The day before the game, the incident continued to unfold, and Tom, Portsmouth's press officer, was silent at a regular press conference, saying that he would not reveal any details of the incident. But good journalists still seized on the scandal and broke the news wildly, one time publishing the statement of a Portsmouth player that Vardy could not be forgiven by his team-mates, and the other saying that Hydward had expressed concern about the discipline of the lower league players when he brought in Vardy, and now it has finally come true.

At the pre-match press conference, Edward's face of reporters' questions only emphasized the importance of the regulations, and said that it had been dealt with, such a statement is undoubtedly pouring oil on the fire, most of the media's statements are that the vicious battle with West Ham United is ahead, Portsmouth will not let such a scandal affect the state of the players, in order to rectify discipline and eliminate negative news, Hydward will inevitably "kill the chicken to show the monkey", and Vardy, who makes a big mistake, will be delegated or fined heavily.

However, nothing happened, no fines, no decentralization, but I saw the news, Jamie's adoptive father Phil called Ward, constantly apologized, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry...... and counted the bad deeds of his adopted son over the years, "He was sentenced to 6 months of electronic imprisonment for fighting while playing at Storz Bridge Steel in '07, and he got into a gambling habit in the town of Charifas, drinking, smoking, I taught him countless times, this kid has all the vices of non-professional players, but he is not a bad boy, In order to play well, he practiced while working in the factory, and in order to be able to play football and play professionally, I drove him around the country ......"

"Sir, I want to beg you, beg you not to deprive him of his dreams......"

Ward was just silent, he knew that Jamie's relationship with his adoptive father was actually not good, especially since Vardy had a nightclub girlfriend named Rebecca, he wanted to find his biological father, he didn't care how much the person named Phil gave him his last name had paid, and even sometimes Jamie made people feel that becoming a professional player was also a means for him to find his biological father.

Of course, this is not something that Hydward can get involved in, and acting professional is what they should do.

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Before the game, Hydward.

Through the narrow high windows of the box in front of Wembley Stadium, the setting sun spills over the turf, and the red seats are hung with gold stripes. The 133-metre arch now rivals the London Eye not far away, depicting Barcelona winning the European Champions League in the past year, and unsurprisingly the Champions League final next year, but in Heideward's eyes, the whole stadium is still immersed in blood.

He sat high in the seat where Pep Guardiola, Jose Mourinho, Alex Ferguson and others had sit, an ergonomic airline seat made of high-end cowhide and soft cotton, and as countless sages had warned, it was an uncomfortable chair that everyone who sat on it for the whole game lost their jobs. Now he suddenly felt that his heart was constantly throbbing, his hands and feet were numb, this feeling was incomprehensible, every inch of the cowhide under his body seemed hard, and the soft back of the chair made him unable to rely on, there is a famous English proverb called: The king can't sit comfortably, how can the king be like this, and the same is true of the head coach.

After an hour, the fans began to enter the stadium, the stadium administrator ordered all 122 fan aisles to be opened, a column of two teams of fans wearing various colors, holding drinks and meals in their hands, slowly passed through the turnstiles, the team's bus came and was quickly surrounded by thirty or fifty West Ham United fans, some people were cheering and applauding, Allardyce waved to the fans very warmly, and then glanced at the bus from Portsmouth not far away, the bus was already empty, they arrived here an hour early.

Sam didn't expect so many people, 80,000 tickets were sold out early, and he saw several West Ham fans with their faces painted and sweating their arms, beating the drums of war, and Allardyce smiling casually to show his supporters before continuing along Wembley's dark corridor. The teaching assistant raised his head to look at him from time to time like a guard, took out a ticket from his pocket and handed it to Big Sam, "Yesterday's play was really exciting, Mr. Landau's acting skills are still so good, there should be another one tomorrow, are you interested?" ”

"Of course," Sam took the ticket, and the two of them chatted casually, not in the slightest nervous as Ward, a scene that Allardyce had seen too much.

But his players don't seem to be very high.

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"Boss, it seems like we're here a little early today." From the very beginning, the players were talking and laughing in the dressing room, and now the jokes are all on the head of the coach.

Hydward didn't care at all: "I was so nervous that I misremembered the time. The locker room burst into laughter, and he diverted the subject: "How did you sleep last night?" I heard the sound of Pro Evolution Soccer coming from Meunier's room in the middle of the night, Drinkwater, you seem to be watching Roman Holiday, I didn't expect you to be interested in such an old film. ”

Seeing that his teammates were all looking at him, he suddenly felt a lot of pressure, "This is a classic!" He quibbled, but in the face of everyone's aggressive gaze, he still told the truth, "My girlfriend Erin likes her..."

Hydward will also smile, his team is mostly young, in fact, a young coach can easily pull the distance, "It looks like we had a good time at the hotel last night, fine, didn't you go for a drink?" His gaze swept over the players who were making trouble in the training camp, and the gang was eager to dig through the cracks and bury themselves in them.

"I heard the news, Allardyce had a month of closed training, yesterday was the official end of the day, oh my God, a month, no games, no media, no wife, no girlfriend, you definitely don't want to live like this, I know" The players looked at each other and exchanged a look, obviously agreeing with this statement, Ward continued with a smile: "In order to compensate the players for their hard work, Big Sam took all the players to see a classic play, and the tickets were a lot of money, Last night for a guy of Sam Allardyce's age must have been a fantastic night, all the stories of his time, and to be honest I feel sorry for the little ones at West Ham who endured a damn month of training camps and hours of boring drama in order to save face for the manager. "The joke has been made on the opponent.

"In that case, it's better to have fun with a fight, and Vardy will be happy to perform for you."

The locker room was full of laughter and joy. After the joke was over, Ward straightened his face, "The devil is in the details, I've said enough this year, but there is one last sentence" he cleared his throat, "go on the field, break through, pass, shoot, it's done, that's it." ”

Ward waved open the locker room door.