Southampton's counterattack was extremely fast and fierce!

Manchester United's defense was caught off guard! In the last match against Southampton, Southampton relied on Gu Ran alone to counterattack. Although Gu Ran was very strong, relatively speaking, Manchester United's defense still had a chance to break Gu Ran's lone counterattack. But this time it was completely different! Gu Ran had at least three points behind him who could respond, and each point had to be fully guarded and intercepted! Manchester United's defense suddenly became tense and laborious.

Of course, the main goal of Manchester United's defense is to intercept Gu Ran. As long as they can intercept the ball from Gu Ran's feet, Salah, Larana and others behind Gu Ran will not be able to cause any trouble.

Carrick and Park Ji-sung were chasing Gu Ran desperately, Giggs intercepted from the flank, Vidic rushed forward to block Gu Ran's breakthrough route, and Rio Ferdinand retreated cautiously, ready to fill in the position and compress Gu Ran's other routes at any time.

Manchester United almost used half of the team's strength to restrict Gu Ran!

It has to be said that Manchester United's defensive speed and defensive positioning are very fast! If ordinary opponents were targeted like this, they would have been helpless long ago.

However, Gu Ran was not panicked at all, and there was even a hint of excitement on his handsome face.

After such a long vacation, I can finally get some good work done today!

Before Giggs could cut in and intercept him, Gu Ran made an abrupt stop and stepped on the ball, followed by Cruyff turning around!

This move was very sudden, and Giggs quickly braked to a stop, barely able to keep his balance.

While Giggs was struggling to keep his balance, Gu Ran started up again, turned in the opposite direction of Cruyff, and continued to change his line to sprint towards Manchester United's penalty area! Giggs's center of gravity was instantly pulled, and even if Giggs was strong, he couldn't keep his center of gravity! Giggs fell to the ground immediately! Gu Ran sped away!

The once world's number one magic wing was in such a state of disgrace after Gu Ran's breakthrough!

Manchester United's entire left side was left wide open because of Giggs' loss of position.

Vidic had to move towards the half-spaces and Rio Ferdinand had to move into the middle to cover.

Manchester United's ability to regroup its defense is still very strong.

Gu Ran attracted almost the entire back line of Manchester United, and seeing the gap, he suddenly kicked the ball with the outside of his foot to the weak area on the right side of the penalty area! Salah rushed in from the back row, and touched the ball first despite Evra's collision, and kept the ball under his feet! Evra couldn't even break the ball under Salah's feet! While Salah was carrying Evra, he kicked the ball directly to the far foot of the goal! The football drew a straight line full of power and speed, and shot the goal! Goalkeeper Van der Sar stretched his body to the extreme and saved the ball with both hands! This pass and cooperation was very beautiful, and the shot was also very beautiful, but the save was even more beautiful!

The only thing that was not perfect was that Salah's kick was too powerful and Van der Sar failed to hold the ball.

Just as the football flew over the penalty area, Vidic and Rio Ferdinand came over at the same time to compete for the header.

However, Gu Ran, who had predicted the rebound route a split second in advance, quickly ran up, turned sideways and raised his foot——

Scissor kick and side hook!

The football was like an electromagnetically powered bomb, whizzing down from the sky and bombarding the goal! Van der Sar immediately jumped up to save the ball! However, this sideways hook was not only powerful, fast, and at a tricky angle, but the most fatal thing was that this ball bounced back!

Van der Sar missed!

The football bounced into the goal from the gap between Van der Sar's arms!

The roar of Chinese fathers once again resounded throughout Wembley Stadium!

The referee gestured to the center circle, indicating that the goal was valid!

On the big screen at Wembley Stadium, the score changed to Southampton 1:1 Manchester United!

Gu Ran slashed the wind with one arm, making Alan Shearer's classic celebration! Southampton's players chased and hugged Gu Ran frantically, especially those newcomers who played for Southampton for the first time! In the technical area on the sidelines, coach Adkins clenched his fists and roared excitedly to the sky.

Originally, he was very worried about these young players. Such a large-scale change of blood would also affect his conservative strategy. However, he did not expect that these young players would perform so perfectly in their first appearance!

Southampton is a completely different team from the FA Cup final two months ago! If they continue to play like this, regardless of the outcome of this Community Shield, which is not very valuable, they will definitely win the Championship this season. Moreover, they will also have a chance to defend the League Cup and the FA Cup! They will also have a good chance of getting a good ranking in the Europa League! How can Coach Adkins not be excited about this! From an unknown English First Division coach to a super coach who is popular all over England in two years, this is a life full of cheats! On the other side of the Manchester United bench, Ferguson continued to chew the tasteless gum in his mouth with an expressionless face, his hands in his pockets to cover up the slight trembling of his fingers.

With Ferguson's experience, he has realized that Manchester United is likely to lose this game.

In the last FA Cup final with Southampton, Ferguson did not have such a strong feeling, because at that time Manchester United's strength was definitely far superior to Southampton. If Southampton could beat Manchester United, it would be Gu Ran creating an impossible miracle.

This time, Southampton does not need to rely on any miracles. They only need to rely on sharp cooperation in the midfield and frontcourt and solid defense in the backcourt to have a chance to beat Manchester United.

What really made Ferguson sad was that he had seen that the Manchester United dynasty was about to fall from the throne, but he was powerless to do anything.

Unless... Gu Ran can be recruited to Manchester United.

The game continues.

The two sides have different mentalities when they return to the same starting line.

Southampton was obviously in better morale, while Manchester United, eager to take revenge and prove that they could crush Southampton, was obviously a little impatient and their moves became more aggressive.

The two sides engaged in a fierce confrontation in the midfield area.

As a veteran powerhouse in the Premier League, Manchester United is indeed stronger than Southampton both in terms of physical strength and experience, but it is not that much stronger.

Salah, Van Dijk, Henderson and Luke Shaw, these newcomers are just like newborn calves daring to take on a tiger.

The offense and defense transitions were extremely fast throughout the first half, and the fans in the stands exclaimed in amazement.

In the 36th minute of the first half, Giggs suddenly made a high pass. Berbatov, who was wandering outside the penalty area, did not stop the ball, but ran directly to the empty space and made a sudden long shot from outside the penalty area!

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(End of this chapter)