Southampton challenged Preston away.

Coach Adkins continued to rotate the old lineup. Gu Ran only played for half the game and scored a hat trick in the limited time.

In the end, Southampton defeated Preston 5:2 away and continued to lead the Championship standings with one game less.

From a newly promoted team in English Football League One to the leader of the English Championship, Southampton Football Club is creating a miracle in English football and even in world football.

On October 5th, the Championship match day, Southampton faced Ipswich Town at home.

Ipswich Town can be considered unlucky. They were beaten by Southampton in the third round of the EFL Cup not long ago. The scars in their hearts have not yet healed, but they met the stadium butcher Southampton again, and this time it was Southampton's home court.

The result is predictable.

Southampton beat the hapless Ipswich Town with an exaggerated score of 15:0.

Southampton coach Adkins was so worried that he didn't know how to face the head coach of Ipswich Town.

Coach Adkins even felt that if he could no longer coach the Southampton team with Gu Ran, he might as well retire to avoid being abused and retaliated by his former opponents.

On October 9th, the Championship League match day, Southampton challenged Coventry away.

Coach Adkins directly gave Gu Ran a rest, and Gu Ran was not even on the substitute list.

In the end, thanks to the efforts of Mikel, Lallana, Henderson and other players, Southampton defeated Coventry 3:1 away from home.

From this point, it is not difficult to see that the Southampton team without Gu Ran is still a strong team in the Championship, but it is not the kind of exaggerated strength that cannot be described in words. As long as Gu Ran is there, the entire Southampton team is like a team that has been injected with chicken blood, and it is crazy in every way.

On October 15th, the Championship League match continued, and Southampton challenged Hull City away.

This time, Gu Ran started.

The unfortunate Hull City team, despite defending with all their might, still lost to the crazy Southampton team with an exaggerated score of 0:9.

Coach Adkins sighed to the sky, lamenting that once Gu Ran left the team, his career would be over.

On October 20, the third round of the Europa League group stage resumed.

Southampton flew to France, across the ocean, to challenge the French Ligue 1 powerhouse Lille away.

Lille's strength in the entire Group G is at the bottom.

There were no unexpected situations in this game. Southampton finally won over Lille with a score of 4:0.

That’s right, a score of 4:0 is just a small victory for the crazy Southampton team.

After the third round of the Europa League group stage, Southampton scored 9 points and continued to lead the Group G standings. Atletico Madrid also defeated Lech Poznan with a difficult score of 2:1, and the points reached 6 points, ranking second in Group G.

Lille and Lech Poznan, the two brothers in distress, still have only 1 point and are basically out of the Europa League finals.

On October 23, the Championship match day began, with Southampton challenging Middlesbrough away.

On October 26, the fourth round of the League Cup knockout match began, with Southampton away challenging the Premier League underdog Blackburn Rovers.

Although Blackburn is at the bottom of the Premier League, it still has basic strength.

Coach Adkins fielded the entire main lineup and cautiously adopted the 442 defensive counterattack strategy.

In the first half, Blackburn almost scored a goal right at the start, but fortunately Luke Shaw made a timely substitution and shoveled the ball out of the goal line.

But Blackburn's good times did not last long. Southampton quickly took advantage of the defense to counterattack, relying on Gu Ran's one-on-one attack in the middle and assisting Salah who was running in the middle, and scored a goal.

Blackburn then launched a more ferocious attack and more intense physical confrontation.

However, the Southampton team at this time was no longer the Southampton team that could only rely on iron barrel defense and park the bus last season. Southampton and Blackburn played back and forth and quickly gained the advantage on the field.

In the first half, Southampton scored three goals in a row. Salah scored one goal and Mane, who was in good form, also scored one goal. Gu Ran scored the third goal with a 40-meter-long crescent-shaped shot in injury time.

In the second half, Southampton did not give Blackburn a chance to breathe and continued to press high and engage in physical confrontation.

Salah likes this tactic very much. Salah was originally a central defender, so he is quite adept at stealing the ball, scrambling for the ball, and intercepting in the frontcourt. As long as Salah succeeds in stealing the ball, Gu Ran will definitely appear in the best empty area. All Salah has to do is to pass the ball after stealing it. The rest is to stand there with his arms open, watching Gu Ran with admiration as he eats up a group of defenders on the opposite side alone, and uses heavy artillery from the outside to break the opponent's goal through an almost impossible gap.

The defensive counterattack, coupled with high pressure in the frontcourt, and the GS connection between Salah and Gu Ran, was really the best.

In the end, at the end of the game, Southampton defeated the bottom team of the Premier League Blackburn 7-0 away from home and advanced to the quarter-finals of the League Cup.

On October 29th, the Championship match day began, with Southampton challenging Doncaster away.

For almost a month, most of Southampton's games have been away games. Fortunately, after the magical changes, Southampton's bench depth is still good. Otherwise, if the main players don't get enough rest due to the constant running back and forth, it would be easy for them to collapse.

In this game, Southampton also fielded half of the rotation lineup. Mane, Lambert, Schneiderlin, Holmes, Fonte, Richardson, and Ward-Prowse all got the chance to start.

In the end, Southampton narrowly defeated Doncaster with a score of 3:2.

On November 3, the fourth round of the Europa League group stage began.

Southampton host Lille, who are at the bottom of the group.

We also played against Lille in the third round, but this round was played at Southampton’s home ground.

After returning to their home ground, Southampton no longer needed to be so polite. Coach Adkins also sent out all the main players to strive to secure these precious 3 points.

In the end, Southampton slaughtered Lille at home with a score of 9:0.

The Southampton fans at the scene were all crazy.

Such a score makes Southampton fans more confident about the future of the club! ... (End of this chapter)