Chapter 145 The Need to Boost Confidence (1/155)

Chapter 145 The Need to Boost Confidence

Sol Campbell does feel better.

After a game, his whole body did not feel as tired as before. Although this is a warm-up game, Sol Campbell can feel that he is completely at ease, and even if it is an official game, he can stick to the whole game.

It seems that the training effect of the head coach is really good! Sol Campbell puts it down to the coach's training style, so he doesn't really reject such intense training.

Sol Campbell is utterly overjoyed that just a few days of gritted teeth can improve his fitness so much. If he had such a physical reserve in the first two seasons, how could Arsenal's younger centre-backs grab his main position.

Luton's training in Spain continues. Of course, in addition to training, Gao Bo will find a team to warm up every week.

For many big teams, their summer warm-up games are money-making trips, going to the Middle East, North America, East Asia, and commercially successful clubs like Manchester United or Real Madrid, and they go out to play airport friendly matches in one summer. Could be tens of millions.

For Luton, such treatment is obviously impossible. So Gao Bo did not let the team participate in any commercial activities before the season - there was not much money anyway. Marbella Soccer Centre has well-equipped training facilities and can also find suitable warm-up opponents at any time.

Luton's pre-season training was orderly. Under the sunshine of the Iberian Peninsula, Luton's players were focused. In the most important preparation stage before the season, the team did very solid work.

At the end of July, as planned, Luton will leave the Marbella Football Centre on 31 July. For the players, they don't want to leave sunny Spain for rainy England

On July 30, the team played the last warm-up match in Spain against Getafe, a team in the Spanish First Division.

The two sides agreed to play the game at five o'clock in the afternoon, and at this time there were two teams playing on the playing field they were about to use.

The players sit on the sidelines and wait for the field to clear before they go in to warm up. Approaching the start of the season, the competition venues at the Marbella training base are also getting tighter.

"When we return to England, we will say goodbye to the sunshine here, and prepare for training in the rain! Anthony" Vardy said, patting Griezmann on the shoulder.

After a month of getting along, several newcomers from Luton have gradually integrated into the team, and Griezmann's strength has also been recognized by Luton players - they generally believe that compared to Charlie Austin , Griezmann is obviously much more powerful.

"Ah sunshine, please don't miss me"

Before Griezmann spoke, Alex Sandro wailed first.

"It rains a lot during the rainy season in Brazil."

"The rainy season is our off-season" Alex Sandro smiled proudly: "The sunshine in Brazil is usually brighter than that in Spain"

Sandro's language talent is good, and he has now begun to communicate with his teammates in sloppy English.

But what he said caused a lot of resentment.

Rain in England really doesn't make most people like it

Gao Bo was still very concerned about the last warm-up.

Before this warm-up game, the team played three warm-up games. The results of the game are draw, negative, draw!

The result of the warm-up game is not important, because it is a warm-up game and there is no restriction on substitutions, so Gao Bo often played with two different lineups in the second half and was experimenting with some new tactics.

However, this warm-up match against Getafe is the last warm-up before the start of the new season.

It's a quiz match to see how well the new players fit into the team and how effective this lineup is compared to last season's lineup.

Getafe is a good opponent. Although they are a La Liga team, they ranked 17th in La Liga last season and were almost relegated from the First Division - in fact, their points are the same as the relegated Real Betis, and they even have a goal difference. All are the same, but the La Liga ranking is based on mutual records - Getafe has one win and one loss against Real Betis, but in the goal difference between the two sides, Getafe won a little bit. It can be said that the process of relegation is quite thrilling.

So this is an opponent whose strength is not too strong, but if they defeat them, they can also greatly boost their confidence.

As everyone knows, Getafe also came to Luton to warm up with this idea.

But no matter what, Getafe is a team in the Spanish First Division after all, and they are much stronger than the English First Division. But Luton is not an ordinary League One team, otherwise they would not have won the FA Cup. So for Getafe, if they can win the FA Cup champion team in England, it will not be a boost to the confidence of the team.

Before the start of the game, Gao Bo emphasized the significance of this warm-up match - this is a quiz before the official game!

It's like an exam! So the level of engagement of the Luton players in this game is very different from the previous games!

In the first half, Gao Bo sent the main lineup to play.

If all the players in the starting lineup are doing well, then in the next official game, Luton will start like this.

Luton's next game is the Community Shield, their opponent is Manchester United!

The Community Shield is actually similar to competitions like the Spanish Super Cup, which are tournaments with a bit of a warm-up before the start of the season. Unlike the warm-up match, the Community Shield is an official match, and the winner can take home a championship trophy after the match.

Manchester United is undoubtedly very strong, but at least Luton will not say that he will directly surrender with his hands. Gao Bo does not value the tasteless trophy of the Community Shield, but he still hopes that the team can play something when facing Manchester United. At least a good start to the new season.

Getafe's players have mixed feelings against Luton.

Luton is very famous - they can win the FA Cup in the second division, which makes Luton a team known to the whole European football.

They are known in the media as "the counterattack of the grassroots team".

What Vardy went from mason to team striker, what Charlie Austin from bricklayer to multi-million star.

The story of such a grassroots counterattack is something that many people like to spread, and the players of Getafe also like it very much.

But when they are actually on the football field against a team that has recently become very popular in Europe, they feel a little strange.

In any case, Luton is only a team in the English League One - a team in the third tier, roughly equivalent to the second division b?

On the one hand, it is admiration for the opponent's "inspirational deeds". On the other hand, Getafe's players don't seem to think much of Luton's strength.

So in the first half of the game, Getafe was tragic.

Griezmann grew up in the Spanish youth system, so he is very familiar with the style of the Spanish team. This also allowed him to score two goals in a row in the first half.

After that, he assisted Vardy to score!

In the first half of the game, Getafe was scored three goals by Luton.

Getafe's players were dumbfounded this time. They didn't expect that Luton's strength was so strong - at least stronger than Getafe.

In the second half, Gao Bo sent all the substitutes, and Getafe also began to press up to practice their attack.

As a result, Getafe besieged the half without scoring, but was conceded by a counterattack from Luton.

Young substitute midfielder Josef Andel scored a goal.

At the end of the game, the score was 4-0!

Luton made a big win in the pre-season warm-up match!

Gao Bo is very satisfied with the results and process of this game. The main players are quite sharp, and the substitutes are also acceptable. The results of the game also boosted the players' self-confidence before the start of the season.

What could be better than this?