Soccer Card System

Chapter 123 Final!FA Cup!

Chapter 119 Final!FA Cup!

After a day of training, the door of Luton's training base was opened.

Maggis stared at the reporters at the door. Gao Bo had already explained that no one except the team players would have the opportunity to peep into the training base. In order to block the reporters' sight, the original iron gate of the training base was covered with a thin layer of iron.

Players roared out of the gate in their cars, without giving the reporters a chance.

Because Gao Bo has now issued a media silence order for the team, any player is prohibited from being interviewed by the media during this period.

Adam was sitting in Vardy's car, along with Kanter and others.

"New Car?!! Cool!!!"

Adam fumbled around in the car, his expression quite excited.

Vardy wore sunglasses, and the car roared out as soon as he stepped on the accelerator.

Normally, both Adam and Kanter would walk back by themselves, and it's not like they couldn't afford a car—even though they were only players in the second division, their income was higher than that of most ordinary people in the UK.It's just that neither of them got a driver's license, and Kanter still needs an English teacher now.
Vardy recently signed a new contract given by the team. Under Gao Bo's persuasion, owner David Morton finally agreed to break the team's salary cap.

Gao Bo raised Vardy's salary to a weekly salary of 1 at one time. He is now one of the highest paid players in the team, just like Kanter.

The salary of 1 is actually an exaggerated salary for a team in the second division. After all, even the core players of the teams at the top of the standings in the second division have an average salary of five to six thousand pounds.And now Vardy's salary has basically reached the level of ordinary players in the Premier League.

The reason why Luton dared to make such a salary increase is because the team's income has greatly increased this season. Just from the FA Cup tickets, the team has now earned more than 100 million pounds. Including the TV broadcast share and game bonuses, the team's FA Cup income is close to 300 million pounds!
This income is not comparable to any team in the second division. In addition, the team's home stadium is full, and Sky Sports also broadcast a few Luton second division games live, which makes Luton's income even higher!

It can be expected that Charlie Austin's offer has also been continuously raised, and now Manchester United, who has the highest offer, has raised the price to the 500 million list.

In the case of increased income, salary increases for core players have also been put on the agenda.

One of the main motivations for professional players to play football is their salary. If the salary can’t keep up, they won’t be able to keep people by relying on feelings alone. Gao Bo is also unwilling to let the players who follow him suffer too much financially, so he mainly tries to raise the salary of the core members of the team to more than [-] pounds.

American David Morton is also ready to push the team to the capital market. For a team, the biggest property is undoubtedly the players in their team. Therefore, David Morton has nothing to say about retaining players.

Now this Yankee is thinking about how to make money through the capital market.

From a brick mover with a weekly salary of 1 pounds to a professional player earning more than [-] a week, Vardy's life has undergone earth-shaking changes in the past six months.

"You're starting the final, Adam!"

Vardy said while driving the car: "Then you have to seize the opportunity, your physical fitness won't even last the first half."

"I've made great progress now..." Adam sat in the back seat, "I want to become an iron man like N'Golo..."

Adam looked enviously at Kanter, who was sitting next to him.

Recently, the team has been working on a new formation in the training base. The players all know that the head coach created this lineup for the final, so everyone is very motivated.

The reporters who squatted at the door for a long time found nothing. They couldn't get any news at the Luton training base.

"Luton has been closed for training for nine days. During these nine days, no media can approach their training base. Neither Luton's head coach nor players have been interviewed. In order to prepare for this FA Cup match, the Luton team has almost completely enclosed themselves in the training base. No one knows what their Chinese head coach is thinking."

Benitez held the newspaper and frowned.

His assistant Ajestaran knew what Benitez was thinking: "It's nothing more than intensive defense, all we need is to pay attention to their counterattack!"

Benitez nodded. He put himself in Gao Bo's position and found that Luton had absolutely no other tricks to use except for defensive counterattacks.

Liverpool's main attack, Luton's defense.

That's the script in the FA Cup final.

Will there be any surprises?
Benitez puts the newspaper on the table.

The tricks of the Chinese coach still seem to have some effect, at least I am a little disturbed by the trick that Luton made.

Unlike Luton, Liverpool looked much more confident before the game started.

Team captain Gerrard said in an interview: "This season we have not been able to make a breakthrough in the league and the Champions League, which makes our fans feel sorry. But the only consolation is that we brought back the FA Cup championship trophy."

"Liverpool still haven't played in the final?!" The reporter reminded.

Gerrard smiled: "This is the FA Cup final, I don't think there will be any suspense in the game. We are Liverpool!"

"But they knocked out Chelsea."

"We are Liverpool! Our players will not underestimate the enemy in the final!" Before the reporter finished speaking, Gerrard reached out and interrupted the opponent's words.

For Gerrard, this championship is already a certainty.

Benitez actually doesn't quite agree with Gerrard's point of view, but the other party has already said so in the media, and Benitez has nothing to do.

Let him criticize Gerrard?

To be honest, Benitez is very clear that this team is absolutely inseparable from Gerrard, this is the soul of Liverpool's team, and it is not something that he, a foreign coach from Spain, can offend.

"Yes, we only have the FA Cup left to fight for, and we will go all out for it." Benitez said at the press conference before the game.

Gao Bo, who had been silent in the media for more than ten days, was finally caught by the reporters at the press conference, and a series of questions were thrown at him.

"Do Luton have a chance of beating Liverpool?"

"Football is round and this game has opportunities for everyone."

"Who has a better chance?"

"You should toss a coin and figure it out yourself."

"What do you think of Liverpool?"

"They are a big team in England, a strong team."

"Luton has been training in closed doors for more than ten days. Is this prepared to deal with Liverpool?"

"It goes without saying!"

Gao Bo remained expressionless, and answered briefly the questions thrown by the reporters.

The pre-match press conference ended quickly. In order to prepare for tomorrow's final, Gao Bo decided to let the team set off one day earlier to Wembley!
After the press conference, Gao Bo led the team on the journey to the FA Cup final.

Gao Bo waited until all the players got into the car and looked at the sunset in the distance.

I'm going to London now, hoping to see the morning sun.

(End of this chapter)