In the match on September 9, Wimbledon Athletic still defeated Firim Regren with a score of 4-0 without Chu Zhongtian. After a season of running-in and training, this Wimbledon team is basically unable to find an opponent in the ninth division, and the failure to successfully promote last season has something to do with the fact that they lost too much at the beginning. However, at that time, the team had just been formed, and a tacit understanding had not yet been formed, and there was no way to fully exert its combat effectiveness.

This is no longer the case.

With no successor to Russell, Eames decided to emphasize the role of the team, no longer assigning one person to be the core of the team, but asking the whole team to play an offensive role.

The advantage is that the opponent can no longer freeze the team's attack by staring at a certain person, while Wimbledon can give full play to their strong offensive firepower, as well as the individual technical advantages of the attacking players, and the result is that Wimbledon has more blossoms and firepower in the game, making the opponent unguardable.

The only thing that made Chu Zhongtian feel depressed was that even his home partner Sidwell had scored in the game, but he still didn't score anything. He practiced shooting for a summer and still hasn't seen the results.

It's not that he doesn't suspect that Russell didn't teach right, or that he doesn't think he did well, but he just lacks a little bit of feeling in the game. Football games, it feels very important, to put it bluntly, it is actually the state, and if you are in the state, you can score goals with a big kick in the middle circle, such as David Beckham's famous work, and Chilavert's free-kick at the back of the River Plate. If you don't have a state, you will shoot in the face of an empty goal, and there are even more such cases, there are countless of them, and the so-called "can't kick a goal that is more difficult than kicking", that's what it says. There are more extremes: after passing the middle circle of the game, the football meets the head of the goalkeeper of his own team and flies into his own door, do you say that he is in good form or not in good form...... Chu Zhongtian just hasn't found his own state yet, the benefits of practicing passing and control have been reflected, and his passes of more than fifteen yards can now be passed to his teammates' feet calmly and accurately, but that kind of penetrating through ball has not appeared once. Again, because there is no feeling. The feeling of passing the ball to Borger in last season's game against Hartley Winterney never came back to mind, as if it had never been there.

Although Chu Zhongtian has not yet found his feeling, the team continues to win. From the start of the league until now, they have won all but one FA bottle (fa_vase) and London Senior Cup (london_senior_cup). The results are impressive, and they are completely different from the results of the same period at the beginning of last season.

Don't look at Wimbledon Athletic is only an amateur team now, but there are quite a lot of games to participate in, in addition to the normal league and FA Cup, there is also the super low group FA Cup, that is, the FA bottle, which is only allowed to participate in the nine to eleven league teams. The London Senior Cup, a regional cup organised by the London FA, also includes the Super Challenge Cup (premier_challenge_cup) and the Surrey Senior Cup (surrey_senior_cup).

By the time we entered October, Wimbledon had already been knocked out in the first round of the FA bottle and the London Luxury Cup. Although Wimbledon have as many as 35 first-team squads, Eames has no intention of rotating the squad. Their team doesn't need to be trained with rotation, because as long as the starting eleven is not injured, they basically play, and the substitutes only have a chance when these people are not available, such as when the main players are injured or suspended, no matter how many games there are.

There is a big difference in strength between the substitutes and the main force, and there is no need to exercise. It is better to make the team's lineup fixed, everyone is familiar with it, and a tacit understanding is cultivated, so that the game can be played well.

The rotation system is only played by the big teams, and the so-called "wealth disease" -- there are too many good players, and the starting lineup of 11 people cannot be arranged at all, so they have to rotate as a last resort...... Even if it's a Premier League team, it's not just any team that uses a "rotation system".

Now the players of Wimbledon feel that the most anticipated game of the season is the FA Cup, and as long as there are no accidents, there is basically no suspense in the league, after all, their quality is too much beyond this level of the league...... As for the other cup competitions, they are not interested, so what's the point of playing around and playing with a group of teams that are lower than them?

On 13 September, Wimbledon Athletic beat Oxford City (oxford_city) 1-0 away in the first round of FA Cup qualification, their first trip to the FA Cup, but fortunately they have not yet started from the qualifying round. The team was a bit restrained, but the win was enough to cheer their supporters.

September 27 is the second round of the FA Cup qualifying round. Wimbledon faced Barton Hill (bardon_hill_sports) from the eighth tier and won 4-1 at home to a crowd of 4,500 in a match that was a no-brainer of 4,500 and the team was in control of the pace from the first minute of the game, unlike the restrained performance in the first round of qualifying. With a four-goal lead in the 75th minute, Eames brought on three substitutes and asked them to go up and get a feel for the FA Cup, albeit qualifying...... On 2 October, Wimbledon Athletic beat Dunstabble Town (dunstable_town) 3-0 away in the third round of FA Cup qualifying, a team in the seventh tier, one level above the eighth-tier side they met in the second round of qualifying. Wimbledon were still able to win by three goals on the road, and the players were suddenly full of self-confidence, thinking that the seventh tier was no more than that...... They even take it for granted that the team will reach the FA Cup, how can a competition of this level of qualifying be able to retain Wimbledon, which has inherited the bloodline of the "mad gang"?

The self-assured Wimbledon Athletic are completely unsighted by their fourth-round qualifying opponents, Thurrock, even if it is a true sixth-tier team from the National League South.

As a result, they suffered two weeks later.

If it weren't for Kevin. Cooper broke out again and their first FA Cup trip was set to end in the third round of qualifying, and now they have a glimmer of hope.

The match against Thurlock was played at Wimbledon Athletic's home stadium and the game had just eleven minutes into the game. Cooper helped the team take the lead, and everything was going in a good direction. It seems to be no different from the first three qualifying rounds, with Wimbledon always getting the better of their opponents.

Wimbledon fans have even started talking in the stands about the spectacle of the main draw – the game will be televised, the team will play against the professional teams, and if they are lucky, they might make it to the third round. At that time, the opponents were Premier League and League One (and later the Championship), and then a Premier League team...... I can't imagine what a spectacular scene it would be!

Just when Wimbledon fans fantasize, Thurlock scored two goals in five minutes to overtake the score! Because not only the Wimbledon fans were looking forward to it, but even the players on the field at Wimbledon were also distracted by fantasizing about the wonderful prospects after breaking into the main game, they forgot that Sherlock was a team from the sixth division, and they ignored the opponent's determination to break into the main game, so they took advantage of their distraction, Thurlock took advantage of the opportunity to lose two cities in a row, and Wimbledon was caught off guard.

Luckily before the end of the game, Kevin. Cooper took advantage of a defensive mistake at the back to equalise and save hope or they would have been knocked out of the competition.

Eames scolded everyone at the end of the game, saying that the replay was not due to a lack of strength at Wimbledon, but entirely due to the pride of the players, and if well prepared and serious, the game should have passed as well as the previous three qualifiers - and he has confidence in his team.

"They are a team in the sixth division! What qualifications do you have to be proud of your enemies? The ninth level is inferior to the sixth level? Saying it will only make people laugh out of their big teeth! ”

※※※Kevin. Cooper's brace secured a replay, which was a relief to those who were worried about their team's outright elimination in the final moments of the game, and the replay was a remarkable win anyway.

However, Chu Zhongtian was faced with the situation of having to skip class, because the rematch was the following Wednesday. If he doesn't skip class, then the team will be unlucky in the rematch. Eames has already approached him privately, hoping that he will definitely participate in the rematch.

In his words, he attached great importance to Chu Zhongtian.

"You're the heart of our defense, Chu. If you can't play, I'm worried about our defense away from home...... You've seen this game too, right? Sherlock is strong in midfield and both of their goals were started after controlling the midfield, so you have to be involved. I know it's going to delay your studies, but it's just one game. If we win, we will go to the main game, and if we lose, this season's FA Cup will be over. ”

Chu Zhongtian did not skip class, he skipped class to participate in a few games in the final stage of last season. At that time, the team was promoted to the most critical moment, Russell was injured, and he couldn't say anything if he didn't participate anymore, so he skipped class to support. Although he is stubborn, he is not an unreasonable person, and he knows that things are prioritized, and if skipping a class can avoid the elimination of the team, then the rematch is more important than the class.

The last time he skipped class to help the team play, it was so that the team could be promoted, and at that time, he could have no psychological burden, and his mind was full of one thought - win, upgrade! Unexpectedly, he ended up in the third place in the league, and he worked hard but did not reap the rewards, which was something that made him more depressed than skipping class.

So what about this time?

Chu Zhongtian didn't know, but he wanted to do his best in the competitions he participated in. He can't demand others with his own standards, so he can only be strict with himself.

※※※ The team drew with Thurlock and was dragged into a rematch, and it seems that not many fans will be happy about this, they will only worry about whether the team will be affected and lose the game because of the away game in the replay.

Only one person is an exception.

In the Wimble Bar, which had gone to a new name, Emily was holding a wine glass and looking at Chu Zhongtian with a smile.

Chu Zhongtian stretched out his hand and shook it in front of her eyes: "You've been looking at me like this for ten minutes, I don't think it's necessary to show your joy like this, Emily?" "He was a little helpless.

"Hey, hey." Emily laughed, "I just think I've been with you for a long time, and I'm as intuitive as you are - I told you not to want the team to draw in the FA Cup, but I didn't expect it to be a draw." ”

"Crow's beak." Chu Zhongtian muttered in his native language.

"What are you talking about?"

"I say that you are good, not bad."

Emily grimaced. "What now, the rematch is in the middle of the week." She had a smile on her face, not worried at all.

"Okay, you win, I'll skip class to go to the tournament." Chu Zhongtian raised his hands in the air and made a surrender form. In fact, he was not as reluctant as he had shown in his heart, but he also wanted to tease Emily.

Looking at Chu Zhongtian's appearance, Emily suddenly stopped smiling again.

"Hey, Chu. Do you think it's annoying and annoying for me to do this? ”

Chu Zhongtian didn't expect Emily to suddenly ask like this, he was stunned for a moment: "Why?" ”

"Studying is always a serious matter, and you are a student. I'm going to let you skip class to participate in the competition, am I being a little selfish? ”

"Selfish?" Chu Zhongtian hadn't figured out what this had to do with selfishness.

"I want to watch your game, it's only one game a week, it's not fun, hehe......" Emily smiled a little shyly.

Looking at the two red glows flying up her cheeks, Chu Zhongtian wandered.

"Do you know why I keep trying to persuade you to play professional football?"

"Like to watch me play?" Chu Zhongtian asked.

Emily nodded: "If you don't continue to play, you will return to China after three years of undergrad...... You're going to go back to China, right? ”

"Of course I go back to China, otherwise where else can I go?" Chu Zhongtian spread out his hand and shrugged. "Hollywood? London? I want to go, but do people want me? ”

"If you really want to go to Hollywood, I actually have something to do with it......," Emily said and shook her head, "but to be a paparazzi?" I don't think Chu, you should be the one who does that kind of work. That kind of Vanity Fair is not for you, you are like a stone, and it is full of edges and corners. Or football is the best for you. She pursed her lips and laughed, she was right.

"You graduate and go back to China, and then I won't see you anymore." She tilted her head and looked at Chu Zhongtian.

This question has also been thought about by Chu Zhongtian. But at that time, he thought that when he was able to study in the UK, he was already a lucky thing to be friends with such a beautiful girl who would probably become a Hollywood star in the future for three years. There's no way to ask for more, and Emily and Emily aren't from the same world at all.

Be friends forever? When the identity and status of two people are getting farther and farther apart, can they still be friends? Don't be funny. Friendship is based on equality, Emily will become a star in the limelight, and she is equal to Hollywood's big stars, producers, and directors, and they can become friends. The most likely future for me is to return to my home country and find a job in a media company, maybe with my study abroad experience, I can find a good job, but that's all.

At that time, she and Emily were separated not only by tens of thousands of kilometers and eight hours of jet lag from the Eastern Hemisphere to the Western Hemisphere, but by two completely different worlds.

Emily will be a big star, just a small person herself.

He suddenly had a thought: A big star is in love with me?

He was taken aback by the idea of himself - this is even more fantastic than the Arabian Nights, it can only exist in YY novels, and there will never be anything like it in reality. I'm not Emily's childhood sweetheart, I've only known each other for three years, why do people fall in love with me? What qualifications do you have to fall in love with Emily?

It's an incredible idea, how did it come about?

Chu Zhongtian was puzzled.

"So I want to ......" Emily's voice came, interrupting Chu Zhongtian's musings. …… If you can become a professional footballer, you can be on TV every week. No matter where I am, I can see you. ”

After hearing Emily's words, Chu Zhongtian's heart beat violently for a while.

He was a little surprised, but he didn't show it, just smiled: "How can it be so easy?" There are also different levels of professional football, and players who play in the fourth tier are also professional players, but you will never find them on TV. ”

"Is there always hope. Besides, don't you transfer or upgrade? If you perform well, you will be fancied by more advanced teams......"

"Do you just believe that I can be the star who shows my face on TV a lot?" Chu Zhongtian interrupted her, "Besides, as long as you can become a star, I can also see you on TV, isn't it the same?" ”

"It's different, it's not at all." Emily shook her head like a rattle, her golden ponytail flicking around. "You want to see me and I want to see you are not the same thing. So, try to be a star, Chu! ”

Chu Zhongtian spread his hands: "That's not what I want to do......

"If you don't want to, you'll never be there."

Seeing that Chu Zhongtian stopped talking, Emily smiled again: "You see, I am really selfish. ”

"Uh, no...... I just ......" Chu Zhongtian didn't know what to say. He didn't hate Emily for insisting on it, but he knew he wasn't that material, and it was a contradiction...... "I haven't thanked you yet, Emily." He decided to change the subject.

"Thank me for what?"

"Thank you for coming to me for a tryout. How could I have met so many friends if it weren't for you? He gestured to the drinkers who were drinking and chatting in the bar. My college life started to be different because of you. ”

Emily covered her mouth and smiled, "I hope you can still thank me in the future, but not thank me for making your college life more exciting." ”

(To be continued)