"Hey Gu, don't be so polite, call me Frank!"

"Okay, Frank!"

Lampard grinned and said, "Gu, I sent you a lot of messages, why didn't you reply to me?"

Gu Ran scratched his head. "Sorry, I don't usually check my phone. I'm either in training or on my way to training. When I see the messages on my phone, they're full, so I'm too lazy to check every one of them."

Lampard laughed. "Okay, so you have too much information. But it doesn't matter. I don't have anything important to do. I just want you to come to Chelsea and play football with me."

Gu Ran smiled and said, "Thank you, Frank, but now is not the time to talk about this topic. Our two teams are about to start a battle."

Lampard smiled and said: "Of course, of course, let's talk about the transfer topic after these two rounds of games are over, but I still can't help but say one more thing, Chelsea is really your destination, Chelsea can realize all your dreams, I can help you, whether it is the Premier League championship or the Champions League championship, I can help you get it, and even help you win the European Golden Boy Award and the Golden Ball Award."

You know what, these two sentences from Lampard are really attractive.

With a super assistant like Lampard who can guide the way, and a boss like Abramovich, it is hard not to dominate Europe.

but……

Gu Ran still grinned and said, "Let's compete first."

Lampard smiled and nodded. "Okay, okay. Oh, by the way... I want to say hello to you in advance. After the game, don't exchange your jersey with others. Exchange it with me. After all, a superstar like you will leave Southampton soon. Your Southampton jersey will definitely be rare and worth collecting in the future."

Gu Ran smiled and said, "It's too early to ask for a jersey now, isn't it? But don't worry, Frank, I'm very willing to exchange jerseys with you."

"Okay, then it's settled!"

Lampard took the initiative to shake hands with Gu Ran again, and then the two of them separated and returned to their respective fields to concentrate on training.

Chelsea's fans were even happier when they saw that their team leader, vice-captain Lampard, had such a good relationship with Gu Ran. It seemed that after the game, vice-captain Lampard could pull Gu Ran into the Blues camp.

The Stanford Stadium was packed today, and it is worth mentioning that Chelsea's big boss Roman Abramovich also came to watch the game.

At this time, Abramovich was sitting in the executive box, hugging Emma Watson, the actress who played Hermione in "Harry Potter", with a happy expression on his face.

Originally, Abramovich liked to sit outside and watch the game, just like a normal fan, but Emma Watson wanted it all, so today Abramovich had to obey his girlfriend and sit in the executive box to watch the game.

After half an hour of warm-up training, players from both sides left the field to make final preparations.

At 7:35, players from both teams appeared in the player tunnel, holding the hands of their caddies, and lined up to enter the court under the guidance of the referee.

Ran Live also immediately connected to the live signal. For today's game, the number of people watching online in the live broadcast room has exceeded 600,000!

Gu Ran's attraction is only part of it. There are also many fans who are Chelsea fans! Seeing their beloved Chelsea team compete with players from their own country, the popularity of this game can be imagined.

Domestic sports lottery has also opened single bets, and many lottery players have bet on Chelsea to draw with two goals - whether they can buy a third sea view villa depends on Gu Ran’s performance today!

At this time, the players from both sides lined up and shook hands.

After the handshake ceremony, the captains of the two teams came to the referee to toss a coin.

Southampton's on-field captain is still Davis, while Chelsea's captain is their iron-blooded soul No. 26 John Terry - the one who slept with his teammate Bridge's girlfriend.

Terry's personality is that of a natural leader. When you look into his eyes, you will lower your head unconsciously.

Even Rio Ferdinand was outshined by Terry in the national team.

It was not until 2010 that Terry was stripped of his England captaincy after it was revealed that he had slept with Bridge's girlfriend Vanessa several times, got her pregnant and had an abortion.

If Terry had only slept with his friend's wife once, it could be explained away as "a common mistake made by men", but sleeping with her so many times that she wanted to have an abortion, this was really too much.

Bridge is not only Terry's teammate at Chelsea, but also his teammate in the national team.

Bridge worshipped Captain Terry as his boss, but...

Because of this incident, Bridge, a star from Southampton and England's most promising right-back, transferred to Manchester City with hatred, and turned from a tough full-back into a glass man who would fall down at the slightest touch.

The Southampton people are keeping a record of this for Bridge.

Especially old Southampton players like Davis and Walton, who are all brothers with Bridge, naturally hate Terry.

So, when tossing the coin, Terry took the initiative to shake hands with Davis, but Davis didn't even look at Terry and just tossed the coin.

The Saints' die-hard fans also booed Terry, and some even shouted "Bridge"'s name loudly.

Terry's face was expressionless, as if he was deaf.

In the end, Southampton got the priority to choose the side, while Chelsea got the priority to kick-off.

This time, Southampton did not make a reverse choice and take the north half where Chelsea's diehard fans were, but instead followed the procedure and chose the south half where the Saints fans were.

After all, this method of taking over the opponent's accustomed half of the field may have some psychological effect on evenly matched teams, but it is useless for a team like Chelsea that is accustomed to big scenes.

The captains of both teams shook hands - this was the rule of the game. Davis could only shake hands with Terry perfunctorily, and then quickly exchanged team flags.

Players from both teams also took photos in their respective half of the field before forming their formations.

In today's game, the away team Southampton still used their most common 442 formation. Coach Adkins asked the whole team to focus on defense and use physical strength.

This is almost the same requirement as when Southampton, Everton and Manchester City played.

After all, when a weak team plays against a strong team, there is really no need to think too much.

The most pragmatic thing is to play defense and counterattack honestly.

Barcelona is good at passing and controlling the ball because they have top players cultivated by their own system. If your weak team tries to learn from them, you will only become weaker.

However, there are some changes in Southampton today compared to the previous game against Manchester City.

...(End of this chapter)