A corner kick is essentially a type of set piece, and the kicking method is basically the same as a free kick.

However, the penalty spot for a corner kick can only be within the corner flag area, and the corner flag area is at least 45 meters away from the goal.

With such a long distance and a straight-line angle of zero degrees, most players will use tactical coordination when taking a corner kick, and score through crosses, headers, etc.

With Gu Ran's current footwork, accurate long passes are no problem at all, and passing the ball to the front point at close range is even less of a problem.

However, accurate long passes were not the goal. The goal was to get the ball in and completely kill the fighting spirit that Cardiff City had just ignited.

Therefore, Gu Ran had a bold idea in his mind...

Gu Ran raised his hand to indicate that he was about to start!

The players at the front point ran even harder.

Then, Gu Ran suddenly exploded, the son of wind, the king of Highbury, sprinted towards the football with a violent aesthetic, and kicked the ball! Corner Kick: Precision Guidance +1!

Set piece: Crescent Moon Scimitar +7!

Heavy artillery long-range shot: Stone-breaking +3!

Heavy artillery long-range: cruise missile +1!

Top pass and shot: God’s kick +2!

Review-style celebration action wonderful pass and shot buff superimposed 2 layers! Free kick 77 points! Go you——————

The football was like a missile that shot up from the ground, passing the front point at an extremely fast speed and in a huge arc...

The crowd gathered at the front waiting for support were all stunned.

Was this... did I kick too hard? Such a low-level mistake shouldn't happen, right?

All the players on the field turned their heads in unison following the trajectory of the football, like a group of groundhogs.

Cardiff goalkeeper David Marshall was also stunned. Based on his experience, the ball should fly directly to the back of the penalty area. The problem was that there were no Southampton players at the back point, but there were Cardiff players instead.

It seems that the Chinese boy's corner kick was indeed a mistake -

Before David Marshall could grin and sneer, he saw the football spinning in an arc like a crescent moon in the air, spinning murderously towards the far corner of the goal!

This! This is not a pass at all! This is a direct shot!

This was a 0-degree angle, 50-meter-long, scimitar-shaped kick! The difficulty of this kick was at least three times higher than the 40-meter-long scimitar-shaped kick! David Marshall never dreamed that Gu Ran would choose to shoot directly from a corner kick! All the fans at the scene, including the Southampton executives in the main stand, the media, the scouts from the clubs, and the fans from both teams, all held their breath, widened their eyes, and followed the trajectory of this shocking scimitar-shaped kick...

The football almost brushed the crossbar, hit the inside of the far post, and then bounced into the net!

Thrilling! Exciting! It made everyone excited! It shocked everyone's adrenaline! After a short silence, Southampton fans went completely crazy!

This was the most exciting scene that St. Mary's Stadium had ever seen since it was built! Except for the Milton Stand on the north side where the away fans were, the rest of the stands were all in "shaking noodles" mode! Every Southampton fan was shouting "Chinese Daddy" at the top of their lungs, but no matter how loud they shouted, they couldn't hear their own voices!

This is a carnival for Southampton people!

The away stands were dead silent, with every Bluebirds fan standing there like a fool.

Cardiff City's head coach Dave Jones had a bitter smile on his face. He had really tried his best in this game, but Gu Ran was really unstoppable.

He can score from the sky in the first half, can score directly from a 40-meter free kick, can score directly from a 50-meter corner kick at zero degrees - how else can this be explained? Dave Jones glanced at Coach Adkins with envy.

Coach Adkins was so carried away that he knelt in the technical area with excitement, screaming like a restless fan.

Yes, even Coach Adkins himself did not expect that Gu Ran could score a goal directly from a corner kick.

Gu Ran completed a hat trick, and each goal in this hat trick was of extremely high value!

The first goal was a magical lob shot at the beginning!

The second goal was a 40-meter crescent-shaped scimitar that went straight into the goal!

The third goal was even more amazing, a corner kick went straight into the goal! The Son of God, confirmed!

The score on the big screen immediately changed to Southampton 4:2 Cardiff City! The fourth official held up a sign on the sidelines, indicating that there would be 3 minutes of injury time!

Now, there is really not much time left for Cardiff City. They can only hope to play overtime with Southampton if they score two goals in 5 minutes! However, this is only theoretically possible! With Cardiff City's current physical condition and the mentality of being hit by Gu Ran's two consecutive long-distance crescent moon scimitars, it would be good if Cardiff City can avoid collapse in the remaining 5 minutes!

Gu Ran's kick was definitely the winning golden goal! Southampton eliminated Cardiff City and advanced to the third round of the League Cup. There was no suspense!

After scoring the goal, Gu Ran's adrenaline exploded. He jumped onto the billboard in a domineering manner and cheered for the Southampton fans!

Southampton fans also shouted crazily at Gu Ran in response. Some crazy female fans even tore off their clothes to show Gu Ran their most upright side! Chamberlain also jumped onto the billboard excitedly, wanting to share the joy and happiness of watching the game with Gu Ran! WTF!

Gu Ran hurriedly said: "Chamberlain, you...get down quickly!"

Chamberlain grinned and said, "Gu! Don't be so stingy!"

"You bastard, get off now!"

Snap!

As soon as Gu Ran finished speaking, the thin electronic billboard was collapsed by two people.

Gu Ran was prepared and jumped away one step ahead.

Chamberlain fell like a dog on the broken electronic billboard.

Gu Ran shook his head and reached out to pull Chamberlain up from the billboard. "I told you to get off, but you refused to listen. Now you stepped on it and broke it, right? You have to pay for it yourself!"

Chamberlain was about to cry, "What... Gu! Can you be a human being? Let's each pay half."

Gu Ran said unceremoniously: "Get lost."

Chamberlain chuckled, not angry at all, but feeling very happy instead.

If someone else dared to speak to Zhang Lengtouqing like that, he would have flipped the table and started a fight. But Gu Ran was different. Not many ordinary players would get to be told to get lost by Gu Ran!

To be honest, Chamberlain felt refreshed.

The game continues...

But there is no suspense anymore!

Southampton continued their fast break after taking a two-goal lead.

The Cardiff City team had lost all morale and could only defend in a panic. The situation in front of Cardiff City's goal was tense and dangerous.

If Cardiff City had not been supported by a top Championship team, Southampton would have definitely been able to expand the score in the last 5 minutes.

Beep, beep, beep—

As the injury time ended, the referee blew the whistle to end the game!

The second knockout round of the English League Cup, Southampton vs. Cardiff is over!

The score was 4:2, Southampton eliminated Cardiff City unexpectedly and advanced to the third round of the League Cup! Gu Ran also deservedly was named the best player of the game with one assist and three shots! After the game, coach Dave Jones took the initiative to come over and shake hands with coach Adkins - although they were opponents on the field, after the game, the two coaches also had a sense of mutual respect.

The Cardiff City Bluebirds fans were also relatively rational. After witnessing Gu Ran's powerful abilities, they all stood up and applauded and paid tribute to Gu Ran.

Only by respecting your opponent can you make your failure seem decent.

At this moment, St. Mary's Stadium has become a joyful sea of ​​red and white flags.

The Cardiff City players left the field in frustration, their four-game winning streak was ruthlessly ended by Gu Ran.

Southampton players stayed on the field for more than 20 minutes to thank the team.

In the scout area, Emenalo stood up with a complicated expression, "Gentlemen, the summer transfer window is about to end. Judging from Gu Ran's increasingly better performance, the competition between us will definitely reach a fever pitch in the last few days."

Pratt said: "It doesn't matter. Gu Ran will be ours sooner or later anyway."

Edwards smiled and said, "Everyone should be content. Now that Man Tai, the troublemaker, is gone, we are the only three companies that can compete for Gu Ran."

"Haha, that's true."

"Lawler was exiled. I don't know how he is doing now."

"Who cares! Isn't it good to have one less competitor?"

"Hahaha……"

At the same time, on the other side of the ocean, Jim Lawler, a Manchester United scout who had just watched Gu Ran's game through "Ran Live", sneezed twice, then rubbed his big red nose and began to make a collection of Gu Ran's wonderful moments...

In the post-match press conference of this game, coach Dave Jones highly praised Gu Ran's talent and generously rated Gu Ran as a super rising star in the history of Southampton Club.

Dave Jones is also very envious of his colleague Coach Adkins. Coach Dave Jones said that if he had a player like Gu Ran when he coached Southampton, he would definitely be able to lead Southampton back to the Premier League.

Coach Adkins also expressed that he respected his predecessor Dave Jones very much. He learned a lot from Dave Jones's deployment of troops and on-the-spot command.

When asked by reporters whether the team only relied on Gu Ran and had no other tactical systems, Coach Adkins couldn't help but laugh: "My friend, don't be ridiculous! When you have Gu Ran, do you need anything else?"

The coaches of both teams ended their post-match press conference in a relatively friendly atmosphere.

At the same time, Gu Ran's post-match massage therapy was coming to an end.

The growth rewards for this game should also be settled.

Light~ The familiar system prompt sounded in Gu Ran's mind: "Congratulations to the host. Since the host has perfectly integrated the results of more than 100 hours of special training in the English League Cup, the corresponding attributes have grown."

"Your physical attribute - Agility, grows from 75 points to 76 points."

"Your physical attribute - strength, increases from 83 points to 84 points."

"Your technical attribute - Corner Kick, has increased from 65 points to 66 points."

"Your technical attribute - Field of View, increased from 67 points to 68 points."

"Your mental attribute - imagination, increased from 73 points to 74 points."

...OK, OK! Another wave of top-notch growth data! Among them, the value of corner kick attributes is also revealed for the first time.

Needless to say, this performance is definitely a SS-level hidden lottery! Light~ "This game is the host's first hat trick in the English League Cup. The host played the entire game, completed 8 key clearances, 2 fatal clearances, and ran 11.25 kilometers in the whole game. The longest sprint distance and the most sprints in the whole game, 1 pass and 3 shots dominated the whole game, and all 3 shots were extremely exciting. The system evaluated it as... SS-level performance."

Damn, I was so excited, but I'm still an SS! It seems that if you want to reach the SSS level, you really have to play against the big-name teams in the English Premier League and beat them.

Although Cardiff City is stronger than Southampton as a whole, if you look at the bigger picture, they are not much stronger.

Well, the SS rating is not bad, and I can draw a prize and wash some points, which is better than nothing! Gu Ran immediately focused his mind and started the hidden lottery.

The last time I did the hidden lottery, my mind was completely empty and I didn't think about anything, but I drew the ace-type skill, the Crescent Moon Scimitar.

So this time, Gu Ran completely let his mind go and didn't think about anything.

Stop! The lottery disc slowly stopped.

"Congratulations, host."

"The skill selected in this hidden lottery is: Realistic Acting."

"Your realistic acting skills increase from +1 to +3, effective immediately."

Oh shit!

What the hell!

The last time I let myself go, I drew the ace core skill, the Crescent Moon Scimitar, but this time I drew just the realistic acting skills that have nothing to do with my main job?

I'm not an actor, why do I need realistic acting? You want me to try diving? Of course, if I use realistic acting skills in diving, I will definitely be accurate in every jump. Even if I can't compare to Professor Bu, I can at least catch up with Professor Yang.

But, it’s not possible!

I'd rather die than jump into the water!

It's useless to draw the lottery with an empty mind!

The system is so metaphysical - everything that can be found in patterns is science, and everything that cannot be found in patterns is metaphysics!

Oh, let's reset it! I originally wanted to reset skills like "High-speed sprint dribbling +4", but since it's already A-rated and the upper limit has reached +6, skills like this can wait and reset.

First, wash off the "Realistic Acting +4" and reorganize it! The system prompt voice asked: "Host will reallocate the Reasonable Collision +4 skill. Are you sure?"

Sure!

All of a sudden, Gu Ran felt that the thoughts in his mind were particularly clear: Realistic Acting +4 advanced to Enhanced Realistic Acting +1.

There is a line of flashing system text below the newly advanced enhanced realistic acting skill: You feel that your eyes are full of drama.

Gu Ran: ...

Okay, as long as you like the system...

Gu Ran thought carefully about the 4 talent points he had washed out, and then allocated 1 point each to the strength attribute, power attribute, physical attribute, and burst attribute.

Although these four physical attributes are already very high compared to your other attributes, English football matches rely very heavily on physical confrontations, and these four sub-attributes are very critical in physical confrontations, so it will not be a disadvantage to get them to more than 85 points as soon as possible.

In this way, the strength attribute reached 79 points, the strength attribute reached 85 points, the burst attribute reached 82 points, and the physical attribute reached 88 points! Gu Ran secretly took a deep breath and felt that he had become a little tougher.

At this time, Coach Adkins, who had just finished the post-match press conference, returned to the home team's locker room with a beaming smile and called all the players to an impromptu meeting: "Boys, you did a great job today. I'm proud of you."

"Because the game starts at 7:45 pm, it's already very late now, so we won't go back to the training base for the tactical summary meeting. We will postpone the summary meeting for this game to the day after tomorrow. The whole team will have a day off tomorrow!"

"yeah!!!"

The players were all shirtless and cheering happily.

Coach Adkins pressed his palms together. "Before dismissing the team, I want to give special praise to Gu. Gu's performance today was perfect! His post-match rating today reached 9.1 points!"

"Wow!" The players and staff present applauded Gu Ran.

Gu Ran smiled sheepishly, "Thank you for your encouragement, I will keep working hard."

Coach Adkins pressed his palms together. "In view of Gu's outstanding performance, I will announce that starting from the next game, I will adjust the order of free kicks and corner kicks. Gu Ran will take the first penalty, and Lallana, who was previously the first, will be moved to the second, and so on."

Thunderous applause immediately broke out in the locker room.

Based on Gu Ran's free kick and corner kick performance today, no one dares to disagree!

The players hugged and bumped shoulders with Gu Ran to express their congratulations.

Gu Ran himself was also secretly happy!

+7 Crescent Moon Saber, you can show it off more often in the future! This free kick scoring method, coupled with the corner kick skill, can definitely play a great role in turning the tide at a critical moment!

Lallana on the side was completely dumbfounded.

It's not that he was unconvinced by Gu Ran's free kick ability. In fact, he admired him very much. It's just... It was originally a good deal, one free kick in exchange for two assists, but after just a few days, he, the middleman, could no longer make any profit from the difference!

"Gu, congratulations. How about this from now on? Every time you take a free kick, you give me an assist. If you take two free kicks, you can give me an assist..."

Before Lallana could finish, Gu Ran patted Lallana on the shoulder and said, "Lazi, go back to sleep. When you fall asleep, you will have all kinds of dreams."

"Lazi? Are you calling me? Well, this name is pretty nice. Gu, please don't be so heartless, okay? Isn't the relationship between us important? I have always regarded you as my most - don't leave! Gu? Gu..."

That night, after Gu Ran returned to the Dune Villa, he turned off his cell phone, had some ice and fire therapy, and then went to bed early.

At the same time, on the other side of the ocean.

Manchester United scout Jim Lawler finally finished making the highlights of Gu Ran's game. Lawler admired it with satisfaction, then took out his mobile phone and called David Beckham.

"Hi, David!"

"Oh, hi, Jim!" Beckham's breathless voice came from the other end of the phone. "It's been a long time since we last contacted each other! Why did you think of calling me so late?"

"Of course...wait," Lawler asked cautiously, "David, it's so late, are you still training?"

Beckham smiled femininely and said: "No, I'm not Cristiano Ronaldo."

Lawler gasped. "So you're...working on Victoria? Ask Victoria for me."

Beckham was stunned. "Jim, you misunderstood. I was just mopping the floor. Not the kind of mopping you think, but really mopping the floor. You know, I have a serious mysophobia."

Lawler then laughed, "Oh, so that's how it is. Well, I thought you had to wait two minutes before calling back."

Beckham laughed unhappily, "Jim, I'm very long! If I'm really busy, you... can't get in for two hours!"

Lawler smiled dryly. "Yes, yes, I'm just exchanging pleasantries with you. Overseas calls are expensive, so I'd better hurry up and tell you business. There is a young and handsome - bah, I just said it casually. What I mean is that there is a very promising young Chinese player named Gu Ran, who is currently playing for Southampton. I want you to recommend him to Sir Alex Ferguson and other Manchester United executives. It would be best if you can buy him before the summer transfer window closes."

Beckham laughed and said, "Jim, are you kidding me? Or are you really senile? Aren't you a scout for Manchester United? And I am no longer a Manchester United player. I am now playing in Milan on loan from the Los Angeles Galaxy."

"But you are still a child of Old Trafford. The blood of the Red Devils flows in your veins. Recommending talents for the Red Devils is your lifelong responsibility, isn't it?"

Lawler's words ignited Beckham.

Beckham couldn't help but said excitedly: "Yes, no matter where I am now, no matter what kind of jersey I wear, once a Red Devil, always a Red Devil! It's just... you can obviously do it yourself, why do you have to find me?"

Lawler sighed, "There are bad guys in our club. I thought about going directly to Sir Alex Ferguson, but my words would not attract enough attention. On the contrary, if you say it, Sir Alex Ferguson and other senior executives, even the club's big boss, those vampire Jews, will definitely give you face."

Beckham smiled complacently, "That's right, Sir Alex treats me like his own son. Although we have had conflicts, they are just minor conflicts between father and son. I have long forgotten the time when he hit my handsome face worth 25 million pounds with his boot."

Lawler said, "Ahem, anyway, you are the most suitable person to recommend this guy. Apart from anything else, he kicked two amazing scimitar kicks in the second round of the League Cup today!"

Beckham was stunned. "Crescent Moon Scimitar?"

"That's right!" Lawler said, "David, I have compressed his highlights into three minutes and just sent it to your email. You must read it! After reading it, you will know why I must recommend him to you!"

Beckham smiled and said, "Okay, I'll take a look when I have time, but Jim, I can't promise you that I can really help."

"Thank you," Lawler said quickly, "Oh, by the way, David, the last thing I want to tell you is that the crescent-shaped scimitar kicked by Gu Ran is not as elegant as yours."

Beckham smiled and said: "Thank you, but this is of course normal, and you don't have to praise me for it."

Then Lawler continued, "But he's longer and stronger than you."

After saying that, Lawler hung up the phone.

Beckham was holding the phone in a daze:

What? Click on me? I want to see how this guy named Gu Ran is taller than me! How is he stronger than me! Beckham put down his work, fiddled with his phone, and opened his email.

Ten minutes later...

Beckham frowned and took a deep breath.

Wow! Damn the internet speed! The 3-minute highlights are finally buffered!

Beckham then clicked on the video, and the images of Gu Ran's 40-meter free kick and 50-meter corner kick appeared on his phone screen! This length, this power...

Beckham was completely stunned! Beckham lost his grip on the phone and dropped it onto the spotless carpet he had just scrubbed! Beckham quickly knelt on the floor to pick up the phone. After picking it up, he didn't even stand up. He just lay on the carpet and played it again! The length! The power! Wattfuck! How did he kick it? Wait, why does this guy look familiar?

Why does it look more and more familiar? I feel like I've seen it somewhere before...

Beckham knelt on the carpet in a daze, mobile phone in his hand, looking confused and shocked!

At this moment, Victoria, wearing a hollow gauze dress, walked in gracefully, "Honey, look at this one I designed myself... Hmm? Honey, why are you kneeling down to look at your phone?"

Beckham slowly turned his head and said in a trembling voice: "Oh my God! These two goals... are so wonderful!"

Victoria was startled at first, then she smiled coquettishly, "You bastard! You are already an old couple and you are still doing this. Aren't you afraid that the children will hear you? Come on~"

…

As soon as I started writing about Victoria Beckham’s story, somehow my condition improved and I felt more energetic.

(End of this chapter)