After the match with Huddersfield Town, the team had a day off.
Gu Ran also took advantage of this day to fulfill his promise to treat Emenalo's family to dinner.
Emenalo was as happy as a child. Emenalo's wife was even happier than Emenalo. She kept hugging Gu Ran and refused to let go, which made Gu Ran feel a little embarrassed. Emenalo laughed even more happily.
The next day, after returning to the training ground, Gu Ran continued to train with Mikel.
Gu Ran also learned a lot of skills from Mikel, and Mikel was even more amazed at Gu Ran's learning ability and speed of progress.
The two soon became close friends.
At 3 pm on Saturday, February 5, the 29th round of the English League One began, with Southampton away challenging Sheffield Wednesday.
In this game, Coach Adkins sent out the other half of the team's main players, but the core was still led by Gu Ran, assisted by Mikel.
Sheffield Wednesday naturally defended with all their might.
But the cooperation between Mikel and Gu Ran was very sharp. When they were defending, they were like two seamless iron walls. When they were attacking, they were like two super tanks that rushed forward and could not be stopped by anyone.
Sheffield Wednesday was brutally beaten by Gu Ran and Mikel.
If coach Adkins had not replaced Gu Ran and Mikel in the 70th minute of the game, the score would have changed from Sheffield Wednesday 0:9 Southampton to 0:10.
The Gu-Mi combination is simply brutal.
Mikel has never had so much fun playing football.
After the game, in the shower room, Mikel ran to Gu Ran and excitedly hugged Gu Ran's shoulders, "Gu! I had such a great time playing today! If I had known that playing in the English League One would be so exciting, I should have come a long time ago! Also, you are so amazing! I have played with so many players, but only you can make me feel so good that my whole body is twitching! The cooperation between the two of us is getting better and better. If we go back to Chelsea, Chelsea will be invincible!"
Gu Ran applied soap on his body and said with a smile, "Even if we don't go back to Chelsea, we will still be invincible!"
Mikkel was stunned, "...That makes sense!"
Bang! The soap in Gu Ran's hand accidentally slipped to the ground.
Mikel quickly said, "I'll pick it up! I'll pick it up!"
Holy shit…
Mikel bends down to pick up the soap for me...
I dare not look at this scene!
Gu Ran quickly covered his eyes...
At 7:45 pm on Friday, February 11, the second round of the English Championship Pioneer Cup Southern Division final began with Southampton away challenging Colchester United.
Since Southampton beat Colchester United 8:0 at home in the previous round, Southampton only sent out half of their main players in the second round.
Gu Ran even took a day off directly.
Coach Adkins did this to protect Gu Ran.
After all, it was the Southern Division Finals at their home ground, so they would definitely fight for revenge. Gu Ran would play against Portsmouth in the fifth round of the FA Cup, and Tottenham Hotspur, so he couldn't get injured during this period.
Mikel continued to start, and main players such as Lambert, Hammond, Schneiderlin and Gully also started.
This game was rather dull.
In this way, Southampton eliminated Colchester United with a total score of 10:2 and entered the final of the British Championship.
After this game, Southampton had two days off.
After the holiday, the entire Southampton team returned and continued to train the established tactics and formation with full fighting spirit.
At 7:45 p.m. on Wednesday, February 16, the 30th round of the English League One, Southampton's home game against Peterborough United began.
This game also attracted a lot of media to watch and report.
With Southampton's current points gap, as long as they can win three points against Peterborough United, they can secure the title of English League One and complete the promotion goal of this season ahead of schedule.
Peterborough United is currently the second in English League One, but there is a big gap in points between Peterborough United and Southampton, so if Peterborough United loses these precious 3 points to Southampton, then in the subsequent games, even if Peterborough United can remain undefeated and Southampton remains undefeated without even a draw, Peterborough United will still be 1 point behind Southampton.
Therefore, as long as Southampton can win this game, they can win the English League One championship in advance.
This may also be the first team in the history of English League One to win the championship and be promoted in February.
This is undoubtedly a huge miracle.
The British media's attention is all focused on St. Mary's Stadium tonight.
Whether they are Southampton fans or non-Southampton fans, or even whether they are fans or not, they are all following this game on TV and the Internet. Everyone wants to know how sharp the performance of the team that can eliminate Chelsea is in the English League One.
The search volume for the name Gu Ran and the number of views of Gu Ran's short videos hit an all-time high before tonight's game.
The number of people online in the live broadcast room also increased from the previous peak of 300,000 to more than 800,000! And under Mendes' operation, domestic media also reported on Gu Ran's performance in England.
Several big names from the English Football Association also came to watch the game, and if Southampton won, they would immediately present the English League One championship medals and trophies.
Tickets for this game were sold at a minimum of 500 pounds each, with box tickets going as high as 10,000 pounds each.
Every fan wants to witness the exciting moment when Gu Ran leads Southampton to win the English Football League One championship.
As for Peterborough United... they didn't want to stop Southampton from wearing the crown at St. Mary's Stadium. Southampton had Gu Ran, so who could stop them? Peterborough United only hoped to lose fewer penalties today, to maintain some face in front of fans across the country and even Europe, and not be used as a background for ridicule.
Therefore, Peterburg United's tactic today is to defend with all their strength.
Southampton's tactic was to attack with all their might in 4231 formation - with the whole of Europe paying attention and them about to win the English Football League One title, if they didn't attack with all their might, they would be looked down upon.
This time the odds given by the bookmaker are 1.32 for home win, 5.32 for draw and 8.34 for loss.
Domestic single bets are: Southampton win with 1 goal at 1.86, draw with 1 goal at 3.43, and lose with 1 goal at 3.87.
It can be said that the bookmakers are unanimously optimistic that Southampton can easily win this game.
As soon as the game started, Southampton fans stood up and cheered for the team wildly.
The Southampton team was also in high spirits and launched a beautiful offensive with a 4231 formation.
3rd minute of the match...
(End of this chapter)