In the evening, the plane flew to Luxembourg City, the capital of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The vast majority of our team has never been to such a small country. This country, despite its small size and small population, is very wealthy, and just as the Vatican is rich by religion, Luxembourg is rich by becoming the "third capital" of Europe, and by becoming a financial and cultural center. It is said that their average annual income level is the highest in the world. When we come to Luxembourg City, we do find that this country is full of luxury and extravagance, but at the same time, it has become an admirable bearing - they are rich but not high-profile, extravagant but not ostentatious, and they are still very much in line with our worldview.

Luxembourg's football team, because it was only selected from a population of 570,000, the selection is very narrow, so they have never produced any decent stars, but it is such a starless team, in the early round of European Championship qualifiers, it only lost 0:1 to the Netherlands, and in the past game only lost to Albania with a score of 0:2. Although their offense is not effective, they are basically pressed in the half to play, but their defense is very tenacious, and there have been many shots of flying to block the gun's eye on the field. For their first win in this European Championship qualifier, they have now set our main opponent - the weakest opponent in the group as the main opponent, which is a real shame for our Slovenian team!

However, we can't say anything to justify it - after all, we just lost a game 2:7, and it's useless to say anything.

Such a game seems simple, but in fact it is not simple at all. We are under a lot of pressure and Luxembourg have been in excellent form for the second game in a row and now they will be looking to win for the first time in the group by beating us. For them, to be able to defeat a demoralized opponent would create their own history, and they saw our loss and delusionally poured another handful of salt on our wounds!

In any case, we cannot let them succeed...... We only need three points...... With the three points, we can be in a good position in the group without having to worry about the accusations against Coach Koke and our players in Slovenia......

However, just drop a point against Luxembourg......

I'm afraid that Coach Cork will inevitably be out of class.

The bus took us to a very luxurious training base. It is full of greenery, green grass, and several luxurious players' dormitories like royal palaces. In fact, it is not just a training base, it is also a place for the princes and nobles of Luxembourg to visit. Because the princes and nobles loved to watch football, they built such a luxurious training base, which attracts many world-class teams to train here every year. At the same time, the aristocracy also built swimming pools, go-kart tracks, basketball halls and other sports facilities here, turning it into a very comprehensive sports center, and Luxembourg's home stadium was also set up here.

So we played away this time, but it was very convenient. The location of our accommodation is about 500 meters from the training ground and about 1 km from the stadium. So, whether we are training or competing, we can walk directly to it! Moreover, since the players of the Luxembourg national team are also arranged to live here, they can always get autographs from stars when facing various world-class teams, and steal the skills of many stars. However, after all, they have few small people, even if they have ideas and ideas in the development of football, but they suffer from a shortage of talents, so they have always been one of the small football countries in Europe.

We walked into the glittering players' dormitory – not so much a dormitory as a five-star hotel for the players. Coach Cork asked the team leader to arrange a room for us, and then asked everyone to put away their luggage and come to the hotel lobby.

Everyone was puzzled and didn't know why Coach Cork still asked everyone to come to the lobby of the hotel. But since it was the coach's request, everyone did it even if they were confused. Ten minutes later, the whole queue was lined up in the lobby of the hotel, waiting for Coach Kork's instructions.

Coach Cork said: "Actually, it's not that I'm going to keep you today, but that there is a mysterious figure who wants to take a picture with our team. So saying, he called out a man, who was richly dressed, and who looked like a man of great fortune. No, that kind of spirit, that kind of momentum, it's not an exaggeration to say that it is the spirit of a king! Who is he? We couldn't help but think about it in our hearts.

"Guys, guys, I don't think you can guess either, no need to guess. Let me introduce you - this handsome man, named Henry, is the current monarch of Luxembourg - Archduke Henry. He is here today to welcome us to Luxembourg! Luxembourg is a friendly country between us and Slovenia, and it is an honor for our Slovenian national team to receive us personally from Archduke Henry! Now, I would like to invite the current monarch of Luxembourg, Grand Duke Henry, to give us a few words! ”

The applause rose instantly. It is an unprecedented courtesy for a head of state to personally receive our Slovenian team. Grand Duke Henry smiled and waved his hand to us as a greeting. His translator, by our side, is ready to translate the words of Archduke Henry—

"Hello Slovenian players and welcome to Luxembourg for the European Championship qualifiers against our football team. I know that our Luxembourg team is a weak team in Europe, we have always just liked football, but we don't have any requirements for the Luxembourg national team, we just hope that our team and you, in the process of playing, can be happy, then I, as the monarch of Luxembourg, will be very happy. ”

"In addition, in order to welcome your arrival, we have specially prepared a military band performance for you, please enjoy it!"

"Wow? Band? We would have been treated like this! This place in Luxembourg is so special, and the hosts here are really warm and bold! "Dejic is well-informed, but this is the first time he has encountered such a thing. I watched this majestic military band with wide eyes, and I was almost in a daze with excitement. Even though Luxembourg is only a small country, even if Luxembourg's military strength is not strong, but that kind of might, that kind of self-confidence, that kind of strong pride unique to rich countries is coming!

After the military music was played, Grand Duke Henry smiled and waved to us to express his condolences. The interpreter said loudly: "Grand Duke Henry warmly welcomes you to Luxembourg and hopes that you will be able to play at a high level and show the most touching style of footballers together with our Luxembourg team!" ”

We applauded together!

……

Not long after, Archduke Henry returned to the palace to rest. After we saw him off, we whispered to each other. Dejic said: "I really can't imagine that Coach Cork has such a relationship as the Grand Duke of Luxembourg." It seems that his energy is not small, but I underestimated him before. ”

I wondered, "What?" Didn't Archduke Henry come to visit us when he learned of our coming? ”

Dejic said: "I heard that Coach Koke invited him here...... Forget it, these are all hearsay, gossip, not to mention. Rest, I'm going to train tomorrow. ”

"Okay." (To be continued.) )