Gu Ran spent the next few days playing overtime with Taylor, moving songs for Taylor, and training.
Taylor was also completely conquered by Gu Ran. She was completely submissive. She no longer had the aura of a little diva that she had when they first met, but instead looked like a fanatical female fan.
On September 28th, the 9th round of the English League One, Southampton played against Walsall at home.
Walsall is a typical weak team, currently ranked 20th in English Football League One and on the verge of relegation.
Therefore, in today's game, Gu Ran did not start, but sat on the bench to watch the game.
Head coach Adkins could only sit in the stands behind the bench and give remote commands because of the red card he received in the previous game.
Southampton had a smooth start. In the 11th minute, Lambert made a wonderful pass to Chamberlain, who dribbled the ball inside and passed it to Connolly, taking a 1-0 lead.
Walsall knew they were no match for Southampton, so they stepped up their pressing defense in the midfield and frontcourt.
Southampton had several chances to score in the first half, but unfortunately, under the high-intensity pressure, they failed to expand the score.
On the contrary, Walsall almost equalized the score through a defensive counterattack.
Fortunately, today is a home game and the referee was more biased towards Southampton. Several fouls and set pieces were not called, otherwise Southampton would really be in danger of being equalized.
In the first 10 minutes of the second half, the game between the two sides was still tense and ugly.
Southampton has been unable to establish an absolute advantage, and Saints fans are extremely worried.
The entire St. Mary's Stadium was shouting Gu Ran's name in Chinese, and all Southampton fans hoped that Gu Ran would come on the field and wreak havoc.
In the 70th minute of the second half, Coach Adkins remotely controlled assistant coach Andy to make a substitution.
Hammond was replaced by Gu Ran!
The silent St. Mary's Stadium immediately burst into cheers!
Almost all Saints fans stood up to welcome Gu Ran to the court! Coach Adkins' tactical thinking was also very clear - when the defense was not good, he would replace Gu Ran to strengthen the defense; when the offense was not smooth, he would replace Gu Ran to strengthen the offense; when the game was undecided, he would replace Gu Ran to kill the suspense and take away the goddess of victory.
In a word: rely on Gu Ran.
Sure enough, after Gu Ran came on the field, the entire Southampton team was instantly revitalized and turned into another high-end strong team! In the 73rd minute, which was the 3rd minute after Gu Ran was substituted on, Gu Ran dribbled the ball horizontally outside the penalty area. No one from the Walsall team stepped forward to defend him. Gu Ran kicked directly, and a violent and aesthetic world wave blasted open the Walsall team's relaxed door.
Southampton 2:0 Walsall!
In the 81st minute, Gu Ran made a breakthrough on the left side, and with his physical strength and speed, he successively defeated five Walsall defenders, cut inside to the left side of the small penalty area, made a half-high cross, and Schneiderlin made a header at the goal!
Southampton 3:0 Walsall!
In the 88th minute, Gu Ran made a continuous triangle cooperation with Lambert and Chamberlain on the left side, easily tearing open Walsall's central defense. Gu Ran then made a magic pass in front of the goal, and Barnard fell to the ground and shot... The ball went in again! Southampton 4:0 Walsall!
The Walsall team was kicked and collapsed!
This is not the end! In the final injury time, Southampton got a corner kick.
Gu Ran took the penalty kick himself and spun the ball directly into the net with a crescent-shaped scimitar!
Southampton 5:0 Walsall!
The entire St. Mary's Stadium went crazy! Saints fans shouted "Chinese Dad" heartbreakingly! The game is over!
Gu Ran made two passes and two shots, dominating the entire court in just over 20 minutes!
But Gu Ran just felt that his body had not yet fully warmed up and all the energy in his body had not yet been released.
It’s a bit unsatisfying!
There was nothing we could do if we were not satisfied. We could only wait until the game was over, go home and let Taylor put on her stockings, and play an overtime game that would last at least four or five hours.
After the game, jumping ability increased from 80 points to 81 points, dribbling increased from 77 points to 78 points, short pass increased from 69 points to 70 points, and vision increased from 69 points to 70 points.
The score was only S, but fortunately the lottery was quite good and I won the "Marseille Turn".
The Marseille turn has also been increased from +1 to +4.
After the 9th round of English League One, Southampton continued to dominate the top of the English League One with a total of 24 points.
In second place is Brighton, the Seagulls who have won five consecutive games recently. They just defeated Peterborough United, which was originally in second place, 3:2. Peterborough United was also full of injuries due to multi-line operations and suffered two consecutive defeats in key battles. The points are still stagnant at 19 points, while Brighton has reached 21 points.
Bournemouth, who were third in the last round, and Charlton, who were fifth in the last round, drew 2:2 in this round and each got 1 point, so Bournemouth still ranks third with a total of 20 points, while Charlton is still fifth.
Huddersfield Town, which had been beaten by Southampton before, did not catch its breath and unexpectedly lost to its city rivals Sheffield Wednesday, and its ranking in the standings dropped to eighth.
As for the scorer list, Gu Ran continued to lead by a huge margin with an absolute advantage of 23 goals.
After the 9th round of English League One, Gu Ran continued his daily training, getting free white training bubbles and blue skill bubbles, and playing long overtime with the little queen Taylor at night.
Life is so wonderful.
On Saturday, October 2, the 10th round of the English League One, Southampton's home game against Sheffield Wednesday began.
Sheffield Wednesday is not a strong team. After their upset win over their city rivals Huddersfield Town in the last round, their League One ranking has risen to 15th.
Southampton sent out a semi-main lineup with Gu Ran as the starter.
This was a game without suspense. Coach Adkins changed to a 4231 attacking formation, with Gu Ran starting as defensive midfielder.
After the start of the game, Sheffield Wednesday played very cautiously, using a solid defense formation to defend with all their might.
In the 11th minute of the first half, after Southampton had two offensive attempts, Gu Ran dribbled the ball horizontally in front of the penalty area. He used his strong body and flexible footwork to tear open a corner of Sheffield Wednesday's iron defense. In a flash, Gu Ran made a left-footed pass into the small penalty area.
Veteran Connolly is in good form. He stopped the ball with his back to the goalkeeper, then turned around and shot! The ball hit the inside of the post and bounced into the goal!
Southampton leads 1:0!
After conceding a goal, Sheffield Wednesday continued to intensify their physical confrontation and off-ball defensive movements.
Although Gu Ran made many wonderful passes, the forward players found it difficult to hold the ball under the opponent's close defense and wasted many opportunities.
In the 25th minute of the first half, Gu Ran dribbled the ball into Sheffield Wednesday's penalty area while being double-teamed by five defensive players.
In desperation, the Sheffield Wednesday players kicked Gu Ran to the ground.
The referee gave the red dot package without hesitation!
Connolly took the penalty and scored in one go!
Southampton extended their lead to 2:0!
With one man less on the field, Sheffield Wednesday began to show signs of collapse. In addition, they consumed too much physical energy in the high-intensity physical confrontation, and their defense made many major mistakes.
In the 29th minute, Chamberlain made a cross from the flank, and Gu Ran, who was ambushing at the top of the penalty area, started a violent aesthetic sprint, eating up the three players who were guarding him, and leaped up to head the ball for a high-altitude bomb!
Southampton 3:0 Sheffield Wednesday! Saints fans gave thunderous cheers to Gu Ran's wonderful diving header!
Watching Gu Ran play football is really an ultimate enjoyment!
In the 40th minute, Gu Ran spotted the weak area in Sheffield Wednesday's central defence and forced his way in without the ball.
Schneiderlin got the ball on the right and immediately made a cross.
Gu Ran held the ball with his back to two strong central defenders, then pushed the two central defenders away. When a fleeting gap appeared, he made a top-notch pass: The King of Anfield +1!
That's right, it was a hard fight! The Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper had no time to react! The ball shot into the net and hit the goal! Southampton 4:0 Sheffield Wednesday! At this time, coach Adkins started to make substitutions in advance.
The suspense of the outcome was gone, and Adkins directly replaced Gu Ran, who had 1 pass, 2 shots and 1 penalty, for a rest.
This is firstly to ensure that Gu Ran will not get injured in the following garbage time, and secondly to ensure Gu Ran's physical fitness.
After all, the second round of the English Championship Pioneer Cup South Division will be held in three days, when Southampton will away challenge the Seagulls Brighton, the second place in English League One, who are currently in momentum.
Young midfielder Goborn was substituted on for training.
Although Gu Ran felt unsatisfied, but... after returning home at night, he could still play an extra-long overtime game to regain the excitement.
After Gu Ran sat back on the bench, Southampton's offensive slowed down, and Sheffield Wednesday, who were fighting with 10 men, got a slight respite.
After the first half, the two sides changed sides and started the second half.
In the 65th minute, Southampton made a quick attack on the right side and Barnard scored a goal with a cross.
Southampton 5:0 Sheffield Wednesday.
In the 80th minute, coach Adkins made another substitution. Lambert and Chamberlain left the field to rest, and Holmes and Lallana, who had returned from injury, were substituted.
In the following game time, Southampton continued to attack, and Lallana also got many opportunities to get the ball in the attacking midfielder position, but unfortunately he had not played for a long time, his competitive state had not fully recovered, and he did not score any goals.
In the end, the score between the two sides was fixed at 5:0.
After the final whistle, Lallana's face was full of regret.
Lallana felt that if Gu Ran had not been substituted, the connection between them and Gu Lala would definitely have resulted in a goal.
Lallana hasn't had a chance to score for Gu Ran in a long, long time. His ranking in the English League One scorer list has dropped from third to fifth.
After the game, Gu Ran took the time to do the growth settlement.
His playing time in this game was still not enough. Although Gu Ran had 1 assist, 2 shots and 1 penalty, he could only get an S rating.
Gu Ran's strength increased from 80 points to 81 points, long-range shooting increased from 77 points to 78 points, and vision increased from 69 points to 70 points.
In addition, the positioning attributes of the technical category were also displayed, increasing from 68 points to 69 points.
Although it was only an S-level score, the draw was still pretty good. I won the star-level skill "Volley: Scissor Kick Falling Leaf Slash +4"! So cool!
That night, Gu Ran went home happily and played a long overtime game with the little queen Taylor.
As time goes by, Taylor's super wonderful vacation is coming to an end, and Southampton's second round of the British Championship away challenge against Brighton is about to begin.
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(End of this chapter)