The game continues.
After a scare, Huddersfield Town still launched a quick attack from its own left side, with seven players pressing forward to attack Southampton's penalty area.
Faced with such an unreasonable and heavy-force offensive, Southampton could only defend with all their might, patiently consuming the Terriers' energy and forcing them to make mistakes.
Huddersfield's style is to open and close, never getting entangled in the midfield or local areas.
Southampton's defensive counterattack was also very clean, and after getting the ball in the backcourt, they just passed the ball and launched a quick attack.
The offense and defense transitions between the two sides were extremely fast.
Judging from the data from the first 10 minutes, Huddersfield Town had an absolute advantage, with a ball possession rate of 70%, 5 shots, 2 shots on target, and 3 corner kicks.
Southampton had three shots, two of which were on target, despite having only 30% ball possession.
The teams that play defensive counterattack tactics don't look good in terms of statistics.
However, data is only used to count what has happened and is never the key to determining victory or defeat.
In the 13th minute of the game, Huddersfield Town made a cross from the wing, and the Southampton penalty area was crowded. No. 17 center forward Jordan Rhodes got the ball in the chaos, held off Jaidi and Martin, and forced a turn and shot!
Davis flew to save the shot, but the ball didn't fly far -
Without waiting for the ball to land, Joey Gudjohnsen pushed Lambert who was returning to defense in the penalty area, and volleyed the ball into the half-empty goal... and the ball went in!
The referee blew the whistle, indicating that the goal was valid!
On the big screen at the Alfred McAlpine Stadium, the score was changed to Huddersfield Town 1:0 Southampton! The north stand was in uproar! Southampton players appealed to the referee!
In this ball, Southampton's defense actually didn't have much of a problem. If Joey Gudjohnsen hadn't fouled Lambert from behind, this ball would never have gone in!
Southampton's head coach Adkins stepped on the sideline and protested loudly to the referee! However, the referee insisted on the original decision with an expressionless face!
The fourth official came up to warn Coach Adkins, who could only return to the visiting team's technical area in annoyance.
In 2010, when there was no VAR technology, the referee could do whatever he wanted!
The boys in the South Stand mocked and booed the Southampton players who complained, and some even threw toilet paper onto the field for the Southampton players to wipe their tears.
The Southampton players were all a little annoyed.
As the game continued, tensions between the two sides grew.
Southampton intensified their high-pressure attack in an unfavorable situation and their actions became more rough.
From this moment on, this game is destined not to be a dull one!
In the 18th minute, Huddersfield Town made a comeback. Right center midfielder Anthony Pilkington received a pass from the backcourt, dribbled past Chamberlain who was defending him, and made a lob pass directly into the penalty area.
Gu Ran filled in the position in time and blocked Jordan Rhodes!
It’s a head-to-head battle between the two best players in English Football League One!
Jordan Rhodes used his elbow to push Gu Ran, but Gu Ran used his physical strength to eat Jordan alive and steal the ball!
Seeing this, Scott Arfield, Anthony Pilkington and Anthony Kay all fiercely double-teamed Gu Ran.
Ha Town has a strong advantage in midfield and frontcourt manpower!
After Gu Ran stole the ball, there was no space for a breakthrough, so Matthews quickly lowered his shoulders, opened a passing channel, and passed the ball to Chamberlain on the sideline!
Chamberlain's stop was a little slow. As soon as he stopped the ball, the No. 4 Icelandic international Joey Gudjohnsen on the opposite side slid over and shoveled the ball and Chamberlain out of the sideline! Chamberlain immediately jumped up from the grass, with his chest puffed out to confront Gudjohnsen! Gudjohnsen was not to be outdone, and pushed back roughly, saying sarcastically: "Chinese little follower, kneel down and lick Gu's balls!"
"Fuck!" Chamberlain reached out directly to Gudjohnsen.
Gudjohnsen immediately pushed Chamberlain back! The situation instantly became uncontrollable! Players from both sides rushed into the center of the storm frantically! Gu Ran was the first to sprint over, and immediately locked Gudjohnsen's throat accurately! He pushed Gudjohnsen away from Chamberlain!
Gudjohnsen wanted to get rid of him, but Gu Ran's eyes were full of murderous intent and his hands were so strong that Gudjohnsen couldn't get rid of him at all! Gudjohnsen, who dared to scold Southampton in the newspaper for playing 0 less, was choked by Gu Ran and his face was purple! His expression was distorted! The players from both sides also rushed and pushed each other, and the fans of both sides were also booing the opposing players crazily! Seeing that a group fight was about to break out, the referee blew the whistle desperately and showed yellow cards one after another! Gudjohnsen, the instigator, received the first yellow card! Chamberlain received the second yellow card! Gu Ran, who helped Chamberlain, received the third yellow card! Lambert, who came up to separate the fight, received the fourth yellow card!
Lambert felt very wronged - although he pulled the hand of a player from Huddersfield Town, it still counted as a way of breaking up the fight! Gu Ran, who received a yellow card, let go of Gudjohnsen.
Gudjansen breathed in deep gulps of fresh air, staring at Gu Ran fiercely, his face full of unconvinced.
Gu Ran was not afraid at all, and stared back at Gudjansen with a look as if the god of death had come.
"Oh! Gu! So manly!" The little queen Taylor Swift in the VIP box seemed to be melting into water.
Head coach Adkins was very angry! Such a card penalty was too unfair! Southampton received 3 yellow cards, and all of them were given to important players, while it was clearly Huddersfield who provoked first, but only received one yellow card, and still retained possession of the ball!
Although he was a bit irritable, if they don't dare to put pressure on the referee after suffering such a loss, then the referee will be even more unscrupulous in subsequent games.
The referee who was called a blind man ran to Adkins with a cold face and directly took out a red card! The Saints fans in the north stand exclaimed! Coach Adkins also spread his hands in confusion.
The referee today was really heartless! The fourth official invited the angry Coach Adkins to the stands behind the visiting team's bench.
Less than 20 minutes into the game, Southampton head coach Adkins received a red card and was sent to the stands to watch the game. In the next game, Adkins would not be able to command the team on the spot.
Southampton is temporarily taken over by assistant coach Andy.
With the team trailing by one goal, an important player receiving three yellow cards and the head coach being sent to the stands, the situation had become extremely difficult for Southampton.
The goddess of victory seems to be walking towards Huddersfield Town...
The Terrier fans of Huddersfield Town happily set off blue and white fireworks and sang the Paw Patrol song, mocking Southampton.
Gu Ran's fists were clenched so tightly that they made a creaking sound.
This time, he was really a little angry!
The game was resumed after being interrupted for nearly 5 minutes! Huddersfield Town took a free kick in the frontcourt from Anthony Pilkington.
The ball was about 45 meters away from the goal, and Pilkington chose to kick the ball to the receiving point outside the penalty area.
Scott Arfield took a long shot directly! The ball hit Aaron Martin who made a timely substitution, making a dull bang. Aaron Martin fell to the ground and the ball flew out of the penalty area.
Joey Gudjohnsen rushed forward to grab the second landing point, but Gu Ran sprinted over violently at an extremely fast speed, and in front of Gudjohnsen, he made an extremely smooth stop and pass!
Gudjohnsen was completely stunned!
Gudjohnsen had just received a yellow card and did not dare to commit an obvious foul.
In this moment of hesitation, Gu Ran had already dribbled the ball and shaken off Gudjansen's two arms!
Gudjohnsen chased after him, but how could he catch up with the furious Gu Ran? The Huddersfield Town defenders immediately double-teamed Gu Ran and tried to steal the ball on the spot.
The defensive style of the town is not man-to-man defense, but zone defense.
The tactical logic of zone defense can compress the space of the ball handler and effectively prevent the ball handler from passing the ball, but it is not actually strict.
Especially when facing strong players with strong impact and fast speed, the zone defense is equivalent to a broken net with a two-meter hole.
Moreover, the responsibilities between the defensive players in the zone defense are not clear, and it is not a high-responsibility defense like man-to-man defense.
Gu Ran accelerated and sprinted to the inside lane to overtake, then forced his way through the defensive gap between Anthony Pilkington and Anthony Kay!
Cutting in alone! The entire defense line of Ha Town was left behind by Gu Ran!
The Saints fans in the north stand screamed wildly! Every Saints fan was excited!
In the blink of an eye, Gu Ran dribbled the ball to the left side of the penalty area!
Huddersfield goalkeeper Alex Smithies remained cautious in the small penalty area defending the near corner while maintaining control of the far corner of the goal.
Gu Ran was not polite at all and directly kicked the ball with the outside of his right foot.
The football drew an extremely powerful arc and whizzed towards the blind corner at the top right side of the goal!
Smithies was completely stunned! He did maintain control of the far corner of the goal, but...
The speed of the ball was so strong that he had no time to react defensively!
Smithies hit the post! The ball shot into the net!
Undisputed!
The ball went in!!! The game was just in the 25th minute when Gu Ran broke through and scored with a powerful shot! The score on the big screen immediately changed to Huddersfield Town 1:1 Southampton! The players of Huddersfield Town were stunned! The fans of the Terriers were also stunned!
Southampton Saints fans were so excited that they cheered wildly! This goal was really inspiring! Especially after the referee was deliberately biased and Adkins was sent to the stands, this goal was super refreshing and super domineering!
After scoring the goal, Gu Ran used one hand to slash the wind, directly jumped over the billboard, jumped onto the fence, and cheered towards the Huddersfield Town puppies! That's right, it was a provocation! This is so bloody! The goddess of victory was caught by Gu Ran in a big bag, and she obediently picked up the shoulder strap! ...
(End of this chapter)