Chapter 81 The Top 8 Rivals

Chapter 81: The opponents of the quarterfinals

"This is not unpopular!!"

In the next day's newspapers, Gao Bo's words made the headlines of many newspapers.

Although the title is "This is not an upset", many media still refer to this game as the biggest upset of the FA Cup in recent years in the text!

Stories of small teams beating big teams are common in the FA Cup, but games like Luton swept Manchester City 4-0 and the second division teams can't find the Premier League. Quite rare indeed.

".... in a way, this is really not an upset, because with the quality that Luton showed, Manchester City was almost completely targeted by them! Although Manchester City has the advantage in possession, it is in some other key statistics. In terms of the number of shots on goal, the number of shots within the frame, the number of shots within 30 meters, running distance, interceptions, etc., Luton has an advantage over Manchester City, not to mention, in terms of score, The 4-0 score says it all..."

L’Equipe put this game on the front page of the sports page, and in fact in England, this game caused a shock throughout England.

"I didn't expect Manchester City to lose so badly. Coach Gao Bo's team has accomplished an incredible thing. In fact, I even think they have the hope of winning the FA Cup!!" Manchester United manager Ferguson faced the media They gloated at the scene of the scene. After all, the unfortunate thing was their city rivals Manchester City, and Manchester United had also been eliminated from the FA Cup. Anyway, watching the fun is not a big deal.

Another old Premier League coach Wenger also expressed his amazement at the game: "I think we must not want to meet Luton, this is a phenomenal team in the English league this season, which can be built in the second league. Coach Gao Bo has done an excellent job of producing such a very effective team!"

Arsenal have also reached the quarter-finals, but the draw for the FA Cup will not begin until the fifth round is complete.

Lineker spent almost half an hour introducing the Luton team in the BBC program "Game of the Day" hosted by him: "I think now, no one can ignore this continuous team. Eliminated the second division teams of Chelsea and Manchester City! In the FA Cup quarter-finals, we will see which opponent Luton will draw, and how far will they go in the FA Cup this season? We will wait and see!"

Just the night after "Match of the Day" aired, the entire fifth round of the FA Cup was over.

There were no draws in this round of eight games, which is relatively rare in the FA Cup, but this also resulted in all the top eight teams.

In addition to Luton, there are seven teams from Coventry, Fulham, Middlesbrough, Hull City, Everton, Liverpool and Arsenal who have reached the quarter-finals.

Luton is the lowest league level among the top eight teams. In addition, the British Championship team Coventry is relatively weak, and the remaining six teams are all from the Premier League.

Although the FA Cup is a hotbed of unpopularity, most of the teams that can reach the final stage of the competition are also Premier League teams. On the football field, there may be an upset in a game, but if the strength is not good, it is basically impossible to get upset every game.

After a day of training, in Gao Bo's office, all the members of his coaching staff were in his office to watch the draw for the quarter-finals!

Gao Bo was a little excited, and it was a surprise to be able to reach the quarter-finals of the FA Cup. Because before the start of the season, the whole team was under the pressure of 30 penalty points, and the pressure of the league was already big enough.

But now that the FA Cup is in the quarter-finals, in theory, as long as three more goals are won, the FA Cup can be won!

This is absolutely necessary for Gao Bo to fight for - not to mention anything else, just winning the FA Cup, the card system will definitely have unimaginable rewards,

Moreover, winning the cup also means that Luton will get a European spot next season - the FA Cup winner will have a Europa League qualification!

If the promotion goes well this season, then Gao Bo will lead the first division teams to compete in the Europa League next season!

Gao Bo trembled with excitement at the thought of such a challenge.

John Aston is not as optimistic as Gao Bo, of course, can win the FA Cup is the best.

"I hope the quarter-finals can draw a good sign..."

The team has even won against Chelsea and Manchester City, but there are also Arsenal and Liverpool in the quarter-finals. Against these two teams, John has no idea in his heart.

"I hope we can draw Coventry!!" Lin Sen said with some longing, Coventry is the weakest in the top eight except Luton.

At this time, the lottery has begun, and the first to be drawn is Coventry.

Everyone in the coaching staff looked at Lin Sen, and even Lin Sen was stunned, wouldn't it be such a coincidence?

But the truth is that...

Luton's coaching staff let out a whole lot of amazement when the draw guests drew out their opponents in Coventry.

"Luton..."

Coventry's opponent is....Luton! !

There was a burst of cheers in the office, and John Aston wanted to send Lin Sen a few hot kisses, which scared the young man back again and again.

"What sorcery did you use, Lin?!"

Mel - Donald is also full of excitement.

Although it may seem arrogant, for Luton, who are still in the second league, they seem to have no fear of their Champions League opponents - in the FA Cup and League Cup, they have beaten them many times. This level of opponents, and even Chelsea and Manchester City have been sacked by Luton, Coventry's strength is naturally much weaker than the above two teams.

Gao Bo is also very happy, after all, it is better to draw Coventry than Arsenal or Liverpool.

"Okay!! Now our goal is to beat Coventry!! To reach the semi-finals!!!"

Before all the draws were drawn, Gao Bo announced excitedly.

In other matches, Liverpool drew Fulham, Everton faced Middlesbrough at home, and the remaining set of confrontations was Arsenal against Hull City.

After the draw was over, the BBC live-streamed draw ceremony did not end immediately, but asked several guests to predict the places for the FA Cup semi-finals.

"I think the semi-finals will be Arsenal, Liverpool, Everton, and Luton!" said a guest.

In fact, he doesn't know that he thinks so, even Lineker thinks so: "I think Coventry is very difficult to play against Luton, although they are two leagues higher than Luton, but look at Luton's state, they are indeed the crocodiles in the second division, if they are not deducted 30 points this season, they can definitely create a record of winning points in the second division!"

In the history of the FA Cup, there has never been a time when a team in the lower leagues was so optimistic...