Chapter Eighty-Six: The Away Battle in Coventry

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

Gao Bo stood in the lobby of the hotel, looking at the gloomy sky. The dark clouds in the distant sky kept gathering, making Gao Bo feel as if he was holding a large reservoir full of water above his head...

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

"The weather forecast in England is not as reliable as in China!" Gao Bo looked at the momentum of the black clouds in the distance pressing down on the city, and complained helplessly.

Gao Bo used to know a meteorological expert, according to the expert, the current level of meteorological prediction, the momentum is similar to that of the old farmer looking at the weather, most of the time it is not so accurate - counting on the weather after a week of analyzing the meteorological cloud map is basically a blind man touching the elephant, you don't know which way the wind is blowing...

Sure enough, the sky is starting to start raining, and it looks like it's going to get heavier and heavier.

Gao Bo shook his head a little helplessly, he hated racing in the rain.

Because in his opinion, although Coventry is a team in the Championship, Luton has an advantage in strength, and with the improvement of cards, Coventry's hard power is not as good as Luton.

So what Gobo wants is to play in good weather conditions so that Luton can play to their strengths and reduce any surprises.

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Fortunately, an hour before the start of the game, the sky was still drizzling, and there was no trend towards heavy rain, and the dark clouds had dispersed a lot. Gao Bo was relieved by this.

The weather in England is so unpredictable that you don't know what the next second will bring.

Either way, this won't make the team play in the rain.

The game was played at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, but in the car park outside the Ricoh Stadium, it was already difficult to find an empty parking space at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and the overcast sky was drizzling, but the English were used to it, and the fans didn't even have umbrellas, they were in full swing, waving the Coventry blue flag and singing Coventry songs from all directions.

Ricoh Stadium was built in 2005 by Coventry City and can accommodate more than 30,000 fans, and before that, Coventry's Highfield Road Stadium was also very famous in England.

Highfield Road was the first full-seat course in England and one of the largest grass-covered courses in England. After a 6-2 win over Derby County on 30 April 2005 and a 6-2 win over Derby County on 30 April 2005, the Blues moved into the Ricoh Stadium in the north of the city.

The team's bus departed from the hotel at half past two and drove slowly down the narrow roads of Coventry, and although the hotel was only seven or eight kilometres from the stadium, the team's bus still traveled for almost half an hour.

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

The players are oblivious to the scenery outside the window and they are now doing their own thing in the car. Listen to music, close your eyes, and chat in a whisper. The players have adapted to this pace of life and it doesn't make the players too nervous or excited for a normal away game like Coventry.

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

With only an hour to go, they need to warm up and get used to the away pitch.

It was drizzling and foggy in the sky, but the atmosphere on the pitch was lively.

Against Luton Town's opponents, the Coventry fans showed their 'warm welcome'.

When Luton's players showed up on the pitch, the more than 30,000 Coventry fans in attendance booed them sharply, and they gave Luton a disgrace in this way.

It made Luton's players look into the stands. As a side in the second division, it is rare for Luton Town to receive such targeted treatment on the road in the FA Cup. The third round of Chelsea was on the road, but at the time Chelsea fans didn't think Luton could beat Chelsea, so they ignored Luton Town when they came out to warm up.

The fact that the Coventry fans are now booing their opponents as soon as they come out to warm up shows that they do feel that Luton are a team that can threaten Coventry City enough.

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Mourinho's good friend Coleman actually feels good about drawing Luton as an opponent, although the media believes that Luton are fully capable of playing in the Premier League, but Coleman does not think so.

Luton Town do have some quality, but a big part of it is the light opponents of Chelsea and Manchester City.

Coventry won't be taken lightly! So Coleman thinks his side can at least reach the last four of the FA Cup.

A home defeat to Sheffield United in the last round of the Championship saw them slip to twelfth in the Championship table, eight points behind sixth-placed Bristol City, and it looks like this season has been another disappointing one for Coventry City fans, with little hope of promotion this season.

However, in the FA Cup, Coventry did not perform well and they were lucky, in the third round they drew Gundamist, a team in the lower leagues, Coventry easily beat their opponents to advance, and then in the fourth round they met Torquay United, a semi-professional team in the fifth division, and Coventry City were also untested.

However, in the fifth round, Coventry City met Blackburn Rovers of the Premier League, and Coventry was once two goals behind, but in the second half, Coleman's team launched a Jedi counterattack, they scored two goals in a row to equalize the score, and then when everyone thought that the two teams were about to play a rematch, Coventry City striker Morrison delivered a winner in the 94th minute of the game to help the team reverse Blackburn Rovers 3-2 and enter the final.

"We don't have the qualifications to underestimate the enemy!" In the home dressing room, Coleman's face was still not easy.

Although he feels that Luton Town are not as strong as the media suggests, there are two brushes to knock out Chelsea and Manchester City, and he has to make the Coventry players pay full attention to the opponent in front of them.

'Chelsea and Manchester City were eliminated by them, and if we think it's just a normal second division team, it only shows our stupidity!!!' Coleman pointed to his head and said, "Don't underestimate the enemy!" ”

"In this game we are based on defense first, we are playing at home, first we defend solidly, and then we play against them!" Coleman is clearly treating Luton as if they were opponents in his division.

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