After the "little class" was over, Carter arranged for drummers to distribute brand new school team jerseys.
Gu Ran received five sets of brand new "No. 3" jerseys.
One set is for primary use, one is for replacement, one is for backup, and there are two sets of away jerseys that can be used when there is a conflict with the home jersey.
——In amateur matches, there is generally no need to use away jerseys.
The home jersey has a red and white diagonal stripe style. At first glance, it looks a bit similar to the Southampton club jersey.
Of course, Southampton's jersey has vertical stripes, not diagonal stripes.
The school team's jersey has the school emblem of Southampton Private School embroidered on the chest - a stag with its head raised in the forest. The stag's antlers are as magnificent as steel swords and halberds.
On the back of the jersey, Gu Ran's initials are printed: "GR".
G equals Gu and R equals Ran.
Although he studied in the UK, Gu Ran had never had a British name. Gu Ran was not called Jack or Pony. Gu Ran was born named Gu Ran and died named Gu Ran.
If foreigners cannot pronounce Chinese names correctly, that is a problem with their tongues, not with the Chinese name.
It's a pity that Gu Ran is still an unknown person. In order to avoid mispronunciation of pinyin letters, he can only use abbreviated letters.
Looking at the initials of his name, Gu Ran couldn't help but feel filled with emotion:
Finally I have my own jersey!
This is just the beginning...
One day, I want the name printed on the back to be no longer an abbreviation!
One day, I want the whole world to know my name!
One day, I will make foreigners pronounce Chinese names clearly and correctly!
Gu Ran secretly clenched his fists, and then carefully put the jersey into his sports backpack.
"Those who get the jerseys are the players who have entered the 18-man roster," Coach Carter announced solemnly: "These 18 players do not have to go to class tomorrow morning. Prepare their personal belongings at 8 o'clock in the morning, gather at the school gate, and take the school bus. Bus, go to the airport. Our plane will take off at 9:10 and fly to Manchester."
"Manchester?"
The main players below all looked worried:
"Faq! In the first group match, you won't encounter a pirate ship, right?"
"It must be. The only one among the top 32 in the Manchester area is the pirate ship team of Manchester Grammar School?"
"I'm very impressed with Corsair's foul play..."
"However, the female cheerleaders of the pirate ship are still very good..."
"Quiet! Everyone be quiet!" Coach Carter frowned and yelled: "I think everyone has guessed that our opponent tomorrow is the pirate ship team of Manchester Liberal Arts School. Later, I will ask the drummer to bring information about the Manchester pirate ship and other The times for the two group matches have been sent to your email. I ask that after today’s training, you all go home honestly. No clubbing, no drinking, and no lovemaking with your girlfriend. , you are not allowed to be affectionate with your boyfriend, even if you are affectionate with yourself! Everyone, please read the competition information carefully! Have a good rest and prepare for tomorrow's competition, do you understand?"
"Yes! Coach!" The team members responded quickly.
"Very good, dismissal now, please go home!" Coach Carter waved his hand.
The players were immediately relieved.
Gu Ran packed up his belongings, went to the locker room to take a shower, and then left the training ground with his backpack.
After eating dinner outside, Gu Ran returned home.
After briefly greeting Andrew and Sally, Gu Ran returned to his room, opened his laptop and checked his mailbox.
Sure enough, there was a letter from the school team's official mailbox in the mailbox.
The content of the letter is an introduction to the schedule of this group stage:
The official name of the Genius Cup National Competition is the "All-England High School Amateur Football Championship".
The national competition is held once a year. The winning team will receive the Talent Player Trophy issued by the English Football Association and have the opportunity to be recommended by the English Football Association to professional clubs above the First Division.
The national competition also adopts the seeded team model. The top eight of the previous session do not need to participate in the qualifiers and can be directly parachuted into the group stage.
The 32 high school student teams across the country are divided into 8 groups, and the 8 seed teams are also divided into 8 groups.
So this also means that although the top two teams in the group can advance to the top 16 knockout rounds, there is actually only one place - because the eight seeded teams are all super strong, the chance of overturning is not high.
The Southampton private school Bucks Steelhorns are not a seeded team, and their best result in history is only reaching the top eight in the country once.
This time, Southampton private schools were drawn into Group E.
The other three high school teams in Group E are:
Pirate Ship at Manchester Grammar School.
Tonbridge Secondary School's Wild Boar Jazz.
and, seeded team – Rugby School Golden Fleece.
Seeing this, Gu Ran couldn't help but secretly take a breath.
Rugby School...the birthplace of modern rugby!
Rugby School was also an important player in formulating the rules of modern football!
Rugby School was founded in 1567, and the British National High School Football Championship has a history of nearly 80 years, and Rugby School has won 29 championships!
In the last national competition, the Rugby School team only lost 3:4 to the Westminster School team in the final! ! !
The evaluation of the style of the Rugby School team in the email information is: they like to rely on physical strength and speed to impact opponents, and in terms of strength, speed, and technology, they already have the level of a League One team.
This damn thing is not a seed, this damn thing is the king reducing dimension and hitting bronze!
Let’s take a look at the information of the other two teams…
Tonbridge Middle School's Wild Boar Jazz team has won the national championship five times and been runners-up 11 times.
The style of the Tonbridge Middle School Wild Boar Jazz team is: solid defense and good at wing breakthroughs.
Tonbridge Middle School is a typical aristocratic school and one of the three aristocratic schools in the UK under the care of the British royal family.
The children who can go to Tonbridge Secondary School are all children who are born with a silver spoon in their mouths. They don't need to worry about their future at all, so they also have a lot of time and energy to work on the football project.
In order to show the world that they do not only recruit aristocrats and discriminate against civilians, Tonbridge High School has also admitted many civilian students over the past few decades - provided that these civilian students are all elites in a certain project.
The most exaggerated thing about Tonbridge Secondary School is that they have 28 football fields, 5 of which are of international competition standards.
The last team, the Corsair team of Manchester Liberal Arts School: won the national championship 3 times and the runner-up 7 times.
Their style is: aggressive movements, fierce fighting, superb skills, and good at utilizing the width of the court.
Although Manchester Grammar School is not as famous as Rugby School and Tonbridge Secondary School, Manchester United's meritorious Sir Bobby Charlton once attended this secondary school.
Manchester Liberal Arts School also often invites Manchester United stars to train and communicate.
In this comparison, the Southampton school team is simply a waste!
What does the Southampton school team have?
There is a troll coach with +6 trash talking skills!
The best result of the Southampton school team was only reaching the top eight in the country!
Originally, the Southampton school team still had some hope this year, but the core left back of the team was poached by Westminster School...
It's no wonder Coach Carter is so anxious to get angry.
Group E is simply a group of death, and Southampton Private School is the weakest team in this group.
Let’s look at the schedule:
On May 25th, that is, at 3 pm tomorrow, the Southampton Private School Bucks Steelhorns will go away to play against the Manchester Grammar School Corsair team. The game will be held at the on-campus football field of the Manchester Grammar School in the Manchester region.
On May 29, the Bucks Steelhorns will continue their away game against the Wild Boar Jazz of Tonbridge Middle School. The game will be held at the football field of Tonbridge Middle School in Kent near London.
On June 2nd, the Bucks Steelhorns will face the last opponent in Group E at home and the strongest opponent in the group, the Rugby School Golden Fleece team.
The schedule is very tight, basically two games a week!
This is very physically demanding!
The Southampton school team was already weak, so it was scheduled to play two away games and one home game.
In the previous life, I was kicked to pieces, which is actually quite reasonable.
The group stage is based on points, the winner gets 3 points, the tie gets 1 point, and the loser gets 0 points.
So in theory, the highest score is 9 points, and there cannot be two 9 points in the same group.
After all three single round-robin games have been played, the top two teams in the group with the highest points can advance to the top 16 knockout rounds.
Gu Ran made a rough estimate. If the Bucks Steel Horns want to fight their way among the top powers, they must score at least 4 points to have a theoretical chance of qualifying.
This requires at least one draw plus one win.
In other words, if you lose one game, there is still room for action in theory, but if you lose two games, there is no room for action at all.
No matter from any perspective, this is extremely difficult.
Let alone winning alone, it is extremely difficult to tie with any team in the group.
Although Gu Ran's own strength has improved greatly in the past two days, it is still not enough.
Especially in terms of physical fitness - with Gu Ran's current physical fitness, it is impossible to play the entire game in such a fierce competition.
You still have to seize the time to use your physical training results for free.
Therefore, at this time, it became more and more necessary to masturbate Sophie.
One talent point for a future star is equivalent to 100 hours of physical training...
I'm really not greedy for Sophie, I just want to tickle her talent bubble...
12 midnight.
Gu Ran took out his cell phone and thought about how to get Sophie to come to his room.
After all, I raped Sophie this morning because I couldn't control my young body, and I still don't know how to explain it to Sophie.
How about forgetting it?
Gu Ran put down his phone hesitantly.
At this moment, the door was gently pushed open.
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