However, this time, Lallana did not run up to perform tactical performance with Gu Ran.

After all, tactical performances are fine once or twice, but if you do them too often they won't work anymore.

Especially when facing a cautious team like Manchester United, it is basically impossible to score points through the tactical performances that have been exposed.

Gu Ran glanced at Van der Sar's position, then kicked the ball in a beautiful arc like a crescent moon.

Accompanied by the gasps of Manchester United fans, the football flew over the wall of people and landed in the weak area at the back.

Jaidi made a back pass! However, Rio Ferdinand obviously reacted faster, retreating with a step, and then leaping up half a beat ahead of Jaidi, blocking Jaidi's scramble and passing the ball out of Manchester United's penalty area.

Little Pea was ready to fight for the ball and launch a quick counterattack! Mikel made a sliding tackle, knocking Little Pea to the ground with the ball and the person.

The referee immediately blew the whistle and called a foul on Mikel, but because Mikel tackled the ball first, he did not show Mikel a yellow card, but only gave him a verbal warning and awarded the ball to Manchester United.

Mikel's tackle was crucial. If it weren't for Mikel's tackle, with the speed and flexibility of Little Pea, he would have counterattacked all the way to Southampton's penalty area.

Mikel's foul also broke Manchester United's counterattack and gave Southampton players the opportunity to quickly return to defense.

Southampton's offensive has come to an end, but Manchester United fans are still uncontrollably recalling Gu Ran's crescent-shaped corner kick.

Manchester United’s set-piece defense is very strong, but Gu Ran’s crescent moon scimitar is really beautiful.

The last time Manchester United fans saw such a beautiful crescent ball was when Beckham was still playing for Manchester United.

The game continues.

Rio Ferdinand drove the ball to his own left side. Giggs retreated slightly, steadily controlled the ball under his feet, and then started at high speed and broke through along the left side.

Southampton's defense immediately shrank to the vicinity of their own penalty area and did not engage in a fearless confrontation with Giggs on the wing.

Southampton did a very smart job in this regard.

First of all, Giggs' physical energy is difficult to consume. Although he is already 37 years old, he sleeps with his wife and a female model, and after sleeping with the female model, he can even find time to sleep with his brother's wife. His physical condition is evident.

Giggs's breakthrough ability is even more powerful, and Southampton's right winger Schneiderlin can't defend against Giggs at all.

If you want to defend Giggs, at least Schneiderlin, Lambert, and Gu Ran are needed to form a triangle team to be able to defend Giggs when he breaks through.

It is not cost-effective for Southampton to waste three defenders to prevent Giggs from entering the frontcourt.

Therefore, Southampton's strategy is that since they cannot defend against Giggs's breakthrough on the wing, they simply don't defend it, let Manchester United pass quickly on the wing, and then fight a positional battle.

During this period of time, the closed training of Southampton's main players mainly focused on the iron bucket defense that retreated to their own penalty area.

Of course, not everyone retreated to the penalty area. For example, Lallana wandered around the center circle, waiting for an opportunity.

Chamberlain on the left was also in a position to respond to a counterattack at any time.

At this moment, Giggs advanced unimpeded to the front of Southampton's left side, and Manchester United's midfield and frontcourt players basically pressed into Southampton's penalty area.

Giggs's ability to break through the wing is very strong, but his ability to cut inside is average - it cannot be said to be bad, but compared with his own ability to go down the flank, his ability to cut inside is indeed a little worse.

Giggs changed lines back and forth near the baseline looking for opportunities, while Southampton's defense was impenetrable.

In desperation, Giggs could only pull away from the ball and then made a cross into the penalty area! Rooney jumped high!

However, after Gu Ran had gone through a whole professional game in English Football League One, his strength attribute had reached 92 points! His strength attribute had reached 95 points! His physical attribute had even reached a terrifying 98 points! His constitution attribute... had also reached 91 points! With such physical condition, Gu Ran was not afraid at all when he was fighting against Fatty Lu, and he even had the upper hand!

Rooney was hit by Gu Ran and immediately lost his balance in the air, losing the chance to compete for a header!

At the same time, Park Ji-sung also rushed up urgently and pulled Gu Ran with his hands in the chaos! Gu Ran was also pulled to the ground and pressed heavily on Lu Xiaopang! There was chaos in the Southampton penalty area! Fortunately, Fonte kicked in time and cleared the ball out of the penalty area in a very extreme way.

But the ball is not dead!

Giggs ran quickly on the outside, picked up the ball, and then made another more threatening cross!

At this time, Rooney and Gu Ran were both lying happily on the grass.

Gu Ran wanted to struggle, but Fat Lu deliberately clamped her legs together.

Fat Lu is still very powerful.

Gu Ran couldn't get rid of it for a while.

Nash, who was on the right side of the penalty area, flexibly got rid of the defense, jumped up and headed the ball into the goal.

Goalkeeper Davis was very focused and in a very good position, holding Nash's shot with both hands! Manchester United's almost crazy continuous cross attack finally stopped.

Southampton fans covered their hearts and breathed a sigh of relief.

Fat Lu also loosened his legs, turned over and climbed up from the grass.

When Gu Ran got up, he took a bite of the grass.

Fat Lu's face was immediately filled with anger.

Gu Ran also stared at Fat Lu without flinching.

The two of them had an attitude of "What are you looking at? What's wrong with me looking at you?"

The players on both sides are on the verge of a fight and can start fighting at any time.

In the end, Fat Lu said nothing and ran away with a gloomy face.

There are not many players who dare to be tough in front of Rooney, but based on Gu Ran's strength in knocking Rooney down with physical confrontation just now, Gu Ran has the qualifications to be tough.

The game continues.

In the first 10 minutes, Manchester United had almost all the advantages. Giggs and Nash on the left and right wings hardly encountered any effective interceptions, so Manchester United completely controlled the midfield and the rhythm of the game.

However, Southampton's iron-clad defense prevented Manchester United's several deadly crosses from turning into goals.

Southampton did not just defend blindly. As long as there was an opportunity, they would immediately counterattack through Gu Ran.

Although neither side has scored a goal yet, the fast pace of the game made the 90,000 fans at the scene feel suffocated.

...(End of this chapter)