Football's Number One Madman

Chapter 72 We are not good children!
I miscalculated the score of the Premier League before. Liverpool is not seventh in the Premier League at this time, but eighth.
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As it was too cold in the morning for outdoor sports, Adrey postponed the last training session until the afternoon.

It is said that it is training, but in fact it is more about warm-up activities. After all, we will face Liverpool in a few hours. The most important task is to keep the players' bodies excited and enter the state in advance.

This round of the FA Cup has a total of 32 games, of which only 8 games are eligible for televised broadcast.And because of Wimbledon's successive defeats of the strong by the weak, especially Lee Polo's eye-catching provocation at the press conference, the Crazy Gang vs. the Red Army has become the most watched duel.

In order to attract TV viewers to the greatest extent, the event organizers arranged their game to 7:55 in the evening, and at this time, the sun in London had already set for several hours!

At 5:[-] in the afternoon, the Wimbledon players finished their dinner early, leaving enough time for their stomachs to digest.

By 7 o'clock, they had the home field advantage and had already carried out the first round of adaptation on the King's Grass. At this time, Liverpool had just been approved and entered the visiting team's dressing room.

It wasn't until 7:30 that Brendan Rodgers took his players onto the field and took the time to adapt to the turf.

"Damn it, the grass is too soft!"

A master only needs to run two steps to know what the opponent is thinking.

The technically delicate Coutinho immediately told the coach and teammates:

"They want to limit our control!"

If the grass is too soft and slippery, the rolling speed of the football will be faster than usual, and it will be more difficult for the players to master the strength when passing and controlling, and it will be more difficult to brake in time when sprinting, which is not very friendly to technical players.

However, it is the most suitable for a low-level team like Wimbledon whose main tactics are wide open and long pass.

There are still more than ten minutes before the start of the game, and Rogers has no choice but to wave his hand for such a small move:

"Hurry up and get ready to line up!"
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At 7:45, there are only 10 minutes before the official start of the game.

Li Poluo and his teammates have listened to the last instruction from the coaching team and started to check their equipment.

The door of the locker room was pushed open by club manager Powell:

"Sorry, I didn't mean to bother you, but...they want to cheer you up."

He pointed to the five middle-aged men behind him:
"They were all part of the gang that beat Liverpool in the 1988 FA Cup final!"

The players all stood up involuntarily.

Although Powell is the manager of the club, as a club with a dominant fan association, he himself is also the most die-hard fans.

For these "historical figures", he is more familiar than today's coaching team and players-after all, Adley, Cox, including Lee Polo and Akinfenwa, they can only be regarded as unemotional workers.

Just listen to him introducing the players one by one:

"Our two captains, Bitson, Kyle,
The legendary striker who scored the winning goal, Laurie Sanchez,
The bad boy who sent the winning assist, Danny Wise,
And this, today's movie star, Vinnie Jones! "

Although today's Crazy Gang has long been different, more than half of the teams in the team are on loan, and they lack an in-depth understanding of the team's history, let alone a sense of identity and belonging, but when these celebrities shake hands with them, When hugging, everyone still felt the blood rushing.

Vinnie Jones, who starred in Hollywood blockbusters such as "X-Men 3", "Death Row", and "Escape Plan", grinned at them, and took another look at Lee Polo:

"It was your kid who provoked Liverpool?"

Li Poluo raised his chin:

"Yes."

This "professional villain" slapped him on the shoulder:
"I love you so much, hahaha. Guys, there is nothing to be afraid of. The Liverpool team back then was much better than it is now! Aren't we trampled under our feet?"

The old captain Bitson nodded in agreement, and made the final mobilization with one sentence:

"No matter how strong the opponent is, we at Wimbledon have never been a good boy who accepts his fate obediently!"
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7:50 p.m. London time.

3:50 a.m. China time.

There are still 5 minutes before the whistle of the game, Zhan Jun, the head commentator of Sina Sports, has already started his work.

"Today I bring you a focus on the third round of the 134th English FA Cup. AFC Wimbledon from the fourth level of the League Two will host the old Premier League giants 'Red Army' Liverpool..."

He just started, and then turned to the sidelines:

"Only three days ago, Liverpool's meritorious captain Steven Gerrard publicly announced that he would leave the team after the end of the season and go to the American Major League. So unreal.

How to fill the role and influence of Gerrard in the team, I am afraid that Liverpool will be very difficult to deal with... So Liverpool still have half a season to slowly adapt to the absence of Gerrard in the future The day of the team..."

Even though the news had passed, he was still involuntarily depressed, so that he unconsciously repeated his words many times:
"Today, Gerrard still represents Liverpool and leads the team as the captain. I hope he can make a difference."

Liverpool's starting lineup appeared on the screen, and he also broke free from his emotions in time:
"Compared to last Thursday's 2:2 draw with Leicester City, Liverpool has 4 changes in personnel today, Lambert, Markovic, Manquillo, and Scott, who returned from suspension before. Director Li, it can be seen that Rogers didn't have too many reservations today."

He is partnered with Li Yuankui, the former main defender of the national team. This [-]-year-old Tianjin football star is still hale and hearty, articulate and quick thinking:

"That's right, Liverpool didn't play well in the league this season. It is impossible to compete for the championship. If they can compete for a cup championship, it is also a good choice."

Zhan Jun was noncommittal and began to introduce Liverpool's starting lineup:
"Liverpool today insists on a three-back formation, and Mignolet is still the goalkeeper.
Among the three defenders, Skrtel sits in the middle, Sakho and Emrejan are separated on the left and right,
In the frontcourt, Henderson and Lucas form the double waist, Markovic and Manquillo are in charge of the two sides, Lambert is at the top as the forward, captain Gerrard and Coutinho are in the position. relatively free. "

Li Yuankui glanced at the players' positions and agreed with him:
"Facing an opponent in a low-level league today, Liverpool's defensive pressure should not be too great. Gerrard can also be freed from a deep position and play his role on the offensive end."

Zhan Jun nodded:

"As for the home team Wimbledon, they are the hottest team in English football recently. But not just because of their outstanding performance in the FA Cup, but because they have achieved amazing results on all fronts this season. achievements."

The commentator, known for his informative data, began to look through his own data notes:

"As a fourth-tier team, they are far ahead in the League Two, and they have won consecutively in the FA Cup, League Cup, and British Championship. It can be said that all four fronts have played triumphant songs.

Of course, it has to be mentioned that they slaughtered the Red Devils Manchester United with a disparity of 4:0 in the second round of the League Cup. As a result, the Dutch coach refused to accept any interviews after the game, and was even fined and suspended by the FA... ..."

When talking about Manchester United, Zhan Jun was very calm and did not reveal that he was a Liverpool fan at all:
"The reason why this game has become the most concerned topic in England is also because of the young Chinese player Li Poluo in their team. He publicly issued a very provocative statement at the pre-match press conference yesterday, which completely detonated the whole world. Football!"

Li Yuankui chuckled:
"This is a newborn calf not afraid of tigers. Although Liverpool is not at the top, after all, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. A team in the fourth tier, such a provocative, obviously wants to launch a psychological war, making Liverpool players suffocate. Get angry and then make mistakes more easily on the pitch..."

Zhan Jun also laughed, and then glanced at Wimbledon's starting list.

Although he had explained the League Cup before, he still had no impression of most players. He could only read the numbers perfunctorily, and then picked a representative character:
"Except for the main goalkeeper who can't play, Wimbledon's main players are all out, especially their striker, Akinfenwa, who is known as the strongest striker in the universe, is 1.8 meters tall and weighs more than [-] catties. Let's see how he will be." Wouldn't it be a threat to Liverpool's defense?"

As if the director in front heard his commentary, the camera lens just switched to the player tunnel, and Akinfenwa, who was eight feet tall and had an eight-foot waist, appeared on the screen.

Li Yuankui also exclaimed:
"Heh~ This physique looks stronger than the two strikers of Liverpool!"

The camera starts from Akinfenwa and Lambert at the back, gradually advances to the players in front, and then comes near the captains of both sides.

Gerrard in red on the left and Fuller in blue on the right.

The battle between red and blue finally kicked off.

(End of this chapter)