Southampton made history, and Gu Ran is the biggest contributor!

After celebrating for more than half an hour, the players' excitement finally calmed down with the intervention of Coach Adkins. Everyone took a shower, had physical therapy, or received oxygen.

While Gu Ran was receiving physical therapy, he concentrated his mind and calculated his growth value.

Today's game was more valuable than any other game in the past, and Gu Ran scored four goals, the highest score of the game, reaching 9.2 points! Gu Ran's jumping ability increased from 81 points to 82 points, short pass from 70 points to 71 points, vision from 71 points to 72 points, steals from 66 points to 67 points, and calmness from 72 points to 73 points.

The system lottery was also very good. I drew the Golden Right Foot: Accurate Long Pass, and this skill was immediately upgraded from +1 to +4.

In the reorganization and resetting point, Gu Ran reorganized the Press Step Turn +6 into Enhanced Press Step Turn +1.

Of the 6 talent points washed out, 3 were added to the shooting attribute, and the shooting attribute immediately increased from 71 points to 74 points.

The other three talent points were added to the three weak technical attributes of marking, positioning, and stealing. In this way, the marking attribute was increased to 69, the positioning attribute was increased to 70, and the stealing attribute was increased to 68.

After Gu Ran finished his physiotherapy, all members of the Southampton team took the bus and happily returned to the Staplewood training base.

All 8 games in November are over!

All the games were won! This is the most perfect month for Southampton! Coach Adkins was also named the best coach of November, and Gu Ran was named the best player of November in League One! Coach Adkins announced a two-day holiday, and all players must return to Staplewood training ground on December 3rd.

After his teammates dispersed, Gu Ran stayed in the restaurant at the training base to eat customized snacks.

Personal affairs assistant Rick ran over happily with a pile of information.

"Hi! Gu! Your performance today was so awesome! The whole of Southampton is crazy about you!"

"We haven't made it to the League Cup semi-finals for a long time. All the credit for today's victory goes to you!"

"I really can't describe my love for you in words!"

Rick hugged Gu Ran without saying a word and kissed him hard on the face.

Holy shit…

Gu Ran felt like he was about to vomit out the snack he had just eaten.

"Rick, ahem, it's nothing. Although I scored the goal, the victory was the result of everyone's joint efforts. By the way, you should be here to deliver the December schedule."

Rick nodded quickly. "Yes, but before the schedule, I want to show you the possible opponents we may face in the League Cup quarter-finals."

As he spoke, Rick handed Gu Ran the results of several other League Cup quarter-finals.

Gu Ran took it and looked at it, and couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.

Manchester United eliminated Birmingham 5:1 - there was no suspense about this. Manchester United around 2010 was definitely an invincible dominant force.

The other two knockout matches were shocking: Tottenham eliminated Liverpool 2:1, Chelsea tied with Arsenal 3:3 in regular time, both sides scored one goal each in overtime, and finally Chelsea eliminated Arsenal, which had sold many captains, through a penalty shootout.

This means that Southampton’s future opponents will be Manchester United, Tottenham and Chelsea.

The League Cup quarter-finals will be played in two rounds, one at home and one away. No matter who Southampton faces, it will be a very difficult game.

Of course, if they can win the quarter-finals, Southampton will tie the club's highest record of runner-up.

Rick added: "The League Cup schedule will not be available until January next year, so we can relax in December. The draw for the matchups will also begin in mid-December."

Gu Ran nodded and took the December schedule handed over by Rick.

There are 7 games in December, which is relatively easier than the 8 games in November.

The first game will be at 3 pm on Saturday, December 4th, in the 18th round of the English League One, where Southampton will face Hartlip at home.

The second game will be at 7:45 pm on Wednesday, December 8th, in the semi-final of the English Championship Pioneer Cup South Division, with Southampton hosting Milton Keynes Dons.

The third game will be at 3 pm on Saturday, December 11, in the 19th round of the English League One, where Southampton will challenge Bristol Rovers away.

The fourth game, at 7:45 pm on Tuesday, December 14, in the 20th round of the English League One, Southampton will face Yeovil Town at home.

The fifth game, at 3 pm on Saturday, December 18, in the 21st round of the English League One, Southampton will face Dagenham away.

The sixth game, at 3 pm on Sunday, December 26, in the 22nd round of the English League One, Southampton will face Exeter City at home.

After playing 7 games in December, the first half of the season is over and the winter transfer window begins.

Throughout December, there were almost no fatal confrontations. The only focus match was probably the semi-final of the British Championship South Division against Milton Keynes on December 8.

Gu Ran put away the schedule, exchanged a few words with Rick, then drove back to the Dune Villa, received ice and fire therapy, and went to bed to rest.

On December 4th, in the 18th round of the English League One, Southampton faced Hartlip at home.

Hartlip is a weak mid-table team, currently ranked 16th in the English League One standings.

Therefore, in today's game, Coach Adkins sent all the main players into the field, and Gu Ran sat on the bench in case of emergency.

The two sides played back and forth in the first half. In the 32nd minute, Hartlip created chaos in front of the goal through a corner kick and kicked the ball into Southampton's goal in the chaos, taking the lead.

After taking the lead, the Hartlip team began to defend with all their might.

Southampton's substitutes kept attacking, and finally before the end of the first half, Garrod scored an equalizing goal.

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and the scene was still tense and ugly.

Until the 80th minute, the score between the two sides remained unchanged.

Coach Adkins made a decisive substitution, directly replacing Connolly, who had performed poorly in this game, and directly moving Gu Ran to the forward position.

The substitution had an immediate effect.

Less than half a minute after coming on the pitch, Gu Ran retreated to his own penalty area and stole the ball, then ran 75 meters in 10 seconds. With his superb physical strength and violent aesthetic sprint speed, he broke through the three layers of defense of the Hartlepool team in one go, and shot directly after entering the penalty area! The score was immediately rewritten to Southampton 2:1 Hartlepool! The Southampton fans at St. Mary's Stadium were delighted!

Then, in the 86th minute of the game, Gu Ran dribbled in front of the penalty area, and Hartlip pushed him from behind and was shown a red card by the referee! It must be said that the referee today was more biased towards Southampton. First, this is Southampton's home court. Second, Gu Ran is Southampton's most popular star. Southampton Club will definitely spend a lot of effort in the referee union to ensure that Gu Ran will not be maliciously targeted.

British referees, haha...it's all the same.

After Hartlip had one player sent off, Gu Ran took the free kick from a good position.

Gu Ran was not polite at all and scored another goal with a crescent-shaped scimitar kick that had a deadly lift.

On the big screen at St. Mary's Stadium, the score was immediately changed to Southampton 3:1 Hartlip.

The Hartlip team, missing one man, suffered a crushing defeat.

In the last minute of injury time, Gu Ran dribbled the ball into the penalty area and made a beautiful through-the-crotch pass while being double-teamed by five defensive players. Garod, who followed up in the back row, easily pushed the ball past the advancing keeper, and the score became Southampton 4:1 Hartlip.

In the end, Southampton completely defeated Hartlip thanks to Gu Ran's appearance in the last ten minutes, won three points in the 18th round of the English League One, and continued to lead the English League One.

Then, three days later at 7:45 pm on Wednesday, December 8, the semi-final of the English Championship Pioneer Cup South Division kicked off.

Southampton will host Milton Keynes Dons, another top-tier English League One team.

This is not the first time the two sides have met each other this season, and this match is also a relatively important knockout match, so Southampton's main players all returned after a round of rest.

Gu Ran continued to play as defensive midfielder.

At the beginning of the first half, Southampton adopted an offensive posture of high pressure throughout the court.

In the 3rd minute of the game, Gu Ran intercepted the ball in the middle and made a violent and aesthetic breakthrough to the front of Milton Keynes' penalty area, sending a beautiful through ball. Chamberlain inserted into the penalty area from the left side and shot at a small angle. The football was blocked by Milton Keynes' central defender with his foot and rolled into his own goal.

Milton Kels scored an own goal at the start! Southampton had a fantastic start, with all the players smiling - except Chamberlain who should have scored.

Originally this ball should have been scored by Chamberlain, but it turned into an own goal for the opponent.

Chamberlain was about to explode.

In the 14th minute of the game, Lambert made a wonderful pass to Gu Ran, who stopped the ball with his right foot and passed it directly to Lallana who broke into the penalty area with his left foot. Lallana made a powerful shot, but the ball was saved by Milton Keynes' goalkeeper and went out of the end line.

Southampton wins a corner.

Gu Ran took the corner kick and sent the ball to the back post. High school defender Jaidi headed the ball into the goal and Southampton scored again! The score on the big screen was changed to Southampton 2:0 Milton Keynes.

...(End of this chapter)