The Southampton U18 defender who was chasing him was at least two meters away from him.

Southampton U18's goalkeeper rushed out to intercept one-on-one——

Sterling didn't stop at all, he just took a step forward and easily pushed the ball into the near corner of the goal with the inside of his foot.

The goalkeeper quickly lay down to save the ball, but it was too late.

The football passed through the goalkeeper's armpit and mercilessly shot into the net...

The ball went in! In the 10th minute of the first half, Liverpool U18 team made a beautiful counterattack, and Sterling scored the leading goal! This counterattack was so fast and so sharp.

The Southampton U18 team didn't react at all.

Sterling easily tore through Southampton U18's non-existent defense with his natural explosive speed!

Sterling is not only fast in dribbling and sprinting, but also has excellent footwork in front of the goal.

And he is only 16 years old now...

A true genius.

Gu Ran couldn't help but admire secretly in his heart.

After scoring the goal, Sterling happily showed his big white teeth, stood there with his hands pointing to the sky, waiting for his teammates to catch up and hug him to celebrate.

"Haha! Good job! Sterling!"

"That No. 47 Gu Ran is just average. When I confronted him physically, he couldn't hold up at all!"

"That's it. Southampton Club still regards Gu Ran as a rising star?"

"Haha, any one of us here can become a rising star if we go to Southampton, right?"

"Keep staring at No. 47 Gu Ran and beat the shit out of him!"

"good!"

The entire Liverpool U18 team is in high spirits.

Even Liverpool U18 team's head coach Mark was happily walking back and forth in front of Coach Dodd with his hands in his pockets.

Coach Dodd frowned and deliberately ignored Coach Mark.

The Southampton U18 players on the field and on the bench all looked depressed.

Many players were shaking their heads and sighing in disbelief.

Southampton U18 was attacking well, but because of that bastard Kawai Yuichi, he stuck the ball in a dangerous position...

The Southampton U18 team is almost hating Yuichi Kawai.

Kawai Yuichi lowered his head and walked to his seat.

He felt as if the entire Liverpool U18 team was targeting him.

Baka...

Why? Why is this happening?

What on earth did I do wrong? Kawai Yu was puzzled.

Lights~Lights lights lights lights~ This goal loss caused the morale of the Southampton U18 team to plummet, and negative emotion bubbles fell one after another.

Not only were the players on the field dropping bubbles, but even the players sitting on the bench were dropping negative emotion bubbles.

Gu Ran remained calm and quickly scanned the bubbles within 20 meters around him.

Unfortunately, none of them have any good skills.

Just when Gu Ran was feeling a little disappointed, he heard Evelyn, who was sitting next to Alan Shearer, asking questions like a machine gun: "Mr. Shearer, what do you think of this goal? How do you evaluate Sterling's speed? How do you think Sterling's speed compares to our Gu Ran? How do you evaluate Kawai Yuichi's mistake of losing the ball near the top of the arc? Do you think it's time for our Gu Ran to come on the court to compete with Sterling? You and Gu Ran both wear the No. 9 jersey, so who do you think is more handsome, Gu Ran or you?"

Alan Shearer: …

"Mr. Hiller, why are you silent? Did I speak too fast just now? Do you want me to ask these questions again?"

Light~ Alan Shearer's heart was directly broken by Evelyn's question, and a blue skill bubble appeared in front of him! Damn!

Awesome Evelyn!

I'll give you a chicken drumstick! Gu Ran was secretly delighted, and then he concentrated his mind to check Alan Shearer's bubble: Super Shooter: Review-style celebration action +1.

Gu Ran: ...

What the hell is this?!

The top scorer of the Premier League with 260 goals, this is the only thing that drops from the negative emotion bubble? The review-style celebration action... is just raising one hand, right? This is fucking amazing, anyone with hands can do it, and it's actually a celebrity skill? Gu Ran was almost laughing out of anger.

Just when I was about to ignore it, a system prompt suddenly came to my mind: Using this action to celebrate can ignite the passion of the fans, thereby gaining higher popularity and favorability, and can slightly increase the hit rate and excitement of the next pass/shot (can be stacked up to 3 times in a single game), and can be stacked with other celebration actions.

What the hell???

This is actually a BUFF celebration! As long as you use this simple celebration action after scoring a goal, you can increase the success rate and excitement of the next pass/shot! This is awesome!

Isn’t Alan Shearer’s greatest characteristic his high hit rate?

Gu Ran immediately gathered his mind and collected this skill from a distance! Super Shooter: Review-style celebration action +1! Gu Ran secretly took a deep breath - as if he didn't feel anything special.

Evelyn, you have to keep going...I want more!

Gu Ran cast an encouraging look at Evelin.

Evelyn was instantly full of energy, as if she had turned into a thousand ducks, "Mr. Shearer, what's wrong with you? Why don't you speak? Mr. Shearer, please speak quickly, Mr. Shearer..."

Alan Shearer was being driven crazy by Evelyn.

He just wanted to watch a game quietly, but he didn't expect to "suffer such a disaster"! Fortunately, the game on the field resumed.

Southampton U18 team, which lost 1 goal, continued to strengthen midfield organization and attack on both wings under the on-the-spot command of coach Dodd.

The basic style of Southampton Club is to attack, whether leading or lagging behind, which is also the traditional style of Southampton Club.

The players on the field played very hard.

The Liverpool U18 team continued to play steadily, focusing on defense and then controlling the tempo of the game.

The strength of the two teams is actually very obvious.

Southampton U18's No. 10 midfielder had several outstanding performances as a frontcourt organizer and attacker, but Liverpool U18's defense was too strong. Southampton U18's many beautiful midfield and wing cooperation could not break through Liverpool U18's solid defense.

Once the Liverpool U18 team seizes the opportunity, it will be a deadly counterattack.

The Southampton U18 team's mentality gradually became impatient, and the errors in passing and coordination began to increase.

Coach Dodd was so anxious that he was jumping and roaring in the technical area on the sidelines.

Coach Mark on the other side put his hands in his pockets and kept waving in front of Coach Dodd.

Liverpool U18 players pressed No. 47 Kawai Yuichi closely and used various small and big moves to greet him in turn.

Yuichi Kawai was poor in confrontation to begin with, and after being targeted by all the Liverpool U18 players, he didn't even have a chance to run, let alone get the ball. He was completely suppressed and beaten.

Kawai Yuichi's confidence was destroyed!

Suzuki Honami, who was watching the game on the sidelines, couldn't help but sigh secretly: Gu Ranjun is so right... Yuichi is really not cut out for playing professional football. He can't even withstand the most basic British physical confrontation.

Gu Ranjun... was holding hands and flirting with that young foreign female reporter, huh.

The game was in the 21st minute.

Southampton U18 team made two beautiful two-pass combinations in the middle area of ​​the frontcourt, with No. 10 hitting the ball to the left rib area.

This wave of penetration was also the most eye-catching offensive cooperation of Southampton U18 team so far in the first half.

Liverpool U18 team reacted quickly, with four midfielders instantly forming a double team in the left rib area.

Southampton U18's No. 3 left-back took a touch of the ball and sent a half-high ball directly into Liverpool U18's penalty area.

The quality of this cross was average, but fortunately Southampton U18's No. 11 striker and No. 10 core midfielder made a forward pass to the goal at the same time.

However, Liverpool U18's tall central defender got in position and jumped up, heading the cross out.

Liverpool U18's No. 12 midfielder raised his toes to stop at the first point where the ball landed, and then directly passed it to Sterling with a low pass! Sterling exploded again after getting the ball!

Here it comes again!!! This time, Southampton U18 team was prepared. Two defenders immediately rushed to Sterling's path to intercept him, and other players also quickly returned to defense.

However, Sterling was too fast! The two Southampton U18 players who came forward to defend and intercept clearly started at the same time, but they couldn't even touch Sterling's shadow!

Sterling ate two people alive at high speed! In the blink of an eye, he rushed into the penalty area of ​​​​the Southampton U18 team with the ball!

Another straight shot! Southampton U18's goalkeeper rushed out to intercept the ball one-on-one with obvious fear on his face.

Sterling slowed down slightly and kicked hard! The football whizzed past the goalkeeper's five fingers and shot into the far corner of the goal -

The ball went in again!

In the 23rd minute of the first half, Liverpool U18 team beat Southampton U18 team 2:0! The Liverpool executives and staff in the stands all cheered for Sterling happily!

After scoring the goal, Sterling pointed his hands to the sky happily, and his Liverpool U18 teammates ran up to hug him and celebrate.

Liverpool U18 team's way of scoring is very simple, which is to pass the ball to Sterling and rely on Sterling's sprint speed and finishing shot.

But this simple offensive method made it impossible for the Southampton U18 team to cope with it.

Yes, tactically speaking, all we have to do is defend Sterling.

But the problem is, it’s really impossible to prevent it.

Sterling is really too strong. Although he is only 16 years old, his speed and shooting are really overwhelming at the U18 level.

It is no exaggeration to say that he is the son of God.

No Southampton U18 player on the field could limit him.

If you keep kicking like this...

Southampton U18 team is about to collapse.

Looking at Sterling happily on the court, Gu Ran, who was sitting on the bench, couldn't help but take a deep breath secretly at this moment, trying to suppress the boiling blood in his body.

The stronger the opponent, the more excited Gu Ran became.

——All strong people are like this.

A strong person never asks how strong his opponent is. A strong person only asks: When can I get on top of him? Lights, lights, lights, lights~ Sterling's happy and arrogant expression made the Southampton U18 players on and off the field excited.

Gu Ran took another quick look and still didn't see anything good.

We can only put our hopes on Evelyn.

Light~ Before Evelyn could ask Alan Shearer what he thought about the second goal, Alan Shearer directly exploded a blue skill bubble.

Evelyn has become the shadow of Alan Shearer...

However, Evelyn did not let Alan Shearer go.

After all, Evelin couldn't see the negative emotion bubbles.

Evelyn asked Alan Shearer very quickly, "Mr. Shearer, what do you think of our second goal? How do you feel now? Do you think we should send our rising star Gu Ran into the game at this time? Mr. Shearer..."

Alan Shearer's face was pale and his lips trembled nervously.

This made him more nervous than captaining the England national team in the World Cup.

Tsk tsk, poor Premier League top scorer...

Gu Ran no longer paid attention to Alan Shearer, but instead concentrated his mind on checking the bubble: Heavy artillery long-range shot: cruise missile +1.

Oh shit!

Another heavy artillery long-range skill! Awesome! Evelynn! This is not just a chicken drumstick! I must thank Evelynn in the future!

Gu Ran happily collected the skill "Cruise Missile" through the air.

This skill, like Lampard's Cloud Piercing Arrow and Pratt's Stone Breaking, is a star-level heavy artillery long-range skill, but it is different.

Lampard's arrow has a clear elevation angle and is aimed specifically at the goal beam area. For defenders and goalkeepers who are not good at defending high balls, this long shot is their purgatory nightmare.

Pratt's earth-shattering kick has the violent aesthetic style of the god of war Batistuta, which emphasizes speed and power, and is often used in the fleeting moment of long-range shooting opportunities - it can be regarded as a low-end version of Batistuta's heavy artillery.

Hiller's heavy artillery long-range shots not only have the aesthetic power of heavy artillery, but also have the precise aiming and guidance capabilities of a cruise missile, with the main focus being on hit rate.

These three different long-range shooting skills... can be superimposed on each other! In other words, Gu Ran can kick out a heavy long-range shot with both an elevation angle, a sudden attack, a violent aesthetic, and a high hit rate!

Of course, the three-in-one heavy artillery long-range shooting will theoretically consume three times the mental and physical energy.

However, this is not a big deal for Gu Ran now.

This "cruise missile" is also Alan Shearer's core skill! Now, there are 3 chances left! Gu Ran fixed his eyes firmly on Sterling on the field...

The game on the field continues.

The Southampton U18 team, which lost two goals, was in a situation where its offense collapsed and its defense even more collapsed.

Liverpool U18 took the opportunity to expand their defensive range, and Sterling frequently penetrated into the left flank area of ​​Southampton U18.

Every move of Sterling can greatly stimulate the defense line of Southampton U18 team.

Coach Dodd tried to save the defense through on-the-spot command, but to little avail.

Four Southampton U18 defenders marked Sterling, but were unable to stop him.

Sterling's activeness in the midfield and frontcourt also greatly reduced the pressure on Liverpool U18's midfield and backcourt. Liverpool U18 played more relaxed, and various wonderful and deadly combinations were staged continuously.

The left side of Southampton U18 was completely broken down, and there were dangers all around in front of the goal.

We really can't go on like this.

“Gu…”

Coach Dodd walked back to the visiting team's bench from the technical area and said in a deep voice, "Have you seen Sterling's strength? That kid... is really fast. Mark said he is the son of God, and it seems that he is not bragging."

Gu Ran nodded slightly, "Yes."

To be honest, although Sterling will have many happy highlights in the future, no one can underestimate Sterling's talents in speed, positioning, ball control, etc.

Coach Dodd pursed his lips and asked, "Are you sure you can restrict him?"

"Yes." Gu Ran said without hesitation.

At this time, any hesitation is a sign of lack of confidence.

Although in terms of attribute values, Sterling's basic speed and sprint speed are definitely higher than Gu Ran's, but not by much!

Moreover, Gu Ran's physical fitness, strength, and power are definitely not weaker than Sterling's.

More importantly, Gu Ran has a higher football IQ than Sterling!

So, just do it!

Seeing Gu Ran so confident, Coach Dodd said happily: "Great! Gu, I wanted you to save some energy and go up to compete with Sterling in the second half, but we lost two goals in 25 minutes in the first half. If we can't limit Sterling, we will be finished! Let alone the face of our Saints, Alan will also be embarrassed! Do you see how uncomfortable Alan is now? He is about to cry! We can't let him suffer like this anymore!"

Wait, he was about to cry because...

never mind.

Gu Ran cleared his throat subconsciously.

Then Coach Dodd continued to speak passionately: "So, we need you, Gu!"

"We need you to suppress Sterling's performance!"

"We need you to activate the offensive on the left side and open up the offensive situation!"

"We need you to severely crack down on the arrogance of those Liverpool brats!"

"Our entire team needs your help!"

"Gu...tell me, can you do this?"

Coach Dodd looked into Gu Ran's black eyes with great anticipation.

Gu Ran's already boiling blood instantly rose to his head, "Coach, leave it to me."

Isn't it just the happy boy Sterling? I will turn him into an unhappy little idiot in no time! "Okay!" Coach Dodd patted Gu Ran's shoulder vigorously, "...Take off your pants!"

Gu Ran stood up quickly, took off his trousers, revealing the No. 9 player's shorts, and began to warm up on the sidelines.

Coach Dodd called on two players on the bench to warm up with Gu Ran.

"Hey, Dodd!"

Coach Mark, standing in the home team's technical area, put his hands in his pockets and grinned smugly, "Did you see the performance of my Sterling? Do you admit that he is the son of God? Hahaha! I was not bragging to you before! You have conceded two goals now, do you want me to replace Sterling? If you want him, just tell me. How can I know you want him if you don't tell me?"

Coach Dodd frowned and said, "Thank you Mark! But no need!"

Coach Mark laughed and said, "Hey, don't hold on. Don't you Saints have any face left? Look, Alan Shearer is almost crying! It's just a friendly match. Don't hurt the relationship between our two clubs. What if we beat you 7:0? That would be so ugly. Besides, hasn't the God Gu Ran you mentioned been restricted by us? I think his mentality has collapsed! What else do you expect?"

Coach Dodd was stunned. "Gu Ran is restricted by you guys? Haha, you are wrong! Gu Ran hasn't appeared yet!"

Coach Mark was also stunned, "Isn't that No. 47 on the field Gu Ran?"

Coach Dodd curled his lips in disdain, "That's trash! There's no way he can be our rising star! Our rising star is warming up now!"

Coach Dodd proudly pointed at Gu Ran, who was wearing jersey number 9 and warming up seriously on the sidelines.

Coach Mark was surprised, then laughed, "What? I thought... Well, that's nothing! You've already lost two goals, the whole game has collapsed, it's useless no matter who goes up - stop struggling!"

Coach Dodd said proudly, "Just wait and see!"

At this time, Southampton U18 team touched the ball out of bounds while defending, and the ball was dead on the field. Coach Dodd immediately asked the fourth official to make a substitution.

Gu Ran had just taken off his pants not long ago, so the warm-up was not very thorough, but it was enough.

Yuichi Kawai and two wingers were substituted, and Gu Ran, the little midfielder forward and a left midfielder were substituted.

The entire left side is equivalent to a major change.

Kawai Yuichi walked off the court unwillingly, without even high-fiving Gu Ran.

When Kawai Yu came off the field, he muttered, "They substituted me out after only half an hour... I could have played longer."

Gu Ran said coldly: "I have already given you a chance, but it's you who can't do it. Even if I give you a chance, you won't be able to do it."

"What did you say!" Kawai Yuichi stared at Gu Ran with bloodshot eyes.

Gu Ran said coldly: "Don't you think you are embarrassed enough? Get off the stage quickly and let Dad do it!"

"You!" Kawai Yuichi blamed all the anger he had received on Gu Ran, "Okay, I'll settle the score with you after the game!"

Yuichi Kawai walked off the court without high-fiving Coach Dodd and sat down on the bench angrily.

Gu Ran ran into the venue.

Seeing No. 47 being substituted, the Liverpool U18 players proudly high-fived each other to celebrate.

"Haha, No. 47 Gu Ran was substituted after playing for less than 30 minutes!"

"I think that kid's face is going to be twisted with anger!"

"What's with the national championship golden boots? That's so lame!"

"Why is there another black-haired Asian here? And he's number 9?"

"It doesn't matter. Their rising star Gu Ran has been taken down by us. It will be useless if anyone replaces him."

"Let's keep going! Let's try to dunk all three of them in the first half!"

"Same old way, pass the ball to Sterling and give Sterling a hat!"

Sterling smiled happily and said, "Okay, okay!"

On the other side, as soon as Gu Ran came on the court, the low morale of the Southampton U18 team was visibly boosted.

The players of Southampton U18 team have all been abused by Gu Ran in training and are well aware of Gu Ran's strength.

What's more, the big scumbag Yuichi Kawai finally got out.

The true battle between the rising stars begins from now on! (End of this chapter)