When Qiao Xilin was awakened by the alarm clock he set, the light outside the window shot in from the thick curtains, just in his eyes.

He opened his eyes, squinted his eyes, and it took him a long time to see clearly the still dark room.

Messy is the only word that can be used to describe it.

The clothes and pants I took off yesterday were thrown on the floor, and half of the quilt on the bed was dragged under the bed because of his unhonest sleeping position. On the coffee table not far away, there were a few empty beer cans that I had been there for no time. There were many prototype wine stains on the glass side, and the ashtray was filled with cigarette butts and ashes.

Xilin pulled out his left hand that was numbed from under his head and then grinned.

His thinking gradually became clear.

Today is Saturday, January 3. Game day... He suddenly sat up from the messy bed.

※※※ Chu Zhongtian put his hands behind his head and sat up from the bed.

"Four Hundred and Ninety-Five..." After counting this number, he lay down again and sat up again - he was doing sit-ups.

Since the new season, he has increased his exercise volume. He used to do 150 sit-ups in bed after returning from running in the morning and before going to bed at night. Later, he increased to 300, and now his goal is 500.

This can greatly enhance his waist and abdomen strength. For football players, waist and abdomen strength is very important. Just like for a team, the back and abdomen strength is also very important.

"Five... Hundred..." Chu Zhongtian finished the last one and fell on the bed and gasped for a rest.

Today is January 3rd, Saturday, and it is the day to make a fight with Wimbledon.

He was full of expectations.

※※※ "Today is January 3, Saturday. The FA Cup is rekindling the war." The sports program on TV is introducing the audience who have just woken up to important events worth paying attention to today.

Gavin Borger and his family sat in front of the TV, enjoying today's breakfast while following the TV show.

"Although all Premier League teams have made their debut in this round, we think that the most special and eye-catching game in this round is definitely not the performances of the Premier League teams, even if they are the semi-finals of the Premier League. One of the most eye-catching games today belongs to the Ninth Amateur League, while the other is the League One team that has just moved. So we arranged this game as a national live broadcast."

"Yeah!" Borger didn't care about holding a sandwich in his hand, and clenched his fists hard, but the sandwich was clenched in his hand as if it was a torn rag covered with bacon and butter... "Eat well, Gavin!" Mom scolded and handed over another piece of tissue.

"Ah, sorry, mom." Borger stuffed all the sandwiches in his hand into his mouth and wiped his hands clean with a tissue.

The TV continued: "Wimbledon Athletics from the Ninth League is destined to be the darkest dark horse in the FA Cup this season. They came all the way from the qualifying round and even more incredibly eliminated the English League Two team Nosshire and the National League team Hinckley United in the main game. They are the teams with the lowest level in the third round of the Chinese League!"

"But that alone is not enough to make this game very popular. Their opponents are Wimbledon from the League One (that is Wimbledon FC. In order to facilitate the distinction, "Wimbledon FC" will be uniformly called "Wimbledon"). Just look at the names of these two teams, you can know what their origins are? It is because Wimbledon moved to Milton Keynes that the appearance of Wimbledon Athletics. In other words, Wimbledon's decision to move angered many fans who originally supported them, so they set up such a team themselves - Wimbledon Athletics."

"There are no shortages of such examples in English football. It was originally the same team, but due to internal contradictions, some people separated and formed a team that could adhere to their ideas. Just like Liverpool and Everton. The two teams that were split due to internal reasons often become enemies of fate in the next time, and they will continue to fight and die."

"Although Wimbledon is no longer in the Wimbledon community, this game can still be regarded as a derby, and I promise not to be much worse than Arsenal and Tottenham's North London derby..."

"That's right!!" Borger shouted excitedly, spewing out the residue of the sandwich that had not had time to swallow in his mouth.

"Gavin Borger!" My mother finally lost her temper.

※※※ "Wimbled to Milton Keynes' Wimbledon was in trouble some time ago. Because they forced their moves and did not receive support from fans, when they moved to their new home, they faced an empty stadium and a debt of up to 20 million pounds. For this reason, the club's new chairman Pitt Winkelman raised funds to temporarily overcome the difficulties, but there are rumors that in this winter transfer window, they will have to sell out many promising players to ease financial pressure. In this case, they welcomed an opponent with absolutely no fighting spirit..."

Speaking of this, the show host laughed.

For this game, many people voted to the amateur team Wimbledon Athletics. Because moving and changing the name is very bad in English football. People themselves sympathize with the weak, and they hate Winkleman's team, so most people hope that Wimbledon Athletics can defeat their predecessors in the game. Even the hosts talked about the difficulties and troubles faced by professional team Wimbledon on the show, and analyzed to the audience where the team lost if they wanted to lose.

He obviously pleased the Wimbledon Athletics fans.

"Ahhh! Well said! We have no problem with fighting spirit and no problem with strength!! Let those bastards see how powerful we are!"

Charles Philippe flew his fists to show their "power" while stuffing his equipment to watch the ball into his schoolbag.

Joseph Kenny stood beside him, looking at the TV screen with concentration, and his equipment was already ready.

※※※"…The club's owner Pete Winkelman talked to reporters about changing his name next year. He believed that since the team has moved out of Wimbledon, there is no need to retain its original name. Doing so is a disrespect to local fans."

Terry Eames is revisiting newspapers from a while ago, which is his repertoire after breakfast.

"Although the FA suggested that they keep the name of 'Wimbledon' and promise to let fans vote for the team's new name, Winkelman obviously didn't follow it. In addition, he also talked about the upcoming third-round opponent of the FA Cup, and he thought his team had a good draw because Wimbledon is the weakest of all third-round teams..."

When Eames saw this, he couldn't help laughing.

"He said: 'I'm glad to be playing against Wimbledon because it means we can easily advance to the fourth round. Worry? No, I have nothing to worry about. I admit that playing against a Class A team will make that amateur team full of fighting spirit, but I firmly believe we won't lose the game.'" The newspaper also carefully attached a photo next to it, and the Winkelman's expression looked very arrogant.

Eames became happier and happier. In the end, he couldn't help but throw away the newspaper and laughed loudly. His wife and children were laughing so hard that they looked at him with a haunted expression.

"What makes you so happy, my dear?" After waiting for a while, Eames' laughter stopped completely, and his wife asked curiously.

"I saw a clown here." Eames pointed to the newspaper. "It's funny clown. He made me feel good all day, haha!"

※※※Xilin shaved carefully, and his chin was covered with foam, and he was still whistling, looking in a good mood.

This is the first time he has appeared on a national live broadcast. Of course, he has to pay attention to his image. He cannot see his unshaven and ungrateful side. He wants to show his most handsome image to audiences all over England.

After shaving, Xilin wiped off all the foam on her chin with a towel, and then carefully applied hair spray.

He is not in a hurry to live alone and slowly improves his image.

※※※ After Chu Zhongtian finished his exercise, he began to make breakfast for Yang Yang and himself. He didn't have the time and the time to organize his personal image for an hour in front of the mirror.

"Da Chu, you must win this game, right?" Yang Yang, who had washed his face and brushed his teeth, was applying skin care cream. While placing white skin care cream on his face, he poked his head out of the bathroom and asked.

"Of course, I must win this game."

"But how sure is it to win? That Wimbledon is a Class A team, right? Second only to the Premier League..."

"It's just a paper tiger." Chu Zhongtian shrugged, "This team is not in good condition now, with financial difficulties, and may be forced to sell off its main players. Moreover, no one is going to the home court for a long time, empty and morale is sluggish. It's not as strong as their level seems."

Yang Yang felt that Chu Zhongtian’s analysis was also reasonable. He was a fan and naturally knew clearly that the outcome of a football match did not depend entirely on the strength gap between the two sides and the level difference. Sometimes, some non-football factors can actually play a fatal role.

"And I noticed the few interviews that the club chairman had after he knew that his opponent was us, and his words showed a strong sense of contempt. I think this is a good thing. They underestimated the enemy, which was our chance."

Yang Yang is not a Wimbledon fan or a Wimbledon Athletics fan. If you have to say, he is considered a "fans" of Wimbledon Athletics, not a "supporter" (for the difference between supporter and fans, please read "Chapter 99 Another Christmas is here again). He hopes that Wimbledon will defeat Wimbledon because the former has his own roommate playing in it.

So he nodded: "Okay, I wish you success, ha! I'll cheer you up in the stands then! You kid, you're going to become famous! Have you practiced your signature? Let me tell you, don't write your name upright...haha!"

After saying that, he smiled and retracted back to the bathroom and continued to take care of his skin.

Chu Zhongtian didn't care about Lao Yang's joke about his name, but was thinking about Lao Yang's words - "You kid, you're going to become famous!"

Become famous?

Chu Zhongtian hadn't considered this issue much before, but this game has been confirmed to be broadcast live across the country. Wouldn't he be on a bigger stage? If the team wins the ball and performs well, what will happen to him next?

He suddenly felt vaguely that a peaceful life had signs of breaking.

※※Although it is still in the morning, the bbc's TV broadcast car has been parked outside the National Hockey Stadium in Milton Keynes. The bbc staff are preparing for the broadcast of the game at 3:00 pm.

John Motson, the bbc ace commentator who was responsible for commenting on the game, sat outside the broadcast car, holding a cup of enthusiastic coffee in one hand and a thick stack of information in the other. It was all about the teams and players of both sides. He had to write them down before commenting so that he could use them during commenting. In fact, he only needed to take a closer look and remember the part of the information about Wimbledon Athletics. He was not unfamiliar with Wimbledon FC for a long time, but he didn't know much about Wimbledon Athletics.

Some of the information here was used in the Wimbledon and Nords County match. It was provided by a trial commentator during the intermission, but he didn't expect it to be used again so soon.

The rest were collected later. From the beginning of the team's establishment to the present, detailed information for more than a season has been on it. Thanks to the developed media and Wimbledon Sports' own official website - a lot of the information about players on this is directly copied from their official website.

Motson looked down at the stack of information in his hand, and occasionally took a sip of coffee. The coffee in the cup was getting colder. He didn't care. His commentator partner had to come at noon, and that was a busy man - Stuart Pierce (stuart_pearce) just retired from Manchester City at the end of last season. He helped Manchester City advance to the Premier League from the League One. In the last game, he missed the 100th goal of his career. Now he has become an assistant coach in Manchester City, assisting Kevin Keegan in managing the team and daily training.

Motterson doesn't know much about the Wimbledon Athletics team, and he knows almost nothing about the players in Wimbledon Athletics. In order not to make mistakes in the game and to be smooth, he must keep the personal confidence of these players in his mind. If he waits to read these materials when he needs to use them, it will be too late - what will happen on the court when he lowers his head to search for information?

These information are quite detailed, recording the names, age, height, weight of each Wimbledon Athletics player, the teams you have played for, the favorite current players, the favorite historical players, the favorite teams, the favorite foods, the favorite albums and singers, the favorite movies and actors, the favorite drinks... etc. In addition, there is a brief introduction about this player.

Not every Wimbledon Athletics player has it, although many of these things are from the official website of their team. It can be seen that the management of an amateur team lacks system, and it can be seen that the mobility and randomness of amateur team are very good... First of all, the main players of Wimbledon are basically the starting eleven players. In each game, these eleven people are the starting eleven people, and there is no big change. These eleven people are also the strongest force of this team. Fortunately, no one of them is absent due to injuries or red and yellow cards in this game.

Motson soon saw a name that was completely different from the ones I saw before - chu_zhongtian.

How should I pronounce this name? Mortson frowned.

He thought about the fact that he had heard that Wimbledon Athletics did have a Chinese player, was it him?

He looked down and saw that under the names of other players, he was directly tall and weight, while under the names of this player, he was followed by another line of text: Nationality China.

It's him indeed!

Motson became interested in the Chinese player who played on an amateur team.

There have been many Chinese people playing football in England in recent years, including Fan Zhiyi and Sun Jihai in front, and Li Weifeng and Li Tie in the back. However, he has never heard of another Chinese player in a team in the ninth league.

Why did he appear in such a team?

He is 1.80 meters tall and weighs 80 kilograms, and is at the back of the waist.

The following is an introduction about him:

"...This is the only 'foreign aid' in our team. He is an international student at Wimbledon Art School, but he loves football very much. His existence has made our defense much more stable. He has amazing endurance and outstanding physical fitness, as well as good defensive experience. He is the absolute main force of the team. Unfortunately, due to his studies, he missed almost all the mid-week games last season, but fans are still grateful for his contribution to the team. Although he is not an England

He has the will that the purest English player should have - never give up and never give up. Coach Terry Eames believes that he is the player who best represents the 'crazy spirit', but unfortunately he is a Chinese. He continues to play in the team this season until his studies at Wimbledon Art School ended. But we are also sad to see that in the future he will not continue to stay in Wimbledon, and he will return to his country and wish him good luck."

An international student player?

Motson drew a line under this person's name, reminding himself to pay special attention to this Chinese player during the game, which must be a good gimmick.
Chapter completed!