Gu Ran tried hard to control the surging blood in his body and said calmly: "In fact, I know that I still have a lot of shortcomings. I am willing to improve together with everyone! Fight for the Bucks Steel Horns!"

"Fight for the Stag's Steelhorn!"

The whole team cheered along.

Gu Ran knew very well in his mind that what he said just now was not out of modesty. He really knew that he still had many shortcomings.

Fortunately... starting from the National High School Amateur League, there is still time to make up for these shortcomings! Coach Carter was very satisfied with Gu Ran's speech.

Coach Carter pressed his palms together, signaling everyone to be quiet.

"Next, let me report on another match in Group E."

All the players in the locker room pricked up their ears.

Coach Carter said: "According to the information just obtained from the official channels of the English Football Association, another match in Group E has also ended. Rugby School defeated Tonbridge School with a score of 4:2 at its home ground."

"So, the current standings of our Group E are: Rugby Golden Fleece is first with 3 points, we are second with 1 point thanks to an away goal, Corsair is third with 1 point after being tied by us, and Tonbridge Wild Boars is fourth with 0 points."

"Oooooh!"

"We are second in the group!"

The players of the Bucks Steel Horns cheered with joy.

Carter frowned and shouted, "Why are you so happy? This is only the first game. Our next two games will be more difficult than the last. Three days later, we will visit Tonbridge High School. They will definitely try their best to get three points from us! If we are defeated, our points will be at the bottom! Now, everyone, go take a shower, and after you take a shower, we will hurry up and leave here."

"Yes! Coach..."

Soon, the players of the Bucks Steelhorns took a shower, changed into clean clothes, and left the visiting team's locker room talking and laughing.

Coach Carter was the last one left in the locker room to finish up.

Gu Ran had already walked out of the locker room when he suddenly thought that he should ask Coach Carter for his personal data from his debut as a souvenir.

So, Gu Ran went back in.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw Coach Carter unbuckled his belt and urinated towards the corner of the locker room.

"You damn pirate bastards, if you dare to insult me, I'll leave some gifts for you..."

Coach Carter was enjoying himself so much that he shivered with pleasure after he was done.

Damn this old man...

The smell was really strong! Gu Ran quickly hid back.

Ten minutes later, the Bucks Steelers team boarded a chartered bus and headed for Manchester Airport.

When we arrived at the airport, there were still more than two hours before boarding.

Coach Carter let his players move freely.

Gu Ran shook off those bad boys, found a Chinese restaurant and had a delicious meal.

After eating and drinking, Gu Ran began to stroll around the commercial area of ​​the airport.

If you go out, you should at least bring a gift for Sophie.

Otherwise, it would be a shame for Sophie to spend two or three hours in the morning to see me off.

As Gu Ran thought about it, he walked past a Cartier jewelry store, a Balenciaga women's clothing store, a Chanel perfume store, an SK-II cosmetics store, a doll store, and a flower shop...

Finally, Gu Ran stopped and walked into an inconspicuous airport bookstore.

In just one minute, Gu Ran bought the first four volumes of "A Song of Ice and Fire"!

"A Song of Ice and Fire" is the original novel of the TV series "Game of Thrones" which is about to start filming and is popular all over the world.

The crew that Sophie is going to audition for this weekend is the Game of Thrones crew.

Letting Sophie read the original work in advance is definitely the best gift for Sophie.

In the future, when Sophie recalls this gift, she will be so moved that she will die!

Why only buy the first four volumes?

Because Uncle Martin, the author of Long Live Me, has only written up to the fourth volume so far.

The fifth volume will not be published until 2013, and as for the sixth volume, The Winds of Winter...

Gu Ran never waited for this in his entire previous life.

At around 8 o'clock in the evening, a squeaking small regional plane took off with the Bucks Steelhorns on board.

Around 10 o'clock, Gu Ran took a taxi back to Turner's house.

The Turner family had not gone to bed yet and were sitting in the living room waiting for Gu Ran.

When Gu Ran pushed the door open, Sophie was the first to stand up.

Sophie seemed to have a thousand words to say, but in the end she just opened her mouth and said lightly: "I'm back."

Gu Ran grinned, "Yeah, I'm back."

Andrew asked anxiously: "Gu! Win or lose?"

Sally frowned and shouted at her husband, "What's wrong with you? Gu is tired all day, and you ask whether we won or lost when we just got home? Gu, ignore your uncle Andrew, tell auntie, are you still used to eating outside? Auntie specially left you a portion of your favorite lamb kidney pie, and added oysters and mustard in it for you."

There is a thought, your Aunt Sally thought.

Gu Ran waved his hands quickly, "No, no, Aunt Sally, please stop working, I've already eaten. Uncle Andrew, our match with the Corsair ended in a 2:2 tie."

Andrew quickly asked: "What are the points of your group?"

Gu Ran answered truthfully: "Second for now."

"Not bad, not bad!" Andrew smiled happily. "Among the top 32 teams in the country, the Bucks Steelhorns should be the lowest-level team. They were able to tie with the Corsairs away from home and temporarily rank second in the group. This is a really good result! By the way, Gu, you didn't play, right?"

Gu Ran smiled and said, "Yes, he came on as a substitute in the second half and played for more than 40 minutes."

Andrew was shocked and said, "You can actually play? Gu, are you kidding me? Coach Carter of your team is notoriously vicious. He can let a Chinese like you - sorry, I don't mean to offend you."

Gu Ran shrugged, "It's okay."

Andrew continued, "Carter actually let you, a rookie player who has only joined the school team for three days, come on as a substitute? He must be crazy, right?"

Gu Ran smiled and said, "Maybe, but I feel like I'm a pretty good kicker."

This is already a very modest statement! In fact, Gu Ran played more than just OK, he played the best of the entire Kerry team! Andrew asked, "What's your post-match rating?"

Gu Ran answered truthfully: "7.1 points."

Andrew burst into laughter. "Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Sally next to him asked, "7.1 is not a high score. How can it be impossible?"

Andrew sneered, "What do you know? The most important data in the post-match rating is the playing time. Gu just said that he only played for more than 40 minutes, less than half the game! The score of 7.1 is higher than the full-time scores of others! According to this, if he played the whole game, he would have scored at least 8 points! How could he, a novice and a substitute, get such a high score?! Unless he is a genius! And he has to be a super genius at the gifted level!"

Gu Ran said helplessly: “Uncle Andrew, what I said is true.”

Andrew laughed and said, "Okay, okay, what's true or false? Gu, uncle was young once too, and uncle knows your little thoughts! You just want to brag in front of girls of the same age, to show that you are great, so that girls of the same age will admire you and like you. I'm an experienced person, and you use the tricks I used to pick up girls in my era, and I can understand it - are you attracted to my Sophie? So you deliberately showed off in front of Sophie, saying that you played, and that you had a high score after the game? Are you also going to say that it was because of your playing that the Bucks Steel Horns, which were almost collapsed, were saved, and without you, the Bucks Steel Horns would not have gotten this 1 point?"

Oh shit!

Uncle, your comprehension ability has also jumped! I am different from you when you were young, okay!

I'm so handsome, do I need any skills to pick up girls? I really just want to play football! Gu Ran hurriedly explained, "No, no, no! Uncle, you really misunderstood! I really scored 7.1! I was going to get my post-match score sheet back, but something went wrong... But you can call Coach Carter! He can prove it for me! I really played, my post-match score was really high, I really saved the game... If it weren't for me... I, I, I..."

Oh my gosh! Why can't I explain it clearly? !

Sally giggled and said, "Gu, you look cute when you're anxious. Don't be nervous. We are different from Chinese parents. As long as Sophie is willing, we won't object. Sophie is 17 years old. When I was 17, I was already... 17 years old. I mean, Sophie should have a boyfriend at this age."

"Mom!!!" Sophie blushed, "You guys... are so boring!!!"

After saying that, Sophie turned and went upstairs.

Gu Ran was immediately numb:

Oh shit!

Sophie, please don't go!

Come down and explain things to your parents! What a sin! It's all Coach Carter's fault! ...

at the same time.

Coach Carter sneezed loudly, pushed open the door and walked into a neon-lit "Pink Mermaid Bar" next to the port pier...

(End of this chapter)