Chapter 167 The Cottage Objects of Barcelona

As we enter September, the wheat in the wheat fields has turned yellow, and Luton Town seem to have entered the harvest season, and since September, they have maintained their winning streak in the remaining games, except for the first two days of the British Championship and then a draw with Tranpier in the first round of supplementary matches.

The overall momentum of the team is upward! Despite the intense schedule, Gao Bo has played a good role in adjusting the team's form. Since the big win over Exeter City on September 8, the team has won four consecutive victories on all fronts!

On 26 September, the last game of September, Luton Town were challenged at home to Norwich.

Of course, Gao Bo's goal in this game is also to win, but because of the frequency of the game, he still made some rotations in positions.

Up front, Matt Schmidt was given the chance to make his first league start of the season, with Antoine Griezmann alongside him up front, midfielder Danny Drinkwater resting and Joseph Endel replacing him. The centre-back duo at the back has become a partnership between Jeffrey and George Parker, Saul Campbell continues to rotate, the veteran is here for his age after all, Gao Bo has to save a little, and Karl Jenkinson at right wing-back has been given a chance.

This is actually the reason why Gao Bo did not prepare a huge lineup, if someone in the team did not have the opportunity to play, then there must be some problems within the team, and the huge gap between the main team and the substitutes last season actually made Gao Bo a little stretched in many games.

1 to 0! Luton's rotation also picked up valuable three points.

Although the score was not large, the process was convincing, and Luton Town dominated the game from start to finish, and they finally beat their opponents with a goal from Antoine Griezmann!

This ball best exemplifies Matt's aerial prowess. Kevin Keane's cross into the box, Matt's header back to the edge of the box, Griezmann cut in and fired a right-footed volley that hit the underside of the crossbar and bounced into the net! This goal made the stands of Wo Si, who had been waiting for more than 70 minutes, completely boil.

Despite scoring just one goal in the game, Luton Town had nineteen shots on goal in the game, seven of which were on target. And the reason why there was only one goal in this game was because of Norwich's united defence, and their goalkeeper who played well in this game...

Regardless of the process, though, the result was good, with Antoine Griezmann's goal helping the team continue to bite into the top two in the table.

Charlton Athletic and Leeds United have both won back-to-back, so the team is still third in the table. If they finish the season in this position, Luton Town will go to the promotion play-offs, and Gobo does not want to waste time in the play-offs, hoping that the team can be promoted to the Championship as First Division winners. So this ranking did not meet Gao Bo's expectations, but he is not in a hurry, after all, the league has only just started, and after a little twist and turn in the early part of the season, the team looks to be on the right track.

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On 1 October, the team had another home game, but this time in the group stage of the Europa League.

The team will face Basel at home!

Currently in Group E where Luton are located, Basel upset at home in the first round, they beat Ranieri's Roma team, so Gao Bo did not dare to slack off on Basel's team.

'Basel are a fantastic team, they are very good on the ground and it will be difficult to play against them, but we want to play well!' At the pre-match press conference, Gao Bo took Basel very seriously.

Roma is not a weak team, Gao Bo knows this very well, and Gao Bo never dared to underestimate Ranieri, being able to beat Roma shows that Basel's strength is not bad.

In contrast to Gobo's cautiousness, Basel manager Torsten Fink was a bit frivolous in his pre-match press conference against Luton: "Beating Roma puts us in a very good position, but I think this group will be a competition between Basel and Roma, and to win the group, you will need to score enough points against Luton Town and CSKA Sofia." ”

This is what Tosten Fink really thinks, he actually attaches great importance to Luton's team, because he thinks Luton has the ability to win upsets, so before the game, Tosten Fink said to his disciples with a very solemn face: "We have to pay great attention to this game, if we want to win the first place in the group, the home and away games against Luton will be the key, CSKA Sofia does not have the strength to threaten us and Roma, and Luton Town is in the third division of England." But last season's FA Cup win shows that this team has a lot of quality. We can't afford to take it lightly! ”

Torsten Fink's expression was solemn: "Therefore, we need to score as soon as possible, as long as we are ahead, there is basically nothing Luton can do, the time of the first goal is critical!" If we don't score for a long time, then I'm worried about our backline. Luton's counter-attack was very strong! ”

German Tosten Fink said.

On the other side, Gao Bo is also doing the final pre-game mobilization.

"It's a team that beat Roma!" Gao Bo stood in the middle of the locker room and said, as soon as he said this, the players' faces became solemn.

Basel are not well-known, but they beat Serie A side Roma 2-0 at home just two weeks ago!

'Everybody knows how we're going to finish the game, we have our tactics, we have our style. We've been working on these things a lot in training, so I'm not going to talk about the tactical stuff. Gao Bo raised his finger: "I'll just say one thing, Basel is a team that pursues ground control, we can't let them into their own rhythm of the game, they like to control the ball in the midfield, so we will entangle with them in the midfield!" Cut the connection between their midfielders, keep their ball from passing, and shred the game!! ”

"Be careful with set-pieces and try not to give them a free kick near the line of the box!! Basel has a few free kick masters, such as their No. 30 Caritos, N'Golo, to control the place of foul and try to get as far away from the penalty area as possible! Gao Bo turned to Kante and said.

Kanter nodded, and he said he understood.

"Of course, they don't necessarily get through the midfield so easily, and in this game, we still started pressing from the front and tried to make a tackle in the midfield!!" Gao Bo raised his right hand.

"And then after the break...."Gao Bo suddenly put down his raised hand, "counterattack!!" Destroy them!! ”

"The opponent is already waiting for us!! Get out now!! Kill them!! ”

Gao Bo opened the door to the dressing room, and the players walked out with confidence on their faces.

The players from both sides met in the tunnel of the players, but there were no acquaintances between the players of the two teams, and the players lined up in two columns, waiting to play.

There was a drizzle in the sky outside, and by the time the cheers of the fans in the stands rose sharply, the players from both teams had lined up on the pitch.

Gao Bo stood next to the dugout as he watched the backs of the Basel players.

If you just look at the back, Gao Bo thinks he is playing with Barcelona...

Basel's home kit is also the same red and blue striped shirt as Barcelona's, and it's no coincidence that both teams have this coloured jersey.

FCBarcelona (FC Barcelona) and FCBasel (FC Basel), both clubs are abbreviated from FCB——— on November 12, 1893, Basel FC was officially announced, and six years later, Gamble, the owner of this club and the captain of the football team, came to Barcelona and founded FC Barcelona here, becoming the founder of Barcelona's century-long glory. Gamble and Basel had a profound influence on Barcelona, choosing the same red and blue colours as Basel when choosing the shirt for the new club, giving Basel the same title in German, Barcelona in Catalonia and Spanish: "red and blue".

And in a way..... The red and blue striped shirt is still a copycat from Barcelona from Basel...

Gao Bo squinted and glanced at Basel coach Tosten Fink on the other side.

It's a pity that you're not the real Barcelona...

The German saw Luton Town as their target before the game, which made Gao Bo feel refreshed.... The more Basel looks down on Luton, the more likely it is that Luton will win all three points at home! For Gao Bo, Basel is also his target for points, this group from the point of view of strength, Ranieri's Roma is of course the strongest on paper, so Gao Bo has been determined to take all three points on Basel before the start of the game, so that the team can occupy a favorable form in the standings as soon as possible.

Even if Basel doesn't have a light opponent, they won't necessarily win Luton! Gao Bo has absolute confidence in his team.

The drizzle was falling, and Basel's players felt a little uncomfortable, as the weather had turned cooler in September, and the rain was always bitterly chilly, compared to Switzerland.

If only the race was gone... Tosten Fink frowned as well, the rain in the sky had not stopped since he came here.

Compared to their opponents, Luton's players don't have the slightest feeling, they are used to such a climate.

The players of both sides took their positions according to their respective formations, and the captains of both sides completed a series of ceremonies such as picking sides. The referee blew the whistle and the game officially began!