Sol Campbell did indeed feel much better.
After a match, he didn't feel as tired as he used to.
Although this was a warm-up match, Sol Campbell could feel that he was completely at ease, and he could last the entire match even if it were an official game.
It seems the head coach's training is really effective!
Sol Campbell attributed this to the head coach's training methods, so he wasn't as resistant to this intensity of training anymore.
Just a few days of gritting his teeth and training could improve his physical fitness so much; Sol Campbell was simply overjoyed.
If he had such physical reserves in the previous two seasons, those slightly younger center-backs at Arsenal wouldn't have been able to take his starting position.
Luton's training in Spain continued.
Of course, in addition to training, Gao Bo also found a team to scrimmage every week.
For many big teams, their summer friendlies are money-making tours, going to the Middle East, North America, and East Asia.
For clubs as commercially successful as Manchester United or Real Madrid, they can earn tens of millions from playing friendly matches in the summer.
For Luton, such treatment was clearly impossible.
So Gao Bo didn't have the team participate in any commercial activities before the season—anyway, there wasn't much money to be made.
The training facilities at the Marbella Football Center were complete, and they could find suitable warm-up opponents at any time.
Luton's pre-season training was proceeding in an orderly manner.
Under the sunshine of the Iberian Peninsula, Luton's players were focused, and the team was doing very solid work in the most important preparation stage before the season.
At the end of July, according to plan, Luton would leave the Marbella Football Center on July 31st.
For the players, they didn't want to leave sunny Spain and return to rainy England.
On July 30th, the team's last friendly match in Spain was against Getafe, a team in the Spanish second division.
Both sides agreed to play the match at five o'clock in the afternoon, and at this time, there were still two teams playing on the field they were about to use.
The players sat on the sidelines, waiting for the field to become available before they went in to warm up.
As the season approached, the training ground at the Marbella training base became increasingly tight.
"After returning to England, we'll have to say goodbye to the sunshine here and prepare to face training in the rain! Anthony," Vardy said, patting Griezmann on the shoulder.
After a month of getting along, several of Luton's new players had gradually integrated into the team, and Griezmann's strength had also been recognized by Luton's players—they generally believed that Griezmann was much better than Charlie Austin.
"Ah, sunshine, please don't miss me!"
Before Griezmann could speak, Alex Sandro wailed first.
"Doesn't Brazil have a lot of rain during the rainy season?"
"The rainy season is our off-season," Alex Sandro said with a smile, "Usually, the sunshine in Brazil is even brighter than in Spain."
Sandro has a good talent for languages; he has now begun to communicate with his teammates in broken English.
However, what he said aroused a lot of resentment.
The rain in England really makes most people dislike it.
Gao Bo was very concerned about the last warm-up.
Before this friendly match, the team had played three friendlies.
The results of the matches were draw, loss, and draw!
The results of the friendlies were not important, because they were friendlies, and there were no restrictions on substitutions.
So Gao Bo often used two different lineups in the first and second halves, and also experimented with some new tactics.
However, this friendly match against Getafe was the last friendly before the start of the new season.
This is equivalent to a test match, testing the extent to which the new players have integrated into the team, and how much combat power this lineup has compared to last season.
Getafe is still a good opponent.
Although they are a team in La Liga, they ranked seventeenth in La Liga last season, and almost relegated from the top league—in fact, their points were the same as those of Real Betis, who had already been relegated, and even their goal difference was the same.
However, La Liga's ranking for teams with the same points is based on head-to-head record—Getafe had one win and one loss against Real Betis, and Getafe only won by one goal in the goal difference of the matches between the two sides.
It can be said that the relegation process was quite thrilling.
So this is an opponent that is not too strong, but if they are defeated, it can greatly boost confidence.
Little did they know that Getafe also had the same idea of finding Luton for a warm-up.
However, in any case, Getafe is a team in the Spanish First Division, and compared to the English First League, their strength is much stronger.
However, Luton is not an ordinary League One team, otherwise they would not have won the FA Cup.
So for Getafe, if they can win the English FA Cup champion team, it would also be an improvement for the team's confidence.
Before the game started, Gao Bo emphasized the significance of this friendly match—this is a test before the official game starts!
This is equivalent to an exam!
So Luton's players were much more involved in this game than in the previous few games!
Gao Bo sent out the main lineup in the first half.
If the performance of these starting players is all normal, then in the next official game, Luton's starting lineup will be like this.
Luton's next game is the Community Shield Cup, and their opponent is Manchester United!
The Community Shield is actually similar to competitions like the Spanish Super Cup, which are all tournaments with a bit of a friendly nature before the start of the season.
Unlike friendlies, the Community Shield is at least an official match, and the winner can take back a championship trophy after the match is over.
Manchester United is undoubtedly very strong, but Luton will at least not directly raise their hands in surrender.
Gao Bo does not value the Community Shield, which is a bit of a tasteless trophy, but he still hopes that the team can play something when facing Manchester United, at least to get off to a good start in the new season.
Getafe's players felt rather complicated when facing Luton.
Luton's reputation is very big—their ability to win the FA Cup as a second-tier league team has made the entire European football world know about the Luton team.
They are called "the grassroots team's counterattack" in the media.
What Vardy went from being a bricklayer to the team's forward, what Charlie Austin went from being a bricklayer to a multi-million dollar rising star.
Such stories of grassroots counterattacks are very popular for many people to spread, and the players of Getafe are also like this, and they also like such stories very much.
But when they really face this team that has been very popular in Europe recently on the football field, their feelings are a bit strange.
In any case, Luton is only an English League One team—a third-level team, probably equivalent to Segunda B?
On the one hand, there is admiration for the other side's "inspirational deeds", on the other hand, Getafe's players don't seem to look down on Luton's strength too much.
So Getafe had a tragedy in the first half.
Griezmann grew up in the Spanish youth training system since he was a child, so he is very familiar with the style of Spanish teams.
This also allowed him to score two goals in a row in the first half.
After that, he even assisted Vardy to score!
In the first half, Getafe was scored three goals by Luton.
Now Getafe's players were dumbfounded. They never thought that Luton's strength was so strong—at least stronger than Getafe.
In the second half, Gao Bo sent on all the substitute players, and Getafe also began to press forward to practice their attack.
As a result, Getafe besieged for half the game without scoring, but Luton lost another goal in a counterattack.
Young substitute midfielder Joseph Andel scored a goal.
When the game ended, the score was four to zero!
Luton achieved a great victory in the pre-season friendly!
Gao Bo was very satisfied with the result and process of this game.
The strength of the main players was quite sharp, the substitute players were also useful, and the result of the game also greatly increased the players' confidence before the start of the season.
What result could be better than this?