The strongest blade in football

Chapter 169 Expectation (4000 words chapter)
"Follow up, keep up, we are in the UK, no one will find you if you get lost!"

Dong Chao held a small red flag in his hand, and together with the two leaders from the U12 red team of Luneng Football School, he was calling for the little ones to go inside.

A group of twenty or so people had already arrived in Manchester by plane last night. In addition to a tour guide led by a travel agency, there were also staff from Manchester City following them all the way.

The FA Cup final will start at [-]:[-] pm tomorrow, and everyone will leave for London tomorrow morning. We have a whole day of leisure time today, so don't let it go to waste.

Early in the morning, Dong Chao and the young players and team leaders of the U12 Red Team of Luneng Football School had an authentic English breakfast, and then visited the Manchester City Stadium as planned.

A narrator who seems to be in his 50s is responsible for leading everyone to visit the stadium. He claims to be John.

Dong Chao, who has passed CET-[-], volunteered to act as an interpreter.

As a result, Old John's accent was completely different from the English Dong Chao had been exposed to, and the translation of the first sentence got stuck.

Fortunately, the lady tour guide resolved the embarrassment in time.

"Are you all fans of Blue Moon?"

After the tour guide finished telling the question, almost half of the little guys in the Luneng Red Team raised their hands and shouted that they were fans of Manchester City.

The remaining half of the young players had other voices, and the answers were varied.

"My home team is Amie!"

"I love Real Madrid!"

"I'm a fan of Wang Nuo!"

What's more, some people shouted, "Manchester United are the champions!"

The scene was embarrassing for a while, but the people in Manchester City couldn't understand Chinese at all, and they only felt that everyone was very excited.

The lady tour guide turned to John and said, "They are all city fans!"

The old man was very happy after hearing this. He did not expect that the children in far away China are all Manchester City fans. Blue Moon is expected to rise!They kept saying, "Very good, very good."

Next, before the overall visit, the group was brought into a room with a 360-degree surround screen, on which was the football field from the player's perspective.

The screen resolution is very high, looking around, it is the picture before the start of Manchester City's home game, and the staff "around" are spreading out the huge Manchester team logo.

Looking around, there are teammates warming up, referees shaking hands with players, little caddy running across the lawn, looking into the distance, and spectators in the stands waving flags and singing loudly, the atmosphere is very enthusiastic.

The young players were instantly shocked. At this moment, John began to talk, and the tour guide began to translate simultaneously.

"Match day, ten minutes to kick off"

"Match day, 10 minutes before the kickoff."

“City of Manchester Stadium, home of the citizens.”

"Manchester City Stadium, home to the people of Manchester."

“A global club.”

"A global club."

"..."

In the next 10 minutes, John explained the history of Manchester City in detail, from its establishment in 1880, to its glory in the late 20s, and then to its decline in the following decades.

Then, his expression changed, and he put a smile on his face again, and continued to talk about the brand-new changes from Manchester City's return to the top league in 2002 to 2008 after Manchester City was acquired by the Abu Dhabi consortium from the Middle East.

The little guys from the Luneng Red Team, who were still a little restless, gradually quieted down one by one. Accompanied by the exciting music, they gradually immersed themselves in an indescribable state.

Manchester City is on the rise, this is the feeling of everyone who visited the scene.

Afterwards, John led everyone to the outside of the court. He pointed to the outer rock wall of the cylindrical passage outside the court and asked, "Do you know what is engraved on it?"

All shook their heads.

John explained—

"Manchester City engraved the names of all season ticket holders on those pillars. In every game, not only the players are playing on the field, but the fans are also participants. It is a blessing to be a Manchester City fan."

Pointing to the second floor of the far pillar, he proudly said, "My name is there, and it was the first batch engraved on it not long ago, and I started supporting Manchester City earlier, it has been 41 years ago Already!"

After the translation was finished, the young players on the scene shouted in surprise and applauded together!
Old John smiled and bowed in a gentlemanly manner.

Next, they entered the field from the outside and ascended to the stands.

The neat blue seats and the beautiful and clean lawn caught his eye. John asked everyone to sit on the seats under the VIP box and began to introduce some general information about Manchester City Stadium.

"This stadium has a capacity of 55097 people. It is the fourth largest stadium in the Premier League and the eighth largest football stadium in the UK. The cost is 5000 million pounds..."

John was explaining very seriously, and after the translation by the tour guide, most people were also listening carefully.

But Dong Chao's eyes passed through John's shoulders and focused on a photo of a superstar in the middle of the stand on the opposite side of the stadium.

In that photo, a man folded his hands on his chest, looking softly at the stands here.

On top of his head are white capital letters, which is also his name - COLIN BELL (Colin Bell)
He is the greatest star in the history of Manchester City, nicknamed "King". A few years ago, Manchester City named a stand of the stadium after Bale through fans' votes. It seems that it is the one opposite.

Staring at the photo, a strange idea suddenly appeared in Dong Chao's mind.

Dong Chao thought, if Wang Nuo can bring new and more champions to Manchester City, will he also be remembered here, making history and becoming a legend?

After going to the stadium, John led everyone to the visiting team's locker room.

The dressing room looked very simple, Manchester City put the jerseys of the other 19 Premier League teams in it, and Dong Chao found the Arsenal jersey he loved a few years ago.

At that time, Arsenal was invincible for 49 unbeaten games, almost invincible, but everything has become a thing of the past.

They didn't stay for long, and then went to the home team's locker room.

As soon as they entered the door, they saw a white magnetic tactical board at the door. Dong Chao took a closer look, and the small magnetic button representing the players was actually printed with the head of each player!
As expected of the Premier League, the details are well received.

He quickly found the one representing Wang Nuo, picked it up and held it in his hand, took a photo, and then took a photo with the tactical board.

Dong Chao touched the tactical board subconsciously and found that the quality of the tactical board was very good and the material was very strong.

Entering the locker room of the home team, the field of vision suddenly widened.

The locker room of the home team is more spacious than that of the visiting team. The players' seats are arranged in a semicircle shape. The jerseys are hung outside the white wardrobe above the seats, and the initials of each player are on the top of the wardrobe.

At this time, Wang Nuo's jersey has already started to line up.

The U12 red team players of Luneng Football School came to Wang Nuo's seat one by one, and took photos with the No. 43 jersey. Everyone was very excited and posed in various poses.

Among them, a kid named Zhao Jianfei, whom Dong Chao knew, gave his jersey a playful fist, muttering "I have long admired him for a long time", which amused everyone.

John has been standing by, surprised at the behavior of these little guys at first.

He turned his head and exchanged a few words with the tour guide, only then did he realize that Wang Nuo could be regarded as a national idol star in China, and then suddenly realized.

No wonder City's other big name kits have been completely snubbed.

After several minutes, the young players calmed down and gave Dong Chao a place contentedly.

Dong Chao sat on the seat where Wang Nuo usually changed clothes, and happily took a selfie.

Next, the curtain in front of the dressing room was lit, and everyone was called to watch a promotional film about Mancini's personal thoughts.

The promotional film tells about some of Manchester City's coach Mancini's ideas, execution and tactical ideas, and interspersed with a review of his achievements in the player era and coaching era.

However, it seems that everyone is not interested at all.

Several young players took the opportunity to secretly go to the team leader, asking for the photo they had taken with Wang Nuo's jersey just now, and they couldn't wait to upload it on the QQ space to make others envious.

After waiting for a while, the promotional video was finally played, and the most exciting moment came——

Immersively experience the player admission process.

Old John asked everyone to line up in two files, and then asked everyone to take a deep breath. He walked to the side without any trace and pressed a button on the wall.

Following his movements, fans singing and cheering suddenly sounded in the originally quiet corridor. Those voices were far away, as if they were coming from outside the stadium.

Old John waved for everyone to follow him.

The two columns walked to the corner of the downstairs stairs in the player tunnel, and the passionate singing and shouting of the fans had already shaken everyone's scalps.

Everyone walked down the stairs slowly with excitement. Under the cover of the light strips on the walls on both sides, the player tunnel with a dark black tone revealed a huge oppressive force.

Although Dong Chao knew that the sound effects were all fake, there was no audience outside.

However, when the light appeared at the end of the passage, as the team approached a little bit, and the singing of the fans became more and more clear in his ears, the indescribable tension still made his scalp tingle and goose bumps all over his body.

It is conceivable how much pressure the players are under in a real game!
Finally, everyone walked out of the stadium, and the sound effects stopped abruptly.

Dong Chao looked around, and the young players were very excited. They must have never experienced this kind of feeling. Even the faces of the two team leaders showed some vague excitement.

This is not surprising at all, this is Manchester City's player tunnel, and the sound effects are very realistic. Before walking out of the tunnel, the atmosphere is full.

"It would be great if I could play in this kind of stadium in the future."

Dong Chao noticed that some young players were already muttering to themselves.

"Then you have to work hard. As far as I know, Wang Nuo also played and trained in China before he was 10 years old. Let's practice hard and have opportunities in the future!" Dong Chao encouraged.

The little player didn't expect anyone to talk to him, his eyes suddenly lit up with hope, and he nodded with a smile.

Of course, Dong Chao knew in his heart that a player like Wang Nuo was an outlier in Chinese football.

At a young age, he has reached a height that his predecessors studying abroad have never reached. Every step in the future is to create history for overseas players.

With his star effect, it is obvious that domestic football has gradually become more popular in the past two years, just like Yao Ming played in the NBA.

Many domestic fans have also built up their football confidence: that is, the Chinese can also play in the first-class teams in the five major leagues, and the Chinese can also destroy cities in the European arena!

Wang Nuo can continue to contribute outstanding performances in the Premier League, which is an encouraging thing for football fans like Dong Chao.

Therefore, Dong Chao is extremely looking forward to witnessing Wang Nuo's wonderful performance in the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium in London tomorrow.

After hanging up the last call, Wang Nuo let out a soft breath.

Just now, he spent half an hour making a confirmation call.

There were more than a dozen friends who claimed to cheer him on in the FA Cup final. Fortunately, he acted ahead of time and got the tickets early.

Not long ago, he also invited coach Boloni, coach Witt Ante, Del Rio, Evans, and Fan Kos, vice president of the PHK Fan Club.

He originally wanted to invite Jia Xiaoxian and Emilia Clarke, but the former has not been in contact for a long time, and the latter is busy with filming, and he seems to be in Iceland.

In addition, Wang Zhongshi, Mino, and the head coach of the national team Gao Hongbo will also come to watch the game.

Wang Nuo felt that this competition was like his art report performance in the third grade of elementary school.

The spotlights are on, and all eyes will be on the center of the stage.

This made him extremely excited and excited.

This morning, the team has arrived in London, wandered around Wembley Stadium in the afternoon and held a pre-match press conference.

Everyone wore green signs and sportswear with their pockets in their pockets, talking and laughing, more like a tourist group.

Balotelli also stole the white brush in the bucket of the staff who was repainting the ball line at the stadium, secretly wrote Manchester City 3:0 Stoke City on the wall, and was scolded by the staff.

The game will start at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, and everyone is ready.

Although Manchester City has not won a championship for many years, many big-name players in the team have championship experience. Moreover, their opponent is Stoke City, not the top teams in the Premier League standings.

The opponents that Stoke City killed along the way were Brighton, West Ham United, Bolton and other teams, and they did not stand the real test.

So on the whole, the mentality of the soldiers of Manchester City is relatively relaxed.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, Mancini called everyone into a small conference room in the hotel for the last tactical arrangement.

He was wearing a smart white shirt, trousers and leather shoes, and a tie, and he looked more elegant than ever.

Half an hour later, he finished talking about the tactical arrangements and precautions for the next day's game.

Mancini smiled and wrote down the names of the players who will start tomorrow on the tactical board with a whiteboard marker.

Then he capped the pen and put his hands in his trouser pockets.

"Now I have nothing to say. It is not accidental that we reached the final. Our own destiny is in our hands. You know your own strength and you know what to do."

"From 1969 to now, Manchester City has not won the FA Cup, tomorrow is the best chance!"

"Let's regard tomorrow's victory and the FA Cup as a new starting point for Manchester City!"

"You are all the top players in Europe. Before long, we will also become the best Manchester City in history!"

(End of this chapter)