After returning to the visiting team's locker room, Gu Ran was receiving physical therapy from Gregory while concentrating his thoughts to receive the growth rewards and hidden rewards of this game.
Today's south coast derby was more enjoyable than any previous game, so the rewards shouldn't be bad either!
Lamp~
The familiar system prompt sounded in Gu Ran's mind:
"Congratulations to the host. Because the host perfectly integrated the results of more than 100 hours of special training in the derby battle, the corresponding attribute points have grown."
"Your physical attribute - speed, has grown from 77 points to 78 points."
"Your physical attribute - burst, grows from 80 points to 81 points."
"Your technical attribute - stopping the ball, has grown from 72 points to 73 points."
"Your technical attribute, vision, has grown from 66 points to 67 points."
"Your mental attribute, concentration, has grown from 70 points to 71 points."
Damn it!
Got 5 growth points in this game!
There is one more growth point than the games against Liverpool and Arsenal!
Moreover, the initial values of "vision" and "concentration" are also displayed for the first time!
It’s great! It’s great!
One step closer to being promoted to a personal A rating!
With this performance, you will definitely get the SS-level hidden lottery!
Lamp~
Another system prompt sounded in Gu Ran's mind:
"This game is the host's first League Cup knockout match. The host completed 9 key clearances and 3 fatal goal clearances. The running distance was the highest in the game - 11.54 kilometers. The sprint distance was the longest in the game. The most sprints, 1 pass, 2 shots, 1 point creation, 1 goal instigation, and was evaluated as SS-level performance by the system."
Gu Ran couldn't help but secretly take a breath of cold air.
They have performed so wonderfully, but they are still only SS-level!
It seems that the threshold for SSS level is still very high. In addition to performing well, one must also require strong opponents.
Although Portsmouth is the foundation of the Premier League and half of its players are national team players, there are almost no world-class stars.
Kanu was once a world-class genius, but now the 34-year-old Kanu has not reached the world-class level.
Although Aaron Mokoina is also very strong, he is still far from a world-class central defender.
Only opponents like Fabregas, Robin van Persie, Lampard and Gerrard can be called world-class.
Don't worry, I will definitely play against them in official competitions in the future.
According to the rules of the Europa League, as long as you can win the five major league cup championships, you will automatically qualify for the Europa League next season.
The first knockout round is just the beginning!
Draw first!
Gu Ran then gathered his thoughts and activated the lottery disc in his mind.
I don’t ask for anything else, I just ask for no more reverse miraculous effects.
stop--
The lottery disc then slowly stopped.
"Congratulations to the host."
"The skill drawn in this system's hidden lottery is: Powerful Throw-In."
"Your powerful throw-in has been increased from +2 to +5, effective immediately."
you……
It's a football-like skill, but this skill is not very commonly used!
There is no technical content in the powerful throw-in, it is just a better use of the core strength of the waist and abdomen.
Forget it, it's better than having another "heartthrob smile".
Moreover, SS-level hidden rewards can not only be drawn, but can also be reorganized to wash points.
Just upgrade the powerful throw-in +5 to the enhanced powerful throw-in +1. By the way, you can also wash out 4 talent points that can be used universally.
No matter what you say, it’s not a loss!
Gu Ran then reorganized the "Powerful Throw-In +5" skill.
The system prompt asked: "The host will reallocate the powerful throw-in +5 skill, are you sure?"
Sure!
Immediately, Gu Ran felt the thoughts clear in his mind: Powerful Throw-In +5 was upgraded to Strengthen Powerful Throw-In +1.
There is a line of flashing system text below the newly advanced enhanced powerful throw-in skill: You feel that you can use your waist and abdominal strength more freely.
Gu Ran: ...I always feel like it’s not a serious system.
Let’s allocate the 5 general talent points washed out first!
It’s better to prioritize making up for your shortcomings and try to get closer to your personal rating of A!
Among the currently known attributes, a total of 10 attributes have reached more than 75 points, and there are still 5 attributes left to reach an A rating.
Among the remaining known attributes, stopping the ball 73, imagination 73, teamwork 74, dribbling 70, balance 68 - these are all cost-effective.
Gu Ran thought quickly and decided to allocate 2 points to the stop attribute, and the remaining 3 points to the balance attribute.
As for imagination and teamwork, there is no rush yet.
After the distribution is completed, the stopping attribute is increased to 75 points, and the balance attribute is increased to 71 points.
In this way, you only need 4 attributes to be promoted to A level.
The gap in talent points is only 12 points!
The next time you play the game at the earliest and the next time you play the game at the latest, your personal system rating will be promoted!
At this time, the players returned to the visiting team's locker room one after another, and the atmosphere in the entire locker room suddenly became heated.
The teammates sang and danced as if they had won the championship!
Half an hour later, the unfinished Southampton team got on the bus and left Fratton Park with the pride of a victor.
Both sides of the road outside the stadium were filled with excited Southampton fans. The song "There is a young and handsome oriental man named Gu Ran" resounded in the sky!
The whole neighborhood seemed to be occupied by Southamptonians!
Those football hooligans from the Fratton Brotherhood don’t dare to show their presence at all!
Gu Ran sat by the window of the bus and waved happily to the crazy fans.
Victory is the most inspiring thing.
Especially the victory achieved by stepping on the corpse of a mortal enemy can make all Southampton fans crazy.
This victory will make Southampton fans happy for at least half a year.
Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night of crazy celebrations!
The bus drove slowly through the crowd, and it took half an hour before it finally drove onto the highway.
After returning to the Staplewood training base, Coach Adkins held a post-game summary meeting, praised Gu Ran's wonderful performance, and then announced a one-day holiday.
Southampton's next game is at 3pm on Saturday, August 14th, in the second round of the English League One. Southampton plays Notts County at home.
Notts County is a relatively strong opponent, and the game against Notts County is Southampton's first home league game this season, so Southampton attaches great importance to it.
Coach Adkins requires all players to return on August 12th. During the vacation, no one is allowed to drink or go to bars, and excessive indulgence is not allowed.
After the disbandment, the players happily went back to their respective homes.
Only Chamberlain looked depressed.
He was suspended for three games...
Gu Ran drove home after eating a high-protein and high-carbohydrate dinner customized for him by nutritionist Loina in the players' restaurant.
Evelin actually invited him to go horse riding at the manor, but Gu Ran declined.
First of all, today's game consumed too much physical energy, and Gu Ran did feel a deep sense of exhaustion.
In order to prepare for the home game four days later, Gu Ran needs to recharge his batteries.
Secondly, Gu Ran was a little tired of it...
Although the Hercules is a very noble and sweaty horse, if you ride it too much, it will lose its novelty.
This is also human nature.
After returning to the Sand Dune Villa, Gu Ran had a great time of ice and fire physiotherapy, and his physical fatigue was greatly relieved.
That night, Gu Ran went to bed early.
Today's game was great, and Gu Ran slept soundly at night.
Early the next morning, Gu Ran was woken up on time and got up early to practice more.
In the afternoon, I disguised myself again and went to the gym in Winchester to pick up special training bubbles.
In the evening, Gu Ran received a call from MaxxRT and others.
MaxxRT briefly introduced the last live broadcast to Gu Ran. Gu Ran's game highlights have also been wildly forwarded on major domestic networks. Gu Ran's popularity in the country has been greatly improved. Unfortunately, the hot search only occupied half a day. Suddenly there were a lot of negative comments, and then they were pushed down by entertainment news about domestic celebrities.
Obviously, entertainment stars are paid by their followers. Entertainment stars need high exposure to maintain their popularity. Only when they have exposure and popularity can they be considered celebrities. However, sports stars do not need high exposure. They can become popular if they have achievements.
Gu Ran smiled and didn't care about trending searches, nor was he interested in competing with domestic entertainment stars for traffic.
On the third day, the morning of August 12, Gu Ran came to the Staplewood training base in high spirits.
After a full day's vacation and several ice and fire physiotherapy sessions, Gu Ran's physical strength has recovered to 80% to 90%.
The training that day also focused on recovery training and tactical classes.
After training in the afternoon, personal affairs assistant Rick ran over with a glowing face.
"Hi Gu!"
"Hi, Rick. What's up?"
"It's not a big deal, I just want to inform you that the official League Cup first-round knockout winning bonus of 22,000 pounds and our club's 200,000 pound reward have been distributed - you have received 50,000 pounds. It’s hit your bank account.”
Gu Ran was stunned, "50,000 pounds?"
This account is wrong!
Although 40,000 pounds is nothing, a total of 220,000 pounds is distributed to the whole team, and each person can only get 20,000 pounds at most.
Rick smiled and said: "The bonuses are not distributed equally. If you make the greatest contribution, you will naturally get the largest share. And...that fool Chamberlain was suspended for receiving a red card and withheld the bonus, so all his bonuses were given to you."
Chamberlain, who was packing equipment next to him:...
Gu Ran smiled and said: "Oh, how embarrassing this is."
Rick smiled and said: "Gu, you are worth it! Moreover, compared with your efforts, 50,000 pounds is really not much."
Chamberlain cleared his throat and said, "Gu, if you don't want it, you can give me back my part."
Gu Ran directly ignored Chamberlain, "Okay, then I will reluctantly accept it. Thank you Rick."
Chamberlain looked depressed, "Shouldn't you thank me?"
Rick laughed and said: "Gu, you are really too polite. Why are you thanking me? I am your assistant and this kind of thing is my responsibility! If you want to thank me, just thank the club executives!"
Gu Ran smiled and said: "Yes, yes, thank you to the club's senior management for favoring me."
Chamberlain: "Hello? Hello!"
Gu Ran then turned around, "Eh? Chamberlain, what did you get here?"
Chamberlain:…
Rick said: "Oh, by the way, Gu, one more thing. At noon today, the draw for the second knockout round of the League Cup has ended, and we have drawn Cardiff City. We will play on the afternoon of Tuesday, August 24th. 7:45, home game against Cardiff City.”
Gu Ran nodded, "Okay, I understand, thank you Rick."
"You're welcome, Gu, if I don't have anything else to do, I'll leave first."
"Well, go ahead and do your work. I'll practice a little longer."
——For two consecutive days, Gu Ran was conducting recovery training step by step.
During these two days, Gu Ran redeemed 2 talent points by picking up white training bubbles.
In addition, he also used the three skills of "passing the ball behind the back", "enhancing the powerful throw-in", and "passing the ball directly from the backcourt" for free.
The back-up pass and the ball are +2, the powerful throw-in is enhanced by +2, and the direct pass from the backcourt is +3.
Gu Ran did not retain the two talent points he exchanged, and directly added them to the "balance" attribute, raising the balance attribute from 71 points to 73 points.
Saturday, August 14th!
In the second round of the English League One, the match day of Southampton vs. Notts County is here!
Southampton's players do not need to gather at the Staplewood training base, they can drive directly to St. Mary's Stadium by themselves.
Coach Adkins requires players to arrive before 9 a.m.
Today's training will be held at St. Mary's Stadium.
This is Southampton's first league home game in the new season, and everyone in the club attaches great importance to it.
At noon, the club's three giants also came to the home team restaurant at St. Mary's Stadium in advance to cheer for the players.
The club was very happy with the crushing result of the last South Coast Derby. The senior management asked the players to continue their efforts and win a good start at home for Southampton fans.
At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the long-awaited fans poured into St. Mary's Stadium.
In less than half an hour, the St. Mary's Stadium, which can accommodate 32,384 people, was packed!
The venue was almost filled with red and white Saints flags!
Southampton's four stands are named after the four boroughs of Southampton.
The main stand on the east side is called the Itchen Stand, facing the Itchen River.
The west stand is the Kingsland Stand.
The south stand is the St. Mary's Cathedral stand. St. Mary's Cathedral is also the symbol of Southampton. It is the largest church in the entire southern region of England. The south stand is also the Saint's die-hard stand.
——Southampton also has many fan organizations, the most famous of which are the official "Saints Supporters", the official drummer organization "The Blast", the official fan organization "The 1885", and the official youth organization The fans organization "The Vitality", and the fans' voluntary organization "The Southampton faithful".
Of course, Gu Ran's "Global Support Club" is also indispensable.
These famous fan organizations are divided into square formations and sit in the stands of St. Mary's Cathedral on the south side.
Therefore, the game has not yet started, and the fans are only entering the stadium. The passion in the south stand is already about to overturn the entire stadium.
Although Gu Ran's global support club has only been established for a short time, the beauties in miniskirts are all so eye-catching.
The north stand is the Northam Stand, which is also the stand for visiting team fans.
The number of Notts County fans who came to watch the game today was not very large, only more than 3,000.
Speaking of which, Notts County is also one of the first twelve member clubs of the league. Although Notts County does not have many bright moments in its history and has always been a small club, among small clubs, Notts County is definitely the most One of the famous ones.
In addition to the four grandstands in the southeast, northwest, and southeast, St. Mary's Stadium also has several VIP boxes named after famous players in the team's history: Terry Paine's box, Mick's and Channon's boxes, Bobby Stokes' box, etc.
At this moment, several VIP boxes were filled with celebrities who wanted to witness Gu Ran's wonderful performance.
Among them, two mysterious guests from China were sitting in Bobby Stokes' box...
Southampton's local news media, TV media, and online media have taken advantage of the opportunity early, and reporters from other domestic mainstream media are also present. This game is not only a feast for fans, but also a feast for media people.
Eight senior executives from Southampton came, and they sat down in the first row of the main stand while chatting and laughing.
Scouts from various clubs also came to the scouting area early - Chelsea's Emenalo, Liverpool's Edwards, and Manchester City's Platt. The three big guys gathered together again.
The three of them were smiling on the outside, but inwardly confused.
For today’s game, the famous gambling company William Hill also gave the pre-match handicap: 1.67 for home win, 3.60 for draw, and 5.00 for loss.
Judging from the odds of this handicap, William Hill is still very optimistic that Southampton can easily win at home.
After all, Notts County's recent form is not stable enough, while Southampton is in hot form under the leadership of Gu Ran.
William Hill has already known in advance through internal channels that Gu Ran will continue to make his debut today.
Playing at home, the whole team is in good shape, and Gu Ran is starting, there won't be much suspense in this game.
At 2:10 p.m., the referee team came in to inspect the playing field.
Immediately afterwards, players from both sides entered the stadium for adaptive warm-up.
As the away team, Notts County players were the first to enter the stadium.
The emblem of this ancient Notts County club is two magpies stepping on a football.
So the Notts County team is also called the Magpies - in the UK, there is another Magpie team with a larger number of fans, that is Newcastle United.
The difference is that there is only one magpie on the Newcastle United team logo.
According to the British, one magpie is unlucky, but two magpies are the most auspicious.
However, looking at the performance of the two Magpies teams, this statement seems to be the other way around.
The Magpies Newcastle United are very strong. Although they are the team that loves to fight among themselves in the Premier League, their results are really much better than Notts County. Their number of fans is also the team with the largest number of local fans in the entire UK.
Notts County, by comparison, were more of a ball-blind filter.
Notts County players wear black and white striped jerseys, which are designed according to the black and white characteristics of the Magpie.
The same goes for Newcastle United's jerseys, which are very similar.
In addition, the jerseys of Serie A giant Juventus are also black and white. Because the Notts County club is too small and well-known, many fans think that Juventus's black and white jerseys come first, or Newcastle United's black and white jerseys. Jersey first.
But in fact, Newcastle United and Juventus are both deliberately imitating the jersey style of the real Magpie Notts County.
When Notts County Club was founded in 1862, they wore the black and white Magpies jersey. Newcastle United Club was founded in 1892, and Juventus was founded in 1897. Newcastle United just used it, obviously at home. There are no magpies and no mangroves, but they still call themselves the Magpies. Juventus is too embarrassed to call them the Magpies anymore, so their jerseys are designed based on zebras and they are called the Bianconeri.
The problem is... there are no zebras in Europe.
After Notts County players all came on the pitch to warm up, Southampton players began to enter the field.
The more than 26,000 Southampton fans at the scene were instantly excited.
Almost every Southampton fan was shouting Gu Ran's name in Chinese!
Gu Ran applauded the fans repeatedly to thank him, and then concentrated on the warm-up training.
Every time Gu Ran touches the ball during training, the fans scream.
There were female fans in the stands who fainted due to excessive excitement.
It can be seen how high Gu Ran's status is in the hearts of Southampton fans.
In the VIP box, the two mysterious guests from China looked extremely surprised. They seemed to have never expected that Chinese players could have such a high influence on British stadiums.
"This guy's popularity is probably more than Jihai's, right?"
"It seems...probably...he is definitely not as strong as Ji Hai, but he is more handsome than Ji Hai."
"All the players with a big score are more handsome than Ji Hai, right?"
"..."
At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Southampton's home game against Notts County in the second round of the Premier League officially started.
Domestic live broadcasts are also connected to the network signal and live broadcast simultaneously.
Because it was the weekend, and with the spread of Gu Ran's game highlights, the number of people in the live broadcast room instantly exceeded the 200,000 mark!
All kinds of barrages are overwhelming. It is impossible to see the scene of the game unless you turn off the barrages.
Fortunately, the Ran Live team changed the server in time and withstood the pressure of the instant barrage explosion.
At the beginning of the new season, Southampton currently ranks first in the English League One standings with a goal difference advantage, while Notts County lost to Charlton in the first round and is temporarily ranked 18th in the standings. .
In this matchup, the Southampton team changed their 442 style and boldly started a 4231 offensive formation.
High center Gurley took a rest, and veteran Connolly started at the front.
The left winger is Holmes, the right winger is Schneiderlin, and the attacking midfielder is Lallana.
The two defensive midfielders are Dixon and Pulis - with Lambert and Hammond taking turns.
The left back is still Gu Ran, and the right back is Fonte-Richardson takes turns.
The two central defenders are Martin and Saville - Walton and Jaidi also take turns.
The goalkeeper is still Davis, who has been performing brilliantly recently.
It can be said that the Southampton team adopts a semi-main configuration.
On the other hand, Notts County fielded a decent 4-4-2 formation. There were almost no big names in their team, not even international-level players.
According to the military intelligence before the game, Notts County's basic tactics are short pass penetration, the defensive method is a mixture of man-to-man plus zone defense, and the game mentality is to defend cautiously and look for opportunities to counterattack.
As soon as the game started, Notts County played very cautiously, and the team barely advanced past half-time.
This allowed Southampton's defense to feel little pressure.
After a few tests, the Southampton team found that Notts County was a little timid, and immediately engaged in physical confrontation and high pressure throughout the game.
Gu Ran also ran all over the court as soon as he came up, constantly changing positions with Dixon, freely intersecting, and actively attacking and confronting.
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(End of chapter)
