champion professor

Chapter 49

In the blink of an eye, it has been more than half a year since Shao Bo came to this world, and the Spring Festival of 1997 is coming soon.

The Spring Festival is only a festival unique to the Celestial Dynasty. Even if it is cultural influence over the years, it has only affected a small number of countries in East Asia.In terms of global influence, it cannot be compared with Christmas that has been spread all over the world.

But no matter how influential Christmas is, for Shao Bo, the Spring Festival is the most important festival he recognizes.Christmas, that's just a gimmick put up by Chinese merchants for promotional purposes.

It's a pity that the current Celestial Dynasty is still in the period when Qianlong Zaiyuan is waiting to emerge, and its status as the "world factory" has not yet been recognized.Naturally, in European and American countries, the traditional festivals unique to the Celestial Dynasty are only spread among the Chinese.

Naturally, the FA will not grant Shao Bo any special Spring Festival holidays for Shao Bo. Half a month of paid holidays or three times the salary during the Spring Festival is not even considered.

So during the Spring Festival, the league still has to be played.And not only to fight, but also to fight eye-catching heavyweight matches!

The North London Derby is enough to attract attention. Maybe it is the schedule, maybe it is a coincidence that the FA arranged the match between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.

Although there are already a few days of buffering before the Chinese New Year.However, as the only game Shao Bo lost since coaching last season.November 1996, 11, is something he never forgets.

There is nothing wrong with losing. Shao Bo has never seen a coach who has never lost.Want not to lose?Unless that coach never calls the game.

But as Shao Bo's first defeat, Shao Bo could not accept that they lost to arch-enemy Tottenham Hotspur.

When he thinks that he will play at White Hart Lane in a few days, Shao Bo will imagine those Tottenham fans waving various slogans to humiliate Shao in his mind.They'll definitely remember it, maybe in every north London derby when Shao Bo was in charge of Arsenal, they'll remember it.

"I lost the first time." Shao Bo covered his head and scratched his hair,

"We must win." After playing so many games, the only opponent Shao Bo has lost in the league is Tottenham Hotspur.Manchester United only played one game and ended in a tie.In the game against Liverpool, Shao Bo also did not send the main force because of his voluntary abandonment of the League Cup.

As soon as he thought of accepting the opponent's humiliation, Shao Bo could only fight back with victory.The war of words is meaningless, although Tottenham's victory at Highbury in the first half of the year was based on their tenacious defense to ensure that the goal was not lost, and took advantage of Arsenal's negligence to quickly defend and get a goal.

But victory is victory. No one cares how ugly the scenes they play are. No one cares about the ball possession rate and the number of shots.After all, history is only written by the victors.

So with the feeling that he must not lose, Shao Bo is also preparing for the game against Tottenham.

It may be the last thing Shao Bo wants to see. In early February, there will be national team competitions and World Cup qualifiers.Although he hates the FIFA virus, Shao Bo can't stop the players from leaving and let them serve the motherland, right?

First, he doesn't have that much prestige, allowing players to obey him 100%.Second, he can't do things like let players pretend to be injured, and then recover temporarily before the league game.How shameless.

Perhaps in the future Shao Bo will be able to make players like this without changing his face or beating his heart, but the current Shao Bo still retains a bit of integrity.

Because of the national team's game, many players have been affected.Arsenal lost their temper 2-0 away to the Young Guards, Leeds United.At the same time, it also ended Arsenal's ten-match winning streak.

After the game, Shao Bo was in a calm mood, saying that there is nothing wrong with losing a game, it is just because the players have contributed too much for the country, and Shao Bo also expressed his understanding.There is no way to lose, only to adjust the state as soon as possible.

Too much physical exertion, Shao Bo also admitted that Arsenal's bench thickness is slightly weak, but he also explained that in the league standings, Arsenal is still number one, the undisputed number one, and the throne of the league champion is Impossible to lose.

He pointed out at the press conference that Newcastle and Manchester United, which ranks second and third in the standings, each have 49 points (Manchester United is slightly lower due to goal difference and ranks third), while Arsenal has scored 57 points.

The gap of 8 points is not so easy to catch up. Shao Bo is not Kevin Yoshioka, so he will not fall into Ferguson's aggressive method. In addition, he advises Ferguson to use the same trick against Shao Bo (he wants to say Saint Seiya) ) is useless.

It was easy to activate the map cannon, but Shao Bo has no plans to start a war of words with the two of them.Now his mind is on the upcoming "battle" of White Hart Lane.

However, although the UK does not have a tradition of celebrating the Spring Festival, the club still gave Shao Bo a day off on the first day of the Lunar New Year.This is also a trend that international clubs must respect the local culture of each employee.

Although it was a holiday, Shao Bo didn't think much about the holiday.

Spring Festival, Spring Festival, this is a festival that requires a family reunion to be meaningful.Let alone a foreign land now, Shao Bo has come to a different world, where is there any family that can be reunited?Besides, the current influence of the Chinese in the UK is not very great, and the British government has not specially arranged anything for this.A festival with no atmosphere at all, is it still the Spring Festival?
Among the friends, a few foreign students went home early for the holidays.At least half a month before returning to the UK.Even for a one-day vacation, it is impossible for Shao Bo to fly halfway around the world and return to China, which is too unrealistic.

In the morning, because of the time difference, Shao Bo also watched CCTV's Spring Festival Gala.However, the program that has been watched countless times does not move Shao Bo much.

After watching the crosstalks by Feng Gong, Niu Qun, and Jiang Kun, and the sketches by Zhao Benshan, Guo Da, and Gong Hanlin, Shao Bo turned off the TV. Although "Red Sorghum Model Team" is still very funny, Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao's skit also made Shao Bo lament the game between the humorous kings of the 90s and CCTV.

But none of this has much to do with Shao Bo. Now Shao Bo's focus is still football, and Arsenal in North London.

Since you have a day off, make good use of it.With such a mood, Shao Bo walked out of the room.

For the British, today is just an ordinary cold winter, so as long as Shao Bo makes a call for a taxi or something, it will come to the door very quickly.

Shao Bo has already started to learn to drive, but due to his busy schedule, he has not made much progress.Although today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, since he has one day to spare, Shao Bo decided to go to Steven to learn how to drive.

Behind every successful person is hard work that no one else can see, and this is also the sweat they put in to get on this stage.

Shao Bo originally only saw the glamor of these people in front of the stage, but ignored the hard work behind them.Now that I am in this position personally, I deeply understand the principle that if you don't advance, you will retreat.

So every day, Shao Bo dare not slack off, dare not waste.

Steven is an Englishman who loves Chinese culture. He lived in China with his business father for many years when he was young.After returning to the UK, Steven also maintained a great affection for the Chinese.And Steven helped Tian Zhihe, whom he met by chance, a lot in the early days of his study abroad.

Now, Tian Zhihe introduces Steven to Shao Bo. Shao Bo is not really an ABC (america blood Chinese) who has lived in the UK for many years. As a history lover, Shao Bo is naturally very familiar with the culture of his motherland.So I can have a good chat with Steven, who likes China very much and calls himself a "China hand".After coming and going, the two became friends.

Arriving at the practice field, Steven was already waiting for Shao Bo there.

"Hey! I have a new Shaoxing rice wine here, let's get rid of it for him later!" Steven held two simple-looking bottles and shouted at Shao Bo who had just got off the car.

"Hush! Keep your voice down,... besides, you can't do drunk driving. I think it's better to drink at dinner." Shao Bo had just reminded Steven before realizing that the conversation between the two was in Chinese, and the others did not. May understand.

When Shao Bo first visited Steven, he slipped away two bottles of Hunan glutinous rice wine.Although in the UK, it is more troublesome to get Chinese wine, but Shao Bo, who has always regarded himself as a foodie, wouldn't brew it himself?
Soak in cold water, steam and mix with wine, if you are in a hurry, you can eat as you like.The glutinous rice can be eaten, and the wine can be drunk. It is simple and convenient, and it is more convenient than buying a few bunches of grapes to make wine at home.

In foreign countries, although it is not very expensive to give others the wine brewed by themselves, it is considered a very intimate behavior.Steven was also very happy after seeing the gift, and the three of them drank all two bottles of rice wine that night.

There are many alcoholics in the UK, and Shao Bo's gift giving this time is just what he likes.So Steven immediately patted his chest and agreed to solve Shao Bo's problem of learning to drive.

Anyway, Steven is also a local, he still has two friends in London's traffic department, and sometimes drunk driving or something will be waved away.It can be said that Shao Bo's driving test went smoothly, but he still needs to increase his proficiency in driving.

Steven doesn't have much interest in football. After all, no matter how popular a sport is, it is impossible to cover everyone.Shao Bo never talked about football with him.

In fact, this is also very good. People who talk about football and football every day, could Shao Bo’s life be kidnapped by football?Shao Bo's life is not entirely about football. With Steven, he can talk about the world and talk about the past and the present.Whether it was the tax system of the Ming Dynasty or the military system of the Song Dynasty, Shao Bo could talk to this red-haired, blue-eyed guy all night.

This is also a kind of relaxation for Shao Bo.

　There is another update at around 10:[-], I will try to release it on a regular basis. It seems to be very successful last night...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)