The head coach of Colchester United knelt on one knee in front of the referee, but it was of no use.

This time they suffered a great loss against Colchester United, with two players sent off on the field, and Colchester United's formation and tactics completely collapsed!

Colchester United’s strength was originally not as good as Southampton, and now it’s in even more trouble.

Physical confrontation is a double-edged sword. It is indeed useful when strangling a strong team, but if it is not controlled well, it will result in a red card and lead to a collapse.

After the game resumed, Colchester United was 9v10 Southampton, and it was Southampton that had Gu Ran.

This is equivalent to Colchester United 9v11.

Gu Ran raised the butcher knife without hesitation...

In the 65th minute of the game, Gu Ran dribbled the ball and broke through on the left side. All the defensive players of Colchester United crowded to the left side to intercept and defend.

Gu Ran turned with Matthews's shoulder-dropping pressure step, easily tore through the sparsely packed defense line, passed the ball to Lambert in the middle, and then quickly moved forward without the ball.

Lambert dribbled the ball forward, attracting the attention of at least three defensive players, and then he passed the ball briefly and powerfully back to Gu Ran who had already entered the penalty area.

Gu Ran used his body to hold off two defenders and volleyed the ball with great force! The ball went in! Colchester United 0:3 Southampton! Gu Ran completed a hat trick away from home! Then, 5 minutes later, Gu Ran made two consecutive passes with Lambert in the middle, and then passed the ball to the unmarked striker Connolly.

Connolly calmly shot into the half empty goal.

The ball went in! Colchester United 0:4 Southampton! Colchester United lost 2 goals in 5 minutes and suffered a crushing defeat! In the 75th minute of the game, it was obvious that the players of Colchester United could no longer run.

Originally, their physical fitness was not as good as Southampton's. They wanted to rely on physical suppression to limit Southampton's offensive, but they did not expect that two key players were sent off in succession, and their defense line was broken through like a sieve.

Gu Ran on the opposite side seemed to have just begun. He was full of energy that was frightening. He ran all over the court, sprinting back and forth, and was in his own right in the midfield and frontcourt.

Colchester United's physical strength collapsed, their formation collapsed, their mentality collapsed, and they didn't dare to commit fouls and get cards. They couldn't restrict Gu Ran at all.

In the 79th minute, Gu Ran intercepted the ball in the midfield, and then he dribbled at high speed, like the son of wind and the king of Highbury. He ate up seven players who were trying to stop him, and suddenly shot from 40 meters away from the goal line outside the penalty area! The ball drew an extremely domineering arc of light and landed in the upper left corner of the goal! The ball went in again!

Colchester United 0:5 Southampton! Gu Ran completed a hat trick away from home!

Although Southampton played a stalemate at the beginning due to the opponent's physical confrontation tactics, in the second half, Southampton relied on Gu Ran's outstanding personal ability to completely crush the opponent! The game was not over yet, and Coach Adkins replaced Gu Ran from the field for the purpose of protecting Gu Ran.

With 5 goals, Southampton has already secured victory and there is no need to waste Gu Ran’s firepower anymore.

The rest of the game became complete garbage time.

At the end of the game, the final score was fixed at 0:5, and Southampton won a big victory over Colchester United away.

Gu Ran made 1 assist and 4 shots, dominating the entire game and unsurprisingly won the best player of the game.

After this game, Gu Ran's four sub-attributes of "Physique", "Vision", "Ball Protection" and "Imagination" have grown. Physical fitness has reached 82 points, vision has reached 69 points, ball protection has reached 70 points, and imagination has reached 75 points.

Just like the previous game, because the opponent was too weak, although Gu Ran had a brilliant performance, the value was not very high. So even with the beautiful data of 1 pass and 4 shots, he still failed to reach the system's SS score. He could only participate in the hidden lottery and could not get the point reset and reorganization.

However, this time the lottery was very powerful. Gu Ran drew the most commonly used dribbling skill - Matthews shoulder drop!

Matthews lowered his shoulders and then improved from +1 to +4!

Combined with the body flexibility skill that Gu Ran had acquired today, Gu Ran felt that his overall skills had improved significantly.

After the fifth round of the English League One, Southampton is still ranked second in the English League One standings.

Peterborough United is still at the top of the English League One standings. They just defeated the weaker team and got 3 points, bringing their total points to 13, while Southampton is closely behind with 12 points.

The English League One top scorer list was also updated later that day, with Gu Ran leading the way with 14 goals, continuing to lead the way.

The club's top management was very satisfied with the result of the first game in September. The only trouble was that Lallana had to be out for a month due to a broken rib.

Lallana will miss the remaining five games in September.

Of course there is good news, that is, the "Ginger Warriors" have basically recovered from their injuries and returned.

On Saturday, September 11th, the 6th round of the English League One, Southampton will face Brentford at home.

That morning, Gu Ran drove to St. Mary's Stadium early and began pre-match closed training at the home stadium.

During this period, Gu Ran was busy and busy, busy and busy, except for training and hand-drawing the script of "Captain America".

In the absence of the Hollywood point-earning artifact, Gu Ran’s only way to obtain talent points is to get training bubbles for free and then exchange them. In addition, he also has to pick up enhanced blue skills during training.

During this week, Gu Ran automatically exchanged for 5 special talent point bubbles, and at the same time, he increased the enhanced reasonable collision to +5, the two-pass cooperation to the upper limit of +6, the pressure step turn to +4, the rainbow pass to +5, and the emergency stop acceleration to the upper limit of +6...

Gu Ran allocated 3 points of these 5 special talent points to the "burst attribute", bringing the burst attribute to 85 points, in order to further optimize his strong abilities.

Of the remaining two talent points, one is allocated to the speed attribute and the other is allocated to the dribbling attribute.

The speed attribute is increased to 80 points, and the dribbling attribute is increased to 77 points.

Gu Ran is constantly making progress.

At 2 pm, the long-awaited fans poured into St. Mary's Stadium.

The previous few games were all away games. Today, Southampton fans can finally enjoy Gu Ran’s heroic figure raising the butcher knife in their own home stadium.

In less than half an hour, St. Mary's Stadium was packed, and almost the entire stadium was filled with red and white flags.

Not only the Saints’ flag, but also the visiting Brentford team’s flag was seen, and both teams’ flags were very similar in terms of colours and stripes.

At first glance, if you don't know, you might think Brentford is also supporting Southampton.

Brentford is not a weak team, although their business performance in recent years is even more difficult to describe than that of Southampton.

The team logo of Brentford is a bee. There are two theories about the origin of this logo. One theory is that this is because the area where Brentford is located is rich in roses, and every spring there are bees collecting nectar, so Brentford Club used the bee as its team logo and called themselves "bees".

Another theory is that more than 100 years ago, a group of students from Borough Road College shouted "Buck Up, Bs!" while cheering for Brentford. Bs is actually the abbreviation of Borough Road, but a reporter thought they were shouting "Bees", so the nickname of Bees became popular.

Of course, Brentford has another nickname, which sounds more like a normal team nickname - the Red and White Army.

Their jersey style is a red and white striped shirt, which looks very similar to Southampton's home jersey style.

Moreover, Brentford and Southampton are both old clubs in the Southern Division. Although the two teams are not mortal enemies, because the two teams have similar main colors and are both old teams in the Southern Division, the two teams never save face when they play against each other.

In the 2010/11 season, Brentford was still sinking in the English League One, but it would not be long before the team met the famous professional gambler Matthew Benham, and Brentford Club would truly rise and soar.

In a sense, Brentford and the Seagulls Brighton are mortal enemies.

Brighton was just acquired by another famous professional gambler, "Lizard" Tony Bloom, in the 09/10 season. Although Brighton is still in the English League One, it is already strong enough to be promoted to the Championship and aim at the Premier League.

These teams have been rivals in history, and what's worse is that their big bosses have very similar backgrounds, both are professional gamblers, so the game between these two teams is also quite exciting.

Of course, Brentford will have to wait another year before welcoming their Mr Right.

The so-called professional gambler bosses are not low-level gamblers who go to the casino every day to throw dice and try their luck, but professional bosses who make their fortunes by analyzing spinach data models and own their own lottery data analysis companies and spinach companies.

It is true that Brighton and Brentford are supported by funds from professional gambler bosses, but what is really important is that both Brighton and Brentford have introduced the bosses' lottery data analysis models. This method of buying players based on data is very "high-tech". Although they are outsiders in football operations, their data analysis is very powerful.

Brighton and Brentford also rely on their powerful betting data analysis capabilities to select various unknown but overall very strong prodigies and young players from the vast number of players.

For example, Caicedo, Kaori Mitoma, Maupay, Cucurella, Robert Sanchez, Evan Ferguson and so on were all analyzed and purchased based on Brighton's betting data system.

After Brentford was acquired by Matthew Benham in 2012, it began to adopt the path of buying low and selling high, constantly discovering young talents.

Compared with Brighton and Brentford, Arsenal and Liverpool are also conducting data analysis, but their data analysis systems are too biased towards football technology and are obviously not as useful as Brighton and Brentford's gambling analysis systems.

This new way of doing business also destined Brighton and Brentford to emerge as dark horses in the later stages.

——The era of big data is already affecting the operations of clubs.

At present, Brentford also has a lot of young players. Brentford's club style is to only buy young players with potential and spend money wisely.

Brentford is good at creating opportunities by running over a wide area, and often suddenly exerts force when the opponent is not concentrating.

Currently, after 5 rounds of English League One, Brentford has 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, with 8 points, temporarily ranking 8th in the English League One standings, closely following the Seagulls Brighton.

Therefore, this game is still a crucial battle for the top spot, and Southampton head coach Adkins dare not be negligent in the slightest.

There were quite a few Brentford Bee fans who came to watch the game today, at least 5,000 people, and the Milton Stand was almost full.

Major media outlets and scouts from major clubs also came to watch the game.

Although the summer transfer window has ended and Gu Ran has stayed in Southampton, this has not reduced the enthusiasm of the media and scouts to pursue him.

Everyone knows that with Southampton's shady style of selling stars, Gu Ran will sooner or later leave Southampton and join a top club.

Therefore, scouts from various teams are also preparing in advance for transfers during the winter window.

Chelsea's Emenalo, Liverpool's Edwards and Manchester City's Pratt, the three big guys are together again.

The three of them were still smiling on the surface, but they were thinking MMP in their hearts.

For today's match, William Hill gave the following pre-match odds: home win 1.60, draw 3.86, loss 5.86.

Judging from the handicap odds, bookmakers are still optimistic that Southampton can take all three points at home.

Even Matthew Benham, who is still just a fan of the Bees, placed a heavy bet through his own bookmaker Smartodds, buying Southampton to win with 1.5 goals, and Gu Ran scored a goal in the first half.

——Passion is passion, making money is making money.

Immediately afterwards, players from both sides entered the field for adaptive warm-up training.

Brentford, the visiting team, entered the field first wearing their blue and black away jerseys.

Because their home jersey is too similar to Southampton's, they can only wear the away team's jersey today to avoid confusion.

When Southampton players entered the field to warm up, the entire St. Mary's Stadium instantly became boiling.

Almost every Southampton fan jumped up from their seats in the stands and shouted Gu Ran's name frantically in standard Chinese.

Gu Ran applauded and saluted the fans again and again, and then seriously engaged in warm-up training.

Every time Gu Ran touched the ball, there were screams from the audience.

The atmosphere at home was at its peak.

At 3:00 p.m., the sixth round of English League One match between Southampton and Brentford at home officially began.

Domestic live broadcasts also connected to the network signal and started simultaneous live broadcasts.

In this game, Southampton used a 442 formation. The on-the-spot tactics were to pass the ball directly behind the players. The defensive mentality was to press high and try to take the initiative.

Southampton's lineup today is also a full main lineup.

The forwards are veteran Gurley and youngster Garrod.

The left midfielder is Chamberlain and the right midfielder is Schneiderlin.

The two midfielders are Lambert and Hammond - after Lallana was injured, Southampton was without a central midfielder in this game.

Gu Ran is still the left back and Richardson is the right back.

The two central defenders are the young Martin and the veteran Jaidi.

Due to physical problems, the team's vice-chairman Walton has gradually become a substitute.

The goalkeeper is still captain Davis.

It can be said that Southampton was very serious in this game.

Brentford deployed their usual 433 attacking formation.

According to pre-match intelligence, Brentford head coach Neil McDonnell has flexible tactics and likes to make on-the-spot adjustments to the 433 formation. Therefore, Brentford's formation is likely to change to a 352 formation or a defensive 442 formation midway.

Brentford's three forwards are No. 10 Charlie McDonald, No. 29 captain Gary Alexander, and No. 23 Robbie Samples on loan from Huddersfield.

The three midfielders are left midfielder No. 11 Myles Winston, defensive midfielder No. 28 Welsh international Owen Jones, and right midfielder No. 7 Sam Saúdes.

The left back is No. 16 Sam Wood, the right back is Michael Spillane, and the two central defenders are No. 6 Pim Balkstein and No. 13 Eze Ilekpan.

The goalkeeper is number 1 Richard Lee.

——It can be said that Brentford does not have any well-known stars at the moment, but the overall level of the Brentford team is not bad in the English League One. They have many cost-effective young players and former superstars.

For example, their No. 29 forward captain Gary Alexander, although he is 31 years old this year, but more than ten years ago, Gary Alexander was also a very well-known talented player in England. Especially in the era when physical confrontation was most popular, Gary Alexander once became a target player pursued by many giants.

Even now, Gary Alexander's frontcourt confrontation is still very high. Physical fitness, strength, aggressiveness, off-ball movement, and back-to-back pass-the-ball are still his strengths.

Another example is right midfielder No. 7 Sam Saúdes. This guy is 27 years old this year. Ten years ago, he was 168cm tall but extremely fast, had excellent dribbling, excellent crossing, and a good set-piece. Today, 10 years later, he is still 168cm tall... His height disadvantage prevents him from becoming a Premier League player, but in a game of the level of League One, Sam Saúdes is still a very powerful organizational core.

Today, Sam Saudas is playing against Gu Ran.

There is also Brentford's central defender, the Dutch calf No. 6 Pim Balkstein. He is only 22 years old this year and can play as a left back or a central defender. Therefore, Brentford can change from 433 to 352 according to the situation on the field, so as to catch the opponent off guard.

In short, Brentford seems to have no star players, but relying on its overall strength and changeable tactics, Brentford is by no means a soft persimmon.

beep--

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the game officially began with a whistle from the referee.

First, Brentford, who guessed the coin incorrectly, kicked off first.

As soon as the game started, Brentford launched an attack from their own left side.

Southampton's right and center immediately formed cooperation and double-teamed the opponent.

Brentford's left midfielder No. 11, Myles Winston, intended to use his body to eat up Schneiderlin who was trying to intercept him.

But Schneiderlin was very experienced and kicked the ball out of the sideline from Marreese Winston's feet.

Brentford quickly sent the ball out of bounds, their No. 29 Gary Alexander pulled to the sideline to get the ball, and directly kicked the ball to the back post -

Brentford started off with a fast pace!

Southampton didn't react for a while, and the defense line in the penalty area couldn't keep up.

Brentford's No. 23 striker Robbie Samples, who was loaned from Huddersfield, jumped over Southampton's central defender Martin!

Just as Robbie Samples was about to touch the ball, Gu Ran exploded with all his strength, sprinting over to fill the position with a violent aesthetic, and used his shoulders to hold Robbie Samples! Robbie Samples lost his balance in the confrontation and did not hit the right part.

The football clearly went over the crossbar and flew out of the end line.

——Defense does not necessarily mean to snatch the ball. As long as you put enough pressure on the opponent at the right time and in the right position, you can hold on steadily.

Gu Ran has been getting into the best of his position as left back.

The Saints fans behind the goal also breathed a sigh of relief.

Robbie Samples, who missed the ball, glared at Gu Ran in annoyance.

Gu Ran was not polite at all and kicked Robbie Samples' feet.

Both players were...very passionate.

Less than 2 minutes into the game, Brentford launched an extremely fast and destructive attack.

Southampton's defense was almost torn apart.

The pace of the game was breathtakingly fast from the start.

Although Brentford was playing away, judging from their aggressive attacking style of play, they were really not polite at all.

The Southampton team, playing at home with more than 30,000 fans cheering them on, naturally did not back down.

Goalkeeper captain Davis kicked the goal kick and kicked the ball directly into the unmanned area in the left half.

Gu Ran burst out from the backcourt, sprinting after the ball with a violent aesthetic.

Brentford's right midfielder No. 7 Sam Saudas also went to grab the ball at an extremely fast speed.

Davis's big kick seemed to be a half-ball. Gu Ran and Saudez both had chances to get it. Saudez was even in a more advantageous position because the football rolled forward at high speed after landing.

Chamberlain, who was in the front, also retreated to compete with Saúdes for the ball.

But although Saudez is short in stature and has short legs, his short-distance burst frequency is extremely fast, and Chamberlain can't touch Saudez at all.

Saudez took the lead and stopped the ball.

But the next second, Gu Ran, like a red and white chariot, ran over Saudas' body.

Saúdes didn't even have time to react before he was knocked flying and fell awkwardly on the grass.

This was pure physical combat! Extremely aggressive! The Southampton fans at the scene were screaming and their adrenaline was surging!

Saudez knelt on the grass and raised his hands to appeal to the referee, but the referee completely ignored him.

Gu Ran dribbled the ball at high speed on the left side.

Brentford's defensive players immediately strangled and intercepted Gu Ran from the half-court area - the defensive strategy adopted by Brentford was a highly targeted half-court pressing strategy. As long as Southampton's super star Gu Ran dribbled the ball across the half-court, the defensive players around Brentford would immediately form a diamond-shaped stranglehold trap for Gu Ran, restricting Gu Ran's breakthroughs, cross cuts and passes.

As for other Southampton players, Brentford let them go across half the field and only built defensive positions around the penalty area.

Such targeted defensive deployment is relatively energy-saving.

But from this point of view, Brentford's young head coach Neil McDonnell had carefully studied Southampton's recent games before the game.

Facing Brentford's very targeted diamond stranglehold, Gu Ran directly used Matthews shoulder drop + 4, and his extremely flexible body dodged out of the diamond stranglehold trap!

Brentford's defensive players were all stunned! They thought they knew Gu Ran's ability very well, but when they really faced each other, they found that they knew nothing about Gu Ran's personal ability! The Southampton fans at the scene kept shouting crazily!

The space on Brentford's left side was torn open, and Brentford's defenders rushed to the left side.

Gu Ran made a long diagonal pass while running at high speed, directly hitting the weak area behind Brentford's defense!

attack!!!

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(End of this chapter)