Less than 3 minutes into the show.

Gu Ran went straight to the central midfielder position, cooperated with Lallana in double-teaming, actively sought physical confrontation, and successively pushed away two Nottingham Forest defensive players who came to support, assisting Lallana in stealing the ball from Nottingham Forest.

Immediately afterwards, Gu Ran and Lallana made a very skillful and devastating two-pass combination.

Gu Ran dribbled the ball into the penalty area, engaging Notts County's defense, and then used a magic lamp to guide the ball into the small penalty area! Connolly flashed out, stopped the ball, turned around, and shot hard at the goal! Notts County's 188cm, 83kg, 27-year-old goalkeeper Rob Birch jumped sideways and blocked the ball out of the end line.

"Wow!" Almost the entire St. Mary's Stadium sighed.

The shot was brilliant, but Connolly's game form wasn't hot yet and his speed in stopping the ball and turning around was a little off.

The lack of depth in high-intensity matches will indeed have a significant impact on the team's form.

Connolly couldn't help but shook his head, expressing his dissatisfaction with himself, and then applauded Gu Ran who made a wonderful pass to him.

Gu Ran also applauded Connolly.

Southampton gets a corner kick.

Amid the cheers of Southampton fans, Lallana took a corner kick from the right side.

The corner kick was kicked outside the penalty area, and Schneiderlin held off a Nottingham Forest midfielder and took the lead to shoot! Goalkeeper Rob Boch rushed out and missed, but Nottingham Forest captain Neil Bishop headed the ball away on the goal line.

This clearance is thrilling!

Southampton fans sighed again! But the ball is not dead yet.

Before the Nottingham Forest players had time to celebrate their survival, they saw Gu Ran grab a second attack opportunity with his ghostly movement! Gu Ran stopped the ball perfectly with his reverse foot from close range -

Goalkeeper Rob Birch and captain Nell Bishop hurriedly moved to double-team——

Gu Ran suddenly used a small-scale quick fried meatball move. When he passed the ball to his right foot, Gu Ran did a Matthews shoulder drop and poked the ball towards the far corner of the goal with his toes! Strengthen the crotch pass +1!

+1 for the king of bargain hunting!

Almost in an instant, goalkeeper Rob Birch was shaken off and Nell Bishop was pierced through the crotch! Gu Ran's whole set of moves was so fast that it was dazzling! Before anyone had time to react, the football rolled lightly into the net! The ball went in! 4 minutes into the game! Southampton 1:0 Notts County! Gu Ran scored at the start!

The entire St. Mary's Stadium was filled with cheers and drums beating loudly!

Southampton had a fantastic start at home!

After scoring the goal, Gu Ran happily ran around the field with one hand, trying to stack buffs for himself.

There were many fans in the Ran live broadcast room who were watching Gu Ran playing football for the first time, and they were all stunned.

The physical confrontation, the ball stopping, the calmness, the prediction, the basketball IQ, and the technical details instantly conquered the new fans!

The screen is filled with all kinds of barrages and gifts!

The two mysterious Chinese guests in the VIP room couldn't help but widen their eyes in astonishment, watching the slow-motion replay on the big screen in disbelief.

The game continues.

Notts County strengthened their defense, but the home team Saints had no intention of letting the Magpies go.

15th minute of the game.

Notts County's several short passes were unable to penetrate Southampton's midfield defense. In desperation, Notts County could only pass the ball back to the backcourt to seek opportunities.

Gu Ran, the left-back, exploded instantly, sprinted violently, the Son of Wind, the King of Highbury, and rushed forward to press.

The Notts County players were all going crazy.

They really didn't understand why a left-back couldn't just stand in the left backcourt and run ahead of the forward. This style of play was simply unreasonable! Under Gu Ran's strong pressure, the Nottingham Forest midfielder hurriedly kicked the ball to the side, but his teammates didn't respond in time and the ball flew out of bounds.

Thanks to Gu Ran's hard work, Southampton got a throw-in within the 30-meter area in the frontcourt.

Nottingham Forest players quickly retreated into the penalty area to defend.

Southampton players all crossed the half court.

Right back Fonte is ready to kick the ball out of bounds.

Gu Ran ran over to ask Fang Te for the ball. Fang Te shrugged and handed the ball to Gu Ran.

Seeing Gu Ran was about to throw the ball out of bounds on the right side, all the Southampton fans at the scene couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Almost everyone thought that Gu Ran was young and love to play.

But for Gu Ran, it was a serious matter - to strengthen the powerful out-of-bounds ball by +2, he couldn't just leave it there and collect dust.

Gu Ran held the ball and loudly signaled the players to press into the penalty area.

After hesitating for a moment, the teammates penetrated into the Nottingham Forest penalty area.

Two tall central defenders also stood near the center of the penalty area.

Gu Ran lifted up his jersey and rubbed the ball on it to prevent it from slipping.

Gu Ran's strong abdominal muscles were immediately exposed, and several overly excited female fans in the stands fainted.

Immediately afterwards, Gu Ran took three steps back and used the running-up throwing method.

There are two ways to throw a foul ball, one is a standing foul ball, and the other is a running foul ball.

The distance of the out-of-bounds ball is shorter, but the serve is very fast and the landing point is accurate enough. It is usually used in fast breaks.

The run-up to throw the out-of-bounds ball relies on the inertia of the sprint, using the core strength of the waist and abdomen to drive the upper limbs as a lever for long-distance throwing.

Therefore, the accuracy of the run-up out-of-bounds ball will be relatively poor, but the distance is far enough.

Gu Ran sprinted and started. His first two steps were normal, and the last step was a big stride. His front foot was firmly planted outside the boundary line, his body was as tight as a bow, and he was like a "young man pulling the bow" when taking a scimitar penalty. His waist and shoulders exerted force at the same time, and he threw the ball at a 35-degree elevation with both arms! Strengthen the powerful out-of-bounds ball +2!

Great force brings about miracles! "wooooooow!"

The Southampton fans who originally thought that Gu Ran was just "playing around" were directly shocked by the power of Gu Ran's out-of-bounds ball!

They had only seen Gu Ran's lower limb abilities and skills before, and today was the first time they saw Gu Ran's upper limb abilities and skills! Seeing the long flight trajectory of the foul ball, many old Saints fans couldn't help but shout, "Drap! Drap!"

Rory John Delap, the "strategic grenade, Popeye", was once a player for Southampton and an iconic throw-in kicker. His throw-ins terrified countless opponents.

The Southampton period was not Delap's highlight period. He moved to Sunderland in 2005 and to Stoke City in 2007. When Delap met Tony Pulis, the father of the throw-in tactics, the entire Premier League was driven crazy by them.

Coach Tony Pulis used the throw-in as a corner kick, and Delap's super waist, abdomen and upper limb strength gave coach Tony Pulis the opportunity to implement the throw-in tactics.

Coach Tony Pulis did not just let Delap take the throw-in, but made Delap's strategic grenade throw-in the core tactical play. The whole team played around this style of play, creating various throw-ins and then kicking them as corner kicks.

This style of play made the usually gentle coach Wenger furious, and he even suggested abolishing throw-ins.

It can be said that the pressure from Delap's throw-in is no less than that of his contemporary Beckham's direct free kicks.

At this moment, Anthony Pulis, the son of coach Tony Pulis, is on the court.

Anthony Priss looked at the big arc and falling leaf out-of-bounds ball thrown by Gu Ran with astonishment on his face, his eyes were full of the shadow of his father...

This out-of-bounds ball was at least 30 meters away and went straight into the small penalty area!

The ball landed extremely accurately, heading for the middle of the field. It was a pinpoint bombing! The Nottingham Forest players were all dumbfounded! The 192cm center back Savile, who was playing for the first time, jumped up to meet the ball in the chaos and smashed it with his head.

The football hit the goal line, bounced off the ground and went into the net! The ball went in! In the 18th minute of the game, Gu Ran made a Popeye-like long-distance throw-in assist to expand the score for Southampton!

The whole audience went crazy!

The 19-year-old young player Savile, who scored a goal in his debut, slid down to Gu Ran excitedly! Gu Ran himself was also very happy. Strengthening the powerful out-of-bounds ball +2 was really good. It could be used as a tactical point to open up the situation in the future!

In the live broadcast room, there were all kinds of comments: "Fuck! A real strategic grenade!"

"It's too cruel! It's so far away and the landing point is so accurate!"

"With a little more force, you can throw it directly in, right?"

"Don't! If you throw the ball directly in from out of bounds, it will be ruled invalid."

"You know what, there was indeed a case in history where the ball was thrown directly into the goal. It was done by Popeye Delap. However, the opposing goalkeeper was confused at the time, and the referee was also confused. The goalkeeper did not appeal, and the referee also made a misjudgment and did not rule the goal invalid. This is the only case in history where a goal was scored directly from a throw-in."

"Fuck, there really is one!"

"Gu Ran's waist, abdomen and upper limb strength are amazing!"

"Gu Ran's waist and abdomen strength is so strong that even a grown man like me can drool when seeing it, not to mention a woman!"

"I feel like Gu Ran will definitely be able to succeed in another industry... I'm talking about basketball!"

"What the hell! I thought you were talking about... volleyball!"

"Hahahaha! Gu Ran's fans are so pure!"

The game continues!

In the 25th minute, Notts County passed the ball diagonally to Southampton's right flank after a series of short passes.

Anthony Pulisica made a mistake in positioning and missed the ball. Notts County striker, 34-year-old veteran, No. 9 player Lee Hughes, took the ball and cut inside the penalty area, and shot before the two central defenders closed in and double-teamed him.

The ball hit the side netting and bounced out of the end line.

Nottingham Forest fans immediately covered their faces and lamented.

This was also Notts County's first shot in the first half so far.

The game continues.

In the 33rd minute, Southampton launched an attack from the backcourt with a long pass from goalkeeper Davis. Gu Ran pushed away the Nottingham Forest player with his body, stopped the ball perfectly, and immediately transferred the ball to Schneiderlin on the right.

Schneiderlin pulled the ball to the side and then passed it back to Gu Ran who had already broken away from the defense and penetrated the frontcourt.

Gu Ran touched the ball, cut off the magic lamp and passed the ball to Connolly who had already penetrated into the penalty area!

Connolly stopped the ball and turned to shoot——

The football went slightly over the goal frame.

Connolly shook his head repeatedly at his own performance.

He had already spit out two Gu-style dribbles and hadn't found the form to shoot.

In the 40th minute of the game, Gu Ran successfully intercepted the ball in his own backcourt, dribbled along the left side, and made a pass after going down the bottom to Lallana who had already positioned himself in the penalty area.

Lallana headed the ball - unfortunately, the ball was headed too straight, and the opponent's flustered goalkeeper Rob Birch missed the ball in his first attempt, but he quickly saved the ball with his second attempt and pressed it under him.

Southampton's attack was like a tide, bullying the weak team, but unfortunately they failed to score three consecutive good shots.

At the end of the first half, the score was temporarily fixed at Southampton 2:0 Notts County.

Gu Ran made one assist and one shot, and had multiple interceptions and fatal crosses. He ran the longest distance in the game and shone throughout St. Mary's Stadium.

The fans at the scene happily sang the song "There is a young and handsome Oriental man named Gu Ran". The beautiful cheerleaders from Gu Ran's global fan club also danced the Cancan to the music.

The two teams changed sides in the second half.

Notts County obviously intensified their physical confrontation, but facing Southampton, which has a Premier League background, Notts County's confrontation was obviously not enough.

In the 49th minute, Southampton forced a corner kick on the left side.

Lallana kicked the ball to the front point, Gu Ran quickly ran away from the two Notts County players defending him, kicked the ball with his heel, and passed the ball to Anthony Pulis who was outside the penalty area.

Anthony Priss was eager to make a contribution, so he fired a powerful long-range shot directly into the goal.

The football hit a Nottingham County defender, bounced high over the penalty area, and then fell vertically.

Gu Ran made a ghostly move, headed the ball to the first point, and headed it to Connery who was in a better position.

Connery headed the ball and looked back at the moon with a powerful shot! Rob Birch jumped sideways to intercept -

The ball brushed the top of Rob Birch's arm and flew into the net! It went in! Connolly finally scored!

With Gu Ran's continuous scoring, Connery, who was in poor form, finally scored! After scoring, Connery excitedly hugged Gu Ran's neck and pressed Gu Ran against his chest to celebrate! Southampton fans were in high spirits! Notts County was about to be defeated - before the game, they knew that this game would be difficult, but they never expected that they would be completely crushed and slaughtered.

The game continues!

In the 53rd minute of the game, Notts County seized a loophole on Southampton's wing. Veteran striker No. 9 Lee Hughes took the ball and passed it to striker No. 11 Fabian Brandy in the middle of the penalty area.

Fabian Brandy is a product of Manchester United's youth training. He is 21 years old and only 168cm tall, but he is extremely fast and has a strong ability to run through the defense.

He had a bright future in the Manchester United youth team and was considered a young talent, but because he was too short and never grew taller, coupled with frequent injuries, he was unable to be promoted to the Manchester United first team.

Fabian Brandi burst into action immediately after getting the ball. He used his chassis advantage to shake off two high-level defenders of Southampton, dribbled the ball directly to the front of the goal, and shot! Goalkeeper Davis reacted very quickly, lying sideways and blocking the ball with his fingers out of the goal line! Fabian Brandi sighed at the goal.

Nottingham Forest's attack really made Southampton fans nervous!

Fortunately, the captain Davis is very capable - to be able to become the captain, Davis must be very capable.

This attack was also Nottingham Forest's second shot in this game.

Notts County also won a corner kick.

Notts County had no high point and could only take corner kicks to the outside to look for opportunities to pull the ball.

Gu Ran pushed forward directly, using his physical advantage to intercept the ball in one fell swoop, and then quickly passed the ball to Lallana!

After receiving the ball, Lallana turned and dribbled towards the flank area.

Notts County quickly got back to intercept Lallana.

Gu Ran took the opportunity to rush along the middle road.

Nottingham Forest's on-the-spot tactics were clearly too rigid, as they allowed Gu Ran to advance almost unhindered.

Lallana stopped suddenly to get rid of the double-team of two Nottingham County players and passed the ball back to Gu Ran.

After Gu Ran got the ball, the Son of Wind and the King of Highbury went full throttle, dribbling through two defenders and heading for the goal at full speed!

All the Southampton fans jumped up from their seats, shouting and cheering!

Nottingham Forest's defense couldn't catch up with Gu Ran at all! Goalkeeper Rob Birch rushed out to intercept with a nervous look on his face -

Gu Ran didn't slow down at all. He made a high-speed Marseille turn, passed the goalkeeper beautifully, and shot into the empty goal!

The ball went in! The score on the big screen changed to Southampton 4:0 Notts County! This was Gu Ran's second goal in this game! It was also his sixth goal on the English League One scorer list! All Southampton fans were cheering Gu Ran's name in Chinese!

Coach Adkins on the sidelines applauded Gu Ran vigorously.

According to Coach Adkins's idea, now that the overall situation has been decided, Gu Ran should be substituted off the field for rest. However, today's game is Southampton's first home game of the new season. The fans at the scene naturally want to see Gu Ran play the whole game, so Coach Adkins did not replace Gu Ran.

The game continued amid the fans' passionate cheers.

Notts County, which was already trailing 4:0, obviously tightened its defense, while Southampton continued to bombard.

In the 67th minute, Nottingham Forest replaced three offensive players with three defensive players, and the formation was adjusted from 442 to 451.

Nottingham Forest are bound to lose, and now they just hope they don’t lose too badly.

After this change, Nottingham Forest's defense did improve, but the effect was not significant.

In the 74th minute, a Notts County defender tripped Lallana outside the penalty area. The referee showed a yellow card and awarded Southampton a free kick in a good position.

Lallana excitedly got up from the grass and rushed towards Gu Ran.

Finally, it's 1 for 2! After a brief exchange between the two, Gu Ran calmly stood at the penalty spot.

Southampton fans cheered excitedly! The song "Forty-meter Full Moon" sang at St. Mary's Stadium!

All the fans are looking forward to Gu Ran performing the Crescent Moon Scimitar in his home court!

Nottingham Forest's defensive players urgently formed a human wall. The new players they brought on were taller, which was indeed helpful in defending set pieces.

Gu Ran skillfully placed the ball, took a few steps back, glanced at the weak area of ​​the human wall, and then habitually pulled up his shorts.

The tight shorts show off his majestic silhouette.

The strong thigh muscles were as tight as heavy cables! Suddenly, the St. Mary's Stadium was filled with the screams of girls! Gu Ran instantly burst into a sprint, swung his right leg, bent his body into a bow, twisted his left ankle to support his whole body, and kicked the football with his right foot——

See the boy draw his bow again! Set piece: Crescent Moon Sabre +4!

Heavy artillery long-range shot: Earth-shattering +3!

Heavy artillery long-range: cruise missile +1!

Top pass and shot: God’s kick +2!

The review-style celebration action superimposed 3 layers of pass and shot buffs! The football shot up, directly drawing a suffocating arc of light above the strong area of ​​the human wall, and fell rapidly in an instant! The Notts County human wall was stunned! When they jumped up, the football had already passed over their heads! Notts County goalkeeper Rob Birch was stunned and stood still! The football spun into the net without any surprise!

The ball goes in! Southampton 5:0 Notts County! Gu Ran scored a hat trick!

Southampton fans are so happy! In the last game, they beat their arch-rival Portsmouth by a large margin away from home, and in this game, they beat Notts County by a large margin at home!

At this moment, Southampton fans felt that they had reached the peak! The Southampton players on the field also excitedly surrounded Gu Ran to celebrate! Gu Ran himself was also very happy!

In the second round of the English League One, Gu Ran has already scored 7 goals, definitely leading the way! In the technical area on the sidelines, Notts County head coach Paul Ince looked at head coach Adkins who was celebrating with his arms raised with a depressed look on his face.

Coach Paul Ince's expression seemed to be saying: Come on, brother, we are not mortal enemies, why bother? We are just trying to make a living...

Coach Adkins helplessly spread his hands towards Coach Paul Ince, his expression seemed to say: We at Southampton are not targeting Nottingham Forest, we really treat all League One teams equally...

In order not to go too far, Coach Adkins began to make substitutions.

The score is already 5:0, so we really need to play more conservatively, otherwise we will really get revenge.

At such a happy moment for all the fans, Gu Ran naturally cannot be substituted. After all, Gu Ran is now a flagship figure, and Coach Adkins cannot spoil the fans' interest.

So, coach Adkins replaced the three main players, Lallana, Schneiderlin and Davis, at once.

Substitute goalkeeper Bialkowski, central midfielder Dobl and midfielder Goborn came on the field.

These three players are all substitutes among substitutes. None of them expected that they would be able to appear in the first home game of the new season.

This... is all thanks to Gu Ran!

Gu Ran beat the opponent without any resistance, which gave the three of them a chance to show their skills! The three players were very excited and secretly vowed to play well with Gu Ran, try to score more goals, and let Coach Adkins see their strength!

Lallana was a little depressed when he left the field.

He had just exchanged two assists with Gu Ran, but before he could even start to enjoy himself, he was substituted off the court.

The game continues.

The Southampton team, with almost all substitutes in the lineup, continued to attack under Gu Ran's organization.

In the 86th minute of the game, Gu Ran dribbled the ball along the left side alone. Cruyff turned around, overtook the opponent through the outside lane, and then made a crotch pass, sending the ball into the penalty area in one breath.

The newly-appointed young central midfielder Dobler was unmarked and shot the ball while running forward! The ball...went in again!!!

6:0!

Gu Ran completed an assist hat trick! Double hat trick! The entire St. Mary's Stadium was completely on fire! The stands of St. Mary's Church on the south side were almost collapsed by the crazy fans!

Coach Adkins helplessly spread his hands toward the pale-faced Coach Paul Ince, as if to say:

I really tried my best in the water...

The outcome of the game has been decided!

The two mysterious Chinese guests in the VIP box stood up and straightened their suits.

"It's time to meet Gu Ran."

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(End of this chapter)