RNP Chapter 192
Chapter 192
Watford, Hertfordshire, England.
Watford training base.
The team's head coach Boothroyd is motivating the players beside the green field.
"Tomorrow!"
"We will play against Manchester City, the current leader of the Premier League!"
"This is a challenge for us, we will face a strong Premier League team!"
"So far this season!"
"We are temporarily ranked first in the Championship with excellent performance. As long as we maintain this performance, we will also be a Premier League team next season!"
"So to some extent!"
"There is nothing to be afraid of at the top of the Premier League. Over the years, the Premier League champions have been upset in the Premier League schedule and lost to some fringe Premier League teams."
"And in the history of the FA Cup, the top league teams have lost to the second-tier league or even the second-tier teams. 's games are not uncommon!"
"In 1972, Cardiff City defeated a number of giants as a second-tier league team and won the FA Cup!"
"We can also become the next Cardiff City!"
"And tomorrow we will play at home, and there will be 22,000 fans coming to cheer us on!"
"So!"
"I hope everyone can do their best tomorrow, abandon all distractions, and fight only for victory and for the glory of Watford!"
"Hai Ting!"
Boothroyd's sincere chicken soup worked very well, and Watford's players were instantly full of fighting spirit.
Beating the Premier League leader as a Championship team? Just thinking about it is enough to make people excited!
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Watford's main striker Chris Eagles clenched his fists and shouted loudly to encourage the morale of his teammates.
Unlike his teammates around him.
The 20-year-old Chris Eagles's club is not Watford, and his contract is currently in Manchester United's hands.
He has played for Manchester United's U17 and U19 youth teams.
Since last season, he was loaned to Watford by Ferguson and won the top scorer of Watford's team last season.
So far this season, he has topped the English Championship scorer list with 14 goals in 23 appearances.
Chris Eagles always feels that he does not belong to the English Championship, and the Premier League is his stage.
I don't know how many times.
Chris Eagles dreamed that Ferguson would bring him back to Manchester United, play for the Red Devils, and truly stand on the Premier League stage.
And tomorrow's game is definitely a godsend for Chris Eagles.
After all, Manchester United lost the game against Manchester City this season.
If.
If he can help the team break Manchester City's goal in tomorrow's game and give a wonderful performance.
Ferguson might see it and bring him back to Manchester United directly!
Thinking of this.
Chris Eagles then shouted excitedly.
"Let's do it, brothers!"
"Let Manchester City feel the strength of the English Championship team!"
"We are definitely not as easy to bully as they think, let's give them a piece of meat!"
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On January 9, the third round of the 2005-06 English FA Cup arrived.
The FA Cup, the oldest national football tournament in the world, has participating teams ranging from amateur to top league teams in England.
Due to the wide range and number of participating teams, before the Premier League completely established its top league status.
The gold content of the FA Cup champion is even greater than that of the top league champion.
In England, it is currently the second only to the Champions League and Premier League champions to establish the team's status.
Single-elimination system, amateur, second-level, and first-level teams participate in the first three rounds, and the third round begins with the English Championship and Premier League teams joining the competition.
All home and away games and opponent arrangements are determined by drawing lots.
This also increases the uncertainty of the game!
There is no absolute distinction between strong and weak. Just look at the game status of both sides on the day. It is common for strong teams to overturn and weak teams to stage upsets.
Today!
The match between Manchester City, the top of the Premier League, and Watford, the top of the Championship, has also become the most eye-catching match in the third round!
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In the afternoon, the bus carrying Manchester City players.
After nearly four hours of running, we arrived at Vicarage Road Stadium, the home of Watford.
The media from the Championship and the Premier League filled the small venue of Vicarage Road Stadium, and a bunch of reporters lined up at the door.
Today's pre-match press conference is very special.
Due to venue restrictions, two head coaches were arranged to participate together, which was a joint press conference!Stuart is used to such scenes.
Standing next to him, Watford coach Boothroyd had a complicated expression.
The popularity of the Championship games is completely incomparable to that of the Premier League.
Even though Watford is the top of the Championship, the number of media reporters is usually less than 1/10 of the number in front of us.
Obviously.
Most of these reporters.
All came for Manchester City!
Is this the popularity of Manchester City in the English football world now?
Boothroyd looked at Stuart next to him with some jealousy, and this hostile look happened to be captured by the old man.
The two of them sat on the podium, one on the left and one on the right, with their own thoughts.
Under the organization of the host, reporters were randomly selected to ask questions.
Then.
An embarrassing situation occurred.
After nine consecutive questions, the reporters all started with "Mr. Stewart"!
Stuart's lips were dry from talking, but Boothroyd next to him hadn't even opened his mouth.
Anger was brewing in Boothroyd's heart.
Damn it.
Is this still Watford's home ground? Even the local reporters in Watford asked Stuart questions and deliberately ignored him?
Boothroyd, who was ignored, was brewing an emotional bomb in his heart.
Finally.
The last reporter who asked a question, I don't know if he couldn't stand it or out of sympathy.
He asked Boothroyd.
"Mr. Boothroyd, what do you think of today's game?"
Boothroyd's emotions completely exploded at this moment, and he even forgot that Stuart was still sitting next to him.
"Victory! I think the victory will belong to us Watford!"
"Manchester City is indeed at the top of the Premier League, but we Watford will be able to return to the Premier League next season!"
"Manchester City thinks their victory in this game is a foregone conclusion, but we will make Manchester City pay the price for their contempt! After this game, they will understand that the gap between the Premier League and the Championship is not that big!"
The media reporters at the scene were frightened by Boothroyd's increasingly loud voice, and they looked at Stewart next to Boothroyd.
The old man was in a state of confusion.
Recalling the answers he had just given, it seemed that he did not mention anything about winning today, or looking down on Watford?
Uh.
Is the guy next to him pretending that he does not exist? Did he forget that today is a joint press conference?
People are so strange.
When Stewart faced strong teams such as Arsenal and Manchester United, the contempt and provocation of the opponents often made him very annoyed.
But when facing the provocation from Watford in the English Championship, Stuart found that his emotions were particularly stable.
However.
Stuart knew that facing so many media cameras.
He should still say something.
"Then I will wait and see, Mr. Boothroyd, just like you said, let's see what the gap is between the Premier League and the English Championship teams!"
Stuart felt that his answer was very polite, but he didn't expect Boothroyd to say immediately.
"Didn't Manchester City almost fall last season? Isn't Manchester City just a lucky English Championship team? How big can the gap be!"
Damn!
This time!
Stuart's face finally darkened.
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