First, the Southampton team entered the field to warm up.

When Gu Ran and a group of Southampton players stepped onto the high-quality turf of the Emirates Stadium, the Saints' diehard fans who came from afar cheered and shouted at the top of their lungs.

MaxxRT and others excitedly waved the national flag at Gu Ran - their online copyright has been negotiated with the help of Old Rice, and they can start the domestic live broadcast when the English Football League One officially starts next week!

By then, domestic fans will be able to see Gu Ran’s wonderful performance on the court with their own eyes!

Among the Southampton fans, the most eye-catching ones are the beautiful cheerleaders in miniskirts from the "Gu Ran Global Support Club".

Although in terms of momentum, the "Gu Ran Global Support Club" is far inferior to the Ashburton Legion, but... as soon as the beauties in miniskirts raised their legs, the whole audience's attention was focused on them.

Even the most hardcore Ashburton Legion members were distracted.

This is really unethical.

Gu Ran simply waved his hand, and then devoted himself to the adaptive training.

Soon, Arsenal also entered the field for adaptive warm-up.

The DJ at the Emirates Stadium introduced Arsenal's 26-man squad with an exciting voice.

"Van Ambition, Van General, Robin Hood" Van Persie.

"Little Fabregas, Fabregas is loyal and righteous".

"Sword-bearing guard and high priest" Wilmaelen.

"Grandma" Koscielny.

"Song Gongming" Song.

"Tsar" Arshavin.

"Nasri" Nasri.

"Diaby" Diaby.

"Little Threat, Prince" Wilshere.

"Little Tiger" Walcott.

"The Emperor of Confidence" Bendtner.

"The most miserable good man in football" Eboue...

Every time a familiar name is read out, it triggers thunderous cheers at the Emirates Stadium.

In Arsenal’s 26-man squad, all four of Arsenal’s players are present!

What a luxurious show! Before the game, coach Adkins consoled his players by saying that Wenger was a respectable man and would not send all the main players to the field.

But this is only half true.

Even if Wenger doesn't send all the main players to play, Arsenal's substitutes are all capable of playing on their own in any Premier League team! This game is going to be really difficult...

Gu Ran couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly.

Yes, the stronger the opponent is, the more excited Gu Ran will be.

When he thought about getting the star-level skills of the four Arsenal players for free, Gu Ran couldn't help but get excited and eager to try! After the adaptive warm-up, the players from both sides temporarily left the field amid the cheers of the fans, and the starting players returned to their respective locker rooms to make final preparations.

Southampton players stood in a circle, with tense and solemn expressions, waiting for coach Adkins' pre-match speech.

Coach Adkins kept his poker face straight and said, "...Play well! The fans are watching us!"

"Yes! Coach!"

The Southampton players folded their hands and cheered.

Captain Davis shouted domineeringly: "Brothers, strangle Arsenal! I'll buy you the drinks tonight!"

“Ahhhh!”

"Strangle Arsenal! Strang Arsenal! Strang Arsenal!"

Among them, Chamberlain shouted the loudest!

After a lot of enthusiastic cheers, the players walked out of the locker room and lined up in the player tunnel.

Gu Ran stood in his own team, and next to him was Arsenal's Ivory Coast international, the talented right-back, the Premier League comedian, the spokesperson for Toad Kung Fu in football, and the most wronged man in football - Emmanuel Eboue.

Eboue is strong, has an excellent sense of position on the field, defends a large area, has abundant physical energy, and is fierce and accurate in his kicks. He often takes charge of the defense and assists for Arsenal's entire right side.

He has a lively and funny personality. When warming up, he likes to squat on the ground and jump up like a toad, so he is also called Fire Cloud Evil God by domestic fans.

As for saying that he is the most wronged person in football...

Of course, Eboue, now 27, is still a villain until he met his wife Aurelia at the age of 30.

In the future, Eboue, who had an annual income of 3 million pounds, was deliberately transferred all his assets by his white wife Aurelia because he earned too much money too quickly and had a low level of education. Then he was kicked out of the house with a divorce petition. Not only did all his assets disappear, but he also had to help Aurelia pay off the loan. Not only did he have to pay off the loan, but he also couldn't see his three children.

The Ivorian international had to squeeze into the bus, sleep on the floor, hide from creditors, and even had to borrow money from good friends to pay the back taxes...

Finally, he became so desperate that he wanted to commit suicide.

It's really worse than Bao Qiang and Xiao Fei.

So, when you marry a wife, you should marry a virtuous woman.

When Eboue saw Gu Ran looking at him, he raised his eyebrows at Gu Ran and made a face - he had no star airs at all, nor did he show any hostility.

Gu Ran also smiled at Eboue.

Eboue is a real social expert. Seeing Gu Ran respond, he took the initiative to approach and start a conversation: "Chinese? Left back?"

Gu Ran said shyly: "Yes."

Eboue said, "You are the one who slept with Crouch's model wife, right?"

Holy shit…

Is this the reputation I have in your eyes? Gu Ran almost couldn't hold it in, "It's really not!"

Eboue grinned and said, "You've been quite popular lately. Even people like me who can't read newspapers know you."

Gu Ran: ...

Eboue took the initiative to shake hands with Gu Ran, "I'm the right back, we're on the line, you better be careful later."

Gu Ran held Eboue's hand and said sincerely: "You are the one...to be careful of, especially women."

This is all I can remind you of, I can’t say more.

Eboue was puzzled and was about to discuss the matter in more detail when the referee led both teams onto the field.

As the two teams officially debuted, the atmosphere at the Emirates Stadium instantly became hot! Ashburton Army beat drums and cheered crazily, and all Arsenal fans applauded and cheered along with the drums of Ashburton Army! The entire Emirates Stadium was shocked! Playing in this home stadium, the pressure is huge, you can imagine!

The blood in Gu Ran's body was inexplicably ignited, and he was more nervous and excited than in any other game! During the handshake ceremony, when Gu Ran walked up to the little tiger Walcott to shake hands, Walcott proudly said: "You are Gu Ran, right? Coach Wenger will not buy you because I am the strongest person in his team."

Gu Ran squeezed Walcott's hand hard.

The muscles on Walcott's face suddenly twisted and deformed, and he pulled his hand back with all his strength.

Gu Ran said calmly: "Obviously, you are not."

Walcott: …

After the handshake ceremony between the two sides, the captains of the two teams came to the referee to choose sides.

Southampton captain Davis guessed the coin and won the first choice for Southampton.

Arsenal's temporary captain Koscielny won the priority to kick off for Arsenal.

Davis chose the north half, so Southampton attacked from the north half to the south half in the first half.

This is also one of the strategies planned in advance.

Arsenal's home fans stand is the South Stand. If Arsenal takes the North Stand in the first half, then every time Arsenal attacks/Southampton defends, Southampton will face the home pressure of tens of thousands of fanatical Arsenal fans.

Arsenal's attack in the first half will definitely be fierce, so letting Arsenal use the southern half as their defensive area will more or less reduce Arsenal's home pressure.

Of course, Southampton also faced boos and interference from Arsenal fans in the South Stand during their attack in the first half, but Southampton's tactics in the first half were to defend with all their might, so in theory the impact was not significant.

Seeing that Davis chose the north half, Arsenal fans immediately started booing.

Because this means that during Arsenal's attack in the first half, Arsenal fans could only see the backs of their own players.

Southampton fans were delighted - being able to guess the coin correctly and choose the side first was also a kind of victory.

After both parties decided on the venue, they took photos and stood in their positions.

Southampton used a 451 formation, with tall forward Guli leading the way alone, Chamberlain on the left, Lambert as the central midfielder, and Schneiderlin as the right midfielder.

The two defensive midfielders are Dixon and Hammond.

The left back is Gu Ran, the center backs are Aaron Martin and Jaidi, and the right back is Richardson.

The goalkeeper is captain Davis.

Central defender Aaron Martin played in both games that Gu Ran missed. He is only 20 years old, 184cm tall and weighs 78kg. Although he lacks experience compared to Walton, he has high physical fitness and strong confrontation.

Yes, all these long titles belong to Bendtner alone.

In terms of personal ability, Bendtner is definitely a top-notch player with all the talent.

Bendtner's jumping ability is stronger than that of Ronaldo. At 193cm tall, his heading ability is definitely world-class. He is strong and can hold the ball in the penalty area. He has great impact, is very fast, and has good shooting skills.

But, this stuff...

Too arrogant personality.

Not long after he came to Arsenal, when Henry the Great was still there, he stepped forward to teach Henry how to play football because Henry made a small mistake during training.

Henry was stunned, and the entire Arsenal team was dumbfounded.

Later, after Henry left, Bendtner had a fight with "Little Beast" Adebayo in the locker room and was beaten black and blue by Adebayo.

Later, Fabregas left and Van Persie was chosen as the new captain. Bendtner stood up again and disagreed with Van Persie, and was almost beaten by the Dutchman again.

Later, when Bendtner was loaned to Juventus, he asked to wear the No. 10 jersey left by Piero as soon as he joined the team, which confused the top management of Juventus.

He was not quiet outside the court. When he went to a pizza shop to eat, he didn't bring any cash, so he asked the waiter: "You don't even know who I am? Let alone eating your crappy pizzas, it would only take me a few minutes to buy out your crappy pizza shop." Then he was almost beaten.

As for his nickname "King of Toilets in North London", it was because Arsenal had two cultural classes per week for young players. Bendtner disliked the classes very much. In order to skip the classes, he actually ran into the women's toilet of the club and hid there, scaring all the female staff of Arsenal so much that they dared not go to the toilet.

In general, Bendtner is a cancer in the locker room.

Of course, Coach Wenger is still very tolerant of Bendtner. After all, Bendtner's data is good enough.

The only criterion Wenger uses to judge whether a player can play in the league and important games is data.

The data is strong enough. Even though Bendtner caused all kinds of trouble in the club, Wenger still maintained a fatherly tolerance towards him.

Arsenal's left forward in this game is the veteran No. 23 "Tsar" Arshavin, the attacking midfielder is No. 8 Nasri who says "I play football only for money", and the right winger is Southampton's former super genius "Little Tiger" No. 14 Walcott.

The defensive midfielder is No. 16 "Death God" Ramsey, and the Gunners prince, No. 19 Wilshere.

Ramsey is good at both offense and defense. As a defensive midfielder, he usually does not score goals, but whenever he scores a goal, the famous "Ramsey's Law" will be triggered: a celebrity will die within 24 hours after Ramsey scores a goal.

Therefore, Ramsey was ridiculed as the Grim Reaper.

Wilshere entered Arsenal's youth training at the age of 9. Wenger placed great hopes on him and he was defined by Arsenal as the new generation of midfield core. He is absolutely a legitimate prince.

The left back is No. 22 "Little K" Clichy, the central defenders are No. 20 "Admiral" Djokovic and No. 6 "Grandma" Koscielny, and the right back is the big enemy No. 27 Eboue.

The goalkeeper is Polish goalkeeper No. 53 "3C" Szczesny.

——Judging from Arsenal’s starting lineup, Wenger is still relatively decent.

Big-name players such as Van Persie, Fabregas, Song, Vermaelen, Rosicky and others all sat on the bench to watch the game.

The two teams had similar formations, but Arsenal's midfield was clearly more advanced, while Southampton's midfield was more lagging behind.

Gu Ran couldn't help but glance at Arsenal's right forward Walcott on the opposite line.

This match is a head-on competition between this Southampton rising star and the former Southampton rising star!

Walcott's face was full of blood.

Gu Ran's blood was boiling too——

Beep! At 3 o'clock, with the loud whistle of the referee, Southampton's away game against Arsenal officially began! The Arsenal fans at the scene cheered wildly.

Bendtner knocked the ball back with a powerful kick and passed it to Nasri. Then he rushed towards Southampton's position like a chariot, attracting firepower.

Nasri ran forward quickly with the ball, and Lambert and Guli came forward at the same time to intercept and press.

Nasri immediately found an opening and passed the ball horizontally to Ramsey, who then quickly passed the ball to Wilshere who was crossing forward!

Arsenal's midfield and frontcourt advanced very quickly! Southampton's five midfielders hurriedly double-teamed Wilshere and Nasri.

But the five midfielders of Southampton obviously couldn't keep up with the passing rhythm of Wilshere and Nasri! Arsenal's cross-running and passing in the frontcourt were very sharp and exquisite! Southampton was particularly passive right from the start! In just 6 seconds after the start, Arsenal completed 4 passes, and the football had been passed to the 30-meter area of ​​Southampton! Such passing and controlling cooperation is really pleasing to the eye! Although Southampton's defensive players have done enough psychological preparation, Arsenal's efficient and fast-paced cooperation at the beginning still made them helpless and embarrassed! Wilshere continued to make efficient passes with Nasri and Ramsey, and Southampton's formation also shrank inward in a panic.

Two wide gaps were instantly torn apart on both sides.

Arsenal's wingers took the opportunity to sprint forward! In just a few seconds, even left-back Clichy and right-back Eboue were about to cross the center line!

Left winger Arshavin and right winger Walcott directly attacked Southampton's defense line!

Arsenal's opening attack was beautiful! Especially the young tiger Walcott, who seemed to be working very hard against Southampton, his old club that nurtured him, and his sprinting speed was so fast that it looked like an afterimage! Quite a bit like Henry!

Gu Ran immediately rushed forward to defend and blocked Walcott's breakthrough route one step ahead.

This is a head-on one-on-one between Southampton's former rising star and current rising star!

All the Southampton fans at the scene stood up and cheered loudly for Gu Ran!

Walcott obviously didn't take Gu Ran seriously. Before Gu Ran rushed up to defend him, Walcott suddenly changed direction with great agility and cut directly into the penalty area! The speed of this cut was extremely fast, and his penetration awareness was definitely top-notch in the Premier League! However, the next moment, Gu Ran moved sideways at the same time as Walcott, completely blocking Walcott's path to cut in! This was a pre-judgment and quick crab step!

Walcott was surprised by Gu Ran's reaction speed! Walcott called himself "Little Henry" because when he came to Arsenal, he received Henry's guidance on speed. Walcott was very confident in his speed.

However, Gu Ran was able to follow his sudden change of direction and cut inside...

It must be a guess!

Walcott changes course again -

Gu Ran didn't give him a second chance to break away. He stuck to him and used all his strength to carry him with his shoulder! Walcott had no roots under his feet. He was knocked back several steps by Gu Ran and almost fell to the ground! Walcott was dumbfounded! Gu Ran was also a little confused! The two of them exclaimed in their hearts: How could this happen? Walcott didn't expect that Gu Ran's seemingly thin body could have such a strong impact.

Gu Ran didn't expect that Walcott, known as the little tiger, was actually... just so-so in physical confrontation.

Walcott's nickname "Little Tiger" is really just because he looks like the world's top golfer Tiger Woods.

Walcott's characteristics are fast speed and good sense in front of the goal, but his dribbling ability is average and his physical confrontation is poor among Premier League players.

After all, Walcott is only 1.75cm tall and weighs only 64kg.

Walcott is a small, fast and agile player. Such a player usually does not confront defenders head-on, and under normal circumstances, defenders cannot catch up with him or stick to him.

Gu Ran is 184cm tall and weighs 73kg, which means his hardware configuration is higher than Walcott's.

Gu Ran's strength attribute is 77, his strength attribute is 80, he also has reasonable collision +4, and enhanced defensive positioning +3. With all his skills turned on, he has a considerable advantage in confronting Premier League players who are not very strong! Gu Ran's eyes suddenly lit up! If we can do it! Then do it hard!

Gu Ran didn't wait for Walcott to react, he just stuck to him again and used his body to force Walcott out of the danger zone.

Gu Ran kicked very fiercely and aggressively.

Walcott fought back desperately, but he felt like he was being pressed down by a movable mountain and couldn't breathe! ... How could this thin-looking Chinese man be so strong?

Walcott couldn't get rid of it!

Arsenal's attack from the right side was directly blocked by Gu Ran!

At the same time, Wilshere dribbled the ball to the right in front of the penalty area.

Walcott is locked down, so look for Arshavin.

Arsenal's midfield and frontcourt reacted very quickly and attacked from multiple points.

Southampton's defensive midfielders desperately used their bodies to block Wilshere and others, and quickly formed a stranglehold formation.

However, before the five-man diamond stranglehold formation was tightened, Wilshere made a powerful diagonal pass and handed the ball to Tsar Arshavin who had already run into the open space on the right end of the Southampton penalty area! Coach Adkins, who was standing in the technical area on the sidelines, hugged his head anxiously.

Southampton did have the awareness of strangling the opponent in the midfield, but the situation was too passive, and the speed of strangling was too slow and too clumsy!

Such a stranglehold was like a joke in front of Arsenal's strength! At the same time when Arshavin stopped the ball, Nasri had already broken through the defensive line of the back waist and cut inside quickly! Arshavin made a powerful short pass directly through the double team on the right side of Southampton and passed the ball to Nasri.

Nasri then made a pass in front of the goal! The passing and cutting coordination was demonstrated like a textbook at this moment! The continuous cross-running of Arsenal's midfield and frontcourt players tore open Southampton's fragile and chaotic defense!

The through ball was easily delivered to the penalty spot in the small penalty area!

Bendtner, who is 193cm tall and weighs 86kg, directly knocked away the central defender Martin who lacked defensive experience, shook off the pull of Jaidi who turned too slowly, sprinted forward, stopped the ball with his long legs, and then followed up with another step and shot directly!

This kick was extremely powerful! There was no logic at all! Just go for it!

Davis was extremely nervous and predicted that Bendtner was going to attack directly. However, the ball was too powerful, with a short flight distance and a fast speed. Davis had no time to save it...

The football shot into the net amid the roars of Arsenal fans!

The referee blew the whistle, indicating that the goal was valid!

The score on the big screen at the Emirates Stadium immediately changed to Arsenal 1:0 Southampton!

This was a goal scored within 22 seconds of the start! All the Southampton fans were stunned! Everyone's eyes were filled with disbelief! Arsenal fans were ecstatic, cheering, jumping, waving flags, and clapping wildly under the leadership of the Ashburton team! Arsenal's attack was as smooth and lethal as mercury pouring out of the ground. In 22 seconds, there were a total of 14 passes, and not a single one was a waste!

Moreover, apart from the goalposts, all Arsenal players were sprinting!

Such an offensive rhythm and the professional attitude of all players sprinting are really explosive! Southampton faced a big headwind at the beginning!

This was also the fastest time Southampton conceded a goal since pre-season.

What's more frightening is that none of the Southampton players made any obvious mistakes in this goal - this is a real difference in strength! After scoring the goal, Bendtner arrogantly celebrated on the goal line by slapping Davis in the face! Nasri, Arshavin, Wilshere and others who participated in this beautiful fast break also ran up to hug Bendtner.

Davis's fists creaked in his goalkeeper's gloves.

The other Southampton defenders also wanted to rush up and beat Bendtner up...

(End of this chapter)