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

Chapter 366 Gu Ran vs. Little Henry!A duel of violent aesthetics!The show was full of emotions at the beginning, shaking up the whole audience!
Cardiff City's other striker is No. 9 British-Indian Michael Chopra.

This player is characterized by his superb shooting skills, flexible movement in the frontcourt, and his height of 183cm allows him to stand and act as a fulcrum in the penalty area.

This is not the first time that Chopra has played for Cardiff City. Chopra is one of Newcastle United’s most promising prospects. He is from the same school as Alan Shearer and has played in the England Under-15, 16, 17 and 19 countries. All teams have played.

Chopra's shining moment was when he was loaned to Watford by Newcastle United at the age of 21. Chopra scored four goals against Burnley, and then was loaned out in 04. Arrived at Burnley.

Chopra joined the English Championship club Cardiff City on June 2006, 6 for 14 pounds. He refused Newcastle United's one-year substitute contract extension to strive for more playing opportunities.

His performance in the British Championship stole the show and he became the British Championship Player of the Month in September and October. He scored 9 points and 10 goals for the team in the first 17 games. He also scored three consecutive goals in the league game against Leicester City to help the team. The team won the game 36:7.

After Chopra joined the Premier League team Sunderland in 07, he was loaned back to Cardiff City in 08, and was later bought by Cardiff City again for 09 million pounds in 500.

From 50 pounds to 500 million pounds, Chopra has achieved an inspiring life in which his net worth has skyrocketed 10 times.

From a player's perspective, Chopra is still very good and very talented.

However, he is not that good off the court. Chopra's biggest problem is excessive gambling. Not only betting on football, but also betting on horses, gambling, cards, in short, all kinds of gambling. Often after getting paid, he ends up in the casino. , married a model wife and got divorced just one year after they got married.

In this regard, golfer Bellamy is much better than Chopra.

Apart from singing, drinking and beating up his teammates, Bellamy has no bad habits in his off-court life. He does not smoke, whore or gamble. He is just keen on financial management and buying stocks.

Bellamy kept in mind the famous saying "if you don't manage your finances, the finances will ignore you", so after he retired, he lost all his 4500 million pounds of savings because of financial management, and was chased by the tax department. He couldn't even play golf. get up.

Cardiff City's left midfielder is No. 7 Peter Whittingham.

This is a pure tragic player.

Peter Widdingham was born in the Aston Villa youth training. He showed extraordinary talent at a young age and was hailed as the star of hope for Villa and even the star of hope for England as a whole.

Peter Whittingham was once the main international player of England U21. His passing is very creative and imaginative, his vision is wide, his football intelligence is very high, and his crosses are accurate.

Moreover, Peter Whittingham is also a rare left-footed player. Although his speed and impact are not high when breaking through from the wing, his skills are very gorgeous, and he often performs wonderful tricks to play with the opponent's players.

He was selected for the England youth team 17 times and scored 3 goals.

However, because of his good skills but poor confrontation, Peter Whittingham was often deliberately targeted by his opponents during games, so he was often injured, which resulted in him never becoming a target for the top clubs.

After 06, Peter Whittingham moved to Cardiff City and became the core organization of Cardiff City.

To say that he is a pure tragedy is not because his talent has not been displayed on a wealthy platform and allowed more fans to know it, but that in 2021, he was drunk and fooling around with his friends at a beer garden party. He fell down and hit his head on the ground - he fell to his death.

He was 35 years old.

Everyone is destined to die.

Cardiff City's right midfielder is player No. 25 Jay Emmanuel Thomas. He is 19 years old and is on loan from Arsenal. He is nicknamed Henry JET Jr.

Jay is a product of a well-established arsenal and is also one of coach Wenger's favorites.

When Jay was 16 years old, coach Wenger couldn't wait to appoint him as the captain of Arsenal U18. When he was 17, he was given a formal professional team contract, and when he was 18, he was loaned to Cardiff City team conducts training.

Jay is an all-around player, a super jack of all trades.

At the age of 19, he is 191cm tall and weighs 86kg. He can not only play forward, left winger, right winger, left midfielder, right midfielder, but also attacking midfielder, defensive midfielder, left back, wing back, and even central defender. .

He is very fast, very confrontational, likes to move in and out, has balanced left and right foot skills, sharp headers, and a very accurate long-range shot. He also has a good personality and does not like to train much except in the loan club. Apart from being always late, there are few other disadvantages.

His current weekly salary is 5000 pounds, of which Arsenal pays 1500 pounds and Cardiff pays 3500 pounds.

He is also the player with the highest weekly salary in the Cardiff City team.

Coach Wenger hopes that Jay will have a good experience in Cardiff City, and then become the successor of Czar Arshavin, so that he can dominate Arsenal's left wing in the future - of course, delegating Jay can also save Arsenal a lot of weeks. Salary expenses.

As a result of this devolution, Jay never returned to Arsenal, but plunged into the lower leagues.

Jay has played for Cardiff City, Blackpool, Doncaster Rangers, Ipswich Town, Bristol City, Queens Park Rangers, Milton Keynes, Gillingham, and Livingston in the Scottish Premiership. , Aberdeen.

——People gave him the nickname, the wandering beggar’s version of Little Henry.

Jay's career is one of those cases where geniuses don't cherish their talents. Instead of letting him grow up, the experience in the lower leagues made him overindulge and relax. Without the suppression of coach Wenger, there are few talents in the lower leagues. A coach can suppress a talent like Jay.

Even experienced coach Duff Jones couldn't suppress Jay, who was born in the arsenal.

Therefore, there are risks in letting talented new stars roam freely.

According to the principle of survivor bias, the talents who can be kicked out of the lower leagues are known to everyone, while the number of talents who are not kicked out will only be greater.

Cardiff City's two midfielders are No. 11 Chris Booker and No. 10 Stephen McPhail.

——Chris Booker’s position is actually more suitable for right midfielder, while Jay, the snake oil just mentioned, is more suitable for the center and left. In this game, Cardiff’s head coach Duff Jones deliberately placed Jay on the right. Putting Chris Booker on the right side of the center is actually targeting Southampton's super star Gu Ran, allowing Jay to work with Chris Booker when defending, using strength, confrontation and speed to restrict him. Gu Ran, when attacking, Jay will switch positions with Chris Booker from the right wing, which he is not very good at, and go to the center or even the left wing.

This formation and positioning arrangement is indeed interesting, and it also indirectly shows that Cardiff's head coach Duff Jones has seen Gu Ran's game highlights and has a clear understanding and preparation for Gu Ran's strength level. .

Chris Booker is a member of the Scottish national team. He has been selected twice so far and scored 2 goals. Although his speed is not fast, his dribbling and cutting skills are good, and his long-range shooting skills are also good.

No. 10 veteran Stephen McPhail is the Scottish international. He has been selected 10 times so far and scored once. He has superb short passing skills, a very creative through ball, and good connection ability in the front and backcourts.

These two midfielders are both offensive-minded and not very good defensively.

This is also the reason why head coach Duff Jones adopts a backcourt defensive strategy. Such tactics can save the Cardiff City team's overall physical consumption and gather superior forces in the backcourt defense to attack more and less.

Cardiff City's left back is No. 3 veteran Lee Naylor. This player was once a member of the England youth team. His characteristics are that he is aggressive and can't run to death, but his skills are relatively rough.

Cardiff City's right back is their 25-year-old captain, Scot No. 14 Paul Quinn.

Paul Quinn is also a versatile player in the backcourt. He can play as a left back, a right back, a center back, a midfielder, or a left or right midfielder.

Paul Quinn is also a player who runs all over the field. He trains hard and is very active during the game.

Moreover, Paul Quinn is also a rare right-footed left-footer - almost half of Cardiff City's main players are left-footed.

Such a formation configuration can easily catch the opponent off guard when attacking and make it difficult to parry.

Cardiff City's two central defenders are No. 5 Mark Hudson and No. 6 Gabor Guipez.

Mark Hudson is a veteran defender who is active in tackling, fierce in fighting, and first-class in header offense and defense. He was born in Fulham and has played in Crystal Palace and Charlton, and his performance is stable.

It is worth mentioning that Mark Hudson was teammates with Zheng Zhi, who played as a defensive midfielder/defender, for half a season during his time at Charlton.

No. 6 Gabor Guipes is the Hungarian national team international. He has been selected 27 times and scored 1 goal. He has a height of 191cm and his balanced left and right feet allow him to show rare flexibility when dealing with dangerous balls, but he Its shortcomings are also quite big, that is, its speed is too slow, and it turns around like an aircraft carrier turning around. Once it cannot intercept it head-on, it will not be intercepted.

Cardiff City's goalkeeper is 25-year-old Scottish national team goalkeeper David Marshall.

David Marshall's reaction speed, ball-handling skills, and one-on-one ability are all very strong. His shortcoming is that his positioning is not very good, a bit like Joe Hart who "can take a kick from anyone."

All in all, Cardiff City also sent all its main players in this League Cup knockout round.

The biggest advantage of Cardiff City's team is not only that they have many international players and stars on loan from Manchester City and Arsenal. Their real advantage lies in the team's average age of 26 years old.

Cardiff City's overall physical fitness and confrontation ability will be a big trouble for Southampton today.

The overall strength of the Cardiff City team is actually a level higher than Southampton's archrival Portsmouth.

So in today's game, although Southampton is at home, it can be imagined that it will be very difficult.

Southampton's tactical mentality today is also very simple - stick to Cardiff City with your body and prevent Cardiff City from passing the ball easily.

To put it more bluntly - do it with your face!

Gu Ran, who had been holding back for 10 days without competing, was already a little impatient!
The die-hard Saints fans in the south stand were all shouting, cheering and waving flags crazily to cheer on their players.

beep!
At 7:45, as the referee on duty blew his whistle, the second knockout round of the English League Cup officially began!
First up is Cardiff City kick-off.

No. 39 Bellamy knocked the ball back to No. 10 Stephen McPhail.

McPhail quickly ran with the ball.

Southampton's midfielder and frontcourt players immediately came forward to fight and strangle.

McPhail quickly looked up while running and saw the opportunity to pass the ball to the right midfielder No. 7 Pete Whittingham who came to support him.

——Not to have too much physical entanglement with the Southampton team when attacking. This is also one of the basic tactics arranged by coach Duff Jones before the game.Facing Schneiderlin's pressing defense, Whittingham used a beautiful move with his left foot to pass Schneiderlin easily and freely, and then went wild along Southampton's right wing. push!
This move was so beautiful that the Blue Jays fans at the scene cheered and shouted excitedly.

Schneiderlin quickly turned around and chased after him.

The other Cardiff City players actively interspersed their movements to provide support.

Cardiff City had a sharp offensive climax as soon as they started!Their advancing rhythm and passing rhythm are very fast!
Right back Richardson came up to double-team Widingham with Schneiderlin.

Southampton's defensive focus immediately shifted towards its right wing.

Weddingham did not compete physically with Richardson and Schneiderlin, but made an emergency stop to get out of the space and passed the ball short to No. 11 Chris Booker who was supporting in the middle.

Chris Booker didn't bother with Hammond who was guarding him. He touched the ball and passed the ball to "Little Henry" Jay Thomas in the left area!

Cardiff City's series of passes are just to pull Southampton's defense and send the ball to Jay's feet!
I have to say, no wonder Cardiff City has won 4 consecutive victories.

Cardiff City's tactical idea is very clear, which is to use short passes to promote rhythm of possession and use the width of the pitch to tear apart Southampton's defense!And they did it. In just three or five kicks, Southampton's defense had a huge gap!
Jay Thomas stopped the ball with his left foot and started to speed instantly!
His skin is black, his jersey is black, and he runs like a black horse, not only fast, but also full of impact!
He dribbled the ball from the left rib area directly into the penalty area.

The hearts of Southampton fans were all clenched.

The nightmare of being beaten 4:1 by Fort Pitt United in the last game seems to be happening again.

Chamberlain chased back desperately, trying to press himself against Jay to force him to slow down, but Chamberlain simply couldn't catch up with Jay's speed!

Speaking of which, Chamberlain can definitely be called a fast horse on the wing, and his speed can reach the Premier League level.

But in front of "Little Henry" Jay, Chamberlain's speed was simply reduced to a backdrop!
Jay eats Chamberlain raw as easily as a dark horse eats feed.

At this time, Gu Ran predicted Jay's inward route in advance and blocked the position in advance. At the same time, he raised his hand and pointed at Chamberlain, signaling Chamberlain to follow Chris Booker, who was quietly crossing and switching to the left wing. !

The dumbfounded Chamberlain finally came to his senses and quickly turned around to intercept Chris Booker!

The Cardiff City team's plan of tacking and cooperating was just discovered by Gu Ran!

Gu Ran not only plays a one-man role in the defense, but he can also command the defense with his high football intelligence and vision.

Seeing that Chris Booker was being targeted, Jay Thomas didn't think much and just dribbled the ball directly to force Gu Ran.

During the pre-match tactical analysis class, coach Duff Jones focused on analyzing Gu Ran's abilities to the Cardiff City players - strong interception, ghostly movement, extremely fast speed, extremely high physical fitness, and superb long-range shooting. A proper B2B forward-post template.

Jay was naturally very disdainful.

Jay believed that Coach Jones was exaggerating just to make his teammates take this elimination game seriously.

How strong can a player who is not even wanted by the Chinese national team be?
With a height of 191cm, a weight of 86kg, and a powerful sprinting style, Jay can ignore any opponent!

Jay goes straight to work!

Gu Ran naturally didn't dare to neglect, strengthened reasonable collision +3, interception and steal +4, strengthened blocking defense +5, all open!

Bang!
Their shoulders collided heavily.

Gu Ran was bounced back two halves of his body in an instant!

It really deserves to be produced by Arsenal!Quality is top notch!

For a millisecond, Gu Ran felt that all the bones in his body were about to be broken by the impact, and all the muscles in his body had lost consciousness and control.

However, relying on his physical foundation of 78 points of strength and 83 points of strength, Gu Ran quickly stabilized his figure——

Jay, who rushed towards him with inertia, was forcefully knocked sideways three positions by Gu Ran!
The football at Jay's feet also got out of control!
Jay was dumbfounded!He couldn't believe it!
One second, Jay didn't take the thin-looking Chinese man in front of him seriously, but the next second, Jay felt his eyes darken, as if he had bumped into an arcane creature in Greek mythology. Same as Mount Limpis.

Before Jay could react, Gu Ran rushed forward and intercepted the ball!

Jay immediately exclaimed and reached out to grab Gu Ran's shoulders and arms!

But Gu Ran was faster!

Without waiting for Jay to activate, Gu Ran directly activated Son of the Wind +3, King of Highbury +2, and Dash and Collision: Violent Dash +4!

Gu Ran launched off like a rocket!The speed is so fast that you can’t see the afterimage clearly!
As soon as Jay's hand touched Gu Ran's arm, he was thrown away by Gu Ran's violent sprint!
Gu Ran turned into a red and white lightning and penetrated Cardiff City's half!

Aesthetics of violence!Turn the whole place upside down!
All the Southampton fans jumped up from the stands, clenched their fists uncontrollably, and screamed wildly!

At this moment, Gu Ran was the embodiment of their will!
Every one of them is Gu Ran!

Gu Ran's violent aesthetic sprint speed, handsome appearance, and the sense of immersion are so strong!
The Southampton fans and the domestic fans in the live broadcast room were all cheering!

After Jay caught the opportunity, he immediately pursued with all his strength!
Jay's speed was extremely fast, but Gu Ran was able to distance himself visibly!

The captain of Arsenal's youth team, Arsenal's star of hope, turned out to be Gu Ran's background in a head-to-head competition of speed and strength!

The Cardiff Blue Jays at the scene were all dumbfounded - some of them had seen Gu Ran's performance in amateur high school competitions, and they thought that Gu Ran would be ignored by everyone in the professional arena. , but it wasn’t until now that they realized that Gu Ran’s growth was so powerful!

This speed, this sprint, this violent aesthetic running posture, this is Henry!

Chinese Henry!

At this time, Southampton's forward players Lallana and Gurley accelerated their support, while other Southampton players maintained their respective positions and formations.

According to Coach Adkins' request, Southampton focused on defense in the first half, supplemented by counterattacks, and Gu Ran had unlimited firing rights - yes, Gu Ran's position in the Southampton team is by no means just a left back. , but forward and backward.

Gu Ran drove straight at high speed along the left rib area, and it was like he was in no one's land near the midline!
Seeing Gu Ran rushing across the half court, Cardiff City's defenders immediately retreated to their own back half and did not press against Gu Ran.

Cardiff City's tactics are also very obvious, which is to try to avoid physical confrontation and avoid physical exertion.

Coach Duff Jones is also an old fox. He knows that Southampton will definitely use physical confrontation to make a fuss, but Duff Jones chooses to avoid confronting Southampton and concentrates his superior forces on defense in the second half. .

Cardiff City's defense is very fast. Once a positional battle occurs, Southampton will inevitably spread the formation forward, which will also give Cardiff City a chance to steal the ball and counterattack.

The head coaches on both sides are also competing from a distance.

As a head coach who has coached Southampton twice, coach Duff Jones's face is full of confidence.

Coach Duff Jones was not worried at all about Gu Ran's one-man attack. Even if Gu Ran could dribble the ball to the outside of the penalty area, Gu Ran would not be able to tear apart their dense Cardiff City defense on his own.

Cardiff City's players retreated quickly, and their defensive formation remained very intact.

Gu Ran was still sprinting at high speed and dribbling the ball straight across the half court, while "Little Henry" Jay was chasing after Gu Ran desperately.

As long as Gu Ran's sprint rhythm slows down, Jay can follow up with a sliding tackle.

At this moment, both Gully and Lallana were still diagonally behind Gu Ran.

Generally speaking, Gu Ran can pass the ball to Lallana, and then rely on the outside to pass the ball short, looking for opportunities to penetrate inside.

But Gu Ran looked up directly and glanced at the Cardiff City goal.

Goalkeeper David Marshall was standing in the penalty area as if he was possessed by Joe Hart.

Gu Ran's mind was full of happiness, and he started running wildly in the aesthetics of violence, violently shooting——

Top pass shot: God's kick +2!

Heavy artillery long-range shooting: Cloud piercing arrow +3!

Heavy artillery long-range shot: groundbreaking +3!

Long-range heavy artillery: cruise missile +1!

with full force!

This is a super world wave long shot from 50 meters away!

Everyone at the scene held their breath in shock as they watched the football draw a ballistic parabola over the St. Mary's half——

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(End of this chapter)