Chapter 873： The horn of the final

Manchester City and Manchester United's FA Cup final battle began in the hotel competition.

According to convention, the FA Cup final is held at Wembley Stadium outside London, which is the same as the home game of the England national team, and every time the England national team plays at home, they will stay in Water, Hertfordshire. A Grove hotel north of Ford.

This is a country house-style hotel, built in 1996, next door is the famous Grove Golf Park. The hotel is not only beautiful, but also located in the suburbs, away from the hustle and bustle of the city. It is a rare holiday destination.

More importantly, this hotel often receives high-standard guests and is very experienced, especially the football team.

From the England national team to the club teams, they are frequent visitors of the Grove Hotel.

Since the Abu Dhabi consortium took over Manchester City, the team will choose to stay in this hotel every time they go south to play near London, as do other teams including Manchester United.

The training here is convenient, and there are various physiotherapy and spa facilities, which are very complete and very popular with football teams.

The British Guardian disclosed that after Manchester City beat Arsenal, they had booked the Grove Hotel in advance.

"Man City was booked through Darren Hart, the sales director of the Grove Hotel. First, he booked fifty rooms. The two parties agreed. After Manchester City went back and counted, they would decide whether to book the entire hotel for their own players. , Players’ family members and guests invited by the club."

The problem was with Darren Hart, the sales director, who gave Manchester City a timing, using his own name.

"Two days later, Manchester City received a call from Darren Hart. On the phone, the sales director of the Grove Hotel told Manchester City that Manchester United had already booked the hotel and the fifty rooms under his name could not be kept."

The Guardian revealed that after Manchester City got the news, General Manager Soriano immediately sent someone to the south to force the Grove Hotel to sign a contract before the Manchester United signing representative arrived, or a lawsuit would be filed.

The reason is that Darren Hart received the deposit from Manchester City, but failed to fulfill the corresponding obligations.

The Grove Hotel was forced by Manchester City’s tough attitude and was forced to sign with Manchester City before the Manchester United signing representatives arrived.

"The wealthy Manchester City immediately contracted the entire hotel, not to mention a room, even a utility room, not to Manchester United, and signed a contract on the spot to pay the remaining amount."

"Man Utd originally thought that the winning ticket was in their hands. When Shi Shiran came to Watford, they found that the hotel they had grabbed was robbed by their opponents. They questioned the person in charge of the hotel on the spot, and the explanation was that they had booked The room is more than half of the hotel, and a contract needs to be signed. Everything is subject to the contract."

The Guardian stated that Manchester United lost the battle for the hotel and was forced to choose a five-star hotel on the outskirts of London.

The distance is about the same, but he failed to stay at the more familiar Grove Hotel, which made Ferguson extremely angry. In an interview with the media, he immediately criticized Manchester City, believing that the same city team used a higher price and used a kind of shame. The way to force the hotel to change the room reservation.

Ferguson’s bombardment quickly triggered follow-up by the British media.

Manchester City general manager Soriano said in an interview that Manchester City did not use any means, but strictly followed the rules of the Grove Hotel to book the room, neither paying a higher price nor any intimidation.

A spokesperson for the Grove Hotel also accepted an interview with the Guardian reporter, saying that the team did not operate in violation of the rules.

"First of all, we are very grateful for the trust of the two teams, but unfortunately, it is difficult for us to host two of England’s top clubs at the same time. They both want to stay in our hotel, so we are forced to only be between the two. We chose, in accordance with the charter, we finally chose Manchester City, which signed the contract."

try{mad1('gad2');}catch(ex){}　　 Regarding Manchester United's allegations, Manchester City took away the hotel contract that should have belonged to Manchester United at a high price. The Grove Hotel spokesperson said that this is not true because the hotel has Manchester United has not signed any form of contract.

The hotel spokesperson also revealed that after Ferguson accepted the media interview, the hotel immediately contacted Ferguson through Manchester United staff and explained the matter. It also got the understanding of Ferguson and Manchester United. The two sides will continue to cooperate in the future.

The future cooperation is a future thing, but before the FA Cup final, Manchester United will definitely not be able to stay at the Grove Hotel.

And the hotel battle before the finals also made the two sides tense.

The horn of the final has sounded!

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Manchester City only went south from Manchester to Hertfordshire the day before the game, and checked into the Grove Hotel.

At this time, the guests, players and family members of the staff invited by the team have already arrived at the hotel.

At this point, Manchester City is still very generous.

In the final round of the league, neither Manchester City nor Manchester United did their best. Manchester City played on the bench. In the end, with the goals of Dzeko and David Luiz, they defeated Bolton 2-0 away.

Manchester United was basically the same, beating their opponents four to two at home.

After Manchester City won an early round, it is impossible for the Manchester duo to do their best in the final round.

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The Grove Hotel all adopts English-style buildings, all of them are country villas, divided into several buildings, and the floors are not high.

Manchester City is based on the characteristics of the Grove Hotel, which separates players and staff, family members and guests, and arranges to stay in different buildings. Although they are not isolated from each other, everyone remains conscious.

Everyone knows that the day before the final, players still need to rest early.

Su Dong’s family members have come a lot. In addition to Wang Chuqing rushing over from Oxford, the parents and Wang Qingquan and his wife also came to feel London and checked in to the Grove Hotel in advance.

They will all stay in the UK until the Europa League final.

Guardiola advocates humanized management, so the night before the final, he gave every player time to visit.

Su Dong met with Wang Chuqing and his parents in the past.

After seeing each other for a long time, I was happy in my heart, but in fact, the words I talked about were all the old-fashioned. It was nothing more than how well prepared, whether you have confidence, what is your state, and you have to cheer tomorrow.

Sometimes Su Dong feels that since childhood, his parents seem to have only said this.

Of course, this is not disgust, but kindness.

In the past, my parents would say this every time before an exam, and then they would say the same before every game when they played football, and then they would still say the same before going abroad.

If one day, he can't hear it suddenly, he must be very uncomfortable.

"Don't worry, I have arranged everything. After the game tomorrow night, there will be a special car to pick you up. Then follow our team's bus and fans' vehicles all the way north to celebrate returning to Manchester!"

When Su Dong said this, he was confident.

Su Wenji and his wife were also very proud and kept nodding their heads.

Today's Su Dong is not only their pride, but also the pride of their hometown and motherland.

After chatting with his parents and Wang Qingquan and his wife for a while, Su Dong took the time to go back.

Before leaving, he specifically told Wang Chuqing that he should take good care of the four elders during this period. He was responsible for all eating, drinking and playing, and it must be the best.

try{mad1('gad2');}catch(ex){}　　 "I know, I know!" Wang Chuqing jealously pushed him out.

Both Su Wenji and Wang Qingquan in the room both smile.

It is so good that these two young people dare to love Wang Chuqing. Su Dong is also doting on Wang Chuqing. The only drawback is that he has no children.

The appearance of talented men and women, and the children born will definitely be beautiful.

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The building where the players live is a few steps away from the building where the family members live.

When Su Dong returned to the room, Torrent came to him and said that Guardiola was waiting for him.

Came to Guardiola's room and found that Soriano, Bergeristan and Estiate were also present.

After greeted them one by one, as soon as Su Dong sat down, he clearly felt the strange atmosphere of the scene.

After Su Dong's gaze swept across everyone, it finally fell on Guardiola.

He saw the Spaniard's brows furrowed, sitting on pins and needles over there, and after noticing Su Dong's eyes, Guardio stretched out his hands, wiped his face vigorously, and stood up, "I'll wash my face and wake up. ."

Watching Guardiola's back leave, Su Dong understood what the problem was, and immediately nodded somewhat amused.

"He has been like this lately, especially at night, he can hardly fall asleep, and it has been the same from yesterday to now, too anxious!" Estiyat shook his head helplessly and sighed.

Everyone didn't have any ridicule, or even sarcasm.

In fact, this situation is very normal. UU reading

Many fans don't know at all. Before an important game, many players even need to rely on drugs to fall asleep, otherwise they will not fall asleep at all, and the whole person is excited and anxious.

Excitement, that's because the body is adjusted to the best state, how can it not be excitement?

Needless to say, anxiety, the importance of the game determines all participants, it is impossible not to be anxious.

Many fans may think, cut, isn’t it just an FA Cup?

The gold content of the FA Cup is relatively speaking.

In any case, it is also a national championship trophy, only one every year, so many teams can't compete.

The biggest difference between the league and the cup is that the league does not actually have so much thought. It is just playing one after another. The front is very long, and there is basically not much anxiety. At best, it is in a strong dialogue.

can be cups, especially the finals, this is different.

It is a single game.

Players have player anxiety, coaches have coach anxiety, and management has management anxiety.

There are anxiety with good grades, and anxiety with bad grades.

Professional football is a huge vanity fair. It involves too many and too complicated interests. Everyone in it can't be without pressure. When there is pressure, there will be anxiety.

Maybe many people don't realize it. In fact, players and coaches are all high-risk professions.

The more you reach the upper level of the pyramid, the greater the gain and the greater the risk.

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