The situation has reached a critical point!

Jay used all his strength to grab Gu Ran's arm, and Chris Booker was about to rush up and steal the ball!

This position is only about five or six meters away from the goal. If the ball is lost here, the consequences will be disastrous!

The hearts of all Southampton fans froze in their chests and they even forgot to breathe!

At this moment, Gu Ran's body suddenly fell down and fell to the ground!

Little Henry Jay was startled and thought Gu Ran was going to perform a diving show. He quickly retracted his hand and raised it above his head to show that he did not touch Gu Ran.

In the next moment, Gu Ran used the inertia of falling to the ground to slide towards the football that was rolling forward! Chris Booker, who rushed up with great momentum, was also frightened and quickly slowed down to dodge! So, Gu Ran, under the double-team of Jay and Chris Booker, slid the ball out of the dangerous area of ​​the penalty area and shoveled it to Chamberlain who was retreating from the left side! This was a shovel pass in an extreme state! The Southampton fans at the scene covered their hearts and cheered wildly! This wave of defensive interception and shovel pass was done in one go, it was so exciting! Gu Ran was really fighting and tough! After getting the ball, Chamberlain immediately turned around and accelerated, running wildly along the left side! The speed of Chamberlain, the fast horse on the side, was also very impressive! Southampton's counterattack is coming!

Lallana, Lambert and Gully immediately turned around and ran to support! Cardiff City also immediately retreated to defend.

The pace of offense and defense transitions between the two sides was breathtakingly fast, and every player on the field was running actively.

Cardiff City head coach Dave Jones stood on the sidelines and gave loud instructions, "Go forward and double-team him! Don't let him counterattack!"

At the beginning of the game, Cardiff City had already been taught a lesson by Gu Ran. Although it was Chamberlain instead of Gu Ran who had the ball now, coach Dave Jones was still very cautious and did not dare to let Southampton's left side break into the half court again.

Chris Booker, who had just failed to steal the ball from Gu Ran, immediately chased Chamberlain. Cardiff City's captain and right-back Paul Quinn also intercepted Chamberlain near the center line.

It can be said that Cardiff City's response was very good! It is worthy of the level of a first-class team in the Championship!

At this moment, Chamberlain seemed particularly excited as he dribbled the ball.

During the period of suspension, Chamberlain really watched Gu Ran's short videos repeatedly and attentively. He already knew all of Gu Ran's breakthrough postures!

Now, it's time for Chamberlain to prove himself to all Southampton fans!

That’s right…if Gu Ran can do it, I, Chamberlain, can do it too!

Facing the flank double team and frontal interception, Chamberlain directly pushed the ball to the no-man's land in front of him, and then ran to the left boundary to sprint and chase the ball - overtaking on the outside lane! At this moment, Chamberlain transformed into the black-haired, no, black-skinned Gu Ran! Chamberlain wanted to use Gu Ran's method and speed to break the stranglehold of Cardiff City against him!

The Cardiff City Bluebirds fans were all stunned! They couldn't believe that there were two Bale-like wing kings in the same English League One team!

The Southampton saints were screaming with excitement!

Chamberlain himself was extremely excited!

The football is right in front of him. As long as he merges into the lane, he can complete the outside lane overtaking! The peak of life comes so quickly! Chamberlain confidently accelerates and moves in! Cardiff City captain Paul Quinn has already predicted Chamberlain's route to overtake on the outside lane. Paul Quinn blocks the path. While Chamberlain accelerates to cut in, he sprints with a stride and hits Chamberlain's shoulder hard! Chamberlain groaned, and before he could stretch his legs, he was carried out of the sideline!

Zhang's outside lane overtaking... the show is overturned! Chamberlain's speed is indeed very fast, but his running impact is not enough. It is not the violent aesthetic style of Gu Ran. Once Chamberlain is confronted by a body during a fast sprint, it is easy for him to lose his balance.

After all... Chamberlain is only 17 years old now.

And Paul Quinn is much more experienced than him.

The Cardiff Bluebirds fans at the scene burst into laughter.

Southampton fans covered their eyes in disgust.

But the next moment, all the fans in the stadium exclaimed in unison!

Just as Chamberlain was carried out of bounds by Paul Quinn, Gu Ran turned into a black and white lightning and rushed over from the inner lane like a sonic boom! Overtaking in the inner lane!

Gu Ran easily ate up Chris Booker and Paul Quinn with his speed. Before Paul Quinn could react and reach out to pull him, Gu Ran directly made an active and reasonable collision, carrying Paul Quinn out of the sideline, and then took the ball away! This ball was passed by Chamberlain...to Gu Ran three seconds later!

Chris Booker and Paul Quinn were both stunned! Southampton's left wing... the coordination is too good, right? This is simply seamless, god-level coordination! Especially this Chinese kid, who obviously looks thinner than Chamberlain, but his physical confrontation ability is so strong! No wonder, no wonder "Little Henry" Jay was locked up by this Chinese kid's physical confrontation...

Chamberlain, who was kneeling on the sidelines and hadn't gotten up yet, was also confused: Wattfake? ? ? I'm a supporting role again? Okay, at least I can get an assist! Chamberlain knelt on the ground and raised his arms and shouted: "Go! Gu! I'm passing the ball to you!"

Coach Dave Jones, standing in the technical area on the sidelines, shouted anxiously: "Go forward! Go forward! Don't let No. 8 kick the ball from the outside!"

The players of Cardiff City rushed forward hastily to intercept and double-team Gu Ran.

This was completely different from the tactics they had planned before the game.

In the tactics preset before the game, they only needed to retreat to the penalty area to form a chain defense. This could greatly save their physical energy, ensure that they could defend with superior forces, and drag the weaker Southampton team into a positional battle.

However, in the current situation, they can only step out to intercept Gu Ran, otherwise if Gu Ran kicks them again, no one will be able to withstand it.

This will also bring a serious hidden danger - physical fitness.

As a first-class team in the Championship, Cardiff City is full of talents. Not only does it have well-known domestic stars such as Bellamy, Chopra, Jay, Whittingham, and Giepace, but most of the other main players are also international players of their country's national team, or former youth team international players. Naturally, their physical fitness will not be bad.

The problem is that short passing requires constant movement and support.

You have to run to pass the ball and you have to run to catch the ball.

Southampton's response strategy is to strangle the team in close combat, which will force Cardiff City to save some of their energy for physical confrontation.

What’s even more troublesome is that these main players of Cardiff City have basically played four games in a row and their physical condition is not at full capacity.

Gu Ran's sprinting on the left side has become a major concern for Cardiff City and has completely disrupted Cardiff City's tactical deployment.

That's how football games work.

The head coach's use and adjustment of tactics are very important for the game.

A football match is not only a battle between 11 players on the field, but also a tactical game between the two head coaches.

Of course, the prerequisite is that the players playing on the field must be truly professional players who can understand and implement the head coach's tactical ideas.

The Chinese national football team plays a health-preserving football, where they receive the ball on the spot, walk back to defense, and fall down at the slightest touch. Even if Lippi vomits 3000cc of blood, he won't be able to lead the team.

At this moment, Gu Ran drove straight in with the ball, sprinting at full speed!

Gu Ran's violent and aesthetic running posture was full of power, and all the Southampton fans at the scene were infected, and their adrenaline exploded along with Gu Ran's sprint! Cardiff City's defense became a mess because of the temporary change in strategy.

Gu Ran used his body to push away Stephen McPhail who rushed up to intercept him first, and then when faced with double-teaming from Whittingham and Jay, he stopped suddenly, stepped on the ball, and then used his left foot to make an enhanced crotch shot!

Poor little Henry Jay was penetrated by Gu Ran before he could even turn around!

Jay turned around angrily and tried to pull Gu Ran's jersey. Gu Ran took advantage of Jay's turning around and rushed past Jay with a violent aesthetic sprint, and got the football through his crotch again! Jay twisted his body again - Jay twisted himself to the ground!

In this confrontation between the two, Jay was completely crushed by Gu Ran!

After Gu Ran overtook the car in the inner lane at high speed, he used his body and footwork to pass three people in a row!

As a result, a huge gap appeared in Cardiff City's defense! Gu Ran raised his head and glanced at the goal, then swung his left foot -

Cardiff City's central defenders Mark Hudson and Gabor Giepez rushed over to block Gu Ran! Goalkeeper David Marshall was also ready to save the ball! However, Gu Ran immediately followed with a Matthews shoulder drop, fake shot and pass, passing the ball to Lallana who was already unguarded! Although Gu Ran could shoot directly, with the two central defenders blocking most of the shooting space, it was the right thing to do to pass the ball to a more suitable teammate! Lallana stopped the ball easily and then twisted his hips to push the ball into the near corner! This push shot was super simple, without any complicated techniques! Do you need skills to eat cakes? Isn't this just a matter of words?

Just follow Gu Ran, and shoot when Gu Ran passes the ball to you! Cardiff goalkeeper David Marshall's attention was attracted by Gu Ran. Seeing Lallana shooting, David Marshall could only jump back and intercept in panic...but he failed to catch the ball!

"Yeah!!!!" Southampton fans couldn't wait to celebrate! The ball went into the net!

The referee blew the whistle to signal that the goal was valid! The score on the big screen immediately changed to Southampton 2:0 Cardiff City.

Southampton fans jumped and danced with joy in the stands.

Cardiff City fans were stunned.

They couldn't believe that as a top-notch team in the English Championship, they would be scored twice by a League One team like Southampton within half an hour...

If Southampton's first goal had some element of luck, then the second goal was really amazing.

Southampton’s defensive counterattack was so resolute and beautiful!

As long as No. 8 Gu Ran seizes the opportunity, it will be a fatal blow! After scoring the goal, Lallana excitedly rushed towards Gu Ran and jumped on Gu Ran's waist to celebrate.

Southampton's female fans are going crazy with envy.

There are also some male fans who regard the team's star Lallana as their love rival.

The entire St. Mary's Stadium was burning with passion! From intercepting the ball to counterattacking and then passing it straight into the penalty area, Gu Ran almost single-handedly defeated the entire Cardiff City team.

This goal was originally an impossible counterattack opportunity, but Gu Ran created the opportunity! Of course, Chamberlain also had some credit, although Chamberlain looked a little depressed - he didn't get the assist data.

The fans in the live broadcast room also happily discussed: "Wow, Gu Ran's assist is awesome!"

"He first intercepted the ball in the penalty area and passed it, then dribbled past five players, attracted the attention of the central defender and goalkeeper and fed the ball to Lallana. This awareness... I can only say WTF!"

"This defensive counterattack makes my blood boil!"

"Gu Ran really has the strength he needs, the confrontation he needs, the speed he needs, and the passing he needs!"

"Boss! Bring on the gifts!"

"Hahaha, Chamberlain's expression is so funny!"

"Even though he scored a goal, he still looked quite aggrieved!"

"But his cooperation with our Gu Ran is still very good. To be honest, when he pushed the ball forward and ran out of bounds to chase the ball, I almost thought he was really going to overtake on the outside lane! It turned out that he just passed the ball forward and helped Gu Ran attract the two main players on the wing."

"Chamberlain is really good. I think he is very smart. There are several players in Southampton who I am optimistic about, such as Lallana and Lambert. I think they are all very smart. As long as we play around Gu Ran, it will be easy to score goals."

"I seem to hear the voices of Southampton fans shouting 'Chinese Dad' again!"

"Fuck bro, are you really here to watch the game?"

"Of course!"

The number of people online in Ran's live broadcast room reached 180,000 - because it was not the weekend and everyone had to go to work tomorrow morning, the number of people online in Ran's live broadcast room was never able to break through the previous peak of 200,000 people online.

However, the gift rewards in Ran’s live broadcast room exceeded the 100,000 mark very early.

At this time, Gu Ran hugged the team player Lallana, and celebrated by running wildly with one hand, while concentrating his mind to pick up two practical blue skill bubbles: Rainbow Pick +3.

The reverse dribbling is +3.

Cardiff City's overall technical skills are still good, and most of the blue bubble skills dropped by their players are very practical.

There are two more pickup opportunities left today.

The game continues.

Cardiff City, which had already conceded two goals in a row, began to launch an all-out attack.

Cardiff City head coach Dave Jones stood in the visiting team's technical area, yelling at the players on the field and directing their movements on the spot.

According to Cardiff City's previous tactical drills, "Little Henry" Jay Thomas is the last link in the chain to break into the penalty area and deliver the football. To put it bluntly, Cardiff City's entire short pass system is for Whittingham and others to tear open space, Jay takes the ball and inserts it, making it difficult for Southampton to take care of both ends, and then Bellamy or Chopra will make the final blow.

Coach Dave Jones' tactical thinking is very clear, and this kind of short pass cooperation has been very successful in previous games. However, in today's game, Gu Ran has completely locked up Jay Thomas, who comes from a famous family, and Jay has no room to respond.

Cardiff City's offensive efficiency also became extremely poor, and they were counterattacked by Southampton 4 times, but only scored 2 goals.

Coach Dave Jones could only adjust the tactics temporarily, completely abandoning the wing where Jay was, and directing other players to run and connect on the spot.

As a result, Cardiff City's shots in the midfield and frontcourt became clearer, and their pass success rate and ball possession rate were further improved.

Southampton began to come under pressure in the centre and on the right.

Soon, Cardiff City's chance came.

In the 39th minute of the game, Cardiff City, which had been unable to break the deadlock, scored with a long shot from outside the penalty area by No. 10 Stephen McPhail.

The long shot came very suddenly, and Southampton's central defender Jaidi reflexively jumped up and blocked it with his header.

The football hit Jaidi's forehead heavily, and Jaidi fell to the ground, leaving the center back open.

The football bounced to Bellamy who was looking for an opportunity in front of the goal!

Bellamy took the lead, stopped the ball with his right foot, and shot with his left foot! This ball was too sudden, Davis... was helpless!

The football is shot into the net!

The score on the big screen immediately changed to Southampton 2:1 Cardiff City! Cardiff City's Bluebirds fans happily shouted Bellamy's name!

Bellamy also happily ran to the corner flag area to cheer and celebrate.

Cardiff City's goal did have a bit of luck involved, and the refraction of Jaidi's header also made Davis lose his prediction.

Of course, it must be said that Bellamy's sense of smell in the penalty area is indeed first-class.

Jaidi, the person primarily responsible for the ball, covered his head with his hands, very dissatisfied with his performance. Captain Davis ran up and patted Jaidi on the shoulder to comfort him.

There is no point in blaming Jaidi at a time like this.

As captain, Davis is also very competent in this regard.

Southampton fans also applauded and cheered for their players - although Cardiff City scored a goal, Southampton is still leading.

In the live broadcast room, comments were flying: "Jaidi didn't handle this ball well."

"Southampton's overall strength is indeed a little behind Cardiff City."

"That's right. Some of Southampton's midfielders and defenders are not very good. If they really want to go long-term, Southampton should recruit a lot of players in the back line. At the very least, they should free up Gu Ran and allow him to roam around."

"That's right. If the situation wasn't so passive and Cardiff City hadn't been suppressing him all the time, Gu Ran would have had more opportunities to perform on the offensive end."

"Southampton is using Gu Ran as two people. Gu Ran's running and sprinting distance are definitely the highest."

"It must be said that Cardiff star Bellamy is very good at seizing opportunities and is quite calm in front of the goal."

"It doesn't matter. Southampton is still leading. They just need to keep their composure."

The game continues.

After Lallana kicked off, he passed the ball directly to Gu Ran. Gu Ran broke through on the left side and made two consecutive one-two passes with Chamberlain. Chamberlain rushed to the end line with the ball and kicked the ball back to the middle.

Gully heads the ball into the goal!

Unfortunately, Gulliver failed to head the ball correctly and the ball was caught by the opponent's goalkeeper David Marshall.

Southampton fans sighed.

It would be awesome if this ball could go in.

However, even if the ball did not go in, Gu Ran's sharp breakthrough ability on the wing and his passing and running coordination with Chamberlain really made the Cardiff City players break out in a cold sweat.

The game continues.

Southampton head coach Adkins also kept reminding the players to move and strangle the opponent on the sidelines.

The coaches on both sides shouted very loudly and passionately.

The game was in the 43rd minute.

Cardiff City performed a series of dazzling short-distance runs in the midfield and successfully passed the ball to Chopra, who was three or five meters outside the top of the penalty area.

Bellamy immediately made a forward run without the ball, using his speed and body to tear apart Southampton's defense.

After stopping the ball, Chopra went straight into the penalty area.

Hammond retreated in time, reached out from behind to pull Chopra's jersey, and stretched out his foot to steal Chopra's ball.

Chopra immediately fell to the ground outside the arc.

Beep beep beep!

The referee blew the whistle to stop the game.

Hammond spread his hands innocently.

Chopra covered his calf and rolled into the penalty area with a painful expression.

Chamberlain rushed up and pushed Chopra, who was rolling into the penalty area, out of the penalty area.

Bellamy rushed towards Chamberlain aggressively.

Gu Ran stood in front of Chamberlain and confronted Bellamy head-on! The players from both sides were about to fight!

Fortunately, the other players were relatively calm, and the two teams were not mortal rivals after all, so with the quick intervention of other players, the flames of the conflict were suppressed.

Chamberlain said to Gu Ran gratefully: "Gu, that's very nice!"

Gu Ran looked at Chamberlain with eyes that cared for his son, "...as you should."

The live broadcast room was also filled with comments: "Hahaha! I really made Chamberlain laugh to death!"

"Chamberlain actually manually rolled Chopra out of the penalty area! This is so cute!"

"If I were a Cardiff City player, I would also want to beat him up!"

"However, Gu Ran and Chamberlain have a really good relationship. During the last fight, Chamberlain stood up for Gu Ran and was given a red card and suspended for three games. This time, Gu Ran also protected Chamberlain."

"Yeah, they have a really good relationship!"

At this time, the referee showed Hammond a yellow card, then called Chamberlain to the front and showed Chamberlain a yellow card for manually rolling Chopra and almost causing a fight.

Chamberlain's face was full of disbelief, and he chased the referee to argue! The referee stepped back and warned Chamberlain.

The other Southampton players held Chamberlain down, which prevented him from being sent off with two yellow cards.

The referee awarded Cardiff City a free kick outside the penalty area.

Chopra immediately got up from the grass, unable to hide a sly smile on his face.

Southampton fans booed.

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(End of this chapter)