Chapter 27: League Cup

　　 Chapter 27 League Cup
　　 Signing Adam is a logical thing.
Gao Bo did not immediately bring Adam to the first team, because Adam had not received the influence of the professional league youth training system before today. If he were to go directly from street football to professional football, it would be extremely irresponsible for Adam’s growth. For many young people, they must be fully prepared to accept the challenge in the professional league arena in order to go further on the career path in the future.
　　 Adam’s ball feel and skills are very good, but he still has a lot to improve. The most important part is teamwork. Street football is a venue for showing off skills, but professional football is a palace for the pursuit of victory. Adam's current physical conditions are not suitable for appearing on the competitive professional arena.
　　 The children in the training camp looked at Adam enviously. Of course, they knew that this kid was going to be developed. He must have been in the eyes of the first team coach. Before long, his training ground will be the first team training base.
　　 Since Adam lives in East London, which is several tens of kilometers away, the Luton Club has to solve the housing problem for the Adam brothers. Of course, Gao Bo would not ask such questions. He is the head coach of the team, not the family nanny of young players.
　　 Gao Bo spent this day in the youth training camp. After the children in the youth training camp finished their day of training, Gao Bo also returned to his residence.
　　The one-day holiday ended soon. When the players appeared on the training ground again, the victory in the first round obviously brought them unlimited confidence.
　　Port Vale is not a strong team, but it can win at home. This shows that the team's training for more than two months is very solid. The coach insists on the tactics and his employment effect is very good.
　　 This has strengthened the players' confidence in relegation this season.
　　 But the next game is not a league, but a League Cup game.
　　 The English League Cup, also known as the English Football League Cup (EnglishFootballLeagueCup), is a game of all levels between 92 teams in the English professional league system.
The background of the establishment of this tournament was the English Football League in 1962, in order to fight the FA Cup controlled by the Football Association of England. The purpose is to allow each club to have a knockout system based outside the league. the match of. But although the League Cup has a long history so far, its status in the hearts of fans is far inferior to the FA Cup.
The 　　 League Cup competition is divided into seven rounds. Except for the semi-finals, the winner is decided by a single knockout match.
　　 Each team will draw lots to determine opponents and home and away games. If the game is tied within 90 minutes, the winner must be decided by overtime. If the overtime still fails to make a difference, then a penalty kick will determine the winner.
　　The teams participating in the first round include all the Champions League, League One and League Two teams. In addition to the teams participating in European competitions joining in the third round, other Premier League teams will join in the second round.
The Football League, established in 1886, was in charge of all 92 professional clubs in England. However, after 20 teams in the First Division rebelled in 1992 to establish a parallel Super League, only 72 clubs remained. A. Since the level of the club in charge is not the highest, the amount of speech is naturally not as good as before. If you want the top clubs in the Premier League to participate in the League Cup, it naturally depends on the faces of others.
　　The status of the League Cup was originally in the Premier League (Legacy before 1992) and after the FA Cup. For the top clubs in the Premier League, the League Cup is just a game for training substitute players. Of course, for these clubs, ignoring the League Cup is also a helpless move, because in addition to participating in the league, the FA Cup, the League Cup, they also participate in the lucrative Champions League or the Europa League. If their results are good, they will continue to kill. There are nearly 70 games in nine months of a season, and nearly two games in a week, and the players are not hard to beat. Therefore, some Premier League giants will send a large number of bench players and even the youth army to participate in the game.
　　 But for Luton, the League Cup is not a tasteless one.
　　 Small and medium-sized clubs can use the League Cup to get the opportunity to play against strong teams. With the help of strong teams on TV and newspapers, they can get tickets and TV broadcast revenue and expand their influence. Especially if you accidentally burst out a big upset, it will be a big happy event for the fans.
　　 The opponent that Luton was drawn in the first round of the League Cup was Nottingham Forest, the team from the English Championship. Fortunately, Luton drew at home, eliminating the need to travel to the away game.
　　 Nottingham Forest was the same as Luton last season, both teams in the First Division, but after the end of the season, the fate of the two sides are different.
　　 Nottingham Forest won the first division runner-up and was promoted to the British championship. Luton was unfortunately relegated, and now he has been deducted 30 points and is struggling to relegation in the second division.
　　 Kobo is no stranger to the Nottingham Forest team, because this team is already famous in England.
　　Although this team has been absent from England's top league all year round, at the end of the 1970s, this team had a whirlwind in Europe!
　　 1978-1979 season and 1979-1980 season, Nottingham Forest won the Champions League twice! In terms of the number of Champions League trophies of English teams, Nottingham Forest is second only to Liverpool and Manchester United!
Before drew this opponent, Gao Bo did not intend to invest too much energy in the League Cup. After all, for Luton, their lineup is still a little thin, and they are already stretched just to deal with the league. The Heart Cup may have a big drag on the league.
　　 But the football card system suddenly released a mission before this game.
　　【Task】: Win the game with Nottingham Forest.
　　 [Task Reward]: 600 experience points, a yellow card randomly selected!
　　 Yellow card?
　　 Gao Bo hesitated~EbookFREE.me~ If it is a lottery, it is difficult to draw a colored one-the probability of drawing a white card is too high.
　　 In the end, Gao Bo decided to use the main lineup in this game. Because at the beginning of the season, the league schedule is not intensive. The League Cup game is on August 13, and Luton’s next league game is on August 18. There is a five-day difference between the two games, enough players We rested and recovered.
Gao Bo hopes that after winning Nottingham Forest in this game, it is best to draw a larger Premier League team in the second round. The attention of top-level league teams is very different than that of low-level leagues. In terms of broadcast sharing, this income is enough to make Luton's finances a little more comfortable.
　　 Of course, if the League Cup schedule will affect the league in the future, Gao Bo will give up the cup without hesitation.
　　 After all, the league is fundamental. Gao Bo does not want to stay in the second division for too long, he hopes to lead the team to upgrade as soon as possible!
However, it is not easy to win a British championship-level team, especially Nottingham Forest. Nottingham Forest is not easy to deal with, just like the city of Nottingham. Historically, Nottingham is a city. However, it has been the place where Robin Hood, the most famous green forest thief in the world, is full of "heroic spirits" among Nottinghamians. Nottingham has recently been ranked first in the "Britain's Most Dangerous City" by the Insurance Association of England. "British gun crime focus" as counted by the English police...
The temperament of the Nottingham Forest team is naturally the same as this city. It has a tough temperament. This is not to say that the style of the Nottingham team is dirty, but that this team always has tenacity. , Perhaps this is the so-called team's background-after all, it is also the team that has won the Champions League twice.