Chelsea's goal is really hard to break! Cech was really strong during this period. He could make two consecutive saves in such a short time!
Lallana shook his head in frustration. He was not well prepared for this ball. He failed to exert his full strength and failed to control the shooting angle of the ball.
But no matter what, this wave of attack can be regarded as the two most threatening shots of Southampton since the start of the game.
Gu Ran ran over and helped Lallana up who was kneeling on the grass, and touched Lallana's head to show encouragement.
Although the score is still 1:0 and Southampton is behind, as long as they continue to play like this, Southampton still has hope.
The Saints fans at the scene also applauded Gu Ran and Lallana loudly.
The game continues.
In the 39th minute, Chelsea's Malouda forced a corner kick on the right side of Southampton.
Lampard took the penalty, and Gu Ran returned to the penalty area to defend the high point.
Almost all of Chelsea's tall players squeezed into Southampton's penalty area.
Walton deliberately stuck close to Terry and kept talking about Vanessa's abortion.
Terry was furious, but he had to hold it in for the sake of the game.
Walton continued to trash-talk Terry while putting his hands around his neck.
Terry angrily reached out and pushed Walton away.
The referee blew the whistle, warning Terry and Walton.
Lampard sent a beautiful arc ball to the front of the goal, and Torres jumped high in the chaos.
At the same time, Gu Ran jumped up next to Torres to interfere with Torres' header!
Torres missed the ball again! The ball flew high over the crossbar as if it was cleared!
Chelsea fans don't even want to sigh anymore.
Torres knelt on the grass, scratching his blond hair in frustration.
He has wasted at least four sure-shot chances today.
If this continues, the nickname "Iron Guard" will be borne out.
The game continues.
It was clearly the physical window period, but the iron-blooded Chelsea team still had plenty of overall physical strength, especially the three B2B midfielders Lampard, Ramires and Essien, who really had unlimited physical strength. They were clearly sprinting all over the field and clearly in physical confrontation with Gu Ran, but there was no sign of fatigue at all.
The injury time in the first half was not 5 minutes.
In the third minute of injury time, David Luiz intercepted Schneiderlin's cross and then dribbled forward.
Chelsea's formation also pressed forward, Lampard took the opportunity to take Gu Ran to open up space in the middle, while Lallana and Lambert quickly filled in.
The offensive and defensive formations of both sides changed infinitely in an instant!
David Luiz used his body to take down Lallana, then made a one-two with Ashley Cole who came up from the wing, and then dribbled the ball straight to the front of Southampton's penalty area! David Luiz fired a long shot! Goalkeeper Davis was very focused, jumped up and blocked the ball, and the ball flew to the left side of the penalty area! Malouda quickly inserted in and poked the ball into the near corner of the goal before Font and Walton caught up to close the door! Davis was helpless!
After scoring the goal, Malouda excitedly ran to the north stand and celebrated! Chelsea fans cheered and celebrated happily, and the score on the big screen at Stamford Bridge was immediately changed to Chelsea 2:0 Southampton.
All the Southampton players shook their heads and sighed helplessly.
They tried their best to defend in the first half, but... they were still full of holes.
If Gu Ran hadn't basically restricted Lampard in the middle, the score in the first half would definitely be even worse than this.
This is only the first half, and the two-goal gap is definitely not the end, it is very likely just the beginning.
At this time, with the referee's whistle, the first half of the game ended.
Players from both teams returned to the player tunnel.
Lampard walked side by side with Gu Ran, and said to him with a smile as they walked: "Hey Gu, you played very well in the first half. You restricted me so much that I barely got the ball. You are really a strong opponent. I am glad that I didn't meet an opponent like you among the strong teams. Otherwise, the result of this game would be hard to predict."
Gu Ran smiled and said, "This is only the first half. It's hard to say what the result will be, unless you want to open champagne at halftime."
"Hahaha!" Lampard smiled and shook his head. "Of course we won't do that! But to be honest, Gu, a team like Southampton is too weak. This kind of weak team will force you to put more energy into defense and you won't be able to play your offensive advantage. You should have come to Chelsea earlier. Believe me, your action of getting stitches on the spot after your injury has already conquered the hearts of the Blues fans. Your coming to Stamford Bridge now must be what the club's top management and Blues fans are most looking forward to."
Gu Ran said coldly: "Okay, let's talk about it after I beat you guys."
Although he had a good relationship with Lampard, during the game, especially when the score was behind, Gu Ran had no intention of chatting and laughing with Lampard.
Lampard was not annoyed. He just smiled, patted Gu Ran on the shoulder, and walked back to his locker room.
Later, Walton was still pestering Terry, chattering and trash-talking.
Terry, who entered the player tunnel, couldn't bear it anymore and turned around to grab Walton's neck.
Walton was like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water. "Come on, hit me, everyone come and see! Terry, who slept with his brother's girlfriend, is going to beat someone up again!"
Southampton players quickly gathered around.
The fourth official from the refereeing team also rushed over and yelled at Terry.
Terry could only suppress his anger and returned to the home team's locker room.
The storm has temporarily subsided.
Captain Davis put his arm around Walton's shoulders and said with a knowing smile, "Good job on the dirty work."
Walton sighed, "It was almost there. Terry is really patient. If I don't let him explode soon, I will run out of energy and have to be replaced."
After returning to the visiting team's locker room, Coach Adkins took the initiative to applaud, "Boys, you played very well in the first half! Although we are temporarily two goals behind, we should have been behind by more goals. Such a score in the first half is still within our tolerance."
"In the second half, we still have to defend. Lallana, you should move back a little bit and play as a central midfielder. Stay parallel to Gu Ran and help Gu Ran to limit Lampard."
“Gu, you should move forward as soon as you get the chance, even if it means letting Lampard down. In the second half, we need to defend and try not to let Chelsea score any more goals. At the same time, it would be even better if we can score a goal away from home!”
"Yes! Coach!"
...(End of this chapter)