Chapter 86

Chapter 86: Away from Coventry

The team checked into the hotel in the morning, after which the players would rest in their rooms for a few hours, and the game would start at 4 pm.

Gao Bo stood in the hotel lobby, looking at the gloomy sky. The dark clouds in the sky in the distance continued to gather, making Gao Bo feel as if there was a large reservoir full of water above his head...

"The weather forecast says there is no rain..." Lin Sen reminded next to him.

"England's weather forecast is less reliable than the domestic one!" Gao Bo said helplessly as he looked at the imposing manner of the dark clouds in the distance.

Gao Bo used to know a meteorological expert. According to the expert, the current level of meteorological forecasting is similar to that of the old farmers looking at the weather. Most of the time, it is not so accurate - looking at the meteorological cloud map to analyze the weather in a week, basically It belongs to the blind man touching the elephant, you have no idea where the wind is blowing...

Sure enough, the sky has started to rain, and it looks like the rain will be getting heavier and heavier.

Gao Bo shook his head helplessly, he hated playing in the rain.

Because in his opinion, although Coventry is a team in the British Championship, Luton has an advantage in strength. With the improvement of cards, Coventry's hard power cannot compare to Luton.

So Gao Bo is hoping for a game in good weather so Luton can play to his advantage and reduce any surprises.

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Fortunately, an hour before the start of the game, there was still a drizzle in the sky, and there was no tendency to develop to heavy rain, and the dark clouds also dissipated a lot. Gao Bo breathed a sigh of relief.

The weather in England is really unpredictable, you have no idea what it will be like in the next second.

But in any case, this will not let the team play in the rain.

The game was played at four o'clock in the afternoon, but in the car park outside the Ricoh Stadium, it was difficult to find an empty parking space at three in the afternoon, and the sky was drizzling, but the English They have become accustomed to this. The fans don't even have an umbrella. They are fresh, waving Coventry's sky-blue flag and singing Coventry's songs from all directions to the stadium.

Ricoh Stadium is a newly built stadium in Coventry in 2005, which can accommodate more than 30,000 fans. Before that, Coventry's Highfield Road Stadium was also very famous in England.

Highfield Road is England's first all-seater course and one of the largest grass-covered courses in England. On April 30, 2005, Coventry beat Derby County 6-2 here and bid farewell to the 106-year-old Highfield Road Stadium, after which the Blues moved into the Ricoh Stadium in the north of the city.

The team's bus left the hotel at 2:30. The bus slowly moved forward on the narrow road in the urban area of ​​Coventry. Although the hotel was only seven or eight kilometers away from the stadium, the team's bus Still walking for almost half an hour.

The low houses on both sides are like boxes coated with cheese, and under the gloomy sky, these milky white roofs reflect a different kind of light.

The players turned a blind eye to the scenery outside the window, and they are now doing their own thing in the car. Listening to music, closing your eyes and resting, and some chatting in a low voice. The players have adapted to this rhythm of life, and for an ordinary away game like Coventry, it did not make the players too nervous or excited.

The team's bus quickly pulled into the designated parking spot, and the players packed up and got out of the car, and their time was tight.

With only an hour to go before the game starts, they have to hurry up to warm up and at the same time they have to get used to the away field.

It was drizzling and the sky was foggy, but the atmosphere of the stadium was warm.

Facing Luton's opponent, Coventry fans showed their "warm welcome".

When Luton's players appeared on the pitch, more than 30,000 Coventry fans booed sharply, and they gave Luton a dismay in this way.

This made the Luton players couldn't help but look into the stands. As a League B team, Luton rarely encounter such targeted treatment in the FA Cup away. The third round against Chelsea was on the road, but at that time Chelsea fans would not think that Luton could beat Chelsea, so they ignored it when Luton came out to warm up.

Now Coventry fans are booing their opponents as soon as they come out to warm up in Luton, which shows that they really feel that Luton is a team that is enough to threaten Coventry.

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Mourinho's good friend Coleman actually feels pretty good about drawing Luton as an opponent. Although the media believes that Luton has the strength to play in the Premier League, Coleman does not think so.

Luton does have a certain amount of strength, but there is a big element in it that Chelsea and Manchester City are underestimated.

Coventry will not underestimate the enemy! So Coleman thinks his team can at least reach the FA Cup semi-finals.

Coventry lost at home to Sheffield United in the last round of the Championship, which dropped them to 12th in the Championship and eight points behind sixth-placed Bristol City. , it looks like this season has been another disappointment for Coventry fans, who have little hope of promotion this season.

However, in the FA Cup, Coventry's performance is not bad, they are lucky, in the third round they drew Jingdamist, this is a lower league team, Coventry easily defeated The opponents advanced, and then in the fourth round they faced Torquay United, a semi-professional team in the fifth division, and Coventry was also untested.

However, in the fifth round, Coventry met Blackburn in the Premier League. Coventry, who played away, was two goals behind. However, in the second half, Coleman's team launched a Jedi counterattack, and they scored two goals in a row. The score was tied, and then, when everyone thought the two teams were about to play a rematch, Coventry striker Morrison scored a lore in the 94th minute to help the team reverse Black 3-2. Ben, made it to the finals.

"We are not qualified to underestimate the enemy!" In the home team's locker room, Coleman's face was still not relaxed.

Although he felt that Luton was not as strong as the media said, there were two brushes to eliminate Chelsea and Manchester City, and he had to make the players in Coventry pay full attention to the opponent in front of him.

"Chelsea and Manchester City have been eliminated by them. If we think that this is just an ordinary B-League team, it can only show our stupidity!!" Coleman pointed to his head and said, "Ten thousand million Don't underestimate the enemy!!"

"In this game, we will first base ourselves on defense. We are playing at home. We will stabilize the defense first, and then deal with them!" Coleman obviously treated Luton as an opponent of the same level.

These two opponents don't know each other, and it is obviously too risky to rush to attack, so Coleman's choice is understandable.