The first round of the FA Cup is on 15 November, so it's still early. However, the news of Wimbledon Athletic's run to the FA Cup has made a lot of noise in the British media, as they are the only team in the ninth tier to reach the main event, and they are also the lowest-ranked team to play in the FA Cup.

"I think we should pay a little bit more attention to this team." "We're actually no strangers to them, because they were in the media just a year ago, because they had just started a team – a team that fans in the Wimbledon area formed as a protest against Wimbledon Pro Football Club moving to Milton Keynes. I didn't expect to see them again a year later because they were in the FA Cup! ”

The media were full of praise for Wimbledon's results, praising them as the biggest dark horses in qualifying. But that's all they have to say about Wimbledon.

"I think Wimbledon will be eliminated in the first round of the main event, but what does it matter? They've made their history impressive......"

In the end, those media summed it up this way.

"Look, we're in the newspapers! And more than one! "In a classroom at Wimbledon School of Art, Charles. Philip and Joseph. Kenny has more than a dozen different newspapers spread out on his desk, and is educating his classmates about how great the team he supports.

Some people came over and picked up the newspaper and gave it back to them, apparently not interested in football, or rather in this little-known team.

There are also some people who enthusiastically discuss the FA Cup with them, but all they say is the names of the big clubs such as "Arsenal", "Chelsea", "Tottenham", "Manchester United" and "Liverpool". As for "Wimbledon"? That's just a primer to start chatting, like "it's nice today", but who cares if it's really good today?

Philip and Kenny are frustrated to find that Chu is the only one in the classroom who can talk to them about Wimbledon football.

It's a pity that Chu didn't come today.

He skipped class to go to training.

It's not the first time he's skipped class, but it's the first time he's skipped class for training.

※※※ "I really didn't expect to see you here......" Outside the King's Ranch, Borjie met Chu Zhongtian, and he let out such an emotion. For him, skipping class was commonplace, but it was the first time Chu had skipped class for training. "I remember you didn't even play in midweek games before, what's wrong with that?"

Chu smiled at him: "I don't think it's good to miss too many training sessions." Wouldn't I be miserable if the boss had to look at the attendance of the training session to decide on the FA Cup appearance? ”

Borger looked at him suspiciously, and didn't ask more. Whether Chu Zhongtian skips class or not is none of his business, he doesn't need to ask so much detail, just know that he skipped class to train.

The two of them noticed outside the King's Ranch that it was different today, because there were many cars parked in the parking lot, and some of them had the familiar logo - BBC.

Except for match days, it is rare for so many cars to be parked in the parking lot here, otherwise Chu Zhongtian would not have chosen to practice shooting here in the first place - so many cars, even if he kicked and broke a rearview mirror, could he afford to pay for it?

"It seems that we broke into the FA Cup the day before yesterday, which surprised these news media......" Chu Zhongtian sighed as he looked at the cars parked in the parking lot.

"The best is yet to come!" Borger smiled, looking confident. Forty-eight hours have passed since that game, and the frenzied self-confidence of many in the Wimbledon squad has not faded.

When they walked into the stadium, they saw the media gathered around the sidelines to shoot and interview. Although they sometimes give interviews to some media, they have never enjoyed such multimedia attention at the same time. At a rough count, there are about twenty journalists.

"What a big scene!" Borger whistled excitedly, then ran to his teammates, intending to get an interview as well.

In front of him, many teammates have been pulled by reporters for one-on-one interviews.

Of course, the person who is surrounded by reporters the most is their head coach John Terry. Eames.

"May I ask Mr. Eames, as a legendary former Wimbledon defender, what made you choose to coach this ninth tier team?"

"What is the reason? Isn't that obvious enough? Because I love Wimbledon. I'm playing here, I'm retiring here, I've had the best years of my career here......" Eames said with no sign of his usual somber expression on his face. He really surprised the team members - is this really the boss who usually teaches people with a straight face, and the temperature drops by ten degrees immediately wherever he goes?

"I'm sorry, Mr Eames, but the team you play for is still ...... League One," one reporter pointed out his problem.

Eames frowned and shook his head: "No, no, I love Wimbledon, not Milton Keynes. Mr. Reporter, you must be clear about this, otherwise the Wimbledon fans will not forgive you if you confuse this issue. You know, now they're very attached to the name of 'Wimbledon'. ”

Eames wasn't trying to scare the reporter. In fact, Wimbledon Athletic Club has recently been negotiating with the FA to see if they can inherit the history and honours of the previous Wimbledon team, as well as the name, so that their team can remove the word "Athletic" and add an English FA Cup to the past honours. Their reasoning is that since Pete. Winckelmann doesn't want that glorious name and history, so it might as well be inherited by this group of footballers who are truly rooted in the Wimbledon community.

However, the FA has not yet acceded to their request. Winckelmann has not yet received their approval to change his name, and it is difficult to say whether it will be changed in the end. If they do change their name, let's talk about the team's history as it carries on the history of the "Crazy Gang".

"Okay...... Are you surprised to lead a team from the ninth tier to the FA Cup? The reporter was choked by him and could only ask another topic.

"Surprised? No, if you had watched our game in the qualifiers, you wouldn't have such a problem, journalists. Eames is full of confidence, but his confident attitude in the eyes of those reporters, I am afraid that it will be interpreted as "arrogance", in their opinion, the ninth division team can enter the main competition is already a big victory, the average person should not say: "We are very surprised, we didn't expect to get such a result!" Now the whole team is so excited that I think we can get a taste of the real FA Cup! Ha ha! ”

I didn't expect Eames to take this for granted...... Do they really think that the FA Cup and the qualifiers are the same competition? It wouldn't be a surprise if the Wimbledon players said that, after all, they are inexperienced. Mr. Eames, you're the one who played in the FA Cup...... How can you say that?

"So Mr. Eames, does the team have higher goals?" Since Eames was in such a good mood, the reporters also followed the question to see if they could ask something exciting.

'We want to go further in the FA Cup and if we can go to the Millennium Stadium it would be even better, haha!' Eames burst out laughing.

The reporters looked at each other one after another, and they all felt that the head coach must have been carried away by the team's historic breakthrough and actually said such a thing. Not to mention going to the Millennium Stadium, it is already a great miracle that their team can make it through the first round of the main competition.

It seems that breaking into the main game really carried away this team. It is believed that they will soon see the cruelty of the FA Cup in the first round...... Those are two completely different worlds from qualifying.

In addition to the reporters surrounding the manager, other reporters caught the individual players for one-on-one interviews and asked a few questions that will later be used in "What the Wimbledon Players Say". Their questions are the same, as if carved out of a mould – 'What do you think about your team making it to the FA Cup?' ”

'Yes, we're very, very excited to be in the FA Cup. It was a fantastic game...... "Andy. Sullivan's answer was decent, and he was considered the most normal of the players interviewed.

"Actually, I'm not surprised by this result. I mean, I knew we could do that...... That's right, we have higher goals. What is it? I won't tell you, hehe! "Joe. When Schilling was interviewed, he deliberately pretended to be "Lao Tzu has seen all the big scenes", with a stinky fart.

"Our goal is the third round of the main event! Why the third round? Stupid, because it is only possible to meet a Premier League team in the third round! Borger shoehorned in, finally getting an opportunity to be interviewed, shaking his head and talking rhetorically, completely ignoring the strange expressions of the reporters who were interviewing him.

'I hope we can draw away so we can have a chance to play at home with those Premier League teams and be on TV. You know, the biggest game I've played in my life is the ninth division...... "Sim. Johnston looks honest and speaks in a rustic way, but his goal is still to go straight to the third round of the main event, just like the arrogant Borger. An honest person said such arrogant words in an honest tone, which really made those reporters a little unacceptable...... "I admit that it will be a little difficult to play against those professional teams, but I hope to be able to go as far as possible in future games." Kevin. Cooper has a calm personality and rarely says such things. Unfortunately, the reporters didn't know what kind of person he was, and only included him among the average Wimbledon players, thinking that he was also a hillbilly who was carried away by victory.

"I can't stand my peers." Only two people did not participate, they stood to the side, watching from the sidelines. A tall man on the left complained to Humpty Dumpty on the right. "Listen to their questions, they seem to have to hear the Wimbledon players say: 'yes, it's a great result that we can break into the main draw, we don't plan to move on, so in the first round of the main draw we will pack our bags and go home, now you are satisfied' before stopping!'"

"Ha, James, you're almost forty years old, and you're still so cynical?" Humpty Dumpty's smile looks a lot like a Western version of Maitreya Buddha, and he also happens to be bald. "You're not going to interview them, otherwise how would you complete your interview mission?"

"I'm not interested in listening to the players brag. I really don't know where they got their confidence, but they just participated in the main game and thought about challenging the Premier League team, do they really know what the strength of the Premier League team is? "It seems that this cynical James has no affection for either side." It doesn't matter if I can't complete the task, I'm supposed to be in charge of covering tennis, but the newspaper doesn't have people to help out temporarily. But you, why don't you go up and work? He gestured to the players and said to Humpty Dumpty beside him. You're a true journalist covering football. ”

Humpty Dumpty lit a cigarette: "They've already interviewed me, and I can't ask for any new tricks." When the time comes, just write something and hand it in. This team has only made it to the main game, and it is not worth wasting too much space for them. The FA Cup has been 130 years old, and there are always dark horses that are darker than them. Slaying dragons? Let's wait until they do slaughter...... Now this news is not heard at all except in Wimbledon, where there is a local market. We're not like you, we're a national newspaper, James. ”

James pursed his lips, a little annoyed by the involuntary superiority in the Humpty Dumpty man's tone.

He cast his eyes on the pitch and wandered around boredly. It was at this time that a distinctly East Asian face came into his view.

He had heard from his colleagues at the newspaper that there was a special "foreign aid" in the local team. Could it be him?

He thought about it, it was better than asking those idiots questions, so let's go up and talk to him.

"I'm going to work, big reporter." He waved at Humpty Dumpty.

"Is there a goal?" Seeing that he actually made a move, Humpty Dumpty was also a little surprised.

"It's better than asking those idiotic questions." He pointed to Chu Zhongtian, who was sitting outside the crowd.

"Huh? An Asian? James, you have a good eye, there are not many people like this in the Premier League. You don't mind if I sit in on it, do you? Humpty Dumpty finished speaking, threw the cigarette he had just smoked a few puffs on the ground, and took the initiative to follow with a grin.

"This is my exclusive." James turned and pointed at the Humpty Dumpty man.

"Uh......" Humpty Dumpty hesitated for a moment, then shrugged, "Well, I'm not going to waste space on this anyway." He paused and watched James walk towards the Asian player he was talking about.

※※※ Chu Zhong naively didn't expect that sitting on the side and resting would also be able to attract reporters for himself. It's not that he doesn't want to be interviewed, it's that he doesn't want Bolger to be cheeky enough to lean in front of a reporter and dangle it until the reporter finally notices him.

He had just run six kilometers and took the opportunity to sit on the sidelines to rest and catch his breath.

In this way, a reporter walked up to him and sat cross-legged in front of him.

"Hello." The reporter greeted him in English.

"Hello." Chu Zhongtian also replied to him in English.

"My name is James. Merry. A sports reporter at Wimbledon Evening News, can you know your name? ”

"Okay. My name is Chu Zhongtian. You can call me Chu, they all call me that. Chu Zhongtian behaved very naturally, and he was not excited because a reporter came to interview him, or he was simply nervous and couldn't say a word.

"Do they mean those teammates?" James. Merry gestured to the players behind him.

Chu Zhongtian nodded: "There are some other people who know me, my name is too difficult for you Britons to pronounce." ”

"I noticed you used the phrase 'you British', so aren't you British?"

"Of course not. I'm just an international student from China studying at Wimbledon School of Art. ”

"Then why are you playing on this team?"

James. Merry tried not to make herself feel like she was interviewing someone, but talking to the boy across from her. He didn't want to hear the rhetoric of "our goal is to visit the Millennium Stadium", which was already heard too much by other journalists, and he wanted something different.

"It's a long story. Anyway, I love playing football and I have a little bit of time to go to school, so that's why I came. He didn't say anything about Emily because there was no need to say it. The stranger in front of me is a journalist, and it is stupid to tell strangers everything, and it is stupid to tell reporters.

※※※Emily originally planned to take advantage of the end of class to come to Chu Zhongtian to chat for a while. The day before yesterday, the team advanced to the main competition, which made her very excited until now, and it seemed that she wanted to share it with Chu Zhongtian if she had a belly.

But when she saw Philip and Kenny in front of her, she was a little surprised: "Huh? What about Chu? ”

"Skipped class." Philip shrugged.

"Skipping class?" Emily was even more surprised. "Is there a game today?" It's Friday, and as far as she knows, there's no game going on today.

"There was no competition, he skipped class to go to training." Kenny explained from the side.

"Huh?" Emily thought she had misheard, she opened her mouth wide and looked at the two in front of her in a daze.

(To be continued)