After getting off the bus, the team members immediately changed to a chartered bus that the drummer had already contacted and headed for the town of Tonbridge in Kent, southeast of London.

Tonbridge School, one of the three largest aristocratic schools in the UK, is located in Tonbridge.

This was originally the fiefdom of an old noble family.

In 1533, the nobleman developed the wasteland into a school for the education of the children of the royal family.

Therefore, Tonbridge School has a history of nearly 500 years.

Throughout history, many members of the British royal family have attended school here.

Of course, the most amazing thing about Tonbridge School is that, as a secondary school, they actually have the TSC Sports Center covering an area of ​​more than 20,000 square meters, and some of its sports venues have reached Olympic standards.

After taking a chartered bus for more than an hour, the Bucks Steelhorns arrived at this famous aristocratic public school.

The players of the Wild Boar Jazz did not come to greet them. Only a suit-wearing staff member with an arrogant face and looking down on people from the top of his nose came to greet them.

It was more accurate to say that this staff member was supervising the entire process rather than leading or accompanying the children, as if he was afraid that these "country bumpkins" from Southampton would steal or damage their belongings at Tonbridge Middle School.

Apart from the very obvious contemptuous arrogance, the rest of the process went smoothly.

At 12 o'clock sharp, the Bucks Steel Horns entered the Tonbridge High School staff restaurant for lunch - yes, not a student restaurant, but a staff restaurant.

Originally, Rusty and the others were very angry about this, but after entering the staff cafeteria, they no longer cared about being angry.

Every dish in the Tonbridge Center staff meal is as exquisite as a work of art.

Compared with the staff meals at Tonbridge Center, the buffet at Manchester Grammar School is nouveau riche.

After lunch, the players of the Bucks Steel Horns rested for another hour, and then went to the designated training ground of Tonbridge Middle School for pre-match training.

At 2:30 in the afternoon, the Bucks Steelhorns, led by arrogant staff in suits, came to the visiting team's locker room at Tonbridge Stadium No. 3.

Compared with the visiting dressing room at Manchester Grammar School, the visiting dressing room at Tonbridge 3 was like a five-star hotel.

Not only is it big, but it also exudes an aristocratic sense of refinement and high-endness everywhere.

The locker room is spotlessly clean and there is even a separate physiotherapy room.

And this is not the best playground or the best locker room at Tonbridge School.

Rusty couldn't help but say, "These nobles are so damn extravagant! They even have such a grand dressing room! However, judging from the dressing room alone, they are better behaved than those bastards on the pirate ship."

Minato sneered, "You are wrong. Do the Wild Boar Jazz know how to behave? They just think they are too noble and look down on us commoners for using tricks. The official game will start later, so don't be polite. Even if we can't win, we have to kick those nobles who look down on us to death!"

"Yes! Fuck them!"

The players of the Bucks Steelhorns clenched their fists in response.

Coach Carter walked into the locker room, swept his eyes across the field with dignity, and began to lecture: "To be honest, during the pre-match training just now, you didn't achieve the results I expected. I'm not very satisfied, and you still have a lot of headaches, but there is no other way now, the game is about to start."

"But I still want to say a few more words."

“This game is the most important one we have ever faced.”

"As everyone knows, the Tonbridge Wild Boars we are facing today currently have 0 points."

"In the last round, they lost to the Rugby Golden Fleece."

"And today, they are back at home and will definitely try their best to take three points from us at all costs."

"They treat us like fish belly, and rotten and smelly fish belly at that."

“They thought we were going to lose.”

Carter paused for a moment and asked in a cold tone, "So, tell me, are you the underdogs?"

The entire Bucks Steelhorns team roared: "No! Coach! We are not!"

Carter raised his voice again: "Are you fucking country bumpkins and stinky fishmongers?"

The Bucks Steelhorns roared wildly: "No! Coach! We are not!"

Coach Carter sneered, "You may shout loud slogans, but you will most likely still lose this game, and you may even lose miserably."

The players of the Bucks Steelhorns all lowered their heads.

Carter continued with contempt: "With our current passing and coordination that always makes mistakes, how can we not lose? So, we are indeed the stinking fish in the impression of those noble nobles - deep down in your hearts, do you all think so?"

The players immediately clenched their fists tightly.

Captain Mian Bao stood up and said, "Coach! If anyone in the Bucks Steel Horns dares to think like this, I will be the first to kill him!"

"Yes! Whoever dares to think so, we will kill him!"

"Southampton Bucks Steelhorns, no matter how weak we are, we will never surrender to the nobles!"

"Today we must kick the shit out of Tonbridge!"

The atmosphere in the visiting team's locker room is bursting!

Gu Ran knew clearly that this was Coach Carter's rhetoric, but standing next to these middle-aged teammates, Gu Ran himself couldn't help but feel excited.

Coach Carter smiled for a moment, then said, "Very good. If you all really think so, then our Bucks Steelhorns team still has hope of making it to the group stage."

"The group qualified?"

"Coach...did you make a slip of the tongue?"

In the group of death, qualifying as the fourth worst team?

I wouldn't dare to think like that even in my dreams! "I didn't make a mistake." Carter said in a deep voice, "I was talking about qualifying from the group! From the beginning to the end, my goal as Lamar Carter has been very clear, that is to lead you to qualify from the group! We already have 1 point. As long as we can tie the Wild Boar Jazz in today's game, and then win the Rugby Golden Fleece in the third round at our home court, we can accumulate 5 points and qualify as the second in Group E!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire visiting team's locker room was in an uproar.

“Is the coach crazy?”

"It's already difficult to tie with the Wild Boar Jazz, and the coach actually wants to beat last year's runner-up Golden Fleece?"

"Is the coach being sarcastic?"

"I think... he's just being sarcastic. He's mocking us."

"Well, the big...coach is capable of doing something like this to mock us."

Almost all the players thought Coach Carter was talking in his sleep.

Only Gu Ran's eyes lit up slightly.

As a reborn with 12 years of experience, Gu Ran immediately understood Coach Carter's strategy! Coach Carter continued to explain: "If you can tie the Wild Boar Jazz today, then who else in our Group E can threaten Rugby's first place in the Golden Fleece Group?"

"When the Golden Fleece's first place in the group is certain, they will definitely not waste the energy of their main players for an away game that has no practical significance. They will prepare for the round of 16, the quarter-finals, and even the semi-finals and the championship and runner-up battles."

"I can tell you 100% that when we return to our home court for the third round, we will only face the Golden Fleece Reserves."

"We have to get our 3 points from the Golden Fleece substitute team."

“That’s my strategy.”

Carter took a deep breath and raised his voice to ask: "So you tell me, in our Southampton Bucks Steel Horns home court, you can't beat a substitute team?"

"No! Coach! We can!"

The emotions of all the Bucks Steelhorns players were completely ignited! They really saw the hope of qualifying from the group!

Before, the players knew they had to play hard, but no one dared to think about qualifying from the group stage.

And now, after Carter's analysis, it is really possible for them to qualify from the group! The premise is to draw or even beat the Wild Boar Jazz!

"Okay..." Carter raised his head slowly, "Prove it to me!"

"Yes! Coach!"

All the players roared in response.

Gu Ran also roared very loudly.

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(End of this chapter)