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

Chapter 392 Crazy Bramall Lane Stadium!Two teams with very similar styles!

Sheffield United and Southampton's home jerseys are very similar, both with red and white sword stripes.

Historically, Sheffield United was founded earlier than Southampton, and Sheffield United's red and white sword stripes were the earliest style.

Therefore, when Gu Ran saw the Blades Business Gang wearing red and white sword-striped jerseys for the first time, he almost thought they were die-hard Southampton Saints fans who had arrived early.

Until one of the members of the Blade Business Gang took off his pants, soaked his little brother in a full beer glass, and then drank it arrogantly in front of the Southampton bus.

Only then did Gu Ran realize that he didn't have such an unruly fan.

The Blade Business Gang's mocking business didn't stop there. They also took out a Southampton team flag and burned it in front of the bus while shouting "You don't deserve to wear red and white".

Although this behavior is very bad, it is actually a relatively restrained behavior by the Blade Business Gang.

After all, they are all White Roses. The Blade Business Gang did not besiege the bus, but just performed arrogantly next to the bus in an attempt to disturb the mentality of Southampton players.

Although the Blade Business Gang has not caused any large-scale murders in the history of English football, it was once a very terrifying existence.

Just the name "Blade Business Gang" sounds very professional at first sight.

The Blade Business Gang not only forced Sheffield Wednesday, a club from the same city and under the same owner at the time, to change their nickname from "The Blades" to "The Owls", but they also intimidated players in various ways - including opposing players and their own team who were not playing well. players.

It's easy to smash the opponent's bus, and it's normal to send blades to the homes of your own players and coaches - the earliest operation of sending blades came from the Blade Business Gang.

Around the 50s, the Blade Business Group also controlled the ticketing of the South Stand of Bramall Lane Stadium. The South Stand became the revenue source of the Blade Business Group. At that time, the Bramall Lane Stadium still sold standing tickets and was originally scheduled to accommodate The stands of more than 1 people were forced to fit into the stands of more than 3 people by Blade Business. The profit from the extra standing tickets sold was all thanks to Blade Business.

Of course, in English football under the football hooligan culture, there is far more than just one company, the Blade Business Group, which monopolizes the ticket sales of the South Stand at home, but the Blade Business Group was the first to start and is also the most professional.

In addition, the Blade Business Department is also involved in local gang affairs, including kidnapping, trafficking, lending, extortion, and extortion.

It can be said that the Blade Business Gang in its heyday was the real gangster. Every team that came to Sheffield United to play at home almost always took the risk of being injured and disabled.

However, in modern times, the Blade Business Gang has returned to being a normal fan organization. Apart from interfering with the opposing team before the game, the Blade Business Gang does nothing too extraordinary.

After watching the Blade Business Gang's beer-washing and flag-burning performances, Southampton's bus drove into Bramall Lane Stadium smoothly.

The mentality of the team members was not disturbed too much. After all, everyone is professional.

After eating in the players' restaurant at noon, the players took a lunch break in the visiting team's locker room.

After the lunch break, Coach Adkins took the players to adapt to the field at Bramall Lane Stadium.

According to the rules of the football game, the visiting team can adapt to the venue within 48 hours, while the home team's stadium must meet the requirements.

Generally speaking, England is not a big place, and many competition venues are very close. You don’t need to fly, just take a bus. If you arrive 2 days in advance, you have to book a hotel, plus the English football schedule itself. It's relatively intensive, so it's not an absolutely critical game. Each club will not spend extra money to book a hotel. They all come on the same day, adapt to the venue on the same day, finish playing on the same day, and leave on the same day.

However, if it is an intercontinental competition, or a cup semi-final or final, the club will attach great importance to it and arrange charter flights and hotel reservations in advance.

The Southampton team trained at Bramall Lane Stadium for two hours, and then returned to the dressing room to analyze and fine-tune tactical details.

At 5:[-] p.m., fans began to enter the venue.

Although Sheffield United's record in the past two seasons was not good, the enthusiasm of Sheffield United fans has never diminished, and the stadium attendance is also very impressive.

Bramall Lane Stadium has a capacity of 30413 spectators.

Fans of the home team's die-hard Blades filled the south stand early, while many die-hard Saints fans also came to the north stand.

After some disguise, the little queen Taylor Swift, accompanied by her female assistant, arrived early in the box Gu Ran reserved for her. Taylor also specially sent Gu Ran an encouraging text message with a loving expression. , but did not get a response from Gu Ran.

After Gu Ran entered the visiting team's locker room, he turned off his phone and locked it in the locker.

——This is called professionalism.

The major news media also took advantage of the opportunity early, and set up a large number of cameras around the stadium.

In the scouting area of ​​the main stand, Chelsea's Emenalo, Liverpool's Edwards, and Manchester City's Platt were sitting together with smiles on their faces.

Although the summer window has ended, the fight for Gu Ran has never stopped for a second.

Especially after the environmental protection charity dinner, these wealthy families were basically at the point where they were at odds with each other.

Of course, in addition to Chelsea, Liverpool, and Manchester City, Arsenal are also very eager to get Gu Ran. Arsenal fans who have witnessed Gu Ran's strength are waiting on the tree early.

Coach Wenger also wanted to go to the environmental protection dinner, but in the end he did not go because he was worried that he would have to pay for the auction items and all the money was deposited in the bank.

Coach Wenger did not send scouts to watch Gu Ran's games, because although the expenditure was small, Arsenal was too poor to afford it.

Coach Wenger used another cost-effective and intuitive method, which was to watch the TV broadcast himself, then pick up Gu Ran's data by himself, and then enjoy the beauty of Gu Ran's data alone.

Coach Wenger's love for Gu Ran proceeds silently...

For today's game, the pre-match handicap given by William Hill is: home win 2.33, draw 3.77, lose 2.77.

Judging from the odds of this handicap, the bookmakers are not very sure about this game. Although Southampton has been very strong recently and has a super star killer like Gu Ran, Sheffield United What the team is best at is fixed-point sniping, and this game is the third knockout round of the English League Cup. For ordinary English League One clubs, it is already very good if they can reach the third knockout round. The FA Cup competition will start soon. Well, the average English League One club is likely to give up the English League Cup in order not to fight on multiple fronts.

Therefore, William Hill gives such a conservative handicap.

6pm.

The coaches of both sides attended the pre-match press conference together.

Coach Adkins took the initiative to shake hands and hug Southampton star Mitch Adams, and praised Mitch Adams for his wonderful performance as a player in the Southampton team.

The 49-year-old Mitch Adams is also very envious of the winning percentage achieved by coach Adkins at the start of Southampton.

When reporters mentioned Gu Ran, Mitch Adams said that as a former left back player, he had always paid attention to Gu Ran's performance, but their Sheffield United team had a way to limit Gu Ran's performance today and defeated Southampton. Dayton, advancing to the fourth round of the League Cup.

Coach Adkins chuckled and declined to comment.

The pre-match press conference ended in a relatively friendly atmosphere.

At 7 p.m., the referee team came in to inspect the playing field.

After the venue inspection was completed, the away team Southampton was the first to enter the stadium for pre-match warm-up training.

In today's game, Southampton's players wore black away jerseys.

When Gu Ran stood on the turf of Bramall Lane Stadium wearing a black jersey, the Saints fans in the north stand suddenly went crazy!

This crazy feeling can be described as "a little separation is better than a newlywed"!

Gu Ran took a break and the Saints fans had not seen him for at least 10 days. When they saw him today, the die-hard fans couldn't control themselves instantly!
The Saints fans were beating wildly and waving their team flags. Some fans even took off their shirts and shouted "Chinese Dad" heartbreakingly.

Taylor Swift, who was sitting in a luxury box eating a Big Mac, opened her eyes in surprise, "God, I didn't expect that Gu's fans are so fanatical. They are more fanatical than my fans...well, almost as fanatical. . Moreover, I really didn’t expect that Gu Ran looks quite handsome in his jersey. Humph, my butt hurts when I think of Gu.”

Female assistant: ...

On the court, Gu Ran applauded and thanked the Saints loyalists, and then concentrated on the warm-up training.

Soon, Sheffield United players also came on stage to warm up.

The Blades fans at the scene were shouting wildly, and red and white fireworks were set off in the south stand. The atmosphere at home was very lively.

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

Coach Adkins's instructions were still brief: Guys, work hard!

At 7:35, players from both sides lined up in the tunnel, holding caddies in hand, preparing to officially take the field.

Ran Live broadcast connected to the live signal, and the live broadcast room was suddenly filled with barrage, and the number of people in the live broadcast room instantly exceeded the 20 mark!
As soon as he came up, "I am really Dong Fangzhuo" fired 10 super rockets, which directly detonated the entire live broadcast room.

Immediately afterwards, all kinds of gifts flooded the screen. Before the competition even started, the total amount of gifts soared to 10 yuan!

This kind of influence can only be achieved by Gu Ran in the current online live broadcast room.

At this time, under the guidance of the referees on duty, players from both sides formally entered the stadium and lined up to shake hands.

Sheffield United's captain, veteran centre-back Charles Morgan, and Southampton's captain Davies came to the referee's side to guess coins.

Davies guessed wrong, giving Southampton first kick-off, while Charles Morgan got Sheffield United first right of kick-off.Charles Morgan chose the southern half, and Sheffield United attacked from south to north.

The captains of both sides shook hands and exchanged team flags according to the procedure. The players of both sides took a group photo in their respective halves and then formed their formations.

In today's game, Southampton's away team still adopted a 442-[-]-[-] formation. The offensive tactics were direct passes and the defensive tactics were high pressure, taking the initiative to go head-to-head with Sheffield United.

The two forwards are veteran Gurley and 18-year-old young player Tony Garrod.

Garrod's performance in recent games has been very stable. He needs speed and speed, height and height. He also plays a good role as a fulcrum in the frontcourt.

The most important point is that Garrod has a strong aggressiveness, which is very suitable for attacking a tough team like Sheffield United in the early stage.

The left midfielder is still the "big boy" Chamberlain, and the right midfielder is still the spiritual Schneiderlin.

The two midfielders are Lambert and Hammond.

In fact, Hammond's personal ability is not too high. Whether it is defensive or offensive, Hammond is not the kind of player who can make people feel at ease. However, as the team adjusts, Hammond's ability as a veteran The progress is obvious to all, and Southampton currently does not have the financial resources to buy a defensive midfielder with both offense and defense, so Hammond can only be used in this position.

The left back is still Gu Ran, and the right back is Richardson.

The two central defenders are veteran Jaidi and 20-year-old Aaron Martin.

Aaron Martin has also made mistakes in previous games, but in this game, coach Adkins chose to continue to trust Martin's confrontational ability.

After all, although vice-captain Walton has rich experience, he can no longer meet the requirements of coach Adkins in terms of physical confrontation.

Finally, Southampton's goalkeeper is still captain Davis.

Sheffield United also arranged their classic 442 formation.

Sheffield United, as the most typical English team, before being taken over by "Godfather" Wilder, had always followed the traditional style of play-long passes, rushing, and physical confrontation.

Their interim head coach Mitch Adams is also a master of this traditional style of play.

Mitch Adams is not the official head coach of Sheffield United, but because Sheffield United failed to reach the Premier League last season and is still in the Championship queue, the big boss Kevin McCabe fired the then manager in anger. However, at the beginning of the new season, they were unable to find a suitable head coach. In desperation, McCabe had no choice but to personally come forward and ask Mitch Adams, who had just resigned from Fox City, to take charge of the team temporarily.

Mitch Adams is a native of Sheffield, so when the big local boss asks for help, Mitch Adams is naturally willing to help.

According to the military intelligence before the game, Mitch Adams attaches great importance to defense, and the core tactical strategy is defensive counterattack.

Therefore, today Southampton faces a team that is slightly stronger overall but is also extremely good at defensive counterattacks. This is equivalent to playing an enhanced version of itself.

Sheffield United's two forwards are No. 10 Daniel Bogdanovic and No. 9 Ched Evans.

According to military intelligence before the game, Daniel Bogdanovic is 30 years old and a Maltese international. He has played 30 times for the country so far and scored 4 goals.

Bogdanovic's shooting is not very outstanding, but with a height of 188cm and a weight of 74kg, he has a strong impact and has a strong frontcourt fulcrum ability. He can often create chaos in front of the goal with his body, thereby tearing apart his teammates. Better space.

No. 21 Ched Evans, who is only 9 years old this year, is known as the "Star of Wales". He has been selected for the Welsh national team 12 times and scored 3 goals. He is an important core player of the Welsh national team.

It can even be said that before Gareth Bale was recruited into the Welsh national team, Ched Evans was the darling of Welsh fans.

Ched Evans has all the conditions of a classic center. He is 183cm tall and weighs a terrifying 76kg. He is a typical human bulldozer. His physical confrontation, aggressiveness, speed and shooting skills are all top-notch.

Unfortunately, Ched Evans would suffer a serious spinal injury in the future, so his stardom would eventually die.

For now, Ched Evans is the main priority for Southampton’s defence.

Sheffield United's left midfielder is the 33-year-old veteran, No. 17 Richard Cresswell.

Claysville is very experienced on the wing, capable of both offense and defense. He has a tough style of play, a strong sense of aggression and teamwork. His only shortcoming is his slow speed and slow turning speed, but he is very experienced and often uses rough tactics. Physical blockage confrontation and brutal sliding tackles to compensate.

Sheffield United's right midfielder is Northern Ireland international, 24-year-old Jamie Ward.

This player is only 166cm tall and weighs 49kg. He is a typical small player.

However, his confrontational nature is not bad at all.

Small players are relatively rare in English football, but there is no market for them.

There are many well-known "corner flag pole" players in football (the corner flag pole is no less than 1.5 meters), such as the 18cm Saviola who won the South American Footballer of the Year at the age of 165, such as joining Paris Saint-Germain and God Ibrahimovic in 2012 The 165cm Verratti who plays in the same team and scored a stunning header against Barcelona's goal, such as the 167cm Cazorla, who is considered by coach Wenger to be the most balanced left and right footer in the world. For example, Sanchez, who is also 168cm tall and has thick thighs from Arsenal...

Of course, there is also the football king Maradona.

Maradona is 165cm, so God is also 165cm.

In addition, there is Messi who is 170cm.

Although Messi is already considered tall among these players, among football players with average model height, Messi's height is indeed not tall, especially since Messi has been treated with growth hormone drugs.

As for Messi's strength, let alone that. Although Messi is only 170cm tall, his weight reaches 72kg.

Many people only see Messi's agility and skills, but they ignore that Messi's confrontational nature is also the world's top existence.

When facing tall players of 180 or 190 meters, Messi does not fall behind at all.

In fact, if you follow Barcelona's fixed-point, fixed-point, passing and controlling style of play, Messi should be regarded as a system player. The so-called system player means that if he leaves the fixed playing mode, he will disappear from the crowd, but Messi is not like this. , Messi comes from the system, but transcends the system. This has a lot to do with his own technical ability, especially his physical confrontation ability.

Moreover, another very important factor is that Xiao Kuailing itself is also part of the team's tactics.

Xiaokuailing is not only suitable for transmission and control flow systems, but also for almost all systems.

Especially when a team with a relatively stereotyped overall style is paired with a quick and agile player, it can often have the effect of blowing up the whole game.

Although Sheffield United's Jamie Ward is not as good as Messi and Saviola, he is still a quick and agile player.

Southampton originally had such a configuration, such as left midfielder Holmes who was sitting on the bench, but Holmes was not fast enough, agile enough, and obviously not good at physical confrontation.

According to the military information before the game, Jamie Ward's explosive power, speed, dribbling, passing, and long-range shooting are all first-rate, and he is even very strong in physical confrontation.

Jamie Ward must also be the playmaker for Sheffield United.

Before the game, Coach Adkins also asked the players to focus on keeping an eye on Jamie Ward and never allow him to easily break through the left defense line.

The two midfielders of Sheffield United are No. 22 Daniel Philiscock and No. 8 Michael Doyle.

Phyllis Cock is 19 years old and is on loan from Chelsea's youth team. He is a young player who is generally cast aside by Chelsea.

According to the military intelligence before the game, Felixcock's passing and dribbling were still good and quite intelligent, but his defense was a bit poor.

Michael Doyle is an Irish international with a fiery temper and strong aggression. He once did the feat of chasing a referee on the field, and was expelled from the Irish national team because of this. However, his stealing ability and ability to move without the ball are all outstanding. It's extremely good.

In today's game, Sheffield United's interim head coach Mitch Adams placed Doyle on the right side of the center, obviously to target Gu Ran, who was helping to defend Southampton's left wing.

Sheffield United's left back is No. 20 Joe Mattock, who is on loan from the English Championship team West Bromwich Albion. Mattock is only 20 years old, 181cm, 78kg, strong, active in running, stealing, Marking and positioning are also very good.

The right back is No. 3 Nailen Noseworthy, who is on loan from Black Cat Sunderland and is a Jamaican international. His dribbling, stealing, aggressiveness, imagination, explosiveness, and physical confrontation are all top-notch.

The two central defenders are No. 21 Shane Lowry and captain No. 5 Charles Morgan.

The 21-year-old Shane Lowry is on loan from Aston Villa. He is a left-footed center back who defends fiercely and decisively. He has a good sense of position and has a certain aerial advantage, but he is slow to start and turn slowly.

The 33-year-old Charles Morgan is experienced and strong. He is good at actively seeking confrontation. His aggressiveness is comparable to Doyle who dares to chase the referee. In addition, he also has very good on-the-spot command ability, which is equivalent to half a head coach. .

Finally, Sheffield United’s goalkeeper is No. 29 Richard Wright. Wright has been selected for the England national team twice, but only as a substitute goalkeeper.

However, the 33-year-old Wright is 188cm tall and weighs 88kg. He is very confrontational in frontal attacks and is very good at one-on-one in the penalty area. He also has a high level of kicking with his big feet and can often perform passionate dramas of assisting the opponent's penalty area with one kick.

Generally speaking, Sheffield United does not have any first-class stars, but Sheffield United's style is obvious, that is, they like to use physical confrontation to control the game.

This is actually similar to the traditional style of the Southampton team, which belongs to the traditional English style.

Therefore, today's game will definitely be a very beautiful and exciting White Rose Civil War!

At this time, the referee looked at his watch.

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(End of this chapter)