Torres held his head, knelt down and slid towards the goal.

This ball can no longer be considered a shot, but rather a brilliant clearance.

Torres is worthy of being Southampton's extra-role defender. He does not receive a salary, but he helps a lot.

Southampton fans happily shouted Torres' name.

Torres himself was going crazy.

Ancelotti also looked depressed and kept shaking his head.

In fact, considering Chelsea's strength, apart from underestimating Gu Ran's strength at the beginning, the major reason why Chelsea was beaten so badly by Southampton in two consecutive games was Torres.

Torres took up too many offensive resources in the frontcourt, greatly suppressing the two wingers' ball-holding space and number of shots, but Torres' own accuracy was surprisingly poor, as if he had been put under a spell after leaving Liverpool and could not score any goals.

Although Torres has just arrived at Chelsea, even if he is a newcomer, even if Sturridge is called back from the loan club, so many opportunities will not be wasted.

If Torres had not been used, but the highly impactful Didier Drogba had continued to be used, Southampton's defense would have been torn to pieces as early as the first round of the game.

However, Ancelotti was still reluctant to replace Torres.

This is Ancelotti’s coaching style – no substitutions easily.

He didn't want to offend Torres.

Moreover, Torres was recruited by the boss Abramovich at all costs. If the boss discards the player after using him for a few times, wouldn't that be a slap in the face of the boss? Mourinho can do such a thing, but Ancelotti will never do it.

Mourinho not only dared to slap his boss in the face, he also dared to slap himself in the face.

Once Mourinho made a substitution at halftime, and after the substitution he found that the performance of the substituted player was not as good as he expected, so Mourinho immediately and decisively replaced the player he had just replaced.

What does the boss’s face, the players’ face, or his own face matter? In Mourinho’s eyes, winning is the most important thing!

In comparison, Ancelotti is really the best candidate to take over the Chinese national football team...

The game continues.

Having escaped a fatal disaster, Southampton quickly regained their footing.

The fourth official raised a sign, indicating that there would be five minutes of injury time.

Now there are only 9 minutes left in the game. If Southampton cannot equalize the score within 9 minutes, Chelsea will eliminate Southampton and advance to the League Cup final "safely".

While controlling the ball, Gu Ran shouted to his teammates who were pressing forward, "Don't be impatient."

At the critical moment, Gu Ran played a stabilizing role as the backbone, and the mentality of the Southampton team quickly stabilized.

When Gu Ran dribbled the ball, he encountered a double-team. Gu Ran then calmly pulled Lampard and three other players to the left, while Chamberlain took the opportunity to move to the baseline.

Just when Lampard and others focused on defending the left side, Gu Ran suddenly changed direction and retreated, creating space and passed the ball to the right side.

Schneiderlin received the ball on the right and then advanced along the side!

Gu Ran took the opportunity to quickly insert the ball! Schneiderlin knocked it horizontally, but it was a little slow! Ashley Cole, the diving trigger that can give Ronaldo a headache, made a desperate sliding tackle, stopped the ball, and bumped into Schneiderlin by the way, making it impossible for Schneiderlin to counter-grab on the spot.

Immediately afterwards, Ashley Cole passed the ball to Malouda who was retreating!

Malouda rushed at full speed with the ball! He was about to score a single goal! Gu Ran, who had just penetrated the middle, quickly returned to defense! The speed competition between the two was visibly exciting!

Just when Malouda created space and was about to kick the ball, Gu Ran violently rushed up from the side and rear and directly pushed Malouda away!

Malouda immediately fell to the ground and rolled over! He rolled towards the penalty area! The Southampton fans at the scene immediately booed wildly.

The referee blew the whistle to interrupt the game.

Malouda fell in the penalty area, covering his face with his hands, and didn't get up for a long time.

Gu Ran looked helpless and spread his hands to explain to the referee.

After consulting the linesman, the referee decisively showed a yellow card to Malouda! The referee judged Malouda for diving!

St. Mary's Stadium was suddenly boiling!

This was a rare correct decision by a Premier League referee! Malouda stood up with a depressed look on his face. He couldn't understand why Cristiano and Ashley Young could do what he, Malouda, couldn't do.

Southampton won a free kick in the backcourt.

Gu Ran quickly took a short free kick and passed the ball to Lambert.

Lambert dribbled the ball twice and before the opposing players could press high up the pitch, he immediately passed the ball to Gu Ran who had created some space.

The space opened up for Gu Ran was not very large, but this was the best he could do while running as hard as he could to get rid of the opponent.

There was no way out. As the game reached this critical moment, Chelsea tried their best to double-team Gu Ran, not daring to let Gu Ran seize any seemingly insignificant opportunity.

Gu Ran received the pass from Lambert while running, and then passed the ball forward to Lallana while running.

Lallana was also closely guarded and was unable to turn around and break through after receiving the ball, so he could only pass the ball back to Gu Ran.

But the ball was passed very hastily under pressure.

Ramirez grabbed Gu Ran's arm tightly, and Lampard took a step forward and intercepted the ball!

Then, Lampard made a high pass! The position of the defender Torres was very good! It would be a shame if he didn't pass the ball to Torres! Torres didn't even stop the ball, but volleyed it directly! The ball...went in! Torres scored!

Torres cheered wildly! All the resentment suppressed in his chest was swept away!

but……

Immediately afterwards, the referee blew the whistle, indicating that Torres was offside.

Torres was stunned.

Through the replay on the big screen at the scene, Torres was indeed in an offside position when he received the ball, and the offside was very obvious and there was no dispute.

This is also Southampton's offside tactic! As long as the referee is not blind and does not deliberately favor Chelsea, Southampton will dare to use the risky offside tactic at home.

Torres' goal does not count! The score between the two sides is still Southampton 1:2 (aggregate score 4:5) Chelsea.

The suspense of the League Cup quarter-finals is still there! But the injury time is getting shorter and shorter!

After Southampton kicked off, Gu Ran dribbled the ball and cooperated with Lambert and Chamberlain. He then used his physical confrontation and speed to force Lampard, Ramirez and Essien to eat him alive. Then he passed the ball to Lallana who had quietly infiltrated Chelsea's penalty area! This was Southampton's last chance! ... (End of this chapter)