Slap! Captain Davis slapped Chamberlain on the back of his head. "Why are you pretending to be so high and mighty? How dare you talk to the coach like that! Get out of here!"

Chamberlain covered the back of his head and said with a wronged look on his face: "What are you doing? The coach himself admitted his mistake."

Davis shouted, "It's not your turn to forgive me!"

Coach Adkins waved his hand and said, "Alright, alright, let's get down to business. In the second half, I will adjust the formation and tactics. We will not play defensive counterattacks. We will play 352 with 3 defenders. We will use the tightness of 3 defenders and two defensive midfielders to defend Brighton's central defense. I will also make adjustments to the personnel. I will directly replace some players who are dragging the team down."

Siberne's face immediately turned red.

He also knew that Coach Adkins was talking about him.

Siberne's debut today was a disaster, even Gu Ran almost couldn't lead him.

Sibernet received a yellow card in the 41st minute. If the referee had not been blind and gave the yellow card for the penalty kick to Aaron Martin, Sibernet would have been sent off.

It is neither reasonable nor moral for coach Adkins to let both of Southampton's central defenders play with a yellow card.

Therefore, if we really want to win this game, Siberia must be replaced.

Immediately afterwards, Coach Adkins began to arrange the tactical tasks for the new formation on the tactical board.

To sum it up in one sentence - in the second half, we won't play any defensive counterattacks, but just fly on both wings and attack wildly!

After Coach Adkins explained the new tactical tasks, Southampton's morale also boosted!

Gu Ran also took the opportunity to allocate talent points.

The biggest problem in this game in the rain is ball control. As long as the problem of ball control in the rain can be solved, then even if we don't rely on the cooperation between the midfield and frontcourt, and don't rely on the running and shooting of the two forwards, it will not be a problem for Gu Ran to blast from his own penalty area to the opponent's penalty area.

Gu Ran directly increased his ball control attribute from 77 points to 85 points with an additional 8 points! This is also the first technical attribute of Gu Ran's technical category that has reached the B-level standard! With 85 points of ball control, there is no problem at all in the English League One level game, even facing the Premier League team Everton in 10 days, it will not be a problem!

After the distribution, Gu Ran still had 8 talent points left.

Gu Ran was not in a hurry to distribute these 8 talent points. After all, the little queen Taylor was about to leave, so he had to save them for Everton.

The 15-minute halftime break is over! Players from Southampton and Brighton get off their respective buses and re-enter the field to start the game!

Southampton's morale has basically recovered, but Brighton's momentum has become even more intense.

After all, being able to defeat Southampton, the top team in English League One with super stars, is a very amazing thing for Brighton, which has been in the lower leagues for a long time!

As soon as the second half started, Coach Adkins started making substitutions.

Siberner, whose performance was like a hopeless case, was replaced by vice-chairman Walton.

Left midfielder Holmes was also substituted. His quick and agile performance had little room to be used in the rain today.

Chamberlain jumped up excitedly from the bench and took off his warm trousers.

Coach Adkins didn't even look at Chamberlain and directly called on midfielder Dixon to play.

Chamberlain was completely numb! "Coach! Coach! Let me take over! I've taken off my pants!"

"Coach? Don't ignore me! Aren't you still angry at me for patting your shoulder? Don't be like that, coach. Really, don't be like that!"

"You know that Gu Ran can't do without me! How can Southampton win without me!"

“Coach! Coach…”

No matter how Chamberlain chattered, Coach Adkins ignored him.

After the two substitutions were used up, Southampton's formation was changed to a three-defender formation consisting of Walton, Martin and Font. Gu Ran played as the left wingback, but he could interchange with Dixon, so Gu Ran's range of activities not only included the entire left side, but also the entire center.

When attacking, Gu Ran can go to the wing, and when defending, Gu Ran will swap with Dixon to block Brighton's explosion in the middle.

Such adjustments require Gu Ran to expend a great deal of physical energy, and he has to play as two or even three people.

This was also the reason why Coach Adkins was hesitant at the beginning. Coach Adkins was reluctant to use Gu Ran in such a competition in the British Championship.

But since Gu Ran decided to fight to the death, Coach Adkins naturally stopped worrying about it.

Right winger Schneiderlin retreated to play as a right wingback. This way, Schneiderlin had more room to move and did not need to participate in double-teaming in the middle unless the opponent was close to the right. This was a liberation for Schneiderlin.

The positions of other players remain unchanged, Lallana still plays as attacking midfielder, Garrod and Barnard still play as forwards, but coach Adkins requires them to retreat to intercept and cross positions.

The game resumes.

In the 52nd minute, Brighton launched an attack through midfielder Augustin Battipidi.

Barnard and Garrod no longer ran into Brighton's penalty area, but quickly double-teamed Battipidi who had the ball and stole the ball.

Lallana also quickly pressed forward!

The three formed a tactical triangle double-team in the frontcourt.

Lallana moved sideways quickly to prevent Sparrow from passing the ball easily.

Sparrow quickly passed the ball to Craig Nunn near the center circle.

At this time, Gu Ran, who had switched to the defensive midfielder position in advance, made a violent and aesthetic sprint towards Nunn!

Nunn jumped up and stopped the ball with his chest, then quickly made a step-down turn and changed line, trying to pass Gu Ran.

However, Gu Ran had already predicted Nunn's intention, and with a precise positioning he easily intercepted the ball!

The Saints fans in the rain cheered instantly! They had been suppressed for too long in the first half, and now they finally saw Gu Ran rushing up from the middle! All the Saints fans stood up and cheered for Gu Ran!

Nunn didn't expect that Gu Ran would steal the ball so easily. He was immediately angry and used his hands and feet to pull Gu Ran's jersey!

Gu Ran didn't care at all. He turned around with a beautiful and elegant Marseille turn, and controlled the ball with his left and right feet on the artificial turf full of water! Wonderful! So wonderful! The football was slippery and the turf was full of water. Under the extremely oppressive and confrontational situation, Gu Ran's Marseille turn created a 360-degree ripple!

This is simply a beautiful waltz in the rain! This kind of ball-controlling move is so good that you won't get tired of watching it even if you play it ten times in slow motion! Nunn was immediately knocked down by Gu Ran's inertia and fell into the rain.

Gu Ran immediately accelerated and ran towards the middle with the ball!

Nunn quickly climbed out of the rain and stretched out his hand to the referee to complain that Gu Ran had committed a foul.

But the referee ignored it.

Although the referee is blind, he is not completely blind.

Brighton's Matt Sparrow, Conor Clifford and Augustin Battipidi intercepted Gu Ran from the middle at the same time.

These three men are all very strong physically and are engineers, with very powerful mopping-up and blasting abilities.

Especially Augustin Battipidi, as a player from the third-level league in South America, he has a murderous ruthlessness on his face.

Not only did these three people come up to double-team, but Brighton's two full-backs, Marcos Painter and Inigo Calderon, also quickly double-teamed from both wings!

In just one second, the Brighton team launched a five-man double-team defense on Gu Ran!

It is obvious that Brighton made very targeted deployments for Gu Ran in the pre-match tactical class.

Especially when they were leading by two goals, as long as they could hold on in the second half, they would win! Facing the head-on interception of Matt Sparrow and the other two, Gu Ran did not directly hit them.

Although in terms of physical strength, Gu Ran has no problem fighting one against two, but fighting one against three is still a little unsafe, especially when there is Batipidi on the opposite side. Even if he can really rely on his skills to break through the front line of defense in one breath, the three of them will be entangled and slowed down, thus falling into a larger encirclement.

Gu Ran immediately changed the line and pulled the ball towards the left rib area at high speed!

It was very difficult to control the ball in the rain. The ball rolled irregularly after being hit by the rain, and the shoes were all soaked, so it was easy to make mistakes and lose the ball during long-distance dribbling and under high pressure. However, Gu Ran's ball control had reached 85 points, and the ball seemed to be stuck to Gu Ran's shoes! Matt Sparrow and the other two immediately followed Gu Ran to block the left rib.

They were very fast and had a strong impact, and the grass in the middle and front court splashed with layers and lines of water.

Seeing that the right-back Inigo Calderon was approaching, Gu Ran suddenly stopped and stepped on the ball.

Conor Clifford, the young talent on loan from Chelsea, who was at the front, didn't have time to brake and slipped directly onto the water-filled grass.

Matt Sparrow and Augustine Battipidi were almost knocked down. They struggled to keep their balance and stretched out their hands and feet to stop Gu Ran.

However, Gu Ran took an early step, broke away from the opponent, and then made a rainbow pass to the right rib!

Gu Ran made a wonderful diagonal pass in the frontcourt! This rainbow pass landed very accurately at the feet of Lallana who had already penetrated to the right rib!

Because of the water on the field, the ball did not bounce after landing! Lallana did not need to stop the ball to adjust, he just accelerated and cut inside! Garrod and Barnard immediately followed Lallana to the small penalty area! Brighton's defense was facing a great enemy and quickly retreated to defend! Gu Ran also took the opportunity to press into the middle of Brighton's penalty area without the ball!

Argentine player Agustin Batipidi was specifically responsible for closely guarding Gu Ran! Gu Ran was soaked by the rain, and Batipidi was also soaked by the rain!

The two soaking wet men pressed together and fought against each other, the scene was extremely hot! Lallana shook off the defender Adam El Aboud who was defending him, took advantage of the gap and made a high pass! This ball was not passed to the crowded goal, but passed back to the middle of the penalty area!

Gu Ran leaped into the air!

Battipidi grabbed Gu Ran's arms with both hands to prevent Gu Ran from heading the ball!

At this moment, Gu Ran's body seemed to lose balance——

diving???

Batipidi cried out in surprise and quickly let go and raised his hand to avoid getting a card and giving away points.

But in the next moment, Gu Ran turned sideways and raised his feet to perform a scissor kick! Inverted hook!

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(End of this chapter)