Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Away Battle Coventry Falls

When the players from both sides ran out of the tunnel, the home fans gave the home team players a huge cheer.

Compared to Woon Stadium, Ricoh Stadium is much larger. However, now Luton's Wolway Stadium is located in the city center, surrounded by residential areas, and there is no room for expansion, not to mention, with the capital of the current team's poor owner, he can't afford to buy people, can he be expected to build a new stadium?

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

Reaching the semi-finals of the FA Cup is something a small team like Luton Town could never have imagined before.

"Can we really make it to the Final Four?" John stood next to Gao Bo and applauded the players on both sides.

"Not necessarily!" Gao Bo didn't look back.

Not necessarily?!!

John was a little anxious, who swore a few days ago that he would win the FA Cup?

John was about to say something, but Gao Bo looked back, and he saw his assistant's anxious look.

"John, there is no 100% sure thing in this world, anything, as long as you are 100% sure, you can do it!"

"You're saying we're one or two percent sure of beating Coventry?!" John is also a little lacking in confidence, probably because he has beaten teams in the higher leagues in succession this season, and John always feels that his team will lose in a certain game against a team in the higher leagues, and this feeling always makes John uneasy.

Gao Bo, on the other hand, was apparently not bothered by this.

"I mean, we're one or two percent sure of winning!!" Gao Bo smiled, his face full of confidence.

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

"John, do you know what is the most important thing on the football field for me?" Gao Bo looked at the players who were already standing in their respective positions, and he still sent the single striker lineup from the previous game, with Vardy at the front, and Charlie, who has been in great form recently, was placed on the bench by Gao Bo.

John shook his head, who could have guessed what the talented coach in front of him was thinking?

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

"We have only one glimmer of hope of winning the FA Cup?!" John was shocked again, didn't he have one or two percent just now?

"You're really good at getting to the point," Gao Bo spread his hands helplessly, "It's just a metaphor, we're going to win the FA Cup this season, John!" We have a reason to do it. ”

Gao Bo turned around.

"If we win the FA Cup, the money from next season's sale will go back to recruitment!"

"Do you know what that means?"

John nodded, of course he understood what that meant, just Charlie Austin, there were already teams offering four million pounds, four million pounds is quite a lot for a second division team like Luton! And under Gao Bo's "packaging", Charlie's worth still has enough room to rise.

"Get ready to make a splash in Europe next season, John!"

For the first time, John Aston discovered that the team's manager had such ambitions....

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"The players from both sides have stepped onto the pitch!" Mr. Letterkinson grabbed the microphone in the commentary seat.

The four FA Cup quarter-finals are played over two days, starting with Coventry's home game against Luton Town and Fulham's home game against Liverpool.

Both games were broadcast live from Sky Sports, but Lightkinson, as the ace commentator, specifically asked to be there for this one, the confrontation between two non-Premier League teams.

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

"The home team sent their strongest team! Coleman's side have been inconsistent in the league this season, but they have had some luck in the cup and have reached the quarter-finals after knocking out Blackburn. The goalkeeper who started for Coventry in this game is Westwood, and on the back line, there are White, Dane, Turner, and Hall, while the midfielders are Henderson, Ganelsen, Doyle, Eastwood, and the forwards are the partners of Best and Morrison! "Lightkinson is broadcasting the starting line-up to both sides.

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

If Gobo remembers correctly, he is the future midfielder who will take over the captaincy of Liverpool Steven Gerrard, the new Reds captain. Henderson is a Sunderland academy product, and in the winter window, the 19-year-old was loaned to Coventry City by Sunderland for training.

Henderson didn't know that he was being followed by Gao Bo, and in fact Gao Bo was not interested in Henderson, because Henderson is also a Premier League academy graduate, and in addition to a loan, it will probably be difficult for Luton to get Henderson to accept things like transfers.

......

It's been ten minutes since the start of the game.

Gao Bo frowned on the sidelines. He looked at Coleman on the other side, this guy can really put down the Championship team's shelf, and actually play a solid counterattack against Luton, a second division team?!

Coventry's strategy now is really to defend and counter-attack, with none of their three antennas past the midfield, instead shrinking into their own half of the pitch and waiting for Luton to attack.

"Coventry is now... Kick a defensive counterattack?! Lightkinson was also a little surprised, "They really played defensive counter-attacks, Coleman put on a defensive posture and waited for Luton to come up and attack. ”

Gao Bo was also a little helpless, he didn't expect the opponent to do this before the game, anyway, Coventry City is also a team in the Championship, they are two levels higher than Luton, Coleman can still put down the shelf and shrink the defense.

This gentleman is really able to bend and stretch.

However, the problem is that Gao Bo's single-striker formation is actually a defensive counterattack, after all, this is an away game, and in Gao Bo's thinking, Coventry has to make a difference at home.

So it's a very dull scene now, and when two teams that want to play defensive counter-attack meet, the game will be like this.

Now it is Luton who is in control of the ball, and they have been in possession at the back for a while, and Luton don't know whether to press it, because Gao Bo stressed that this game must be based on defense and must not concede the ball.

Gao Bo saw that the players were a little impatient, and he pressed down with his hands and motioned for the players to calm down.

Gao Bo is not in a hurry, even if this game is played 0-0, it is not a big deal.

This is when the coaches of both sides are competing for patience, and whoever can't help it first will fall into passivity first.

Neither manager was willing to easily overturn the pre-match set-up.