I just wanted to play football, but I became a Hollywood god

Chapter 352: A South Coast Derby full of gunpowder!Once a legendary genius!Ostrich Kanu!

Hearing the loud bang from the car window, all the Southampton players screamed and subconsciously lowered their heads to dodge.

The cheerful atmosphere on the road just now dropped to freezing point in an instant!

Fortunately, the window glass is made in China and is of very good quality. The coin only left a small impact point on the glass before it bounced away.

The players looked out through the window glass. Outside the bus was a group of Portsmouth fans with red faces and necks. They were obviously Portsmouth fans who had just come out of the bar after drinking early wine.

There were about a dozen of these Portsmouth fans, all wearing blue Portsmouth jerseys.

When these extreme fans saw the Southampton players looking through the glass, not only were they not afraid at all, but they arrogantly made international gestures towards the Southampton players and slurred vague curses.

Captain Davis couldn't help but frown, "Farke, damn the remnants of the 6.57 Gang!"

——The 6.57 gang is a famous football hooligan organization in Portsmouth.

In the 70s, football hooligan culture was rampant in England, and almost every club had a football hooligan organization.

For example, Everton has the "County Blades", Arsenal has the "Herd", Aston Villa has the "Villa Youth Army", Birmingham has the "Zulu Warriors", Chelsea has the "Headhunters", Newcastle United have There is Gremlin, Sheffield United has the Blades, Wolves have the Metro Army, Coventry has the Roman Legion, Millwall has Partizan, and West Ham has Town and Country. Gang", Manchester United has the "Blood Army", Tottenham Hotspur has the "Jewish Army"...

Almost every one of these famous football hooligan organizations in the 70s was responsible for murders.

It was not until the Hillsborough tragedy in 1989 that these football hooligan organizations were restrained, transformed and disintegrated under heavy official attacks.

Portsmouth's 6.57 Gang is also very notorious. In the fourth knockout round of the FA Cup in 1984, the football hooligans of the 4 Gang used coins to smash Southampton players on the field while playing, which then triggered a large-scale uprising. The conflict between fans started from then on. Whenever Portsmouth and Southampton meet, a fight is inevitable.

After the disintegration of the 1989 gang in 6.57, most of their key members established a new fan organization "Fratton Brotherhood".

Although the behavior of this fraternity has restrained a lot, their football hooligan nature was revealed again when they met their mortal enemy Southampton.

"Don't be impulsive, everyone," head coach Adkins said solemnly: "We are here to play football, not to reason with football hooligans. Mr. driver, please keep driving."

"Yes." The driver drove forward cautiously.

The extreme fans of Fratton Brotherhood booed Southampton's bus.

One fan even took off his belt and peed on the Southampton bus.

The policemen who were maintaining order nearby just grinned and had no intention of interfering.

The Fratton Brotherhood fans triumphantly sang at the top of their lungs: "We Portsmouth people use [-]-ton warships to plunder the world! You Southampton people only deserve to fish for your ray relatives in shabby fishing boats!"

Hearing such humiliating singing, the Southampton players in the car were so angry that they gritted their teeth.

Gu Ran, who originally remained calm about the South Coast Derby, couldn't help but feel furious after hearing the lyrics of Fratton Brotherhood!

Grass!The bastard bastards!

If I don’t give you some tricks today, I’ll be sorry to my ancestors!

——Southampton’s bus entered Fratton Park Stadium without any danger.

Fratton Park Stadium is also a small stadium, named after it is located in Fratton Park, with a total capacity of only 21000 seats.

Portsmouth Club was considered the ace team in the Premier League more than ten years ago. In 49 and 50, under the leadership of legendary coach Jack Dean, they won consecutive English League One titles (the top league at the time). League) champion.

This result has made neighbor Southampton jealous.

But Portsmouth's fate is very similar to Southampton's, both of which have experienced huge financial crises recently.

Although Portsmouth was not relegated to League One, it was actually worse than Southampton.

Just six months ago, on February 2010, 2 to be precise, the Premier League officially issued a statement that Portsmouth Club was insolvent and bankrupt, and the club was officially taken over by the bank. This was also the first time that a club had been taken over since the establishment of the Premier League in 26. Hosting.

During the trusteeship period, Portsmouth cannot buy or sell any players, and all proceeds will be turned over. Players only have basic salaries and no bonuses and benefits.

Portsmouth was also deducted 9 points due to financial problems and fell directly into the relegation zone of the Premier League.

Although under such great pressure, Portsmouth still defeated Tottenham Hotspur, fell behind by only 1 goal and lost to Chelsea, finishing as runner-up in the FA Cup.

Portsmouth theoretically qualified for the Europa League, but because the team was placed under administration, the Europa League qualification was canceled and was replaced by Premier League No. 6.

In June 2010, the team appointed former Notts County head coach Steve Cotterill as the team's new head coach.

——Although Portsmouth was only relegated from the Premier League to the English Championship, Portsmouth failed to qualify for the European Cup, which is obviously much worse than Southampton.

Moreover, until now, Portsmouth is still in bankruptcy administration, so it is even more impossible to maintain the stadium.

Fratton Park is an old-fashioned golf course. The most special thing about this golf course is that while other golf courses are oriented north-south, Fratton Park is oriented east-west.

Although this golf course is small, its designer is famous.

The designer is Archibald Ritchie, such as Chelsea's Stamford Bridge Stadium, Liverpool's Anfield Stadium, Manchester United's Old Trafford Stadium, Villa Park Stadium, Tottenham Hotspur's White Hart Lane Stadium, E The Fulton Goodison Park stadium is all designed by this famous designer.

Of course, these stadiums have now been renovated, with only Fratton Park still basically maintaining its original appearance.

Today, with the rapid development of modern football, the public facilities of this stadium have obviously fallen behind.

The largest stand at Fratton Park is the West Stand, also known as the "Fratton's End" stand. It is the stand for the Fratton Brotherhood and die-hard fans.

The corresponding Eastern Stand is a special stand for visiting team fans, called the Milton Stand. It is very small, with only more than 4000 seats.

Today's south coast derby battle is a "top draw" for Portsmouth.

The professional betting company William Hill gave the odds early: win 1.61, draw 3.87, lose 5.82.

With this odds, we are obviously more optimistic about the Portsmouth team playing at home.

If you buy Southampton to win alone in the away game, and Southampton actually wins in the end, then the bookmaker can lose 1 times to 5.82 - because the risk is high and the probability is small, the odds are high.

The Southampton team conducted adaptive training on the court for two hours in the morning, had lunch in the players' restaurant, and then stayed in the visiting team's locker room to rest, stretch, and maintain physical condition.

Coach Adkins also asked all players not to leave the locker room without permission to avoid unnecessary trouble.

Around 5 p.m., fans began to arrive.

Today is a Tuesday working day, but fans came to the stadium early.

Portsmouth fans wearing blue jerseys flocked to the stands in large numbers, especially the "Fratton End" in the west stand. In less than half an hour, they were all full, and the loud and rhythmic Pompeii military song was also played. Then it rang out over the stadium.

Portsmouth fans call themselves the Legion of Pompeii.

Pompeii is also the nickname of Portsmouth Military Port.

Southampton's Saints fans also entered the stadium early from the visiting team's entrance and filled the entire Milton Stand on the east side.

The appeal and value of the League Cup are not high, but just because it is a south coast derby, there are many fans who came to watch the game today.

In addition, Southampton is very close to Portsmouth and can be reached in less than half an hour by car, so many Southampton fans also come.

Every Southampton fan hopes to see Gu Ran crush their mortal enemy for them.

However, Portsmouth only reserved 4000 away seats for Southampton, which also resulted in at least 3000 Southampton fans unable to buy tickets. They could only wait at the gate of the stadium for a kind person to refund their tickets, or Bite the bullet and pay more to buy the high-priced scalper tickets in Portsmouth.

The attendance for today's game is already full.

Judging from the atmosphere in the stadium, it was obvious that the 4000-strong Saints could not defeat the 1-strong Pompeii Army.

But outside the stadium, Saints fans took over almost the entire Fratton Park.

The game has not even started yet, and fans from both sides are already calling each other "scabs" from a distance.

In addition to fans from both sides, all major British media, including print media, TV media, and online media, were all present today.

After all, derby games are the easiest place to dig out big news, and both sides of the game must be playing hard.

Moreover, Gu Ran was also participating in this derby match. Where Gu Ran was present, scandals could be dug up even if there was no news.

The senior management of Portsmouth Club also appeared in the main stand. Of course, they will not miss this derby battle that is related to the club's honor.

The three major scouts from Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City also arrived early - watching Gu Ran play has become their top priority.

At 6 p.m., the head coaches of both teams exchanged harsh words at the pre-match press conference.

Steve Cotterill, the new head coach of Portsmouth, said in front of the media that they would not show any mercy to the Southampton team today and must beat Southampton by at least 3 goals.

Southampton's coach Adkins said that defeating Portsmouth would not make him particularly happy, because winning the first round of the League Cup would be a normal operation for the Southampton team.

Coach Steve Cotterill said he sympathized with Adkins. After all, Southampton had to go home to nurse in the first League Cup knockout game.

Coach Adkins also said that he sympathized with Coach Cotterill, because Coach Adkins could not imagine the bitter taste of losing to a rival at home.

Coach Steve Cotterill advised Coach Adkins to focus on League One, and wished Coach Adkins could lead the Scabs to successfully avoid relegation in League One.

Coach Adkins implicitly and cordially greeted Coach Cotterill’s family…

The pre-match press conference was tense, and the coaches from both sides were full of tension. There was no politeness about "friendship first, competition second" at all.

In a word, just do it.

At 7 o'clock in the afternoon, the referee team entered the field to inspect the venue, and the players from both sides entered the court to warm up.

As the away team, Southampton players were the first to enter the stadium to warm up.

The Southampton fans stood up and cheered and applauded Gu Ran.

Chamberlain seemed very excited. He stood in front of Gu Ran and clapped back to the fans who stood up and applauded.

The Portsmouth fans at the scene booed in various ways.The DJ at the scene introduced the Southampton players to the audience according to the starting list.

Every time a player's name was read, the Portsmouth fans at the scene, led by members of Fratton Brotherhood, shouted "scab".

When "No. 8 left back Gu Ran" was read, the Southampton fans cheered wildly, while the Portsmouth fans booed wildly, and some even pulled their eyes at Gu Ran and made humiliating gestures.

Gu Ran just sneered and then concentrated on warming up.

The "scab" chants from 1 people were deafening, and the entire Fratton Park stadium trembled steadily. The scene was extremely shocking.

The Southampton fans in the visiting team's stands were almost furious, but since they were playing away games and there were not enough people, they could only stare.

When the home team Portsmouth came on the stage, the Southampton Saints immediately booed back!

Others turned their backs and took off their pants, twisting their buttocks to humiliate the Portsmouth players.

When it comes to humiliating opponents, Portsmouth and Southampton are really brothers.

When the on-site DJ introduced Portsmouth's player list, the Southampton Saints yelled "scabs" at the top of their lungs every time a name was read.

Although the number of Southampton fans is four times less than the number of Portsmouth fans, Southampton is not far behind Portsmouth in terms of swearing.

The verbal exchanges between fans from both sides have escalated and have already involved family members of both sides.

There are also a lot of security personnel at the stadium today. In the past games at Portsmouth, there were only a dozen security guards to maintain order. However, in today's South Coast Derby, in addition to more than 100 professional security personnel, another 100 security personnel were used to maintain order. There were many police officers armed with live ammunition to prevent fans from both sides from causing trouble.

Portsmouth is now in trusteeship. If there is another fight in the game, the club may be directly sent to the English League Two.

Due to the scolding on the field and the exposure of body parts, domestic live broadcasts have already been connected to the signal, but at this time they can only temporarily keep the screen black and muted to avoid being removed from the shelves.

After half an hour of adaptive warm-up, the players from both sides temporarily left the field and returned to their respective locker rooms for final preparations.

Southampton fans sang "Saints Go On" in unison.

Portsmouth fans sang "Pompey's Army Song" to the melody of "Westminster Abbey": Play up Pompey, Pompey, play up, play up...

Before the game officially started, fans from both sides started singing.

In the visiting team's locker room, Southampton's players formed a murderous circle.

When playing football against a mortal enemy, there is no need to mobilize at all, everyone is in the most excited state of mind.

Coach Adkins looked around and said solemnly: "Just play according to our tactical plan yesterday! For the fans! And for ourselves!"

Captain Davis took the lead and shouted: "For the fans! And for ourselves! Kill Pompeii!"

"Fuck Pompeii to death! Fuck Pompeii to death! Fuck Pompeii to death!"

Chamberlain yelled the loudest!
Gu Ran felt like his eardrums were about to be pierced by Chamberlain's roar.

At 7:40, players from both sides lined up to enter the venue under the leadership of the referee and linesman!

The fans at the scene waved flags and cheered crazily for their respective teams!
The handshake ceremony of the players from both sides was also in a heated state, and every starting player could almost spit out sparks from his eyes.

The live broadcast signal of Ran Live was also restored immediately.

"Damn it! The signal is finally restored!"

"I thought we couldn't watch the game today!"

"After handing in my homework and watching the game at 3 a.m., I really love Gu Ran!"

"Why is the atmosphere of today's game so exciting? Players on both sides look like they are going to eat each other!"

"This is the South Coast Derby! From the 60s to the 90s, the South Coast Derby was the most popular derby, even more popular than the Double Red Club! Because not only did the two teams have a deep feud, the two The residents of the city are mortal enemies of each other!"

"The Double Reds are good to watch because of the high level of competition and the high reputation of the team, but the South Coast Derby is real! It's super real!"

"That's right, when these two teams meet, there will be a fight!"

"I bet there will be God of War cards today! There will be at least 5 topaz cards!"

"Ah? Do you really know how to fight? That's so uncivilized!"

"You know nothing! Watching football without watching fights is like eating dumplings without dipping your sister-in-law!"

"Damn it! What kind of family..."

"Gu Ran, please don't get a red card!"

At this time, the handshakes between the players from both sides ended, and the captains of the two teams came to the referee to pick sides.

Before tossing the coin, the referee sternly warned the captains of both teams that no one was allowed to behave excessively during the game, otherwise there would be no red card.

Neither captain paid much attention to the referee's warning.

Southampton's captain Davies guessed right or wrong and got the priority to pick the side.

Portsmouth captain Aaron Mokoena gave Portsmouth the right to kick-off.

Davis then chose the west half - the west stand is the "End of Fratton". Although the pressure of choosing the west stand as the defensive half is great, it can also make Portsmouth's start less comfortable.

After taking photos with each other, the players from both sides quickly took their positions.

In this game, Southampton arranged their most usual position of 442.

The tactics arranged by Coach Adkins before the game are defensive counterattacks. The man-to-man marking method is focused on man-to-man plus zone defense and strangulation. The passing and receiving methods are mainly long passes and 45-degree diagonal passes. The penetration method is to fly with both wings. Support from the center, the game mentality requires caution, and the core organizer is the left back.

On the forward line, high center forward Gully, who has been in good form in recent games, continues to start the game. Lallana is positioned slightly back and to the left, taking on part of the attacking midfielder duties in order to better connect Gu Ran and Gully.

The left midfielder is Chamberlain, who has returned from suspension, and the right midfielder is Schneiderlin.

The two midfielders are Lambert and Hammond - they are positioned slightly deeper and assume some of the responsibilities of the defensive midfielder.

The left back is naturally Gu Ran, and the right back is Richardson, who has performed very steadily in recent games.

The two central defenders are vice-captain Walton and high school defender Jaidi.

The goalkeeper is captain Davis.

——This starting lineup configuration can be regarded as the absolute main lineup of Southampton.

The Plymouth team on the opposite side also sent all its main players to the field today.

In this game, Plymouth also adopted their usual 442 formation, but their 442 is still different from Southampton's 442.

Portsmouth's two centers are No. 10 David Nugent and No. 27 Nwankwo Kanu.

David Nugent is only 175cm tall, but he is extremely fast, has a keen sense of smell, and is a first-class runner in front of the goal. At the age of 25, he is already an international player for the England national team and has scored 1 goal in official national team games. ball.

And Nwankwo Kanu is a legendary star.

As Nigeria's top star, Kanu has won the honor of African Footballer many times. He has scored 69 goals in 11 appearances for the Nigerian team, many of which are key goals that can turn the game around.

Kanu was already a dazzling talent when he was 17 years old. He represented the Nigerian youth team and passed all the way. He himself became the most dazzling star in the World Youth Championship that year. After the game, he was directly Selected by Ajax coach Louis van Gaal.

Kanu, who is 197cm tall, has shone brightly after entering the Eredivisie. Almost all Eredivisie scouts believe that he is the successor of Ice Prince Bergkamp.

In the 96 Olympics, Kanu served as the captain of Nigeria and won a historic Olympic gold medal for Nigeria.

That year, the African ostrich boy was only 20 years old. It was also that year that Inter Milan took this talented young man under its banner and prepared to dominate the Champions League.

However, less than 3 months after arriving at Inter Milan, Kanu was diagnosed with a heart disease, and the doctor concluded that he was not suitable to play football.

Kanu experienced a very major setback in life, and his career, which was originally expected by everyone, also fell like a free fall.

Most people might just give up and accept their fate.

But Kanu didn't. With his love for football, he took a gamble with his life.

After a series of heart surgeries that could lead to more serious consequences, Kanu tenaciously returned to the game and was spotted by Arsene Wenger, who lured him to Arsenal.

Kanu enjoyed the second spring of his career at Arsenal.

The most glorious moment of Kanu's career was at Arsenal.

In the match between Arsenal and Chelsea in the 1999-2000 season, Arsenal fell behind by two goals. Kanu came on as a substitute and scored a hat-trick within 15 minutes, allowing two to chase three and completing a shocking reversal. Kanu became a god in one fell swoop!
His inspirational legend has become an example for countless football players at the beginning of the new century.

Unfortunately, heart problems have always troubled Kanu, and he can only serve as a substitute in Arsenal, which is full of talents.

Kanu later moved to West Bromwich Albion, but was in poor form.

It wasn't until he moved to Portsmouth that he regained his courage and led Pompeii to win the FA Cup and second place.

Kanu's nickname is Ostrich. Ostrich is very fast, very flexible with his feet, has a high awareness of interspersed movements, and is good at giving the ball to teammates in better positions to serve as a tactical fulcrum in front of the goal.

Although the 34-year-old Kanu no longer has the sharp world-class competitive status he once had, his experience and his back-stopping skills are still world-class.

Kanu is also Portsmouth's most famous player.

Kanu's weakness is that although he is nearly two meters tall, he is poor at heading the ball, and due to heart disease, his condition fluctuates greatly. Coupled with his age, his physical confrontation and physical fitness have declined sharply compared to his peak period.

Today, the person Gu Ran is focusing on is Kanu!

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(End of this chapter)