In the final stage of injury time, Manchester United launched a crazy attack, with almost all players pressing towards Southampton's penalty area.

Southampton, with the full defensive efforts of Gu Ran, Mikel, Rudiger, Luke Shaw and Van Dijk, broke through Manchester United's deadly attacks time and time again.

As the injury time ran out, the referee finally blew the whistle to end the game!

Manchester United failed to equalize the score in the final injury time! The score on the big screen was frozen at Southampton 3:2 Manchester United!

Southampton defeated the powerful Manchester United again! When the halftime whistle sounded, the players and staff on the Southampton bench rushed into the field to celebrate crazily!

The Manchester United players' faces were filled with pain and despair.

They lost the FA Cup to Southampton, and the Community Shield to them...

Their Champions League title was also taken away by Barcelona, ​​which has Messi.

Fortunately, they managed to win the Premier League championship with great difficulty, and did not end up empty-handed.

The Southampton fans at the scene happily sang "The song about a handsome oriental man named Gu Ran". With Gu Ran there, Southampton can create miracles.

This season, Gu Ran helped Southampton, which was originally in the middle of English League One, win five championships, achieving the club's unprecedented five-crown record!

Although the value of this five-time championship is not very high, being able to win the championship of all the competitions participated in is already amazing in itself!

The players on the field happily lifted Gu Ran up high and walked around the field to celebrate! All the Southampton fans at the scene were in a frenzy.

After the grand award ceremony, Southampton players boarded the bus and returned gloriously to the club's headquarters.

That night, old Rice took the lead and booked the Orange Bar to celebrate the club's great five championships.

However, there were still two players who did not join in the bar bash.

One is Gu Ran. In order to "repay" Taylor Swift for her concert in Germany, Gu Ran is going to spend some time alone with Taylor Swift tonight.

Another is new player Mane.

Although Mane did not play today, as a substitute, he also received a winning bonus and medal.

Mane immediately sent the prize money back to his country to support domestic infrastructure.

On August 9, while Southampton Club was still on holiday, the draw for the fourth round of the Europa League qualifiers began.

Since Southampton won the English League Cup last season, they do not need to participate in the first three rounds of the Europa League qualifiers and only need to participate in the last knockout round of the qualifiers.

If Southampton can win in the fourth round of the qualifiers, then Southampton will be able to qualify for the Europa League group stage. After advancing from the group stage, they will be able to enter the Europa League finals. Only by entering the finals will they have the opportunity to enter the quarter-finals, quarter-finals, semi-finals, and finally the Europa League final.

It can be said that the Europa League is a fairly large competition, with the qualifying round being just the lowest level.

The Carabao Cup championship is so valuable that Southampton can only skip the first three qualifying rounds, but they have to play in the fourth round.

After the draw, Southampton drew Midtjylland.

The two sides will play the first leg of the Europa League fourth qualifying round at Southampton's home ground, St. Mary's Stadium, at 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday, August 16.

Then on Thursday, August 25th at 7:45 pm, the second leg of the Europa League fourth qualifying round will be played at Midtjylland's home stadium, the MCH Arena.

The winner will be determined by the total number of goals scored in the two rounds. If the number of goals is the same, the away goals will be compared. If the away goals are also the same, a play-off will be held.

The Midtjylland team is a veteran powerhouse in the Danish Superliga and its strength should not be underestimated.

After all, as a team from the Danish Superliga, they drew a team that had just been promoted to the Championship - this was simply a perfect draw.

The only unpleasant thing for Midtjylland is that they have to play away at Southampton in the first game.

The day before the game, Midtjylland arrived in Southampton early and stayed in a five-star hotel near St. Mary's Stadium.

It can be seen that they attach great importance to this qualifying match. As long as they can beat Southampton, they will be able to enter the Europa League group stage.

The entire Midtjylland team showed great confidence.

On the day of the game, St. Mary's Stadium was packed.

There were less than 1,000 Midtjylland fans who came, all of whom were die-hard fans of their club, and of the remaining 40,000 tickets, Southampton fans only got 20,000 of them.

Another 20,000 tickets were snapped up by fans of other English clubs.

The reason is simple. Fans of other top clubs all know that Gu Ran cannot stay in Southampton for his entire life. Therefore, fans of other top clubs have long imagined that Gu Ran is a member of their club.

Fans of clubs including Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United, etc. held up banners to welcome Gu Ran's transfer.

Southampton fans were so angry that they shouted curses, showing no magnanimity of the host at all.

Midtjylland's fans were trembling in the melee and verbal abuse between the fans of the top clubs, and they were very suspicious that they had walked into the wrong stadium.

At 7:45 p.m., with the whistle of the Europa League referee, the first round of the fourth qualifying round officially began.

Midtjylland deployed a 433 formation and played passing and controlling football.

Southampton used a standard 442 formation.

The two forwards are Sturridge and Salah, the four midfielders are Chamberlain, Gu Ran, Mikel and Henderson, the four defenders are Luke Shaw, Jaidi, Rudiger and Van Dijk, and the goalkeeper is Davis.

Just three minutes into the game, Mikel made a fierce tackle from the side and back, sending the opponent's midfielder rolling on the ground.

The referee on duty immediately rushed over and gave Mikel a yellow sapphire card.

Mikel's face was filled with astonishment and he kept complaining.

In fact, this tackle is no big deal in the Premier League. After all, it was a tackle on the ball, and at most a verbal warning will be given. However, the enforcement style of the Europa League is different from that of the Premier League and the Championship.

Mikel's appeal was futile and he could only shake his head and smile helplessly to express his acceptance.

However, although Mikel received a yellow card early on, Southampton did not suffer much pressure in the midfield and frontcourt.

Although Midtjylland is a physically strong Nordic team, it does not emphasize confrontation, but instead blindly pursues passing and triangle running.

This kind of passing flow is easiest to deal with by using high-position pressure.

What's more, Midtjylland doesn't have any big-name players and can't support the passing tactics.

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(End of this chapter)