Chapter 161 Small goals for the Europa League

After a big home win over Millwall, there was finally a brief break in the squad after a devilish start to the season.

The team's next game is on September 17 against CSKA Sofia away from home.

Although there were only five days in between, it was a small break compared to the previous rhythm of three days and one game.

Gobo decided to give the team a day off after the Millwall game before departing for Bulgaria on September 15.

Taking advantage of the team's holiday, Gao Bo went to the youth academy to visit Li Yuanshan.

Gao Bo is still very concerned about Li Yuanshan's situation, and the staff of the Youth Academy reported on Li Yuanshan in great detail, and Gao Bo read it carefully.

Although the fundamentals are not very good, the fifteen-year-old is still enough to establish himself in the academy in Luton Town with this strong body.

"How did it feel to play lately?"

Gao Bo took Li Yuanshan out to eat at a local Chinese restaurant in Luton.

This is where Gao Bo often goes to eat, but the owner is not Chinese.

"It's okay, there have been a lot of games recently, and the team on England's side is much better than our China!"

Although Li Yuanshan can't play official games, the academy not only has to play in the FA's U-series leagues and cups, but also often organizes some friendly matches or something.

England isn't big anyway, and a lot of teams will get their academy academies to play more games this way.

So Li Yuanshan doesn't have to worry about not playing in England.

Gao Bo looked at Li Yuanshan's data with the system, his technical data progress is still very considerable, more than two months after coming to England, Li Yuanshan's shooting data has reached sixty-seven, although it is not as good as the average of English players of his age, but this is also based on the fact that his base is very low.

"When you're playing, you have to use your brain, don't just think about your body. When it comes to the professional field, there are some who are physically stronger than you, don't look at the fact that you can establish yourself in the academy now, but from the academy to the professional arena is a different concept! ”

Li Yuanshan nodded, he now felt more and more that it was not Gao Bo who was sitting in front of him, but Chen Lao....

However, Li Yuanshan also knew that Gao Bo would say this if he regarded him as his own, otherwise, there would be more than 100 people in the Youth Academy, why should Gao Bo say these words to himself alone.

Gao Bo plans to take a look at Li Yuanshan's training first, and the current Li Yuanshan is obviously completely unable to meet the standards of professional appearance, but just playing friendly matches and not having official matches is not a way for the growth of players.

"You can't fall behind in the practice of your basic skills!" Gao Bo said.

"If you can complete the training plan I gave you before the winter window..."

Li Yuanshan raised his head, he actually wanted to play in an official game.

"I'll send you to Portugal!"

Gao Bo said. Don't think about Li Yuanshan for labor certification, he is Chinese, it is impossible to get an EU passport. However, the Portuguese side does not need any labor certification.

The Portuguese Super League is impossible, and Gao Bo is ready to find a Portuguese first division league for Li Yuanshan to try.

Li Yuanshan is still young, so Gao Bo is not in a hurry. This little fellow of his, who is born to be an athlete, can be regarded as a talented kind of person.

But whether he can succeed, or how much he can achieve in the future, depends more on his own efforts.

Gao Bo is just a guide on Li Yuanshan's growth path, and how fast he runs depends on himself.

After a day off, the team began to prepare again.

On 15 September, the team boarded a plane in London and flew to Bulgaria.

The media in England are still very concerned about Luton's away trip this time, after all, Luton Town is probably the first team in the history of the first division to play in the Europa League, and what kind of performance they can perform in the Europa League is the topic of attention of all the English media.

Some media believe that Gao Bo will strategically abandon the Europa League.

“..... Even if Luton Town put all their energy into the Europa League, so what? Will they still be able to win the championship? So the Chinese coach will probably give up the Europa League, of course, what I said about giving up may not be accurate, Gao Bo may not put too much energy on the European competition, after all, for Luton, this season is a lot of promotion tasks - Charlton Athletic and Leeds United are doing very well, and if Luton can't bite the top two in the league, they will probably end up playing promotion play-offs - in that format, it is difficult to say whether Luton can be promoted.."

Can Luton Town win the Europa League again?

The logic of the media is actually correct, after all, if you put too much energy into a race that is destined to not win the championship, it will be worth the loss if you delay the promotion of the season.

But Gao Bo doesn't think so, he really wants to win the championship now...

When the plane crossed the European continent and landed in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, Gao Po set foot in the Balkan Peninsula for the first time.

Speaking of Bulgaria, Chinese fans may not be familiar with it, but Bulgarian football in the seventies and eighties of the last century, but a strong team in Europe, when Bulgaria had stars such as Stoikikov, Lechekov, Barakov, etc., and in recent years, Bulgaria has also produced stars such as Berbatov and Bodinov.

Sofia is undoubtedly a very beautiful city, and the road from the airport to the city is hidden in a lush greenery, lined with linden, arabic oak, plane trees, Canadian poplars, etc.

It's a world-famous garden city, and if it weren't for the competition, Gao Bo would have really wanted to visit the city.

However, Gao Bo now has no time to pay attention to the beauty of Sofia, and he is still studying the opponent of this match, CSKA Sofia.

The dominant team in the Bulgarian league has won 28 league titles so far! As you can see from their names, this team is still very close to the Bulgarian army.

Two of the most famous stars in the history of Bulgarian football came from this team – in the 1989-1990 season, Stoichkov won the European Golden Boot with 38 goals, and since then he has established himself as a player; Berbatov made his professional debut in 1998 with CSKA Sofia and a decade later he joined Manchester United for £30.75 million, the highest transfer fee for a Bulgarian player.

Berbatov only transferred to Manchester United the previous season, and being able to produce a star like Berbatov shows that the Bulgarian league also has considerable strength.

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"Do Luton still want to win the Europa League?"

In the humble away dressing room at the Bulgarian Army Stadium, Gao Bo wrote the phrase on the tactical board.

When the players who came back from the warm-up came back to the dressing room, they saw the phrase at first sight.

'A lot of English media have been using this phrase lately to prove that we are going to give up on the Europa League.

The players were a little strange, but Gao Bo said calmly.

'Will we give up the Europa League?' Gao Bo shrugged, "It depends on what we think." ”

"If we think differently, are we going to give up this game?"

"Jamie, tell me? Have you thought about giving up? ”

"Never! Chief!!! ”

Vardy exclaimed.

Gao Bo nodded with satisfaction, when it was time to boost the morale of the team, Vardy, who was always full of fighting spirit, was the best candidate.

"That's right!! I'm not going to give up on this game either. ”

"As for the Europa League...... Gao Bo pointed to the words of the Europa League on the tactical board, and then his fingers unconsciously jumped to the word champion.

The players are naturally hungry for the title, but they are only a first-division team, can they really do it?

"I'll tell you a story, have you ever heard of Yamada Motoichi?" Gao Bo asked.

The players looked at him, how could they have heard of this man?

Gao Bo is very familiar with this person, because the chicken soup for the soul about Yamada Motoichi was still very popular in China back then.

In 1984, at the Tokyo International Marathon Invitational Race, the little-known Japanese runner Yamada Motoichi unexpectedly won the world championship. When the reporter asked him why he achieved such an amazing result, he said this sentence: Win over your opponent with wisdom.

Everyone was a little puzzled by his so-called "wisdom". Ten years later, he told the truth of this "wisdom" in his autobiography: "Before each race, I have to take the car to carefully look at the route of the race and draw the more eye-catching signs along the way. For example, the first sign is a bank; The second sign is a large tree; The third sign is a red house...... This is done all the way to the end of the race. As soon as the race started, I ran my way to the first target at the speed of a 100-meter race, and when I reached the first goal, I rushed to the second target at the same speed. The more than 40-kilometer race was easily completed by me by breaking it down into these few small goals. At first, I didn't understand this, I set my goal on the flag at the finish line more than 40 kilometers away, and I ended up exhausted by the 10 kilometers I was scared by the long distance ahead. ”

Gao Bo finished telling this story, and I have to say that the reason why these classic chicken soup for the soul are popular is because these stories may really be nutritious.

Yamada's story is actually a method of breaking down a big goal into several smaller goals.

"A big goal is always so far away in people's eyes, and it is even intimidating to people, but in fact, breaking down the big goal into small goals will have unexpected effects!" Gao Bo paused slightly, waiting for the players to digest it before he continued: "It's the same for us. Honestly, I'm desperate to win the Europa League. Is there anyone who doesn't want this title? ”

The players in the dressing room are naturally eager to win the Europa League, and the most experienced of Saul Campbell is also very hungry for this title, Saul Campbell has won the Premier League, but in Europe, he has yet to win any honours.

It's just that he failed to win a European title at Tottenham and Arsenal back then, can he go to Luton?

Saul Campbell is still very skeptical, but not everyone is an old fritter Saul Campbell, and Luton's youngsters are easily attracted by Gobo's words.

"So, since winning the Europa League is an unattainable goal for us, let's set a small goal first!"

"Let's get out of the group first!!"

"Let's start with this game! Beat them!! Score three points!! ”

There is undeniable power in Gao Bo's calm words, and the players will not question the manager they absolutely trust.

Since the manager says so, then they should work the field!

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