Although I had just been to Madfield Lane in the morning, there was not a long gap in between. But by the time the Wimbledon players came to Mad's Lane once, it had changed dramatically.

The small parking lot was filled with cars of all sizes, and the alley leading to the stadium gate was crowded with people, stretching all the way down the street and on the banks of the River Trent.

In the crowd of black presses, the players also saw a lot of crazy fans wearing blue Wimbledon jerseys. This makes them happy, and in away games, you can imagine that they are basically supporters of the opponent, and if they can see their supporters at this time, they will become more motivated.

"This is the FA Cup! The real FA Cup! ”

Someone among the players sighed.

Now there is no one in this team except for Terry. None other than Eames had any experience of playing in the FA Cup. Even if it's like Kevin. A player like Cooper, who has played for a number of clubs, is also playing in the FA Cup for the first time.

Everyone is inexperienced, which is probably the biggest problem of this team, not because of lack of strength.

But perhaps because they have never had an FA Cup experience, they can sometimes be an important advantage - as the saying goes, a newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger.

They are newborn calves who are not afraid of heaven and earth because of ignorance, and are not afraid of anything.

"Hey, didn't you say that it wasn't going to be broadcast nationwide?" Someone pointed to a TV truck parked outside the stadium and exclaimed.

"Stupid, if it is not broadcast nationwide, it does not mean that there is no TV broadcast, but the signal is not the same as the whole country." Someone explained to him. "Or how do you think those FA Cup highlights didn't go live?"

"Oh, that's it! So we can still be on TV...... I'm full of fighting spirit again! ”

A crowd burst out laughing.

※※※ Colin. With the DV in his hand, John was filming the crowd outside the Madwalk Stadium. He was accompanied by a group of old Wimblemen barmen, as well as other members of Chu Zhongtian's personal guards, two of his classmates, Charles. Philip and Joseph. Kenny and Yang Yang did not stay with Chinese student friends in Nottingham because they had made an appointment with them. In the crowd, everyone seemed excited as they slowly walked towards the gate.

"Wow! There are so many people! Philip exclaimed excitedly.

"Don't act like a dirt bun, Charles!" Kenny taught, "We've seen the Premier League!" ”

"I was just amazed at how many people were able to attract this match!" Philip retorted.

The constant bickering between the two of them has long been accustomed to the people of the Wimbles Bar, and if they don't bicker one day, I'm afraid some people will be surprised.

'The reason why so many people are here is obviously because they want to show their support when the team is at its toughest. Old Bent gestured to the opposite team of Notts County fans.

Everybody knows what's going on in Nodshire and someone asks: "Can't they set up a fan trust like we did and buy Nods?" ”

"How can it be that simple?" Old Bent explained, "Nods are a second-division team, several levels above us. The amount of money it would take to buy such a team is not a small amount, and it is also necessary to take over the debts of the club together, and not many fan trusts can afford to do so. We just started to build our own team, not to buy Wimbledon, otherwise we wouldn't have succeeded. ”

"They look so pathetic......" Kenny shook his head and smacked his tongue.

"yes, it's really pitiful if they lose their team." Old Bent sighed. It reminded him of a summer ago, when they also lost a team, but thankfully they had a fan trust and rebuilt a team themselves. This new Wimbledon has a blank past, and a blank future, but it always gives people hope that they can write something about the blank future.

Not far away, the Notts County fans were singing the Notts County anthem, waving the Notts County Towel in their hands, and the Wimbledon fans saw a familiar slogan in their hands: "Notshire Until Death!" ”

※※※ Chu Zhongtian once again dressed up and stepped on the court in Nods County, this time not to adapt to the venue, but to warm up before the game.

He first looked up at the stands around him, there were already quite a few people sitting on them, and many people were looking for their seats against the tickets, and the stands were full of people. He could see at a glance the phalanx of Wimbledon fans – a blue-and-yellow patch striking in the middle of a large expanse of black and white. However, he didn't know where Boss John and Lao Yang were, the stands here were bigger than the home of Kings Ranch and any of the ninth-tier league teams, and it was farther away from the stadium, no matter how good Chu Zhongtian's eyes were, there was no way to find the special ones among the more than 10,000 people.

Retracting his gaze, Chu Zhongtian put all his energy into the warm-up, the home turf of Nods County is not good, although it has been leveled, there are still some potholes. If you don't warm up well, you break your foot and sprain your knee during the game, but it's miserable.

When Chu Zhongtian and his teammates returned to the locker room again, Eames was waiting for them there.

"I've said tactical stuff a million times a while ago."

In this game, Wimbledon of course adopted a defensive counterattack, and in the face of strong teams, they had to press out to play against each other, which is certainly worthy of respect. But if the team wants to win, or if they have bigger ambitions, then attacking is a fool's errand.

When there is a huge disparity in strength, defense is the only way to win. Eames' tactics are simple, and they are not mysterious at all. It is to stabilize the defense at the beginning of the game, and for this reason, it is better to sacrifice all the points to attack. Try not to concede a goal in the first 70 minutes. As time goes on, the Notts players will become more and more impatient, they will press higher and higher, the defenders will assist and then they will not go back, and there will be a large number of empty spaces behind them. At that time, Wimbledon will be able to get miraculous results if he waits for an opportunity to fight back!

So the tone of this game is defense, and most of the time it can even be said to be "dead defended". Even if there is a draw, there will be a chance for a replay, and then it will be at the King's Ranch, on their home turf.

Imston paused for a moment and continued: "I'm just talking about things that have nothing to do with tactics, but have to do with the game. I'm glad to see that you've kept your morale and confidence high until now, when in fact people on the outside think we should be scared when we hear that our opponents are from the second division. ”

Someone in the middle of the players laughed.

"You didn't do that, and that's good. But I don't want it to be because you're confident enough and not proud to underestimate you...... Then again, are you still proud to face a team in the third tier? That's probably the biggest joke of the year, right? ”

"We've been preparing for more than two weeks and I didn't think about anything but this game and I hope you do the same. However, our opponents may have woken up this morning to remember who they were against in this game. For Notts, playing in the ninth tier is not a threat at all, and everyone from the players to the coach must have thought that this is our chance. They will be proud to underestimate the enemy, seize this and drag them into the quagmire little by little! Eames clenched his fist and pulled back.

"They must think we're good at it, and they're definitely thinking about how to get to the third round and meet the generous Russians one more time. No, they're not the only ones who think so. Eames shook his head, then pointed out the door, "The whole world thinks so!" Opponents, fans, media! No one is optimistic about you! It's good that we still believe in ourselves......" he pointed to himself again.

"Believe that you can do miracles! What is our goal? He raised his voice and said loudly. Is it to show your face once in the main competition and go back to your hometown? If that's the case, why bother with those training sessions just over two weeks before this game? If so, we can now sit here and laugh and listen to music, chat, and you can even continue to play cards! And I'm just going to laugh and tell you now, 'It's the biggest success for us to be here, so let's play this game.'" I feel sick at the thought of myself! Now I'm glad you didn't let me say such disgusting things. ”

"They thought we were going to lose, they thought we were just here to visit. Guys, give them a little bit of awesome when it's time for the game! ”

When Chu Zhongtian walked onto the pitch with his head held high, the fans in the stands erupted in loud cheers, louder than they had heard at the King's Ranch or any other stadium he had ever visited. He felt his blood boiling in his veins, partly because of the loud cheers and partly because of the manager's impassioned speech in the dressing room.

This kind of pre-match mobilization is what he wants to listen to, which is 10 million times better than the that "I emphasize to you, if anyone scores, not only will there be no prize, but also a fine".

The boss's words made him feel that it was worthwhile and meaningful to train hard and play seriously.

Race, let's get started! I can't wait!

※※※ "Look! They're out! "Charles in the stands. Philip jumped to his feet and pointed to the entrance of the tunnel as players from both sides lined up. Like him, the other fans in the stands let out similar cheers.

Boss John aimed the DV there, then pushed the camera closer and locked on Chu Zhongtian, who was walking in the middle of the line.

"There is no suspense, Chu starts." He "narrated on the spot".

"Wimbledon! Wimbledon!! The Crazy Gang fans from afar kept chanting Wimbledon's names, and then they began to shout the names of the players in unison:

Kevin. Cooper! Gavin. Borger - ! Andy. Sullivan - ! Joe. Shirin: ! ”

shouted one by one, and when it came to Chu Zhongtian, Boss John also shouted: "Chu-!! ”

The Notts County fans were also shouting the names of their players, and the voices of both sides were like two waves coming from opposite directions, and then crashing into each other fiercely, stirring up a thousand waves and rolling up thousands of snow. When they chanted Chu Zhongtian's name, they reached a **.

"Boom-" I didn't hear anything.

When the players from both sides sandwiched the three referees in the middle and stood in a line, the Notts County players from the home team walked up and shook hands with the away players. They didn't show arrogance, or disdain for their opponents, they looked as usual, and there was even a little worry in their eyebrows, they must not be worried about the outcome of this game, but worried about the future of the team and their own future - if Nodes County really called a forced disbandment, where would a professional player like himself go?

They were surprised when they found that there was an oriental face with yellow skin, black hair and black eyes in the opponent's lineup.

Chu Zhongtian also found that every Notts County player who shook hands with him would deliberately slow down, withdraw his hand a few seconds later, and look at him carefully.

Due to the colonial era, Britain has a large number of descendants of Indian and Pakistani immigrants, and they have seen many South Asians with big noses and beards, but Chu Zhongtian with an East Asian face is not common, especially on the football field.

They all went to shake hands with other Wimbledon players, and they didn't forget to look back at Chu Zhongtian a few times. Chu Zhongtian thought to himself, am I just "standing out from the crowd"?

After the handshake, his teammates came up and patted Chu Zhongtian's shoulder and head and smiled at him. Obviously, they are also making fun of Chu Zhongtian about this.

Kevin. Cooper went up to guess the coin, Chu Zhongtian looked up at the sky, gray and gloomy, it didn't make a difference which side he picked. So he didn't go up and tell the captain which side to choose.

He stepped aside and stood in a heap with his teammates, waiting for the outcome of the pick. Sure enough, they saw the camera positions on the sidelines, pointed at the pitch from all angles, and it looked like the game would still be televised and commented. If they want to see themselves in action on their TV screens, they can look forward to the highlights of this round of the FA Cup.

"FA Cup match!" Gavin. Borger suddenly screamed, causing everyone to look at him.

"I'm a little excited......" Bolger clenched his fist, and Chu Zhongtian noticed that his hands were trembling slightly.

"You're nervous, aren't you?" He asked casually.

"Nonsense!" As if insulted, Borjie looked at Chu Zhongtian with wide eyes. "It's exciting! Excited, you know what? It was one of Russell's dreams and I to go to the FA Cup in a Wimbledon shirt......"

When he said this, he suddenly couldn't say any more, because it reminded him of his best friend he hadn't seen in a long time.

Russell has left the team, but not for Welling United, otherwise they might have met him in FA Cup qualification. He went to the United States, thousands of miles away, and Chu Zhongtian once heard Borger say that that guy would never play football again.

"Then let's even work together for his share."

Chu Zhongtian put his hand on Borjie's shoulder and pressed it hard.

Kevin. Cooper had already picked a side and came back, and he said to his team-mates who had gathered together: "Let's kick off first." ”

"Yay!" Joe. Shirin clenched his fist and waved, and when he saw that everyone was turning their heads to look at him, he explained. "Although the boss said let's defend and defend again. But I think if we don't say anything, I'm just afraid that the people of Notts County will attack more and more, and then they will be crazy and they won't be able to stop it. So we'd better give them a little bit of a look, and let them know that we're not easy to mess with at Wimbledon! In this way, in the next game, they can have some scruples. Now we can use this opportunity to use the kick-off to make a quality attack and threaten their goal, what do you think? ”

Kevin. Cooper kept nodding his head as Schilling spoke, and when he finished speaking, he gave his opinion: "It's a good idea, and blindly defending will only make our opponents more unscrupulous." If we can let them know that we're not easy to mess with, we'll have a lot less pressure in the next games. ”

"But how do you attack?" Plum. Sidwell asked.

Everyone looked at Joe again. Schilling.

"Uh......" Joe. Shirin was obviously temporary, and he didn't think about how to implement it.

"Blogging is fast, and I don't think the players in Notts County must know that." Andy. Sullivan spoke, and everyone looked at him again. "We can take advantage of that. Don't kick the ball directly to the front court after kick-off, their people are in their own half, the space is too small, and they may not be able to catch the ball if they kick it over. I recommend passing the ball back after kick-off. Lure out the players from Notts County, and when their formation is pulled away, there will definitely be availability, and then pass the football directly into the air, and then plug in the blog with speed, and it should be no problem. ”

He made a lot of sense, and it was very well organized, and everyone knew what to do and how to do it. But the problem is ...... "Obviously, the long pass is very important, because it doesn't make sense to pass if it's too big." So is there anyone who can take on such a task? Sidwell asked again.

This time everyone looked at each other, and the question stumped them.

Wimbledon have been lacking a consistent long-passer who can deliver the ball directly to his team-mates in front of him at the back. So Sullivan's idea looks good, but it can be put in the Wimbledon team, and there is no possibility of actual operation.

The tee shot is on your side, and you can control the football at your feet as soon as you kick off, and then launch an attack, so you can't take advantage of it? Everyone felt a little regretful, but they couldn't stand here and keep their faces sad, they were already standing there, just waiting for them to kick off.

Plum. Sidwell looked at everyone and decided to volunteer, although his own long balls were not very reliable, but they were not too far off 108,000 miles.

Just as he opened his mouth, another voice rang out, and said exactly what he had thought: "I'll pass this one." ”

Everyone looked at Chu Zhongtian one after another.

Although he has made a few good passes in the game, it is simply insignificant compared to the time he has been on the field. But there's no time for them anymore. And Boljie was also very happy when he saw Chu Zhongtian stand up: "Yes, I think it's more appropriate to let Chu come to pass." "The reason for his support is that he has a tacit understanding with Chu Zhongtian, and he has been practicing passing with Chu all summer, and he is the moving target.

Kevin. Cooper, as the captain, agreed to the plan, and he nodded: "Okay, just let Chu pass that kick, you know how to run, right?" Run into the air, don't just on the side, if there is space in the middle, cut it diagonally! He made a cut gesture. But be careful not to be offside. ”

Borger nodded, "I know, Coopers. ”

"Okay, let's take our places. Don't let our opponents wait too much. He gave a thumbs up and pointed behind him.

The big guys laughed heartily and dispersed.

When Chu Zhongtian stood in the position of the lower back, the singing of the fans of both sides kept coming from the stands of the stadium, stimulating his adrenaline. However, he is trying to calm himself down, because the most important first pass after the kick-off is by him, since it is Mao Sui's self-recommendation, he can't be embarrassed, and now calm down to ensure the accuracy of the ball pass.

But he was still excited.

The legendary FA Cup, here I come!

(To be continued)