Losing the ball at the very beginning had a great impact on Southampton's mentality.

Not only the Southampton players on the field looked depressed, but even coach Adkins in the technical area looked depressed.

Theory is really just theory...

In theory, it is possible to limit Arsenal's quick passing and cutting by strangling the position, but in reality...

Adkins sighed dejectedly, and for a moment he didn't know how to direct the situation.

We lost the ball 22 seconds into the game...

This is after we took the tactical analysis class, and everyone is mentally prepared...

Arsenal is so strong that the English League One teams really see no hope.

Are you still commanding a ball of yarn?

If they continue playing like this, Southampton will collapse in 7 minutes, not even until the 70th minute.

Not to mention winning or even drawing, as long as they lose by less than 3 goals, Southampton can breathe a sigh of relief and escape unscathed.

Coach Adkins is really afraid of being beaten by double digits at the Emirates Stadium...

At this critical moment, the stars really need to stand up and hold on! Chamberlain stood up, clapped his hands, and shouted to his teammates: "Come on! This is just the beginning! We Southampton are invincible--"

His Southampton teammates didn't want to pay any attention to him.

Southampton fans didn't want to pay any attention to him either.

On the other side, on the home team's bench, coach Wenger sat calmly, without a trace of emotion on his face.

In fact, Coach Wenger was happy in his heart.

However, this happiness was not because a goal was scored 22 seconds into the game - playing against a mid-table English League One team like Southampton, scoring the first goal right at the start was really nothing. Arsenal's players just performed at their normal level, and this was not something that coach Wenger should be happy about.

In the opinion of coach Wenger, there will be no problem in winning this game, and after all, it is a friendly match, so winning by more or less does not matter much.

The key point is... the real purpose of this game is to observe Southampton's rising star, Gu Ran, up close and personal.

During Arsenal's attack just now, Coach Wenger's attention was not on the quick cooperation between Wilshere, Arshavin and Nasri, but on the confrontation between Walcott and Gu Ran on the left side of Southampton.

Coach Wenger also knows that poor confrontation is one of Walcott's disadvantages, especially in the Premier League, this disadvantage is more obvious, but fortunately Walcott is fast, flexible, and can pass the ball with one touch, so basically this disadvantage will not cause too much problem.

However, Walcott's speed was unexpectedly caught up and locked by Gu Ran, and when they came into close combat, Walcott was completely powerless to resist!

It was precisely because Gu Ran restricted Walcott on the left that Wilshere was forced to make two more passes, allowing Arshavin and Nasri to make the transition bridge.

To go into more depth - if, if the Southampton players' defensive level was a little higher, and their stranglehold formation was a little more swift, then Wilshere's previous cooperation might have been intercepted.

Walcott has been controlled by Gu Ran, and Arsenal's right-wing attack is likely to be ruined.

If Gu Ran's defensive position is larger and his backcourt freedom is higher, he might really cause trouble for Arsenal's offense! This is really... great!

Coach Wenger was very happy!

This is what he wanted to see! Gu Ran, this kid... is really good! Coach Wenger couldn't help but put his hand on the zipper.

Lights~ Just as the Arsenal players were celebrating arrogantly, a blue skill bubble appeared under Walcott's feet.

Although Arsenal scored a goal in this attack, and the goal was scored 22 seconds into the game, this goal had nothing to do with Walcott.

It can't be said that there is no connection. After all, if Gu Ran didn't just defend him, he would have returned to the penalty area to snipe Bendtner.

Therefore, Walcott still had some involvement in this goal.

However, how could Walcott, who aspires to be the "strongest man in Wenger's team", be satisfied with a half-cent relationship?

Especially when he was singled out by his "younger fellow student" right from the start, Walcott was really embarrassed! Seeing the blue skill bubble under Walcott's feet, Gu Ran immediately focused his mind and checked: Top Sprint: King of Highbury +1.

Oh shit!

The King of Highbury refers to Arsenal legend Thierry Henry!

Walcott was an apprentice coached by Henry himself! So this top sprint: King of Highbury skill should be the sprint skill inherited from Henry the Great! So cool! I won't lose out on this!

Gu Ran immediately concentrated his mind and collected the blue bubble from a distance.

All of a sudden, Gu Ran felt his motor nerves tighten! It was as if he was being reshaped!

Not only are the motor nerves in the thighs stronger, but the motor nerves in the waist and abdomen are also stronger! Holy shit! This feels so good!

This skill is even higher than Extreme Acceleration: Son of the Wind! If Arsenal hadn't scored a goal just now, Gu Ran really wanted to celebrate with a single palm chop! Walcott walked up to Gu Ran with a dark face and said in a deep voice: "Boy, I wasn't ready just now..."

Gu Ran couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, "Come again."

Yes! I want more!

The game continues——

Arsenal fans happily sang the team song "Hot stuff".

Amid the singing of "The Gunners made Arsenal play beautifully, now let Arsenal teach them a lesson", Southampton's center forward Gully kicked the ball in the center circle with a depressed look on his face and knocked the ball back to midfielder Hammond.

Despite having the ball, Southampton did not rush to attack. Instead, they patiently passed the ball back and forth in their own backcourt, luring the enemy deeper and preparing to strangle them in the midfield.

Arsenal played quickly to the rhythm of their team song and their formation was pressed forward.

The two sides then engaged in a melee battle in the midfield area.

Coach Adkins shouted loudly in the technical area, directing the players' movement and passing on the spot.

Coach Wenger, on the other hand, sat back and watched, his eyes occasionally glancing at Gu Ran who was constantly sprinting on the field to assist in defense.

With the constant reminders from Coach Adkins and Gu Ran's high level of participation, Southampton's stranglehold formation finally kept up with the rhythm.

Southampton players' defensive movements were very large, and often as soon as Arsenal players started to make runs, they would be greeted with a shoulder collision.

Various back-pulling and fierce sliding tackles were also performed one after another.

Arsenal fans booed coach Adkins and Southampton players.

But Southampton still continues to stick to this "ugly" and "shameless" style of play.

When a weak team plays against a strong team, it has to be willing to be "ugly" and "shameless".

If a weak team wants to use beautiful offensive methods to play against a strong team, it would be strange if it is not beaten badly.

Besides, this kind of shamelessness is better than that kind of shamelessness.

The shameless attitude of "after losing to Vietnam, losing to Thailand, losing to Thailand, losing to Syria" is really shameless.

When playing against a strong team, you have to put aside your pride and bite the opponent's "kidney" with your teeth to prevent them from gaining momentum.

Southampton's diamond formation also basically revolves around Wilshere and Nasri.

In the five-minute first half, the two sides had close confrontations in the middle more than a dozen times. Southampton almost never passed the ball forward, but just passed the ball back and forth at the back midfield to strangle the opponent.

Gu Ran covers a large area, sprinting back and forth between the left and center areas.

Such a sprint is very energy-consuming.

But it was precisely because of these repeated sprints that Southampton seemed to have an extra person on the back line, and the local strangulation was also well coordinated.

Almost all of the Arsenal team pushed across the half court, engaging in a physical battle with Southampton.

This also hits the mark of Southampton's strategy of consuming physical energy - the premise is that Southampton can really hold on without collapsing after 70 minutes.

During these few minutes, Southampton did stabilize its position somewhat.

Although the scene was a bit "shameless", it was not dull at all. Instead, the confrontation was fierce and passionate.

In the 8th minute of the game, Arsenal forced a throw-in with a high-speed sprint.

The Ashburton team became agitated and cheered desperately for Arsenal.

Arsenal seized the opportunity and pressed forward into the 30-meter area within Southampton's half, where right-back Eboue threw the ball out of bounds with great force.

Ramsey jumped up under the double-team of two Southampton defenders, got to the first point and headed the ball to Bendtner who had already rushed into the Southampton penalty area.

Southampton also responded quickly. Central defenders Martin and Jaidi, as well as Gu Ran who quickly returned to defense, combined to double-team Bendtner.

Martin blocked Bendtner's jumping space, Jaidi relied on his height to compete with Bendtner, and Gu Ran got rid of Walcott's entanglement from the left rib, rushed towards Bendtner with lightning speed, and directly confronted Bendtner with his body! ——The Arsenal fans at the scene all took a breath! It was the first time they saw a League One player with such a fast speed and such strong aggressiveness.

Bendtner didn't care about Martin and Jaidi's defense, but Gu Ran's impact force caught Bendtner off guard.

At the moment of collision, Bendtner and Gu Ran were both grinning.

Bendtner's center of gravity was knocked off balance! But at the moment when he was about to lose his balance, he jumped up and caught the flying football!

Most of Bendtner's strength was basically taken away by Gu Ran. This header was unable to find the right position and could not exert any force under the siege of three people!

The football brushed past the goal post weakly.

Gu Ran and Bendtner both fell to the ground.

The Southampton fans behind the goal were about to have a heart attack! In their opinion, Gu Ran was still in the closed position in the last game! If Gu Ran was injured, then Southampton would really collapse today!

After falling to the ground, Gu Ran quickly climbed up from the grass and watched the football fly safely out of the end line.

Southampton fans were relieved! They immediately applauded Gu Ran's positive performance.

Coach Adkins was also sweating and applauded Gu Ran vigorously.

If Gu Ran hadn't retreated in time to defend, Bendtner would have probably scored twice! It must be said that Arsenal's attack was really sharp!

So far in the first half, Southampton has tried its best to maintain its defensive posture, but Arsenal's offensive has never stopped.

Coach Wenger, sitting on the home team's bench, folded his hands across his chest, his face still looking gentle.

Gu Ran's performance just now made Coach Wenger more determined to get him for free - it would be a shame to the Emirates Stadium, which cost 500 million pounds to build, if he didn't get such a young, energetic Chinese player with first-class positioning awareness and good confrontation ability for free.

If Gu Ran can be trained and transformed into a beast waist in the future, and his defensive area can cover the entire backcourt, then Arsenal will really be even more powerful!

If I were to transform Gu Ran, he would at least be better than Park Ji-sung of Manchester United, right?

If Park Ji-sung is used as a benchmark, then it is not too much to get a free pass without spending a penny and even letting Southampton pay for his weekly salary...

Coach Wenger's calculations were crackling in his mind! At this time, Bendtner , who was knocked to the ground, glared at Gu Ran fiercely, and a blue skill bubble appeared under his feet.

Gu Ran concentrated his mind and scanned: sense of smell in front of the door +1.

This is a standard forward skill.

It seems that Bendtner is still too confident and his negative emotions are not high.

Gu Ran simply ignored this skill bubble - there would be plenty of opportunities to pick up this kind of ordinary forward skill in the future. All the progress from the 10 pick-ups today would have to be used on star skills. At the very least, he would have to get an exclusive talent point with a green glow.

Facing Bendtner's angry eyes, Gu Ran said contemptuously: "What are you looking at?"

The muscles on Bendtner's face twitched suddenly! Bendtner knew he was provoked, but as a Dane where all men pee sitting down, Bendtner didn't know how to respond to Gu Ran's words for a moment.

This is the downside of not taking your studies seriously and hiding in the girls' room every day to skip classes! While Bendtner was still racking his brains for words, Gu Ran had already turned around and quickly got into position.

The physical collision just now made Gu Ran's muscles ache all over.

Gu Ran secretly rejoiced in his heart: Fortunately, his physical fitness was 81 points and the Iron Man was also +6, otherwise he would not be able to bear it.

This is indeed the real physical confrontation between the British and American superstars!

While running back, Gu Ran concentrated his mind and allocated 2 of the 7 remaining talent points directly to his strength attribute.

The strength attribute also increased from 80 points to 82 points.

If you want to defend against a tank-like center forward like Bendtner, it doesn't matter what skills you have, just throw bricks hard and it will be fine! The game is in the 14th minute.

Arsenal used an overall sprint and high pressure to successfully intercept Chamberlain's ball near the midfield.

Fortunately, Southampton's other midfielders formed a triangle in time and restricted Nasri's quick pass in the first place.

Nasri forced his way through with the ball but was tripped to the ground by two Southampton defenders.

The referee immediately awarded Arsenal a free kick.

The free kick was about 35 meters away from the goal.

Southampton players quickly formed a human wall.

Tsar Arshavin took the free kick.

Arshavin shot the ball with great force, and it hit the Southampton wall and bounced to the top of the penalty area.

Southampton's central defender Martin fell in the penalty area, but Nasri didn't care. Instead, he rushed forward and took a long shot.

The football flew over the crossbar and into the visiting team's stands.

Southampton fans booed Nasri.

The referee immediately stopped the game and asked the team doctor to come on the court to treat Martin.

Fortunately, Martin's injury was not serious. After a simple treatment, he crawled up from the grass - he didn't want to miss this good opportunity to play against Arsenal.

The game continues.

In the 18th minute, Arsenal's quick break came back.

Southampton's right side was torn open by the high-speed position switching of Wilshere, Clichy and Arshavin, creating a huge defensive loophole.

Wilshere received the ball in the middle, dribbled inside and shot.

Goalkeeper Davis made a great leap and tipped the shot over the crossbar.

Southampton fans were terrified! In fact, Southampton's defense was already in chaos. If Wilshere had passed the ball to Nasri next to him more steadily or dribbled the ball and then passed it directly to Bendtner, maybe there would be a chance.

Arsenal also played too relaxed and freely, and the firing rights in the midfield and frontcourt were not concentrated.

After all... this is just a friendly match, and Arsenal's real core Fabregas did not play, and Robin van Persie was not there either, so the other players in the midfield and frontcourt could play and shoot as much as they could.

Arsenal win a corner.

Arshavin took a tactical short corner kick, and Arsenal relied on outside passes to find Southampton's gaps.

Coach Adkins shouted and gave orders in the tactical area, and all Southampton players retreated into the penalty area and parked the bus.

Ramsey, who had the ball on the outside, couldn't find a good passing opportunity, so he simply took a long shot himself.

Celebrities all over the world subconsciously held their breath.

Fortunately, the ball hit the plane.

——Arsenal’s attacks were so sharp and crazy that the Southampton players were almost breathless.

The game continues.

Southampton held the ball and continued to pass the ball cautiously in the backcourt, luring Arsenal into a stranglehold.

Arsenal's overall attack and pressure remained strong, and Southampton's defense looked terrifying.

Gu Ran was still sprinting back and forth between the left and the center.

In the first 20 minutes of the first half, his sprint distance was already the highest in the team, even catching up with Arsenal's average sprint distance.

Gu Ran's physical energy consumption is also the greatest.

He had only played for 20 minutes, but the physical exertion he had exerted was equivalent to playing a full half in the national high school finals two months ago.

Of course, compared to that time, Gu Ran’s current physical limit is much higher.

In the 24th minute of the game, Arsenal used a quick pass to force a corner kick on the right side of Southampton.

Arshavin kicked the ball to the front point.

After Ramsey stopped the ball, he immediately passed it back to right-back Clichy who came up to assist.

As soon as Southampton's dense defensive formation expanded slightly, Klich immediately cut in and passed the ball into the penalty area to find center forward Bendtner.

Bendtner pulled out and successfully caught the ball!

Ashburton's army beat the drums of war, and the entire Emirates Stadium was filled with shouts of killing! Martin and Jaidi immediately closed the door to defend Bendtner, and Hammond and Dixon also quickly retreated to double-team to prevent Bendtner from passing the ball to his teammates.

Gu Ran quickly went to the small penalty area to support and block! Walcott immediately intercepted Gu Ran at a high position, preventing Gu Ran from supporting. He increased his sprint speed to the limit, trying to block Gu Ran's path to support with his body.

At this moment, Gu Ran's High-Speed ​​Sprint +4, Violent Sprint +3, and Son of Wind +3 are all activated!

In the blink of an eye, he left behind Walcott, who was known for his speed! These three skills were not Gu Ran's strongest speed, but they were enough! The three skills combined together, although not 1+1+1 times the effect, at least it could reach 1.5 times the effect!

It is equivalent to temporarily raising the inherent "burst" attribute from 78 points to about 85 points! Walcott wanted to reach out and pull Gu Ran's jersey, but he couldn't reach it at all!

Gu Ran's sprint was full of the beauty of violent aesthetics! At this time, Bendtner had successfully gotten rid of Martin and Jaidi's defense with his strong body and flexible feet, and flashed a shooting channel!

Bendtner shoots.

Gu Ran took the lead and slid into position, and without touching Bendtner, he accurately shoveled the ball out of the end line!

This sliding tackle is quite similar to Gerrard in Game 8! "Woooow!"

The Arsenal fans who were already preparing to celebrate the goal exclaimed in disbelief!

Bendtner's performance in the penalty area was perfect, but Gu Ran's precise sliding tackle ruthlessly destroyed Bendtner's perfection.

Arsenal's sure goal was lost just like that!

Goalkeeper Davis ran out excitedly, pulled Gu Ran up from the ground and hugged him.

Southampton fans were also screaming with excitement!

Although this was not a goal-scoring scene for Southampton, it was really encouraging to be able to clear the goal that was sure to be scored by the most arrogant Bendtner on the opposing team!

Southampton has not had a decent counterattack so far, and the game was very passive and ugly. However, Gu Ran's performance on the defensive end was really stabilizing!

Even coach Wenger couldn't help but nod slightly, thinking to himself: ...Perhaps, if we increase the offer and pay half of Gu Ran's weekly salary to rent him, it would be possible.

After shoveled away Bendtner's sure-shot goal, Gu Ran immediately got up and stared at Bendtner, waiting for Bendtner to drop the bubble.

Bendtner approached angrily, pressed his chest against Gu Ran's chest, and yelled, "What are you looking at?"

Gu Ran said contemptuously: "What are you looking at?"

Bendtner was stunned again! ...I learned something!!!

But how should they respond next? Before Bendtner could figure it out, the players from both teams quickly separated the two of them.

A blue skill bubble immediately appeared under Bendtner's feet.

A blue skill bubble also appeared under Walcott's feet as he was crushed by Gu Ran's sprinting speed.

Gu Ran took the opportunity to focus his mind and check:

What Bendtner dropped was - Super Confidence +1.

Walcott dropped - Top Sprint: King of Highbury +1.

What the hell is this skill called super confidence!?

The little tiger from the same school is still awesome! Another King of Highbury!

Gu Ran ignored Bendtner's bubble and picked up Walcott's bubble through the air.

Top Sprint: King of Highbury +2! (End of this chapter)