Soccer Card System

Chapter 124 The Leader of the Dressing Room
1 Chapter Twenty The Leader of the Dressing Room
May [-]th, morning.

Waking up from his sleep, Gao Bo opened the curtains of the hotel and looked at the pattering raindrops outside the window.

The weather in England is always so rainy.

The FA Cup final will be held at five o'clock this afternoon.Therefore, this morning, the team will not conduct training. The players can fully relax on this day. At noon, the team will hold another meeting. The main purpose is to motivate and mobilize the players.However, at this meeting, Gao Bo will not make tactical arrangements.

The tactics that should be mentioned and the details that should be emphasized. During the closed training that lasted for ten days, Gao Bo has basically instilled his own ideas into the players, and the rest is for the players to perform on the field.

At the noon meeting, Gao Bo announced the starting list.

Although everyone has basically known the starting candidate in this week's training, but in the end, the head coach has to say it himself when the dust settles.

The meeting time was very short. Basically, after the first game was announced, Gao Bo left the meeting room after saying a few words.

Adam was mentally prepared to start the game. During the ten days of training, Gao Bo put him on the side of the main lineup, and the players in the team basically knew this, but when Adam really heard the starting list from Gao Bo's mouth, Adam's heart was relieved.

But soon he was shrouded in a new daze. To some extent, this was Adam's first start.

The players left the meeting room one by one. Some of them would seize the time to take a lunch break and try to get more sleep, and some might go to a few teammates to play cards and chat.

The noon time is the time for the players to freely control. Before the lunch break, as long as they don't leave the hotel, basically no one will take care of them.

"Come on, Adam, your strength is long enough to be a starter." Captain Kevin Keane came over and rubbed Adam's head, then walked out.

"Hey, Adam." Vardy came over, "What did I say, get ready to make a fuss at Wembley!!"

Kante was further behind Vardy, who grinned at Adam before walking out on his own.

Adam also stood up, and he took a deep breath.

When it comes to a big scene like Wembley, no matter who you are, you will be a little nervous.

But as a professional player, he has to overcome such nervousness.

"There is actually only a thin line between stars and ordinary players. That is, those big men can always show their strength at critical moments, and they are fearless."

Adam remembered Gao Bo's words of encouragement to himself.

He turned and walked out of the conference room.

Me too. Fearless! !
"Starting under such circumstances, Adam's pressure is not small."

In the room, John said to Gao Bo worriedly.

"The pressure is everywhere, John." Gao Bo stood by the window and said back.

"If he can survive the pressure, it will be a great thing for him and for the team."

Gao Bo always looks optimistic.

"Let's not talk about this. After this game, the team will be on vacation. Where will you be going then?" John asked.

As for Gao Bo's background, John and the others only knew that he was a Chinese who had been a coach at Chelsea for a period of time.As for his family and his network, John and others never heard Gao Bo mention it.

"I have to go home..."

Gao Bo has not returned to China for more than five years since he came to study abroad.

Now is also the time to go back and look.

Gao Bo picked up the phone and looked at the number on the phone that he always dialed almost every once in a while, but he never answered.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, the players began to gather in the hotel lobby one after another.

Outside the hotel at this time, many Luton fans had gathered here. When they saw the players appear in the lobby, the fans cheered.

Two hours before the game started, Gao Bo also came down from the room. After the players and coaching staff were all present, everyone boarded the bus and headed to Wembley Stadium.

The team drove slowly in downtown London for nearly four and 10 minutes before arriving at Wembley.

This time the team drew the home team's locker room. Compared with the visiting team's locker room, the home team's locker room is much larger, but the equipment is the same. The players have been to Wembley once, and now they are familiar with it.

Under John's urging, the players quickly changed their equipment and went out to the stadium for warm-up before the game.

Just as the players on both sides were warming up on the court, the two head coaches had already got each other's starting list.

Benitez frowned at Luton's starters in the visitors' dressing room.

I really didn't expect that Luton's starting lineup had such a big change on the left.

It is impossible to see the formation from the starting list, but Benitez still thinks that Gao Bo still has a 442.
Both players on the left were replaced, with Adam and Hassan Ali replacing Lewis and Thoro Davies in the starting lineup.

Benitez thought for a while, but did not understand the purpose of this adjustment.

Adam White is already a regular substitute for Luton. He is usually replaced by a substitute when the team needs to attack, and his position is also very flexible. He sometimes plays the role of right midfielder or left midfielder.

But these, without exception, came off the bench.

Benitez thought for a while, he was not sure.

Adam White starting Luton for the first time? !
Benitez also specifically learned why Adam White, a player known as England's new genius, basically only got the chance to play as a substitute in Luton. The big reason for this is the physical limitations of this young player. The 17-year-old Adam White is a player that Luton acquired from street football.

Another adjustment is that Hassan Ali replaced Solo Davis. Benitez feels that Luton has a high probability of not playing three backs-because their right back is not the kind of player who can play central back!

Hassan Ali is likely to play left back!
It is actually nothing to let a defensive midfielder with a certain defensive ability play as a full-back. This may be a measure to strengthen defense.

Benitez looked at the starting list in his hand, and it seems that Luton's left is the direction where their focus has changed!
At this time, the players had already warmed up and returned. Benitez put down the list and looked at his players.

The starting players were busy taking off their training uniforms and changing into their game uniforms. Gerrard put on game socks and shoes. He inserted the shin pads with the Liverpool team logo into the socks, then took off the long-sleeved training jacket on his upper body, put on his No. [-] jersey, and then seriously put on the captain's armband.

"The specific details have been emphasized a lot in the two days of training. Before the start of the game, I need to emphasize that everyone must be mentally prepared. This will be a tough battle!" Benitez said when the players were busy changing equipment. "The opponent's defense will be very dense. We need a little patience. Even if we can't score a goal, don't worry! There are nine and 10 minutes in the game, and we only need one goal to win!"

As soon as Benitez finished speaking, Gerrard had already changed his equipment, and he stood up abruptly: "The boss is right, this game is a nine-and-ten-minute game!"

"Fix 'em in nine 10 minutes!!!"

Gerald clenched his fists and said vigorously.

The Liverpool dressing room immediately agreed.

Compared with everyone's tepidness when Benitez spoke, Gerrard is the real leader of this locker room!

(End of this chapter)