Because they were in the penalty area, David Luiz and Terry did not dare to move too much. They already had a yellow card, and if they brought Lallana down, they would easily be sentenced to death.
Therefore, Terry and David Luiz used more physical pressure on Lallana, forcing Lallana to lose control of his feet.
Under such high pressure, most forwards would panic.
What's more, with goalkeeper Cech in front of the goal, Terry and David Luiz are not worried at all.
Although Lallana avoided David Luiz's interception after dribbling the ball with his toes, he failed to shake off the more experienced Terry.
Seeing the Chelsea players behind him chasing at high speed, Lallana had no other choice but to force the ball to pull horizontally. After pulling out a little space, he didn't care that his body was about to lose balance, and directly kicked the ball head-on! There was almost no angle to speak of, but the force that burst out in a short period of time was still remarkable, and it was also quite sudden.
Goalkeeper Cech judged the angle correctly, but the ball slipped out of his hands on his first try!
The ball bounced back into the penalty area! Lallana rushed forward quickly, ready to make up the shot! Terry was quick-witted and kicked the ball out of the penalty area before Lallana!
Ramirez, who was at the edge of the penalty area, jumped high, ready to take over the ball and headed it to Lampard who was preparing to counterattack! However, at this moment, Gu Ran rushed over with a violent aesthetic and bombarded with a high-track header outside the penalty area!
A world-class header! This ball was extremely fast, powerful, and curved!
Cech once again accurately predicted the shooting angle, but this time, Cech's second save was a little bit slower!
The football brushed against Cech's fingertips, changed its direction slightly, and bounced on the inside of the goal frame on the right side of the post.
The ball went in! The ball went in!!! The referee gestured to the center circle! Indicating that the goal was valid!
4th minute of injury time!
The score on the big screen at St. Mary's Stadium was immediately changed to Southampton 2:2 (aggregate score 5:5) Chelsea!
The entire St. Mary's Stadium was boiling!
Gu Ran's header was like gold! Southampton had already entered the gate of the League Cup final!
At this moment, all the Southampton fans were cheering and jumping, crying out the name of the Chinese father! The Chelsea players put their hands on their hips, their faces full of disbelief.
They couldn't believe that they were beaten like this by a League One team.
Although the game is still tied now, there is at most half a minute left before the game ends after the restart.
And if it ends in a draw, Chelsea will be eliminated!
For Chelsea, the Carabao Cup title is not that valuable, far less than the FA Cup, the League Championship, or the Champions League. But... losing to a League One team, how can we explain this to the board and the fans? Ancelotti also covered his head and shook his head.
Beep, beep, beep—
The referee did not give Chelsea another chance to kick off, and blew the whistle to end the game! In this way! The total score of the two rounds was fixed at Southampton 5:5 Chelsea! According to the League Cup knockout rules, in the case of a tie between the two sides, Southampton's away goals are greater than Chelsea's away goals, so Chelsea was eliminated!!!
Southampton are heading to Wembley Stadium!
The players and staff on the Southampton bench rushed into the stadium frantically and celebrated with their biggest contributor Gu Ran!
And these world-class players of Chelsea shook their heads and sighed dejectedly.
Captain Terry even shed tears.
Torres was filled with shame and was the first to run back to the locker room.
The Southampton team held a long thank-you ceremony. Gu Ran applauded the crazy fans and threw his jersey to the screaming female fans, thus he was able to escape.
After returning to the locker room, the players continued to celebrate while being concerned about who their next opponent would be in the EFL Cup.
The match between Manchester United and Tottenham is still going on. The total score between Manchester United and Tottenham is tied, and the number of away goals is the same, so Manchester United and Tottenham have to play overtime.
It was not until all the Southampton players drove home that the result of the match between Manchester United and Tottenham finally came out.
In the extra time, Tottenham Hotspur, with the magical performance of Gareth Bale, broke through Manchester United's goal from the left and helped Tottenham Hotspur eliminate Manchester United!
Therefore, Southampton's opponent in the League Cup final will be Tottenham Hotspur, which has Gareth Bale, Van der Vaart, and Modric!
After Gu Ran heard the news over the phone, he was very excited.
The next morning, Gu Ran got up early to practice.
At 11 o'clock in the morning, Gu Ran, who was preparing to take a shower and have lunch, received a call from head coach Adkins.
"Hey Gu, how is your leg injury? Did I disturb your vacation?"
Gu Ran smiled and said, "Hello, coach. My injury is completely healed. I will spend my vacation training. Any instructions?"
Coach Adkins said with emotion: "Gu, no wonder you have improved so quickly. Players like you who are talented and hardworking are so rare. If other players can be one-tenth as hardworking as you, Southampton would have been promoted to the Premier League long ago. Ahem, I called you today to inquire about your injury. After all, we still have to play the fourth round of the FA Cup on January 29th. That is a match against the Premier League team Blackpool. I don’t know if you can play. If not, then we might as well give up the FA Cup and go all out for the league championship and the League Cup championship."
Coach Adkins' strategy is also a very pragmatic strategy for a team of Southampton's level.
The bench depth is not enough, and they are still thinking about fighting on four fronts. In the end, they will definitely not be able to hold on.
Gu Ran smiled and said, "Coach, I also know that we can't fight on four fronts with our current strength. However, there are only one game left in the League Cup, two or three games in the English Championship, and the remaining games in the English League One are not too tight. We are idle anyway, so why not try our best in the FA Cup? We'll go as far as we can. Who knows, there might be some unexpected surprises?"
Coach Adkins on the other end of the phone was stunned, then laughed helplessly: "Haha, okay, I was right, I knew you wanted them all. Then let's try our best! Oh, by the way, there is one more thing..." (End of this chapter)