Chapter 81: The opponent of the quarterfinals

"It's not an upset!!"

In the next day's newspaper, Gao Bo's sentence made the headlines of many newspapers.

Despite the title "This is not an upset", many media still call this game the biggest upset in the FA Cup in recent years!

It's not uncommon for small teams to beat big teams in the FA Cup, but games like Luton Town's 4-0 win over Manchester City and the Second Division's side playing a Premier League side out of the box are quite rare.

"In a way, it's not really an upset, because with the quality that Luton have shown, Manchester City have been almost completely targeted by them! Although Manchester City has the advantage in possession, but in some other key statistics, the number of shots on goal, the number of shots within the frame of the goal, the number of times they have scored within 30 meters, the distance traveled, interceptions, etc., Luton Town have an advantage over Manchester City, not to mention, in terms of scoreline, the score of 4-0 has already said it all"

The team newspaper put the match on the front page of the sports section, and in fact in England, the game caused a stir throughout England.

"I didn't expect Manchester City to lose so badly, Coach Gobo's team accomplished something incredible. In fact, I even think they have a chance of winning the FA Cup!! Manchester United's manager Alex Ferguson gloated in front of the media cameras, after all, it was their city rivals Manchester City who were unlucky, and Manchester United had already been eliminated from the FA Cup.

Another veteran Premier League coach Arsene Wenger also expressed his amazement at the game: "I don't think we want to meet Luton, this is a phenomenal team in the English league this season, to be able to create such a team with great fighting power in the second division, coach Gao Bo has done a very good job!" ”

Arsenal have also reached the quarter-finals, but the draw for the FA Cup will not begin until the fifth round is over.

Lineker spent almost half an hour introducing Luton Town on his BBC program "Match of the Day": "I think about now, no one can ignore this second division team that has eliminated Chelsea and Manchester City in succession!" In the FA Cup quarter-finals, we see which opponents Luton Town will draw and how far they will go in the FA Cup this season. We'll see! ”

In the evening after the broadcast of "Match of the Day", all the matches of the fifth round of the FA Cup were over.

There have been no draws in all eight games in this round, which is relatively rare in FA Cup matches, but it has also made all the teams in the last eight have been produced.

In addition to Luton, seven other teams including Coventry, Fulham, Middlesbrough, Hull City, Everton, Liverpool and Arsenal have reached the quarter-finals.

Luton Town are the lowest league players in the last eight, while Championship side Coventry are relatively weak, while the other six teams are all from the Premier League.

Although the FA Cup is a hotbed of underdogs, most of the teams that can make it to the final stage of competition are still Premier League teams. On the football field, there may be an upset in a game, but if the strength is not good, it is basically impossible to cause an upset.

At the end of the day's training, all the members of his coaching staff were in his office watching the draw for the quarterfinals!

Gao Bo was a little excited, it was really a surprise to be able to reach the quarter-finals of the FA Cup. Because before the start of this season, the whole team was weighed down by 30 penalty points, and the pressure of the league was already big enough.

But now that the FA Cup is in the quarter-finals, theoretically, you can win the FA Cup with just three more wins!

This is definitely something to be fought for - if nothing else, the card system is sure to have incredible rewards just for winning the FA Cup, and winning the cup also means that Luton Town will get a European place next season - the FA Cup winner will have a Europa League qualification!

If promotion goes well this season, then Gao Bo will lead the First Division team to the Europa League next season!

At the thought of such a challenge, Gao Bo trembled with excitement.

John Aston is not as optimistic as Gobo and, of course, it would be best to win the FA Cup.

"Hopefully the quarterfinals will get a good draw"

The team beat Chelsea and Manchester City, but there are also Arsenal and Liverpool in the quarterfinals.

"Hopefully we'll be able to draw Coventry!!" Lin Sen said with some longing, Coventry is the weakest in the quarterfinals except for Luton.

At this time, the draw has begun, and the first one to be drawn is Coventry.

Everyone on the coaching staff looked at Lin Sen, and even Lin Sen was stunned, it wouldn't be such a coincidence, right?

But that's just the way it happened

When the draw guests drew Coventry's opponents, the Luton Town coaching staff let out a whole body of exclamation.

"Luton"

Coventry's opponent is Luton!!

There was a cheer in the office, and John Aston was eager to give Linson a few hot kisses, which frightened the young man to retreat.

"Did you use some kind of sorcery, Lin?!"

Mel Donald was also full of excitement.

Although it may seem a bit arrogant, for Luton, who are still in the second division, they seem to have no fear of their Champions League opponents - they have beaten opponents at this level many times in the FA Cup and League Cup, and even Chelsea and Manchester City were knocked out by Luton, Coventry City is naturally much weaker than the above two teams.

Gao Bo is also very happy, after all, it is much better to draw Coventry than to draw Arsenal or Liverpool.

"That's it!! Now our goal is to beat Coventry!! Reach the semi-finals!! ”

Gao Bo didn't wait for all the lots to be drawn, and announced excitedly.

In other fixtures, Liverpool drew Fulham, while Everton faced Middlesbrough at home, with Arsenal playing Hull City in the remaining group.

After the draw, the BBC live-streamed draw ceremony did not end immediately, but allowed several guests to predict a place in the FA Cup semi-finals.

"I think the top four will be Arsenal, Liverpool, Everton, and Luton!" One of the guests said.

In fact, he doesn't know that he thinks so, even Lineker thinks so: "I think Coventry will be difficult to play against Luton, although they are two levels higher than Luton, but look at Luton's form, they are indeed crocodiles in the second division, if they don't get 30 points deducted this season, they can definitely set a record for the championship points in the second division!" ”

Never before in the history of the FA Cup has a team in the lower leagues been so favoured