Immediately afterwards, Lampard made some minor adjustments and prepared to pass the ball!

Torres had already rushed into the penalty area, Malouda on the left and Anelka on the right also penetrated from Southampton's sides. Southampton's defense was almost riddled with holes by Chelsea's trident in this instant! It's not that Southampton didn't defend carefully, but that they really couldn't defend!

Malouda alone is deadly, Anelka is even more deadly, and Torres is even more deadly! Southampton's defense is in chaos. No matter who Lampard points the ball to, this ball is almost certain to go in! However...

Just before Lampard was about to kick the ball across, Gu Ran rushed towards him at a speed of violent aesthetics.

Lampard was not panicking at all. The fine adjustment he just made was to guard against Gu Ran. Through the fine adjustment just now, Lampard had already got ahead of Gu Ran and would never let Gu Ran have the chance to touch the ball - unless Gu Ran directly tackled him from behind.

However, what Lampard never expected was that Gu Ran came up without slowing down and directly hit Lampard's buttocks with his hips! Suddenly, Lampard could not pass the ball with his legs.

Engineer Ramirez arrived quickly and wanted to push Gu Ran away as soon as possible.

But Gu Ran didn't wait for Ramirez to touch him, he stretched out his foot from behind Lampard and kicked the ball away from Lampard's feet!

This action is very aggressive! But it is not a foul!

Lampard never expected that Gu Ran would be so proactive, and from behind him!

Lampard staggered a few steps and ran to chase the ball.

But Lambert was a step faster and kicked the ball out of the sideline.

Chelsea win a throw-in.

Southampton got a chance to breathe under the tremendous offensive pressure.

In this defense, Southampton's back line has completely collapsed, but fortunately, Gu Ran, the front midfielder, started to use an active and aggressive way to fight against Lampard and did not let Lampard lead the way. Otherwise, the score of 1:0 would have appeared at the beginning.

Chelsea kicked the ball out of bounds.

Almost all of Southampton's players gathered near the penalty area. Anelka's first shot after receiving the ball hit the wall and bounced out. Anelka got the second point and shot again!

The kick was so powerful that the football went over the crossbar and flew out of the end line.

Three minutes into the game, Chelsea had three shots and Southampton had one.

In terms of tactical style, both teams are pragmatic and tend to be defensive and counterattacking, but the offensive tempo of both teams in this game was faster than that of the offensive teams.

Chelsea's attack was not wasted at all. Basically, they left it to Lampard when there was an opportunity. If there was no opportunity, both wings would advance to the 30-meter area to cross the ball. The wingers would cut inside to cover and the center forward would look for an opportunity to shoot.

Southampton's style of play was even simpler. The whole team was on defense, with Gu Ran going out to defend and limit Lampard. Once they got the ball, they would make a long pass from the backcourt, relying on the forwards and shadow striker to fight for opportunities and grab the second point for a supplementary shot.

Although Gu Ran was easily pulled away by Lampard when defending and was unable to form a tacit defense with his teammates, when Gu Ran was defending Lampard alone, he was very proactive in showing aggressiveness, which greatly limited Lampard's passing role in the midfield and frontcourt.

Ramirez had been following Gu Ran, and Ramirez's physical strength was indeed unlimited and his confrontational nature was extremely strong. The key was that Ramirez's speed and explosive power were far inferior to Gu Ran's. Gu Ran could shake Ramirez off with an emergency stop and start.

Therefore, Ramirez was almost unable to restrain Gu Ran.

So, in terms of a one-on-one duel with the world's top No. 8, Gu Ran did not win.

However, judging from the actual situation of this game, Gu Ran single-handedly disrupted Chelsea's central axis.

Ancelotti was wearing a suit, with his hands in his trouser pockets, chewing gum, and staring at the situation on the field without saying a word.

In his opinion, there will be no problem in winning the English League One team Southampton by a large margin in this game, so he focused more on observing Torres and Gu Ran in this game.

Torres is already meat on Chelsea's plate, and according to the determination of owner Abramovich, Gu Ran will be able to come to Chelsea soon. Where should Gu Ran be placed at that time?

Left back? Replace Ashley Cole? Or put him in the midfield, parallel to Lampard, to help Lampard do the dirty work? He can't be the left winger to replace Malouda, right? Oh, the lineup is too luxurious, which is also a kind of trouble...

A smug smile appeared on Ancelotti's chubby cheeks.

On the other side, coach Adkins in the visiting team's tactical area kept yelling, reminding the Southampton players not to stop running.

The game is in the 7th minute.

With Gu Ran almost blocking Lampard, Ivanovic took the ball and launched a quick attack on the left side of Southampton.

Southampton's formation then shrank and compressed to the left.

Anelka made intermittent runs and went down to the bottom to provide support.

At least three Southampton players were attracted by Anelka, and a space appeared in the middle.

Gu Ran was at the front guarding the more crucial Lampard, and was unable to come back quickly to fill the position for a while.

Big Ivan took the opportunity to cut inside, and then made a precise pass to the feet of the Infant Saint Torres who had already penetrated into the penalty area!

Chelsea's cooperation is so simple, smooth and effective!

After Torres got the ball, he flicked his right toe, made a beautiful fake move to get past Walton who was flying in and shoveled the ball, and then volleyed the ball with his left foot into the far corner of the goal! This shot was so beautiful!

From the perspective of the action, it was absolutely perfect and flawless! This level of action is almost impossible for a center forward to do, especially a British center forward, especially a Drogba-style center forward! Goalkeeper Davis was standing at the near corner to block the shot, and he never expected that Torres, as a center forward, would use his left foot to shoot into the far corner!

Davis was powerless and could only stand there...

Bang! The football hit the dead corner between the far goal post and the crossbar, and then bounced out of the end line.

Chelsea fans raised their arms to celebrate but all of them froze in mid-air! Southampton fans cheered excitedly! Davies trembled and made the sign of the cross on his chest! He himself was not that pious, but today, the Holy Child Torres had missed two sure goals! He had to thank God for this!

Torres himself was also depressed and shook his head.

...(End of this chapter)