With a score of 4:0 and Southampton's poor performance, the outcome of the game was basically no longer in suspense.

Moreover, it is very likely that Southampton will continue to collapse in the second half and the result of the game will be even uglier.

Many of the fans who left early were Chelsea and Arsenal fans who came to watch Tottenham's lively game, but it was obvious that they were greatly stimulated by Tottenham's slow performance in the first half.

There were also some Southampton Saints fans who left early, but the number was very small.

Most Southampton fans felt sad for their home team, but continued to stay in Wembley Stadium to cheer for their players and pray for a miracle.

No matter what, Southampton has already made history.

Since the establishment of the club, Southampton has only won the League Cup runner-up once in history. Today, even if it loses 10 goals, Southampton is still the runner-up of the League Cup, and it is the runner-up of the League Cup won as a League One team. The gold content is still very high.

The game continues.

The fourth official raised a sign, indicating that four minutes of extra time would be added to the first half.

Tottenham's offensive style remains the same.

Under the pressure of Gu Ran, Modric passed the ball to Lennon on the right.

After getting the ball, Lennon ran straight into Southampton's half at high speed. Chamberlain couldn't defend against Lennon's speed at all.

Seeing that Lennon was about to cut inside with the ball, Gu Ran made a fatal sliding tackle, first shoveling the ball under Lennon's feet, and then tripping Lennon, who was running without time to slow down! Lennon fell to the ground and committed consecutive fouls, consciously moving towards the penalty area.

However, the referee was very observant and ignored Lennon, but signaled for the game to continue.

Gu Ran's tackle was picked up by Chamberlain who was retreating. Chamberlain immediately kicked the ball and quickly advanced along the side!

Gu Ran also used his hands and feet to quickly stand up from the edge of his own penalty area, running as fast as he could and heading straight to the middle!

Modric immediately rushed up to intercept Gu Ran, trying to slow down Gu Ran's counterattack, but Gu Ran's violent aesthetic sprint completely broke out, rushing and bumping, directly pushing Modric away, and then riding away! Most of the Tottenham players pressed in the frontcourt. The 4:0 advantage made them not particularly concerned about defense. Gu Ran and Chamberlain formed a two-on-two situation in the frontcourt! This was Southampton's best counterattack opportunity since the start of the game! Tottenham's central defender Michael Dawson went to intercept Chamberlain who was advancing with the ball, while the experienced Ledley King focused on defending Gu Ran.

Chamberlain accelerated wildly and cut inside with the ball!

Michael Dawson reached out and grabbed Chamberlain's arm, forcing him to slow down.

Chamberlain saw that he couldn't cut in, and the connection between him and Gu Ran was blocked by Ledley King, so he immediately forced a shot! This shot was very powerful, the angle was good, and it was also unexpected enough.

However, Tottenham goalkeeper Gomez reacted very quickly and blocked Chamberlain's shot with a simple double step save! Gomez failed to hold the ball the first time! So he started on the spot and prepared to save the second time!

Gu Ran endured Ledley King's pull, sprinted to the front of the goal, fell to the ground and slid to shoot! Bang! The football was scooped up by Gu Ran first!

Gomez subconsciously scooped up the ball, but the ball was too fast and too close. Even if Gomez reacted quickly, he couldn't touch the ball! After Gu Ran scooped the ball, he immediately retracted his foot!

If he didn't retract his foot, the studs would have pierced Gomez's face!

Ledley King rushed to the goal desperately to save the ball, but it was too late! The ball went in! At the end of the first half, Chamberlain's shot was saved, and Gu Ran, who was being pulled to defend, forced himself to fall to the ground and shot into the goal!

On the screen at Wembley Stadium, the score immediately changed to Tottenham 4:1 Southampton! Southampton fans were immediately ecstatic!

They don't ask their team to win, they just ask to score a goal in the finals and not lose so badly!

Gu Ran's goal came at the right time!

After the goal, Tottenham goalkeeper Gomez got up and took the initiative to shake hands with Gu Ran in greeting.

Gomez knew very well that in the situation just now, if Gu Ran had been a little slower, his face would have been ruined.

So, even though he conceded only one goal, Gomez was still very grateful to Gu Ran.

This goal also boosted Southampton's morale, which was about to collapse.

Southampton is still far behind Tottenham.

With a long whistle, the first half of the game ended.

The score is temporarily fixed at Tottenham Hotspur 4:1 Southampton.

The players of both teams left the field and returned to their respective locker rooms for halftime break.

Wembley Stadium was filled with the cheers of Tottenham Hotspur fans, as if the game was over and they had already won the League Cup trophy.

In the visiting team's locker room, all the Southampton players were dejected.

Although Gu Ran scored a goal at the last minute of the first half, judging from the overall score, Southampton had almost no hope.

Head coach Adkins also had a look of melancholy on his face.

The team had too many problems. Coach Adkins looked at the blank tactical board and didn't know how to arrange the tactics for the second half.

After all, Southampton is a League One team. Many of Southampton's problems are certainly not problems among League One teams, but when faced with Tottenham's unreasonable approach, all of Southampton's problems are exposed.

The essence of these problems is that the team's lineup is not strong enough.

Although there is Gu Ran and although Mikel Mikel from Chelsea was loaned in on an emergency basis, this still cannot cover up the fact that Southampton is a weak team.

If it weren't for the two defensive midfielders Gu Ran and Mikel, Southampton would have been beaten into double digits by Tottenham long ago.

Just when everyone was silent and ready to accept failure, Gu Ran stood up calmly.

"Tottenham are nothing special."

"They're very good offensively, but their defense is just so-so."

"We are only three goals behind them. As long as we don't give up, we still have a chance to win the final."

When the players present heard Gu Ran say this, their eyes widened.

Most people don't quite believe they can win.

Gu Ran continued, "I know it's not easy, but as long as we can win this game, we can create Southampton's history, and we will be remembered by every Southampton fan!"

"We've beaten Everton! We've beaten Manchester City! We've also beaten Chelsea!"

"We have worked so hard before! There is no reason for us to give up in the final battle!"

Davis also stood up immediately. "Gu is right! We can't just give up like this! This is not our Southampton style! What's the big deal about Tottenham? Even if we lose this game today, we have to lose with dignity! We can't let Tottenham suppress us!"

“That’s right!”

"Fuck Tottenham!"

The atmosphere in the entire visiting team's locker room was lifted!

...(End of this chapter)