CHAPTER 1077: CHAPTER 345: THE RISE OF THE FITNESS COACH (PART 5)

Ferguson didn’t add insult to injury this time. He seriously criticized the questioning journalist and told the "Manchester Evening News": "Kevin was right, such severe accusations are an insult to one’s character and absolutely should not be made without evidence. It was good of Kevin to ask him to leave the press conference. If anyone dares to ask such questions at the Theatre of Dreams, even if it’s aimed at Manchester United’s opponents, I’ll definitely kick their backsides hard!"

Not just in England, but the entire European football scene almost unanimously supported Huang Kaiwen and Carragher.

Mario Gomez told the "Stuttgart News": "Last season against Rostock, I scored 5 goals in a single match, one of which went into my own net, and there were similar suspicions at the time. I was under a lot of pressure. I’m very grateful to Kevin for what he said this time; he spoke everything I’ve been wanting to say. His repeated recoveries and returns have inspired many, including me. May God bless Kevin."

On February 7th, at home against Hull City, the undermanned Chelsea struggled to break through the opponent’s goal.

Drawing Nan Yon-da card, Huang Kaiwen, even if inclined to experience more player templates, still didn’t dare to use this card.

In the end, he used the Pele template, breaking through four players on the left wing and assisting Huntelaar to help Chelsea secure the victory.

After the national team match days passed, Chelsea won 1-0 away against Villa.

On February 23rd, the entire Chelsea team flew to Lyon, France.

After checking into the Mövenpick Royal Lyon Hotel in the afternoon, Boas called the whole team to the meeting room.

Boas said: "Tomorrow is the UEFA Champions League knockout stage match. I won’t keep you cooped up in the hotel, but I hope you all will come back in the evening. Even if you want to go out and play, wait until after the match to indulge."

"No worries, Andre!"

"We’ll come back early."

"Lyon is not Paris; nothing much fun here."

Seeing the players’ assurances, Boas smiled and shook his head.

He then announced free activities.

He quickly changed clothes and quietly slipped out of the hotel.

This time his target was the Lyon Museum of Fine Arts.

Ever since Chelsea drew Lyon, he had been looking for relevant information.

Lyon is likely to have magical artifacts in three places: Ancient Roman Theatre, Fontvienne Basilica, and Lyon Museum of Fine Arts.

The Lyon Museum of Fine Arts was originally built inside a Benedictine monastery.

The Benedictine order, being a Catholic monastic order, abstains from the world in every way; joining together each day for prayer, studying earnestly, occupying themselves with labor in spare time, with the motto "prayer not forgetting work." It later became a model for Catholic monastic system.

Boas believed that such a devout order should possess some powerful magic items.

After all, with daily chants, someone would undoubtedly stumble upon the magical elements existing in the world.

And original monastery antiques are also preserved in the museum.

Opened to tourists after refurbishment twenty years ago.

This represented an opportunity for him.

Boas had previously spent money to obtain the Lyon Museum’s refurbishment blueprints.

Such a thing wasn’t hard to acquire with connections and money.

Somewhat expensive mainly because seekers were targeting valuable artworks, those Gaul era items, while someone like him looking for monk relics was an anomaly.

Those items possess little special value, some even piled up in warehouses.

Boas entered the museum along with other tourists, primarily observing the location of the warehouse.

Later going through the underground sewer system to enter the museum and find the warehouse, searching among those miscellaneous items for his goal.

As a product of elite education, Boas had decent artistic appreciation skills.

Following tourists visiting the museum, he behaved appropriately.

Neither overly showing off nor lacking interest in Gaul culture.

At 6 PM, when the museum closed.

Boas left the museum and returned to the hotel, then hurriedly left again with a backpack.

The next morning.

Huang Kaiwen followed Ramos downstairs for breakfast, only to find Boas absent.

"Where’s the coach?"

Huang Kaiwen asked while sitting next to Terry.

"I don’t know, maybe he’s not up yet."

Terry said casually.

"Shouldn’t be, Coach is very punctual."

Huang Kaiwen said.

"Then no idea, Andre has been quite mysterious lately." Terry said.

Even by dinner, Boas hadn’t shown up.

The same situation persisted noon.

Other players sensed something unusual.

By 2 PM, the team’s fitness coach Faria called the players to the meeting room.

Players were abuzz with discussion.

Almost time to depart, no coach in sight.

The team was worried, understandably so.

Faria sighed.

Never expected he’d get to coach the first team one day.

Faria said directly: "Yesterday, the team’s acting head coach Andre Villas-Boas visited Lyon Museum of Fine Arts and forgot to leave, so he’s having a bit of a small trouble and can’t direct the match today. I’ll be acting as your interim coach."