England.

At the end of July, there was a game that began, and the opponents of this game turned out to be a lot of middle-aged uncles, as well as father and son, the second was very speechless, what kind of exercise can be obtained from such a game, but the second and the teammates of the Oxford Holiday Street Vido team still completed the game conscientiously.

After the game, due to the fact that the Oxford Holiday Street Team is now unbeaten and has a prominent reputation, II also scored 7 goals, which is as shining as a pearl.

The second began to have fans, that is, the opponent's father and son soldiers, the first pair asked for an autograph, and the second signed in English, which was not recognized, and had to be signed in Chinese. At this time, fans began to rush in, asking for autographs, and when they found that they were enjoying the football game, they forgot about the big thing of autographing.

The second was happy to sign autographs for them, but then he was really scared, and his wrists were stiff, which was much more tiring than training football, and finally he climbed into the bus and ran away.

In the car, looking at Mr. Baker's playful eyes, II and his teammates were eager to throw Mr. Baker out of the car, but now that their wrists are not good, think about it, forget it!

It was also the first time that he realized that his body was still flawed, and he felt tired like a normal person.

Time unconsciously came to August, and the Oxford Holiday Street Team was really lonely and defeated, mainly because the Oxford Holiday Street Team run-in had been completed, and the overall strength and coordination were not a little bit stronger than those teams that had just been formed. In fact, the game of such a team can not get much of the role of training the team, and the players are also training and playing very hard during this time, and the game is happy, but eating too much of a good thing is not a good thing.

The Oxford Post, as always, touted that the Oxford Holiday Street Victor football team is a team capable of playing at the level of the fifth division, and that playing street football is a bit of a bully, and that teams from the South and North Leagues of England or teams competing in the national league go to them to warm up.

But the Post didn't mention what kind of opponent it was at all, after all, others were temporarily formed in teams, and there was no way to compare with the Street Ball Vido team, and the technique and coordination were not as good as the opponent's, and there was no way to win just by relying on physical strength. And there are also reminders from Coach Baker from time to time outside the opponent's court, when it should be fast, it will be fast, when it should be slow, when it should be slow, if it is slow, if it is slow, it will be slow, and then it will be fast, and the body will always remain in a competitive state, isn't it normal to be defeated.

But the fans in the citizens of Oxford have cola, for more than a month, there are many fans who have become fans of the streetball Vido team, and there are also many fans who have become team members, and the second has also become a little famous, and the Chinese who are not fans in the local area know Qin Long, and even the popularity of the Seven Flavors Hotel is a lot higher, and the chubby Boss Sun is sending tea and small Chinese gifts, and many people on the road greet him.

Surprisingly, the Post said that although there were no fifth-tier teams coming to the table, there was an Anglo-African United team called Poddick Town in London's Southampton area, and the company invited the street Vido football team to participate in the first warm-up game before the game.

Although the Podick Town Club does not give the Oxford Holiday Street Team an appearance fee, the Victoria Coke Company's room and board expenses and transportation expenses are all covered, hoping that the Oxford Holiday Street Victor Team can agree, and the guarantee is that even if the Oxford Holiday Street Victory Team loses, they will still get a 1,000 pound prize for winning the game.

Originally, the Oxford holiday street Vido team was ready to disband and take a holiday, and more than a month has passed, and everyone is already very tired mentally and physically, but Vidor said that this is a pre-game warm-up game invited by London Bodick Town, Coach Baker discussed with the team players, and was tempted, this can be accepted, this is like the ancient Qinglou, Xianggong is to be selected, and you can make an exception if you look at it.

The Anglo-Philippine United team is actually a non-fourth-tier professional league team in English football, and it is actually an amateur team, but the overall competitive level of this Anglo-African United team is generally higher than that of the Oxford Holiday Street Team, after all, where is the age and game experience of other teams?

Podick Town FC is part of the Anglo-Philippine United, a team in the sixth tier of the Southern League, and further the English National League in the fifth tier.

The Podick Town Club Football Team, as the sixth tier team in Southampton, London, can enter the professional league two steps up, so most of the players in the Podick Town team are players with professional contracts, and the Podick Town team training matches are carried out in full accordance with the requirements of the professional team.

In either way, a victory over Podik Town on the streets of Oxford Holiday would be no less than Denmark's victory over the European Championships.

The reason why this club in London found the second Oxford Holiday Street Soccer team is that Victor must have played a big role in it, why don't so many amateur teams in the Oxford area warm up with the Oxford Holiday Street Victor team?

Because even if the Podick Town team wants to save money, they will not look for a street football team like Oxford Holiday, they don't necessarily fancy this kind of amateur team, the Oxford Holiday street team is a youth team in their eyes, a reserve team.

Sure enough, on the day of the game, the second and the team came to the Maple Lane Stadium and saw the words Victoria Cola written on the chest of the opposing player's blue autumn coat, and everyone understood that it was a typical commercial sparring partner.

Maple Lane Stadium, which is a soccer match venue rented by the Podick Town Club, is a public stadium belonging to the Podick Town Council. After more than two hours by bus, the Oxford Holiday Street Team finally arrived in Podik Town. It was one hour early, and the players from the Podik Town Club had not yet arrived.

Coach Baker took everyone through the field, and the court staff led everyone to the locker room at Maple Leaf Field. I don't know if anyone else has entered the locker room, but I haven't entered this mysterious place in my third life.

The Maple Leaf Stadium looks very historical on the outside, but in fact it is dilapidated, and only one side of the stadium has a canopy on the rostrum, and the other three stands do not. It is not a professional football stadium, and there are running tracks and other sports facilities around the stadium, which is very different from the beautiful stadium that he remembers from TV. The dressing room was just below the rostrum, and the facilities inside were similar to the bathhouse, and the second was disappointed, it was really better to be famous than to meet, and it was better to meet than to be famous.

Instead of doing anything on the wooden benches, they just changed their clothes into the lockers and went to the pitch in high spirits, and the turf was natural but hard to kick. Fortunately, this is the first game of the new season for Podick Town FC, and the turf is still in good condition and beautiful after a summer of renovation and maintenance.

The players of the team began to prepare on the field, and II noticed that Mr. Baker was silent today, did not remind this and that as usual, and just stood on the grass by the pitch, with his head down, perhaps thinking about tactics, perhaps nostalgic for the old days of football.

By the time the Podick players arrived, the Oxford Holiday Street Team players were almost active, and there were fans on the pitch one after another.

Seeing the Podick players come out of the locker room in blue jerseys, II almost laughed when he saw it, because the advertisement on their chests was also the same as II's jersey, with the word Vitocola stamped. And their jersey is marked with the crest of their club in Podick, while the jersey of II is the uniform of the England national team, and outsiders look at it, okay, is this the England national football team playing against the amateur club football team?

There were already a lot of fans standing in the stands outside the stadium, and it was estimated that there were one or two thousand people.

When the scheduled game time came, I lined up to take a family photo, there was no exchange of team flags, and of course it was impossible to lead innocent children to the stage. However, there were three older referees in the stadium, and one looked no different from the Park Stadium, except for the fans who watched the game standing in the stands, and these fans were all supporting Podik Town.

As he was about to enter the game, he saw the reporter of the Oxford Post and couldn't help but shout: "This time you have to focus on the report, this is a battle between the England national football team and the Anglo-Philippine United team in Podik Town. Don't forget that we represent England, you know?"

When everyone heard this, they all laughed out loud when they saw the England jersey and the embarrassment of the reporter.