Gu Ran used his body to block Henderson and successfully stole the ball.
Henderson immediately counterattacked on the spot, but Gu Ran's ability to protect the ball left Henderson helpless.
Before Cattermole rushed up to harass, Gu Ran seized the opportunity and quickly passed the ball to the right front court.
Schneiderlin started at high speed immediately after receiving the ball! Zenden, once the fastest left winger in the world, tried his best to chase Schneiderlin, but he couldn't catch up at all! He couldn't even pull Schneiderlin's jersey with his hand! After Schneiderlin ate Zenden alive with speed, he didn't wait for his "cousin" Kieran Richardson to rush up to intercept, and then he changed his line and cut inside, and then decisively shot the ball into the dead corner of the goal at the edge of the penalty area! Mignolet reacted very quickly and stretched out his hand to block the ball! Sunderland's "Argentine Flower" Marcos Angeleri happened to appear at the landing point of the football. Seeing that Lallana was about to rush up to compete for it, Chamberlain also sandwiched from the side, Angeleri immediately cleared the ball with a big foot.
The accuracy of this clearance was quite good. The ball crossed the midfield line and flew towards Henderson's position.
Henderson jumped up to stop the ball, Gu Ran knocked Henderson away and took the ball directly.
Henderson reached out eagerly to grab Gu Ran, but Gu Ran was so fast that Henderson couldn't catch him at all!
Cattermole rushed up from the side and slid to block Gu Ran, but Gu Ran calmly kicked the ball forward and quickly jumped up to avoid Cattermole's sliding tackle. Before Anton Ferdinand came up to grab the ball, he caught up with his own dribbling ball one second ago, and then with a beautiful Marseille turn, he easily passed Anton Ferdinand.
At this moment, Sunderland's defense line was completely messed up, and the penalty area was full of gaps!
Gu Ran first pulled the ball to the left side of the penalty area, seemingly waiting for Lallana to retreat from the middle to a position that was not offside before passing the ball to Lallana. However, the next second, Gu Ran shot directly with the outside of his left foot!
This kick was so sudden! It was a sharp shot!
Moreover, the force was extremely great and the angle was extremely tricky! Not to mention Mignolet, even if there was another Courtois and another Casillas, three goalkeepers standing on the goal line at the same time would not be able to save the ball!
Mignolet could only try his best to jump up -
The football brushed Mignolet's fingertips and shot into the net!
The ball went in! The Southampton fans and Newcastle fans at the scene were instantly in a boiling excitement!
The score on the big screen at the Stadium of Light was immediately changed to Sunderland 2:2 Southampton! Southampton tenaciously tied the score again!
This English League One team made all the Black Cats present shudder!
Obviously, they didn't rely on luck to beat Tottenham and win the League Cup! They relied on Gu Ran! After scoring the goal, Gu Ran also smashed the wind with one hand and happily ran wildly on the court to celebrate.
This sixth round of the FA Cup is indeed difficult, but compared with Tottenham's previous League Cup final, it is much easier.
Moreover, after the baptism of the final competition, Southampton's overall level has also been improved.
Not to mention Gu Ran’s own improvement. He will gain full growth in every game.
Under such circumstances, the entire Southampton team became more and more confident as the game went on.
The game continues.
The two sides are back on the same starting line.
Southampton strengthened their control over the midfield and frontcourt, gradually changing from being pressed in their own half to pressing in the midfield and frontcourt.
Sunderland still maintained their high-pressure posture and no longer distributed the ball through Malbranque, but instead played more direct crosses from both wings.
The styles of the two teams are somewhat similar, both like to use physical confrontation to win.
Sunderland's style of play is simpler and the statistics look better.
Chamberlain immediately chased Henderson relentlessly, and Gu Ran also quickly double-teamed Henderson.
Henderson seized the opportunity and made a long arc pass while running, sending the ball into Southampton's penalty area.
Southampton's center back Jaidi jumped high and headed the ball to defend.
Although Jaidi touched the ball, he failed to hit the right spot and the ball fell into the top area outside the penalty area.
Asamoah Gyan picked up the ball, faked it and forced his way in between Jaidi and Fonte!
Davis attacked to block! Facing Davis' attack, Gian calmly tiptoed and shot into the far corner of the goal!
Davis quickly fell to the ground to intercept, but it was too late!
The ball went in! Sunderland took the lead again through a simple and rough play of passing the ball from both wings!
The Black Cats at the Stadium of Light cheered wildly! The score on the big screen at the Stadium of Light was immediately changed to Sunderland 3:2 Southampton! The scores of the two teams rose alternately! Sunderland still clearly had the advantage and initiative! Henderson, who broke through the wing, contributed greatly to this goal! In addition, Jaidi's clearance error was also the main reason for Southampton's loss of the ball.
But in this case, Jaidi had done his best to touch the ball.
The Southampton players encouraged each other and got back into the game.
As time went on, the physical fitness of both teams began to decline.
Sunderland's physical fitness has declined significantly.
Their main players had just played an intense Premier League game three days ago. In addition, players like Zenden and Malbranque in their team were not in very good physical condition. Today's game was such a high-intensity confrontation. After more than 70 minutes of the game, they were obviously unable to run.
The main players of the Southampton team rested for more than half a month and also carried out very targeted training. Therefore, after playing for more than 70 minutes, the Southampton players were still in good physical condition.
Seeing that Sunderland had difficulty launching a decent offensive sprint, Southampton quickly took the initiative and began to press high throughout the court, forcing Sunderland to make mistakes.
There was a lot of tension between the two teams.
Cattermole received a yellow card for pushing Gu Ran from behind.
Immediately afterwards, Mikel also received a yellow card for his retaliatory tackle on Cattermole.
The game was in the 79th minute.
Gu Ran passed the ball to Schneiderlin on the right, and then sprinted towards the middle with all his strength.
Cattermole, who was responsible for guarding Gu Ran, couldn't keep up with Gu Ran's speed at all!
After Schneiderlin got the ball, he easily passed the once world's No. 1 winger Zenden who was exhausted, and then quickly passed the ball to Gu Ran who had already run to the middle before Badsley made a flying tackle.
Gu Ran stopped the ball perfectly and rushed towards Sunderland's penalty area! Anton Ferdinand and Marcos Angeleri double-teamed Gu Ran! Gu Ran didn't even use a fake move to dribble past the opponent, but directly accelerated and rushed forward. Under the double-team, he forced a world wave long shot!
...(End of this chapter)