Chapter 103 Tension and relaxation
Ms. Vivian Miranda tied her golden curly hair on her head, dressed up in sports, and was doing it in the living room while watching aerobics programs on TV. Although she was 41 years old, she still maintained a good figure and beautiful face, making her look like she was in her early thirties. This may be closely related to her insistence on exercising and maintenance every day.
She is a woman, a woman who was young and still charming when she was young, a woman who was still smart and knew what advantages she had and how to maximize her advantages.
She is still beautiful, and as she grows older, the charm of mature women becomes stronger. When she is in the circle of fame and fortune, even a look is enough to make the other party willingly bow under her pomegranate skirt.
So in order to maintain her advantage, it is essential to maintain her face and figure. She insists on doing aerobics every day, goes to the beauty shop once a week, and pays great attention to her diet. She never touches junk food. All of this is why she can maintain her flat abdomen, plump and firm breasts, and slender legs for twenty years after giving birth to Emily.
For the sake of her daughter, she didn't mind betraying her appearance. But when it comes to her precious daughter, Ms. Miranda has been a little worried recently... The wooden staircase behind her was creaking. Without looking back, she knew that her daughter had come down.
"I'm going out again, Amy?" she asked without looking back, while still doing aerobics.
"Well... Mom, yes." Emily carried a backpack, which was her essential bag for watching the game, filled with things to use when watching the game - a water cup for drinking, a throat candy, a raincoat, Wimbledon's towel... In addition, she was carrying a piece of folded cardboard, which was to cheer for Chu Zhongtian.
"Go to watch the football again?"
"...Yes, mom. Our team broke into the third round of the FA Cup." Emily said to her mother.
"You are..." Miranda finished her aerobics, gasped, and then turned to look at her daughter. As soon as she saw Emily's fan dress, she frowned - this image was so rustic. This was completely different from her sweet and cute little star. Fashion magazines once praised Emily for her tasteful dress. If they were to see Emily now, they would probably have to announce the withdrawal of her previous praise... Has her daughter not figured out the situation yet? She has become a rising star, and her fame is just around the corner. Why is she still thinking about watching the FA Cup? Football, that kind of barbaric sports, the sports that the unfaithful man likes, what is the best thing about it?! Let the baby daughter who has entrusted her fifty hopes so addicted to it!
"Tom Cruise also went to watch football games on site, what's wrong, mom?" Emily knew what her mother was going to say, it was nothing more than that she was already a well-known artist and had to pay attention to her image. But she didn't think so. "Demi Moore and Keanu Reeves are still fans of Arsenal. Renee Zellweger and Will Ferrell are fans of Chelsea. In addition, McCartney and Samuel Jackson of the Beatles are fans of Liverpool. Orlando Bloom and Brad Pitt are fans of Manchester United. Mom, do you think I'm more famous than those above?"
In order to prevent the person she said had never heard of, she only gave examples of acting stars. The only star who was not an actor or the pride of the British. Paul McCartney of the Beatles (artney), Demi Moore (demi_moore) is a famous Hollywood female movie star. He has starred in the famous classic film "The Love of Man and Ghost". Keanu Reeves is also a popular Hollywood male star. He has starred in many films, including "The Matrix" that made him popular all over the world.
Renée kathleen_zellweger won the Golden Globe Award for her performance in "Nurse Betty" in 2000. Her performance in "Cold Mountain" last year was also well received, with the goal of directly targeting the Oscars. Will Ferrell is a famous Hollywood screenwriter and comedian. Her representative works are "Ace Spy" and "Ace Spy 2".
Samuel Jackson (samuel_leroy_jacson) is a black movie star who gained fame for his outstanding performances in the classic movie "Pulp Novel".
Orlando Bloom was born in Canterbury, England. He began to be known to the world for starring in the Elf Prince in the Lord of the Rings movie. In 2001, he was just a newcomer, but now he has gradually become popular. Brad Pitt is a famous sexy idol. With "The Legend of Autumn", he was named "the most sexy man in the world" by "People" magazine. He has performed outstandingly in many classic films. "The Story of the Stories" and collaborated with Guy Ritchie to break the highest box office record in British film history and become the most popular film in British film history.
Any of these names is millions of times more famous than Emily Stein now. Since they can all like football and go to watch the game on site, why can't they?
Miranda was speechless by her daughter.
As expected, my daughter knew her mother best. The people she said made Miranda unable to refute. She had to change her mind - "Do you know, Amy?" She rubbed her temples and said in pain, "Every time you mention football, it only reminds me of your damn dad who abandoned us and ran to fool with other women..."
Seeing her mother like this, Emily knew that the father who left them would always be the pain in her heart. Although she no longer hated her father, her mother still couldn't let go. So she walked up to her and hugged her gently, comforting her: "Sorry, mom, I didn't mean to make you think so. Although it was my father who asked me to come into contact with football, my love for football now has nothing to do with him. This is the most important game of the team I support, and I have to watch it no matter what."
"Isn't it okay to watch TV at home?" Mom asked with her head raised.
The daughter shook her head: "I am 'supporter', mom. Supporter must go to watch the football live."
Miranda looked at her daughter, and her daughter looked at her. The two of them confronted each other with their eyes. In the end, they became a mother and lost: "Okay, okay, go, when my daughter is older, I can't control it anymore...but be careful."
"I'm with Uncle John and the others, don't worry, mom." Emily kissed her mother happily on her cheek, then turned around and rushed to the entrance and started changing her shoes.
"Come back early after watching the game..." Mom waved helplessly from behind.
"I understand, mom!" When she heard this, her daughter had already rushed out of the door.
※※Peter Winkelman's mood has finally improved recently.
Although the team's performance is as bad as ever, and although there are still few fans coming to the stadium to watch the game, things are always moving towards the better side, right?
If the results are bad, wouldn’t this be a typical slim team immediately? Beating such a slim team with a big score in the third round of the FA Cup can enhance the players’ confidence and maybe it will run at any time? This is really a good thing to give a pillow if you want to sleep.
Few fans are watching the game? It doesn't matter. In order to welcome the team's first FA Cup game at the new stadium, he has sent some tickets for free, which should attract many local fans. After all, this is different from the general League One. This is a more popular and traditional FA Cup in England. The only regret is that as an opponent to attract audiences to watch the game on site, the amateur team obviously makes people unable to get any interest... But it doesn't matter. As long as you win this team, you will meet a Premier League team in the next round.
Milton Keynes has a local team, but like Wimbledon Athletics, it is an amateur team. If you can play against Premier League teams, it will definitely greatly stimulate the local market. Pete Winkelman moved here because he fell in love with only one amateur team here, which poses no threat to Wimbledon Football Club, which is a professional football player, so this place is a virgin land that has not yet been cultivated.
He is now looking forward to this afternoon game.
He doesn't care about the messy gimmicks of "Wimbledon's Off-site Derby" that the media hyped. That amateur team has hatred for themselves? So what if there is hatred? Can they still defeat me, the League One team?
They won Nords County? What's so surprising about the team that even had to wash their jerseys and almost went bankrupt? In Winkelman's eyes, winning a team like Nords County that has no intention of fighting can't be explained.
He also forgot to care about the thoughts of his team's players... This game has no suspense for him, and the result will definitely be the future "Milton Keynes Duns" victory. If you have to find any suspense, it is how many goals his team can score.
2:0? That's the most basic score, right? 3:0, 4:0 and other things are normal. We can't have too high requirements for an amateur team, right? So maybe my team still hopes to play double-digit scores? This is a good opportunity, a good opportunity to show the world our new team.
Walking towards a new life on a corpse from Wimbledon, this opponent is really good... Does it mean to say goodbye to the past?
※※※In view of the particularity of this game, the Wimbledon Athletics club board no longer allowed the players to take the train to Milton Keynes, northwest London, but let everyone take the red public bus rented by the club and drive along the highway to the town sixty miles from Wimbledon.
Due to the tight funding of the club, this is a difficult treatment to enjoy. When they went to Thurlock to play the fourth round of the FA Cup qualifiers, they still took the train and subway to go by themselves.
The players in the car seemed very excited. Some were playing with handheld machines, some were listening to music, and they sang with them when they were in high spirits, and some were calling their relatives and friends.
"Yes, I'm on the way... When do you arrive? Just go in directly. Remember to take a good place. I heard that there are not many people on the stadium to watch the game..." This is calling my friends to watch the game.
Another group of people who like to play cards and bet money got together and started soon. Four people bet and a group of people watched. The carriage made their excitement screams from time to time. Chu Zhongtian was attracted to watch for a while. His card skills were very bad, so he didn't study these things much and couldn't understand them very well, but it was okay to watch the fun.
"Ahhh! Dead Jeep, you lost again! It seems that before we reach Milton Keynes, you will lose all your underwear!"
"Damn it! I'm not very lucky today... Damn, I will definitely get it back!"
"Your bad hand card, just change it!"
"Stop talking nonsense! Let you see my card skills in Qiao Xilin! It was just a warm-up just now. Do you understand the warm-up? Now it's my turn to start killing!" Qiao Xilin shouted, waving the playing cards in his hand.
A group of people kept yelling, making the carriage uneasy.
Assistant coach Ingrich, who was sitting in front, looked back several times with some concern. He wanted to remind the group to be honest, but head coach Eames sat next to him and kept awake. He didn't say anything, and nothing he said was good.
But this is not a solution, so he had to remind his partner: "Hey, Terry. Don't you talk about them?"
"Who are you talking about whom?" Eames looked confused.
Ingrich pointed to the car behind him: "Look at them making a fuss."
Eames looked back and turned to his partner nodded: "Okay." Then he stood up and shouted to the back: "Playing cards will give me a little less voice!!"
A group of players shrank their necks and their voices became less.
Ingrich looked at Eames sitting back in surprise.
"Do it." Eames stretched out two fingers at him.
"Is this done?" Ingrich finally came to his senses. He really wanted to grab the coach's collar and question him loudly.
"Of course. Don't you think they are too noisy? I asked them to whisper, will that solve it?" Eames shrugged.
"I... don't I think their voices are noisy? I think they will be too relaxed when doing this? This is the third round of the FA Cup, a game that is broadcast live for all England... but they are playing cards and betting money in the car? This..."
Ingrich said that he was a little excited, but Eames laughed.
"What are you laughing at? Is this funny?" Ingrich glared at him.
"Don't you know that Winnie Jones and Dennis Wise were still playing cards with the players before Wimbledon's FA Cup final with Liverpool, Nicky?" Eames looked at his partner with a smile.
"Of course I know, but can they be compared with stars like Winnie Jones and Dennis Wise?" Ingrich pointed to the players in the car.
"Our opponents can't be compared with Liverpool," Eames said. "What are you nervous about, Keeney? It's just a game. Although it's called the "Wimbledon derby" by the media, you should know that it's just their gimmick. Those media are always used to using something that doesn't have to attract attention."
"I'm nervous? I'm really a little nervous... I'm nervous. The players think they deserve to win, but they're hit hard on the court. I always feel like we've been going too well this season, both in the league and in the FA Cup, and the players haven't been under much test."
Eames shook his head: "Do you know why our season will be so smooth?"
Ingrich looked at him.
"That's because we encountered an unforgettable failure last season, Gini. We fought hard to upgrade but fell on the finish line. What kind of failure is more sad than this? But it's such failure that makes us stronger, so I never worry about the smooth flow now. Because it's the reward we deserve."
Ingrich opened his mouth and looked at Eames. He had never heard such arguments. He had heard words like "failure is the damn success" but it was the first time I heard such words as "the achievements are what we deserve today." I thought about it carefully and felt that it was this reason, but I was always unwilling to accept it, as if something was wrong.
But now he was frightened by Eames, so he had nothing to say and could only shut up. Before shutting up, he muttered: "I hope you are right, Terry..."
The sound behind the carriage was much smaller, but the bet continued.
The bus also continued to drive towards the destination of this trip, Milton Cairns.
※※※When the bus stopped at the hotel door, the game ended.
Qiao Xilin still did not show everyone his style of the God of Gambling, and lost all his strength, so he was ruthlessly ridiculed by everyone after the game. Even Chu Zhongtian was following him.
Eames stood up and coughed, finally letting the gamblers' voices go down. He said to everyone: "We will have lunch here, then take a break, and go to the court for adaptive training. So don't eat too much. If anyone has any problems during the warm-up training, I will take him off the starting list without hesitation."
Then Ingrich stood up and clapped his hands: "Okay, boys, get off the car, move your feet, don't sit for too long, and be careful not to hurt your legs when you get off the car, that would be a shame."
Everyone thinks it is new, but I have never heard of an assistant coach saying this before.
"Hey, Keene, is this a new line?" Joe Xilin, who likes to joke, calls his name to other coaches in the team except for the boss Terry Eames, and everyone is used to it.
"I just remind you to be careful not to get injured before the game, that wouldn't be worth it." Ingrich said with a stern face.
The players looked at each other, and today's assistant coach seemed particularly cautious... Eames coughed behind Ingrich: "Get out of the car quickly, guys, don't let the hotel chef wait in a hurry!"
When the head coach said this, some players laughed. They got off the car one after another, and no one took the assistant coach's words to heart.
Chapter completed!