On the final weekend before the first round of the FA Cup, Wimbledon swept Hartley Winterney 6-0 at their home turf. This team has always been able to bring good memories to Chu Zhongtian, and the first time he made a decent penetrating pass was against them, and this time his team beat each other by six goals, which boosted morale for the next FA Cup game.

Now the fans can talk about the FA Cup next weekend.

At Wimbledon's Bar, Chu Zhongtian basically couldn't study his homework with peace of mind, because there were always drinkers who came up to talk to him.

But no one asks questions like, "How sure are we going to win?" "These kinds of questions.

Unlike the players, the fans are sensible, they feel that it is great to be able to make the main game, and they do not expect their team to make it to the third round or beyond.

The media also did not publish the wild words of the Wimbledon players. Sullivan is the only Wimbledon player with a name in the media. Numerous media outlets wrote:

“…… Wimbledon player Andy. Sullivan was very pleased with the team's progression: 'Yes, we're very, very excited to be in the FA Cup......'"

That's it.

The English people like dragon slaying heroes who defeat the weak and the strong, but that must also be after the dragon slaying is successful, otherwise any person who jumps out and shouts "I want to slay the dragon" will be sought after?

Wimbledon can only go as far as they can if they want to get more attention and prove that they are really "dragon slaying heroes".

"It's a shame there's no ......live TV on this game," Jackson sighed. Otherwise, it must be interesting to see you on TV. ”

Chu Zhongtian stood in front of him, smiling: "Maybe there will be another round?" ”

"Then you have to win. But don't carry any baggage, Chu. Just play as hard as you can, and the rest of the results are up to God. ”

Chu Zhongtian said in his heart: I don't believe in religion.

"You're saying that too negatively, Jackson." Old Bent stood up, he had a different opinion. "As a Wimbledon fan, you have to be confident that we will win!"

"Of course I want them to win. But the reality is that our opponents are Notts County, a team in League Two, a full six levels above us! And we played away on Saturday. Jackson spread his hands.

His words were echoed by many others.

They all said Saturday's race was dangerous.

"Just do your best."

"Actually, my joy has passed, we have only been in the team for one season, and we can reach the FA Cup, which is already a great result!"

"yes, yes, I'm proud of the team's performance, but I'm still a very realistic person......"

"Nods County is a second-division team. Have you seen that Carabao Cup game against Chelsea? Awesome kicking! They were able to score two goals against Chelsea! ”

"!" Colin. Boss John spoke suddenly, and his loud voice shook everyone. "I won't let you say such frustrating things until the game is over!" His eyes widened and he pointed at the big guy. "You guys are shaking the morale of the army, do you know?"

Seeing that the owner of this bar suddenly became angry, everyone fell silent.

Boss John turned around and patted Chu Zhongtian on the shoulder: "Don't listen to their nonsense, we will definitely win!" ”

Chu Zhongtian smiled. This group of fans is so cute, even if they are not optimistic about the team's prospects...... at school, Chu Zhongtian will be surrounded by Philip and Kenny to ask about the team's preparations.

"Reveal some inside information, Chu. We promise not to shout! Philip begged.

Chu Zhongtian spread out his hands: "I have said everything that should be said, there is no inside information." We defend and counter-attack, that's all. ”

"It's too easy......" Kenny isn't satisfied.

"The most important thing in football is the performance of the players on both sides." Chu Zhongtian said, "No matter how much you say now, who knows if you can use it when the time comes?" ”

"Okay, Chu, what do you think of your recent state?" Philip changed the question.

"Not bad." Chu Zhongtian said confidently.

"That's good!" Kenny clenched his fist and waved. "Although Nods County is a team in the second division, there is nothing to be afraid of, football is round, and it is not certain who wins and who loses!"

Everyone is concerned about this FA Cup match, and even Yang Yang asked Chu Zhongtian if he was sure of winning.

"I don't know how sure it is, Old Yang. I'm not a prophet, I can't say for sure. "Chu Zhong Heavenly Dao.

"Well, I always felt that Norths were better than you guys, and they deserved to win. But I don't want you to be eliminated...... I think I'm almost a Wimbledon fan by now. Yang Yang scratched his head. You know, I used to like Chelsea! ”

"Haha!" Chu Zhongtian laughed. Not to mention Yang Yang, even after playing here for a season, he has become a Wimbledon supporter, and he wants the team to win, not entirely because he plays here, but because he also likes this team, his teammates and those lovely fans here.

"Isn't it normal to like more than two teams? We and Chelsea are not bitter enemies anyway. ”

"You're right, Da Chu. So I'm a Chelsea fan now and a Wimbledon fan! Of course, it's still your fans. Yang Yang announced.

"Thank you, Old Yang."

It's really lucky to have such a roommate. Chu Zhongtian thought so.

"Today was the last training session before the game, and we mainly practiced various set-piece tactics. A weak team plays a strong team, and set-pieces are a very important weapon. "Eames told everyone about today's training before training." I hope you can take advantage of those few set-pieces opportunities in the game. Let's warm up first. ”

He waved his hand, and the team warmed up in laps under the leadership of assistant coach Ingerlich.

After the warm-up and stretching, Eames began to train in groups. Attacking exercises in corners and free-kicks up front are done first, followed by defensive drills.

In the offensive practice, the first step is not to set up the defender, and the attacking player is faced with a goalkeeper and practiced. Only then did they join the defenders for confrontation training.

So Chu Zhongtian thought he was fine, so he was ready to flash to the side with his defensive teammates for a separate header practice. Unexpectedly, Eames stopped him.

"You're coming to training too." Eames pointed to the team of attacking players.

Chu Zhongtian is a little strange, in the past set-pieces, he thought it was all defense, whether it was a free kick or a corner kick, he had to stay behind to defend, because he was fast and could effectively organize the opponent's rapid counterattack. He rarely rushes up to attack from set-pieces.

"Me?" He pointed to himself.

"That's right, you." Eames pulled Chu Zhongtian to the free throw arc. 'They're mainly in the box, you're here. When we take the corner, you sprint in from here. 'Eames did a demonstration as he cut diagonally into the box from the top of the penalty arc and sprinted to the end of the near post. Wait here for a header. When you see the blogger stretching out his index finger, it means he's going to drive the ball to the near post and you're ready to charge. Do you understand? ”

Chu Zhongtian nodded, he still didn't fully react - did the boss plan to allow himself to participate in the set-piece attack in the game? What about the backcourt defense?

Eames seemed to see what he was thinking: "Now that you're in the offensive team, you don't have to worry about defense." ”

Chu Zhongtian nodded again, now he is much more sober. Convinced that he will have a chance to score against Nords.

"Very good, we're ready to go!" He exited the penalty area, held the whistle in his mouth, and turned his head to look at the corner flag. Borger at the corner flag over there raised his hand to signal that he was ready.

A whistle blows, and Bolger kicks the ball towards goal.

At the same time as he got up, Chu Zhongtian also inserted diagonally into the penalty area from outside the penalty area, rushed to the near post at high speed, and then estimated the landing point and time of the ball, and then jumped to the top!

The rest of his teammates were really covering for him, Kevin. Cooper was also in the foreground, but he only symbolically jumped on the spot, without even shaking his head, and let the football go over his top. Next, it's up to Chu Zhongtian.

Chu Zhongtian, who was jumping in the air, watched the football come straight to his head, leaned back a little, and quickly shook his head! He hit the ball accurately, but it flew straight over the crossbar.

However, that belongs to the category of personal skills, Eames will not ask Chu Zhongtian to train repeatedly because this ball did not score, and the improvement of header skills does not belong to the content of set-piece tactical training.

After Eames expressed his appreciation for Chu Zhongtian's insertion, he asked the team to continue training.

After rehearsing this tactic ten times, Eames changed tactics, this time Chu Zhongtian was still in the penalty area, but he was inserted from the outside to the middle, and it was not the main point of attack, he covered his teammates.

After rehearsing all the planned set-piece tactics, Eames waved his hand and got all the defenders in place to start the drill. Chu Zhongtian still stayed in the offensive group, causing his teammates in the defensive group to call him a traitor.

"Chu! Don't worry, I won't let you hit the ball! Gibson, who has only joined the team this season, shouted that he had just been assigned the task of defending the front post by Eames, just in time to match Chu Zhongtian. He's also a great defender with great bounces and great headers, and if it weren't for the absence of right-back, Eames would have wanted him to play at centre-back.

Chu Zhongtian shook his finger at him, which had become his signature move in the team - like Uncle Mu in the NBA, he learned to say, "You can't do it yet, boy."

Eames exited the box and blew the whistle as Bolger kicked the ball forward again. In order to imitate the real situation as much as possible, Gibson did not target Chu Zhongtian at first, he still followed Kevin. Cooper tugged forward, then suddenly turned and rushed towards the football, meeting Chu Zhongtian in the air.

Chu Zhongtian is slightly shorter, but his bounce is better than Gibson, and the choice of the football landing point is very accurate, the position is just right, he beat Gibson in the air to direct the ball to the goal, but due to Gibson's interference next to him, he did not have the power to push the ball at all, and was blocked by goalkeeper Andy. Bell easily confiscated.

Gibson was laughing happily next to him.

As a result, the next time, Chu Zhongtian used a powerful punch to hit him into the goal. Although Eames whistled for Chu Zhongtian to foul, he still smug his finger at Gibson who was lying on the ground.

Seeing Gibson's embarrassment, his teammates burst out laughing.

"The atmosphere in the team is so good...... Ingrid lamented. Not nervous at all. ”

"What's there to be nervous about?" Eames shrugged, "We are a weak team, the opponent is a strong team, and it should be the strong team, not the weak team, who is under pressure. They have to worry about losing to a weaker team and they have to worry about losing to a weaker team, and they have heard that their financial situation has not improved, so they will be able to play a few more FA Cup rounds and get more money. It should obviously be them who are under pressure. He spread his hands.

"But they will also be more motivated. Remember they only scored two goals in the Carabao Cup against Chelsea not long ago. "Ingrid has a different opinion.

"There's often a thin line between stress and motivation, and unfortunately, many of us often cross the line and go the wrong way. In my opinion, Chelsea were able to score two goals because they were too small. But we don't have a light enemy, and it should be the overstressed Nods County who underestimates the enemy. And we're ......," Imston paused before continuing.

"It's a great achievement for us to be able to stand in the first round." Eames turned his head to look at Ingrid and smiled arrogantly. "So now we are not afraid of anything, and we are not nervous about anything!"

At the end of the session, Eames announced the 18-man squad and told the players who had been in the squad to gather here tomorrow morning and take the train together to Nottingham, which would be the furthest away game they have ever traveled.

"It's a long journey, so give me a good rest. We can go by car without conditions, guys. The journey is tiring, don't affect the state on the field. ”

After speaking, Eames announced the disbandment, and everyone went back to the locker room to take a shower and change clothes.

Chu Zhongtian returned to the apartment to cook dinner for Yang Yang, and Yang Yang showed Chu Zhongtian a ticket - a League Cup ticket for Norts County to host Wimbledon Athletic tomorrow.

A hard card is printed with the names of both players, as well as the tee time, and the number of the game.

"I asked my friend who went to school at the University of Nottingham to buy it for me." Yang Yang said proudly. "I told them my roommate was going to play this game, and they were surprised. Now they've all decided to watch tomorrow's game, and you've got more and more fans, Da Chu. ”

"Hehe, thank you, Old Yang." Being praised so much by his roommate, Chu Zhongtian was also a little embarrassed.

"Thank you, don't forget my roommate when you're famous in the future."

"Look at what you said, haven't I been famous yet? Besides, I forgot that no one can forget you. My first year here was really well taken care of by you. Chu Zhongtian brought the prepared dishes to the table. If it weren't for you, I don't know how much I would have to suffer. It is said that the past is unbearable, but Chu Zhongtian has never forgotten those hard years, because he has learned a lot of things that he would never learn before. What he can't forget is Lao Yang's help to him during that time.

Yang Yang picked up a pair of chopsticks and put them in his mouth, he couldn't help but take a sharp breath: "Mm--delicious!" I think it's me, my stomach is taken care of by you, haha! ”

The two men looked at each other and smiled. Chu Zhongtian was happy that he was able to meet such a "fellow" who could not speak his native dialect in distant Britain. Yang Yang was also happy that Chu Zhongtian had finally succeeded in his efforts today.

After dinner, Chu Zhongtian threw all the dishes and chopsticks to Yang Yang, and ran out with his schoolbag on his back. He went to work in a bar like a rush, which was his most stable and highest source of income every week.

He has now quit his job as a dispatch to Mike China. When he went to quit his job, McChina's boss was still a little regretful, because Chu Zhongtian could send two people's orders alone, and he was serious in his work, never cheating, and his salary was low. Where can you find such a good employee...... However, I heard that Chu Zhongtian was playing football because he was going to play football, and the time was really tight, and he also wished Chu Zhongtian good luck: "Although I don't watch football, I still hope you can play well!" When you become famous in the future, come and endorse me, haha! Rest assured, it won't be five pounds an hour then! ”

After quitting his job as a dispatcher in Mack China, Chu Zhongtian now only has two points of income. At Wimbledon, the club re-signed everyone to a part-time contract after the new season, and each of them was paid five pounds, and now he is getting sixty pounds a week in the team, just enough to cover the rent.

The second was the highest and most stable at Wimble's pub, twenty hours a week, plus Saturdays and Sundays, for a minimum of one hundred and fifty pounds, and sometimes he had three meals at the bar, which saved some money. Such a good treatment, the boss is good, and the frequent drinkers treat him well, and sometimes there are tips, so Chu Zhongtian is very attentive to this job, trying not to be late, and treating this job seriously and responsibly.

Not long after Chu Zhongtian arrived at the bar today, he received a call from Emily across the ocean.

"I'm on time, right?" Emily said proudly on the other end of the phone after hearing that Chu Zhongtian had just arrived. "Tomorrow is the FA Cup, right?"

"Yes. But unfortunately there is no live TV. ”

"I may not be able to get it live on TV in the United States. But it doesn't matter, I've already commissioned Uncle John to shoot it for me on DV, and then send it to me on a disc, just like last time. So I'll say to you, Chu. You've got to behave better. ”

Chu Zhongtian nodded vigorously, and then he reacted and nodded into the phone, and Emily couldn't see it. So he hurriedly said "uh-huh" a few times.

"It sounds perfunctory...... but Emily isn't satisfied.

"Okay, okay, I'll definitely behave well and not let you down." Chu Zhongtian felt that Emily was becoming less and less particular when talking to him, and he was the same.

"Hey, hey." Emily laughed. "But don't be pressured by this, I'll be here to cheer you on!"

"Thank you, Emily." What else can Chu Zhongtian say besides thank you?

"We're friends."

Emily's voice suddenly became shy.

After that, he didn't say a few words, and hung up the phone.

After Chu Zhongtian returned to the bar, he saw Colin. Boss John's grinning face.

"You're going to have to work harder tomorrow, Chu."

Chu Zhongtian always felt that the boss's smile had other meanings, but he couldn't think of specific hints for a while, so he just nodded: "I'll work harder, boss." I've always worked hard. ”

Boss John stopped talking, went upstairs to take down the DV, put on the battery and started shooting.

He turned the camera on the drinkers in the bar, and the drunkards who had drunk too much excitedly leaned in and shouted, "Look at me, look at me!" Hey, look at me! I'm going to undress! "The man bared his teeth and claws, and he really wanted to take off his clothes.

He had just put his hand under his clothes and was about to lift it up when Boss John moved the camera away. "You give me a pause, it's for Emily!" Boss John yelled.

Another person came up: "We're going to win!" Long live the Gang!! ”

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Someone craned their necks and howled in accord.

"What? What do I think of tomorrow's game, you ask? The other person pretended to be interviewed in front of the camera, and said solemnly, "Of course I hope Wimbledon wins!" Although the opponent is a second division team, we are not weak! Yes, I firmly believe it! ”

"Alright, it's time for me to say a few words!" The person next to him pushed him away and squeezed in front of the camera. "Although I think Notts County is much better than us......" As soon as he saw that Boss John was about to move the camera away, he quickly reached out and grabbed his arm, shouting, "Listen to me, listen to me!" But! But we can't throw in the towel easily, can we? With all that in place, am I still not confident in the team I support? If you don't say it, we'll win! Yes! ”

Seeing this group of drunk people talking nonsense in front of the camera, everyone else was very happy. Chu Zhongtian also watched this scene happily behind the bar, although such a noisy environment made it impossible for him to review his homework.

Suddenly, Boss John pointed the camera at him: "Say something hey, protagonist." ”

"Huh?" Chu Zhongtian didn't expect the camera to be aimed at him like this, and he was stunned for a moment.

"Do something like them, it's for Emily to show along with the game." Boss John, who was holding the DV, waved his hand behind him.

"Uh...... Ahem. Chu Zhongtian coughed twice, "Our minimum goal is to break into the third round of the FA Cup, in January next year." So you still have a chance to come and watch the game, Emily. ”

After saying this, he saw Boss John, who was holding the DV, give him a thumbs up.

(To be continued)