Chapter Ninety-Six: Forward, Wembley!

On the morning of 19 April, the Luton players assembled at the training base as usual.

But they don't have to train today because it's the FA Cup semi-final and they're heading to London! Travel to Wembley! And waiting for them in London is their opponent, the north London giants Arsenal!

"Hurry up, pack your things and get ready to get in the car!!"

John Aston was busy calling the players on the bus, and as an assistant coach, he still has a very busy job.

Gao Bo always has a habit of looking at the sky before every away trip, and he wants to know the weather on the day of the game.

The clouds in the sky are not too thick, and the morning sun is warm and the sun shines through the clouds.

I hope that when we return tomorrow, we can also see such a gorgeous morning sun.

Gao Bo suddenly thought a little literary.

"It shouldn't rain today, right?" said John, who was done.

"I'd like to have a rainstorm during the race," Gao Bo said.

Arsenal are one of the more flashy teams in the Premier League, with their group play at the edge of the penalty area, as well as the overall ground push short pass combination play, which is very distinctive.

While the rainstorm will have an impact on Luton, it will certainly have an even greater impact on Arsenal.

"It's useless, Gao, we're going to Wembley!" John Aston looked proud, and he held out a finger: "This is Wembley!" ”

Rain and windy weather did little to Wembley. Of course, the current Wembley Stadium is the new Wembley Stadium that was completed two years ago, and is completely different from the previous stadium where England won the World Cup, with more modern facilities that can host football matches in all weather conditions.

When playing on a modern course like this, the weather factor has become irrelevant.

Wembley Stadium is the home of England and is the mecca of English football. England once lifted the World Cup trophy at this stadium. However, since the old Wembley Stadium was built in the twenties of the last century, it has become increasingly difficult to hide the needs of modern football in the 21st century.

The FA ultimately opted to demolish the old Wembley Stadium, with most fans hoping that the Wembley Towers would be rebuilt while the stadium would be rebuilt, but that didn't happen. On 20 May 2000, the old Wembley hosted her final FA Cup final against Chelsea and Aston Villa, with Chelsea's Robert Di Matteo scoring the only goal of the game. On 7 October 2000, the final game of the old Wembley was played between Germany and England, with Germany's Hamann scoring the winning goal and becoming the last player to score at Wembley, a defeat that led to the sacking of England manager Kevin Keegan. After the game, many fans removed the stadium seats as a memento, and Wembley was officially closed.

The FA then began construction of the new Wembley Stadium.

Wembley Stadium is regarded by the British as a symbol of British sport. Thanks to the involvement of various interest groups, the debate around the rebuilding of Wembley Stadium has never stopped, and the cost of construction has been increasing.

After several twists and turns, the new Wembley Stadium was finally completed and put into use in 2007, when the FA Cup final was played at the new Wembley Stadium.

The new £780 million Wembley is a modern, high-tech stadium with 90,000 seats and a floating roof, making it the world's largest top-off stadium.

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Just as the team members were ready to go, the city of Luton was almost boiling.

When the team's bus pulled out of the training base, the entire street was crowded with fans wearing Luton's orange home kits.

Arsenal were drawn to the home team's dressing room, so they wore Arsenal's red home kit. However, since the colour of Luton's home shirt does not contrast with Arsenal's at all, the Luton players who were drawn to the away team's dressing room also wore their home shirts during the game.

Flags were unfurled in the streets, and fans cheered.

When I saw the team's bus come out, the atmosphere reached its peak.

"Wembley!! Wembley!! Wembley!!! ”

The players were a little shocked by the atmosphere created by the fans, not to mention the young players now, even when John, who has been in the team for more than 20 years, has never seen such a frenzy of Luton fans.

"It's... The whole Luton people are out! Lin Sen smashed his mouth, and after coming to England, he realized exactly what football means to England fans.

In the case of Luton, most of the people who live in Luton are also fans of the team. That's really a team loyalist since my ancestors.

Gao Bo stood in front of the car, and there was a straight road at the entrance of the training base.

This road is one of Luton's main roads, and even the team's home stadium is named after it – this is the Wattle Road that runs through the entire city of Luton.

From the entrance of the training base, you can see the end of the Fertile Road, and the main road that is two or three kilometers long is densely packed with people.

"That's an exaggeration..."

Gao Bo and John glanced at each other, and both saw shock in their own eyes. He soon saw Alexander, who was very active in the crowd, the owner of the tavern who appeared to be the head of a fan club, who was now directing the crowd and maintaining order.

"Alexander, how did you make such a big battle?!" Gao Bo got out of the car and walked in front of the pressure mountain.

The arrival of the manager caused cheers from the fans, and Alexander had to shout: "We are going to Wembley with the team!!" ”

"It's five o'clock in the afternoon, and how are you going to get there?" Gao Bo pointed to the dense crowd on the street a little helplessly, he is now a little worried about so many people, what if there is a safety accident!

"Railway!! Let's take the train!! We found a railway company to charter two trains!! "It's a big deal for the team to reach the semi-finals, so of course we have to be all involved. ”

This Gao Bo understands that the FA gave Luton 30,000 tickets, but on the day of buying the tickets, the server was crowded by Luton fans through the official website ticket sales channel, you know, Luton is just a city with only a hundred thousand people....

After that, Luton only had to put all the tickets on offline ticket sales channels, and fans queued almost all night to grab a Wembley ticket.

"You're not just 30,000 people, are you?" Gao Bo pointed to the crowd on the street and said, "And even if you take a train, it is estimated that you will not be able to transport so many people." ”

Gao Bo didn't know much about train capacity, but even in China, a sixteen-car train can only carry about one or two thousand people...

"That's a problem, we can take a few more trips... Haha," Alexander said with a smile.

"It's just the semi-finals, what if the team makes it to the final?!"

"Uh..... Then we'll do it again when we get to the finals." Alexander said this, but muttered in his heart.

I'm afraid I won't have a chance to make it to the finals...

Gao Bo didn't know what the fans were thinking, but seeing this sensational crowd at least showed that at Wembley, Luton's fan power would not be much lost to Arsenal.

Gao Bo is still very happy about this.

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When the team's bus went out of the city, the players found that behind the bus, there was a long queue of cars!

Some vehicles also had Luton's flags waving out of their windows, waving in the wind.

These are also Luton fans!!

The players were shocked by the battle that the fans had made.

When the bus pulled onto the M1 motorway, the car behind the bus formed a long queue and pounced on Wembley Stadium.