Team Spirit

Chapter 48 Ninth Level Triple Crown (asking for monthly ticket)
For example, during the European Cup, the England team provided six free family tickets to players and another six paid tickets. Players could provide tickets for up to twelve people.

Considering how hard it is to get a ticket to the European Cup, this is definitely a great benefit.

But there are exceptions.

In 2024, after qualifying for the FA Cup, Manchester United announced that it would refuse to provide players' families with luxury tickets to the FA Cup final and round-trip airfare and hotels.

Only twenty pounds is provided for transportation.

Players who want to buy tickets for their families will cost between one thousand and two thousand pounds, and the number is limited and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Club employees can only get a regular ticket, but they need to pay a £20 rate fee to the club.

This move is similar to large companies cutting benefits and strictly enforcing attendance.

When your company is awesome, you won’t care about these details at all.

When your company starts to care about these details, it means it is no longer awesome.

Ashley Young beamed when he heard the team would solve the ticket problem.

"Are you clenching your fist?" Lu Kai looked at Ashley Young's hand.

"Of course I want to give you a massage. You work hard every day and take care of everything on and off the court. You must take care of yourself." Ashley Young's Chinese became more and more proficient, and he even learned honorifics.

……

May 19th, Wembley Stadium, London, England.

All the main fan stands have been opened, only the high-level stands with relatively poor locations have not been used.

The stadium was almost full.

Thirty-four thousand fans gathered at the stadium.

Dartford fans in their green and white jerseys and Sutton Wanderers fans in their blue and white jerseys were not conspicuous in the crowd.

These are the two teams facing off in today's FA Cup final.

But two hours after their game, there was an FA Championship final to be played, which was the "FA Cup" for teams from the fifth to eighth levels.

Dartford will be able to compete in this competition from the start of next season.

The FA Trophy and the FA Bottle together formed what was once the FA Amateur Cup.

There is no doubt that today's audience is the largest in the history of the FA Cup final.

Dartford is now the most famous internet celebrity team in the English amateur league, no doubt about it.

The key is that they have been in great form this season and have already won two championships.

If we win the FA Cup, it will be the treble of the season!
This is the "highest honor" in football.

In order to seize this wave of traffic, the organizers of the Kent Senior Cup invited the entire Arsenal team.

The FA Cup is a competition under the English Football Association, so the appearance must not be bad, right?

America has apples, China has pineapples!
This year, the FA specially invited the entire Manchester United team to watch the game, and also arranged a group of coaching seats for them inside the stadium to watch the game.

In today's England, the only team that can surpass Arsenal is Manchester United.

The only pity is that Ferguson was unable to attend the event in person due to a private schedule.

Before the game started, England's most popular star, David Beckham, was invited to speak: "Hello everyone, I'm David."

"I'm delighted to be able to witness this FA Cup final. It's a great tournament and any final is always exciting."

"Of course, I want to apologize to Dartford's Lu Kai. The last time I gave a speech like this, he was seriously injured in a game."

"I hope something like this won't happen again this time."

"Let us love and enjoy football together!"

With Beckham's dignified blessing, the game officially began.

In the second minute, Ashley Young received a pass from Barton, successfully deceived his opponent with a fake shot, and cut inside to near the top of the arc.

Unfortunately, due to interference from the opponent, Ashley Young never found a chance to kick the ball, and was eventually knocked to the ground by the opponent while dribbling sideways. The referee blew the whistle, indicating that it was a free kick.

The players of Sutton Wanderers were very dissatisfied and came to complain.

But the referee upheld the original decision.

Yorke, one of Manchester United's two key players, praised: "Nice dribbling."

Cole, another member of the Twins: "But I don't know how he will perform under pressure."

Low-key master Scholes: "David's free kick from this distance has a very high accuracy, but it was a little bit to the right. If it was two meters to the left, it would be better."

Giggs looked at Lu Kai on the field and said: "I remember that Lu Kai's nickname was Lukeham, and he was good at taking free kicks!"

The director also turned the camera to Lu Kai.

As expected, the penalty kick was taken by Lu Kai.

As the Sutton Wanderers goalkeeper gave his instructions, Beckham gradually shook his head: "This goalkeeper is very experienced. He only called up four teammates to form a human wall."

"Because the ball was too far to the right, almost hitting the right post, it was more suitable for a left-footed player to take the penalty."

"Although a right-footed kick can be looped back, it's more suitable to be kicked to the left. Therefore, a four-man wall is sufficient."

“On the contrary, if six teammates are called up, the opponent will have the possibility of a tactical free kick.”

"This way, Sutton Wanderers will have more players to cover others and react to any follow-up shots that might arise."

"but……"

Beckham shook his head.

Such an extreme situation should not occur.

At this moment, Lu Kai said a few words to Ashley Yang.

Ashley Young then stood on the left side of the wall.

On the field, Lu Kai took a deep breath and ran towards the football.

boom!
The football flew out.

But the arc was not high, only about 1.5 meters, and it was obviously unable to cross the human wall.

Manchester United captain Keane shook his head. With this level of free kick skills, he dared to challenge David?
Can you at least get over the human wall?

The next moment, the football passed around the right side of Sutton Wanderers' wall, leaving a space of about one person more than the wall.

This means that even if there is one more person in the wall, the football can still pass around.

The football then quickly circled back, drawing a huge reverse C shape.

It just went around the post and into the goal.

【God’s Victory·Gold】!
It is easier to take a free kick from the side and bypass the wall!

The stadium commentator didn't react at first.

It wasn't until the audience burst into applause that he shouted, "GOAL!"

"Incredible goal!"

"Dartford is leading 1-0, a dream start. The goal was scored by the team's chairman, Lu Kai!"

"It was a perfect free kick that went straight into the goal!"

"It's amazing! The ball went past the wall and the Sutton Wanderers goalkeeper had no reaction to the shot!"

"It was really arrogant of them to send only four people to form a human wall."

"Beckham kept clapping and he seemed to be surprised by the goal."

"Lu Kai has always been considered the David of the Ninth Division League. Some people thought it was purely hype, but now it seems that Lu Kai is really good at free kicks!"

(End of this chapter)