Chapter 246: It's hard for an honest person to do

The away win allowed the team to maintain the gap to Charlton Athletic in the table, and now that the league has played 34 rounds and 12 rounds of league play, the season of the First Division is coming to an end, and the league has now entered the sprint stage.

With Leeds United recently dropping the chain, Luton and Charlton are now left to continue the battle.

The relegation group also needs to exert force at this time!

After the league enters the sprint stage, the schedule is also tighter, and the lower leagues in England tend to end about half a month earlier than the Premier League, and the schedule has eight more rounds than the Premier League, so the schedule is very tight.

With Luton playing in the Europa League this season, Luton had hoped to change the schedule so that Luton could get more rest for their European commitments.

But the FA refused without hesitation.

Even Manchester United, who have a huge influence in England, once tried to change the league schedule for the Champions League, but they were refused, and Chelsea once wanted the league to make way for the Champions League and let the teams in the Champions League rest for an extra day or two, but the FA also refused.

It's no wonder that Jose Mourinho once angrily complained that "the FA never thinks about what Premier League teams can achieve in the Champions League"...

Even Manchester United and Chelsea were like that, so it was no surprise that Luton Town were rejected.

On March 12th, they played away to Juventus, on March 15 they played away at Calisle, and then on March 19th, they faced Juventus at home!

Such a dense schedule is indeed a serious test for the team.

These days, the team's training is not very much, but doing some easier set-piece routines and defensive positioning.

The training of three players in the team is listed separately.

Adam, Vardy, Griezmann!

"The speed of the pass continues to increase!!" Gao Bo roared from the sidelines.

He rarely intervenes in team training himself, and it is usually John who directs the team according to the training syllabus.

This time was different, he was on the sidelines, directing the three attackers to run and pass the ball to each other.

From several previous games, Gao Bo can see that there is some kind of chemistry between these three attackers, and what Gao Bo wants to do is to make them more tacit!

"Biography! Run!! Gao Bo gestured!

"It has to be fast!! Whether it's passing or running! ”

"Shoot whenever you have space!! Don't hesitate!! ”

"What is the purpose of a quick pass! It's for the shot! Instead of passing the ball for the sake of passing!! ”

"After losing the ball, immediately fight back on the spot and get the ball back!! You will be the first line of defense!! ”

"Run!! Running at any cost!! ”

Gao Bo's words rang out on the training ground.

Time is still very tight, the game is still two or three days away, Gao Bo is ready to surprise everyone in this game!

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While Luton was rushing to train, Juventus also came to England.

They also didn't go straight to Luton – they rented a training ground in London to train on the ground.

The small city of Luton Town does not have a training ground that Juventus is happy with, and Ferrara is worried that they will be harassed in Luton, after all, they were harassed by football hooligans when they played Roma in the group stage.

Speaking of football hooliganism, this is also a common occurrence in England.

“....... Juventus arrived in England three days before the game, and although they did not go directly to Luton, it is a good indication of the importance they take about this game. ”

“..... It is not yet known who will replace Chiellini at centre-back, but the Italian media speculated before the game that Juventus will be a centre-back partnership of Cannavaro and Greguera! However, everything will have to wait for the two sides to announce the starting points before the game! ”

“.... Juventus train at a stadium in London that is 40 kilometres away from Luton's home stadium, Wardway, and Juventus are said not to be staying in a hotel in Luton, but on the day of the match, they will drive directly to Luton, but it is not too far, and it will only take about half an hour to get to their destination from the motorway. The stadium is now completely closed and Ferrara's team has forbidden the media to enter and film! ”

As soon as Juventus arrived in England, the media of all sizes on Fleet Street flocked to pay attention to the Serie A giants.

Compared to Italy, the media in England is much more developed.

The English media reported everything from when Juventus got off the plane, when they settled at the training base, and then what they brought with them, and even how many pairs of underwear Buffon had brought.

Too much media is not a good thing either.

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"A 1-1 score for Juventus means they have to score away from home, so we have only one goal in this game, which is to win against Luton Town and qualify for the quarter-finals!"

Speaking at a press conference the day before the match, Ferrara said.

"We will crush the opponent with a strong attack!"

No one doubts the truth of Ferrara's statement, because Juventus certainly have the ability and motivation to launch an onslaught away from home.

And Gao Bo also said seriously at the press conference before the game: "This is our home stadium, we hope to give the fans a good game!" ”

"So we're not going to be conservative at home, we're going to attack as well, and our goal is to win and then qualify for the quarter-finals!"

Juventus say they are going to attack and people don't suspect anything.

But Luton said they were going to attack, and the media thought it was a joke.

Everyone still remembers that when Ajax came to the Wards Stadium, Luton played a back five formation and defended the whole game, why did Juventus say that they were going to attack as soon as they came?

"If Luton do press the attack, probably Juventus will be the happiest, because then they can retreat back and play the defensive counter-attack that they are good at. But is it necessary for Luton to attack? They have no need to attack at all, and their head coach Gao Bo is also considered to be the representative of the new utilitarian football, such a person to give the fans a good game? Then we'll just have to wait and see! The Italian newspaper Torino Sport scoffed.

The media in England also generally believed that what Gao Bo said at the press conference was just casual talk, and maybe he wanted to confuse Ferrara.

"If Ferrara had believed Gao Bo's nonsense, it is estimated that we could have seen a 0-0 in the first half!" Lineker teased on his main show, The Daily Race.

Gao Bo was actually very helpless when he saw this clip, he made some fine-tuning of the team's tactics in order to deal with this game, and Luton did intend to attack a wave at home! .

I'm not kidding, I'm really going to attack, why doesn't anyone believe me?

It's too hard to be honest these days.

Gao Bo turned off the TV and sighed.