Everton's ancestors were also wealthy.

Everton Football Club was founded in 1878 and is a founding member of the English League. It has won the English Premier League title nine times, the FA Cup five times and the European Cup Winners' Cup once.

The most amazing thing about Everton is that this team has a very deep foundation and stability. Since the establishment of the club, Everton has only been out of the top league for three years, and those three years were also due to the influence of World War II. Since 1954, Everton has never been relegated.

This kind of stability is something that even Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool are ashamed of. In England's top leagues (including the early League One and the Premier League after 1992), only Arsenal has never been relegated.

Everton's team emblem is Prince Rupert's Tower, the most symbolic building in the area. The tower has a conical top structure and is very historical.

But in fact, this tower is not where the prince lives, but is used to imprison alcoholics and juvenile delinquents.

On the ribbon below the team logo is Everton's motto: Nil Satis Nisi Optimum, which means that even if you know you have nothing, you must not give up.

Everton is also a team with many nicknames.

The well-known nickname is Toffee, which comes from a toffee dessert shop called "Nobright's Fuck" opposite Everton Club. Every time Everton plays, Nobright's Fuck's female shopping guides wear classical dresses, carry baskets, walk around the field, and sprinkle toffee on the stands as a marketing tool.

Over time, this marketing method became a tradition, so Nobright's fucking Toffees became associated with Everton.

But in fact, Everton's history goes back much further than Nobright's fucking Toffees.

Before Nobright's death, Everton's original nickname was "Scottish Highland Guards" and the fans called themselves Guards.

At that time, Everton was still wearing black jerseys.

After Everton decided to use blue as the club's base colour in 1901, the team was called the "Blues" by fans.

By 1928, Everton was known as a team with a very scientific style of play because of its impactful style of play. Therefore, Everton was named "Science Academy" and Everton fans called themselves "Student Army".

The most amazing nickname was in 1995, when Everton fans called themselves "War Dogs" because of their fighting spirit in the FA Cup final.

At that time, the name of toffee had a great influence in English Football League One. Toffee tasted very soft, and Everton fans felt that this was an insult to them. They would rather call themselves war dogs.

Later, fans of other clubs called Everton "Toffees", and Everton fans gradually accepted this slightly sarcastic nickname.

But there is one club whose fans don't call Everton the Toffees.

This club is the city’s arch-rival Liverpool.

Liverpool fans affectionately call Everton fans "Big Cousin".

Because the two teams are originally from the same family and have a natural blood relationship, first there was the cousin, then there was the cousin.

Of course, when Liverpool fans call her "cousin", their tone is always full of sarcasm and it is not a serious way of calling her. Especially when the two teams are playing, as long as Liverpool scores a goal, the Red Army fans will shout "Thank you, cousin" all over the field. Who can stand this?

But no matter what, Everton is definitely a strong team in the Premier League.

Especially since David Moyes took over as coach of Newcastle United in 2002, Newcastle United have always been a strong team in the Premier League, and at worst have been in the middle of the Premier League.

And today's game will be a game that transcends levels.

Southampton, a League One team, challenged the Premier League powerhouse Everton away.

Even before the bus arrived in Liverpool, the nervousness of the players on board was palpable.

Gu Ran sat silently beside Lallana, taking the opportunity to concentrate his thoughts——

During this period, Gu Ran has also grown a lot through competitions and training.

Including the talent points left by the little queen Taylor before she left, Gu Ran now has 21 talent points.

Although we have played against Liverpool and Arsenal before, they were just friendly matches. To be honest, the other side didn't play seriously.

But today's knockout match is different. Whoever wins will advance to the quarterfinals! Everton will definitely give their all in this match!

Therefore, Gu Ran decided to strengthen himself before the game.

David Moyes is a head coach with an old-school style. He likes muscular players and likes to use physical confrontation and oppression. Therefore, Gu Ran focuses on the allocation of players who are conducive to physical confrontation.

First of all, physical fitness.

The physical attribute is already 90 points. Although I have been training my physical fitness and strengthening it through competitions, my physical attribute has not grown for a long time.

After reaching 90 points, the speed of self-growth will become relatively slow.

A physical fitness of 90 points is definitely more than enough to play in English Football League One. If you play against Premier League teams, there should be no problem at all.

But the problem is that if Gu Ran uses his skills, he will consume extra physical energy.

Coupled with Everton's high confrontational nature, 90 points of physical fitness will definitely be stretched.

At this time, using talent points to improve is very cost-effective.

Gu Ran directly allocated 5 talent points to the physical attribute, raising the physical attribute to 95 points.

This is also the upper limit of the current A-level rating. If you want to break through 95 points and reach 100 points, you must first upgrade your personal rating in the system to S-level.

With 95 points of physical fitness, it is definitely enough to play against Everton.

Next, Gu Ran allocated 4 points to the burst attribute and 5 points to the speed attribute.

Burst and speed are Gu Ran's advantages in breaking through, and are also very useful in physical confrontations, as they can prevent the opponent from getting close to him as much as possible. In addition, the higher this basic attribute is, the less physical energy is consumed when using related skills.

Then, Gu Ran allocated another 3 points to the strength attribute, raising it from 82 points to 85 points.

There were 4 talent points left, and Gu Ran allocated 2 points to the strength attribute, increasing the strength attribute from 88 points to 90 points.

Gu Ran allocated the last two points to the flexible attribute.

The flexibility attribute refers to the smoothness of the connection between two skills. The higher the flexibility, the more likely you are to perform extraordinary moves like Messi and Ronaldinho.

The flexibility attribute was then increased from 80 points to 82 points.

I saved up talent points for almost a month, and they were all used up in one wave.

Alas, it’s still fun to play with some magical tools…

After allocating the talent points, Gu Ran felt a lot more relaxed all over.

In addition to the growth of basic attributes, Gu Ran's skills have also improved significantly through competitions and training during this period.

Step turn increased from +5 to +6.

Rainbow pass increased from +5 to +6.

Enhanced emergency stop acceleration increased from +3 to +4.

Backcourt pass increased from +3 to +5.

Outside of the foot pass increased from +4 to +6.

Left-footed ball control increased from +3 to +6.

Quick Pass increased from +4 to +6.

Gu Ran is growing very fast!

Today's game is definitely worth playing! At 11 o'clock in the morning, Southampton's bus slowly drove into Goodison Park.

Goodison Park is the first stadium in the UK designed specifically for football matches.

For a long time after the early days of football, football fields were shared with rugby fields and cricket fields.

But Goodison is the first professional stadium that is not shared and is only used for playing football.

Due to the location restrictions, Goodison Stadium is square and looks like an urn from a distance.

In fact, this stadium is indeed a cemetery stadium.

Under the turf of Goodison Park are buried the ashes of many diehard fans.

You can't be buried under Goodison Park just by being an Everton fan. You have to be a family of fans - your grandfather's grandfather was a die-hard fan, your grandfather's father had to be a die-hard fan too, your grandfather was a die-hard fan, your father was a die-hard fan, and you yourself were also a die-hard fan. Only then will you have a chance to be buried under Goodison Park after you die.

The stone tablets around Goodison Stadium are engraved with densely packed names.

The names that can be included on the slate are all die-hard fans who have made outstanding contributions to the team and the club.

What is club football culture? This is it.

Diehard fans also need to be cultivated by the club. Diehard fans love the club, and the club also grants diehard fans the highest honor they can pursue.

Burying one's ashes under the home turf of the team one loves is the highest honor for a die-hard fan.

Even if I die, my soul will accompany my beloved club.

The city of Liverpool has its own cemetery - Anfield Cemetery. Everton's wealthy people also have their own family cemeteries. They can be buried in the cemetery and the family cemetery, and they can be buried with their wives. However, Everton's generations of loyal fans only want to be turned into ashes after death and scattered on the grass of Goodison Park.

Many, many die-hard Everton fans desperately try to get a seat at the home stadium before they die, but many, many die-hard fans die with regrets - such honor is very rare, and it is not enough to just not miss a game to be a die-hard fan, but one must have made contributions to the club.

So, Goodison Park is the real devil's home ground.

The fans of the home team were all so crazy that they didn't seem like human beings. The players of the home team also fought hard at Goodison Park.

The visiting team players felt a cool feeling under their feet just by standing on the grass.

After the expansion, the stadium has three levels of stands, with a total of more than 40,000 seats, and a geothermal system is installed.

In this way, from a metaphysical point of view, the loyal souls under the grass will also become excited.

After having lunch in the players' restaurant at noon, the Southampton players took a nap in the visiting team's locker room.

After lunch, Coach Adkins took the players to the very mysterious Goodison Park Stadium for training and adaptation.

After training for about two hours, the Southampton team will return to the locker room to rest and adjust while supplementing tactical details.

At 5:30 pm, fans began to enter the stadium.

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It’s the last day of November. Don’t waste any unwanted monthly tickets~ 　　 　 (End of this chapter)