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

At halftime, Coach Adkins expressed that he was very satisfied with the performance of his players in the first half.

Coach Adkins also emphasized that before the 75th minute of the second half, Southampton's tactics were still based on defense, followed by counterattacks. Never expose deficiencies in the defense for the sake of counterattacks, and never be good at seizing opportunities. Everton took their chance.

In addition, we must continue to strangle Arteta and strive to limit Arteta's role on the field to less than 50%. In this way, Everton's offensive efficiency will also drop to 50%.

After the 75-minute physical window, Southampton really broke out.

Before the 75th minute, they had to hold on to hold on to the score, consuming Everton's physical energy and torturing Everton's mentality.

After listening to Coach Adkins' request, the Southampton players were all in high morale and their tactical ideas were very clear.

After the halftime break, players from both sides appeared again, changing sides and fighting again!
After the midfield training, the Everton players all appeared to be in high spirits and their morale was high.

Obviously, Moyes is still very good in terms of player mentality.

The current 1:1 draw is nothing, and theoretically speaking, Everton does not need to worry about Southampton. Everton’s strength lies here, as long as they can correct their mentality and follow the established With tactical play, the outcome of this game is not in suspense.

Of course, this is only theoretical.

At the beginning of the second half, Everton launched a continuous offensive from Southampton's left wing.

Arteta's on-the-spot tactical thinking is correct. Although Gu Ran is guarding the left wing, left midfielder Chamberlain is a time bomb. As long as Chamberlain's bomb can be detonated under high pressure, then Southampton's left wing will be a time bomb. There is an obvious gap.

And as long as there is this gap, it will be difficult for Gu Ran alone to withstand Everton's Premier League offensive.

Taking a step back, even if Gu Ran can really hold on by himself, Southampton's defense will be involved, which will allow Everton to get a better breakthrough and at the same time restrict Gu Ran. On the left road, don't let Gu Ran wander around.

Everton's calculations are loud and clear.

Chamberlain was teased many times by "Little Quickling" Leon Osman, and Chamberlain obviously couldn't hold it in anymore.

At the critical moment, Gu Ran took the initiative to exchange positions with Chamberlain. Chamberlain temporarily retreated to the left back position, while Gu Ran moved to the left midfielder position.

Leon Osman also wanted to tease Gu Ran the same way he teased Chamberlain, but Gu Ran leaned against him and immediately pushed Osman to the ground.

Osman grinned and knelt on the ground to complain to the referee.

The referee sentenced Gu Ran for a foul, but did not give Gu Ran a card, because from the defensive point of view, Gu Ran's action was indeed not a foul.

After the game resumed, Osman wanted to rely on his own speed to beat Gu Ran alive, but Gu Ran was faster than him. Even if Osman suddenly stopped and changed lanes, Gu Ran could predict in advance and easily keep up.

"Little Kuailing" was so guarded by Gu Ran that he lost all his temper. With the word "little Kuailing", both Kuai and Ling were eaten by Gu Ran, and only Xiao was left.

The game progressed to the 61th minute.

Gu Ran cut off the ball from Osman's feet and crossed directly into the middle.

Southampton's frontcourt players immediately started running wildly, while the backcourt players continued to defend the defense steadily.

This method seems to be disconnected from the front and backcourt, but as long as Gu Ran controls the ball, there will be no disconnect.

Arteta and Fellaini in the middle rushed up to intercept Gu Ran at the same time. They did not expect to steal the ball from Gu Ran's feet. They just wanted to suppress Gu Ran's breakthrough speed and get more space for their defense. Much time.

Gu Ran was not in a hurry to break through, but took the ball to the area between the two.

After spotting the opportunity, Gu Ran suddenly dodged and made a move from Marseille to move the ball back toward his own backcourt——

Neither Arteta nor Fellaini expected Gu Ran to retreat, and they immediately pursued the goal at the same time.

Bang!
Fellaini didn't pay attention, and his whole body hit Arteta who had just crossed over.

Arteta immediately fell to the ground in pain.

Arteta had just experienced a serious cruciate ligament injury. Although he has recovered from the injury now, he simply cannot withstand the impact of Fellaini.

During the game, Arteta tried his best not to engage in physical confrontation with the opponent's players, but he failed to guard against his own Fellaini.

Gu Ran, who was in possession of the ball, saw Arteta falling to the ground in pain and immediately kicked the ball out of the sideline without hesitation, interrupting the game.

The referee also quickly blew the whistle to signal Everton's team doctor to come on.

Arteta held his knee and was sweating from the pain.

Obviously, Arteta will definitely not be able to hold on in the next game.

Southampton players are all secretly happy!

Arteta is definitely a serious concern for Southampton!Although you shouldn't be happy to see Arteta leave the field injured, to be honest, every Southampton player is relieved.

Gu Ran walked up and patted Arteta on the shoulder, "Hey, Mikel, are you okay?"

Arteta said with a wry smile: "It's not very good. I'm afraid I can't continue the game with you. Gu, what I want to say is that you are really good. Although the game is not over yet, I think I have lost to you." , and I am convinced.”

Gu Ran said quickly: "Don't say that, Mikel, the game between us is not over yet. We will play again when you recover from your injury and we have a chance."

Arteta grinned and said: "Okay Gu, we have an agreement!"

Gu Ran patted Arteta on the shoulder again and said, "Take a good rest."

Arteta was immediately taken off the field on a stretcher.

On the sidelines, Coach Moyes frowned and gave some instructions in the ear of "Little Rooney" Jack Rodwell, who had already taken off his pants.Obviously, Everton is going to use their first substitution.

Jack Rodwell began an emergency warm-up on the sidelines.

The Toffees fans at the scene cheered wildly, this is their Everton prince!

Moyes treated Rodwell more carefully than he treated Rooney back then. He was worried that Rodwell would be tired after playing too long, and he was also afraid that Rodwell would be talked about too much by the media.

The Toffees also have high expectations for young Rodwell.

Fans initially hoped that Rodwell would succeed Rooney because Rodwell had Rooney's blasting ability and Rooney's powerful shooting skills. However, Rodwell himself preferred to play as a defender. His idol was Manchester United's "World's No. [-] Defender". "Ferdinand, but as he grew up, he still played from the defender to the midfielder position.

With his height of 188cm, strong body, and ability to sprint wildly in two penalty areas, Rodwell is definitely worthy of the title of British Emperor Star.

In this day and age, no one doubts that Rodwell will become a world-class star.

Many people even think that Rodwell will be poached by top clubs soon like Rooney.

After all, most clubs are short of midfielders, especially b2b type midfielders.

In fact, although Rodwell said that he would never leave Everton, which trained him, in 2012, Rodwell still transferred to Manchester City for a transfer fee of 1350 million pounds and the club's fixed weekly salary. .

Rodwell said that joining Manchester City has been his dream since childhood...

Make money, not shabby.

It's a pity that Rodwell was not kicked out at Manchester City.

At that time, Manchester City was on the rise, and Manchester City's tactical system relied heavily on the b2b midfielder. However, Rodwell was injured again and again in Manchester City, and his number of appearances was pitiful.

After that, Rodwell gradually disappeared from everyone's attention from the much-anticipated British Emperor.

After play resumed, Everton had the ball.

The ball should have been returned to Southampton, because it was Gu Ran who was in possession of the ball at the time. Gu Ran kicked the ball out of bounds in order to allow the team doctor to come in and treat Arteta in time.

All the cameras were focused on "Beautiful Helen" Heitinga, because he was notoriously unsportsmanlike.

With a straight face, Heitinga kicked the ball out of the Southampton baseline.

This is equivalent to giving the ball back to Southampton.

Everton fans gave Heitinga a round of applause - Heitinga finally saved Everton's face.

After the ball went out of bounds, Rodwell also took the opportunity to substitute.

The game continues.

Without Arteta, Southampton's defensive pressure suddenly dropped.

Everton's organization was in disarray.

Even though Arteta's statistics on the field are not that impressive, without Arteta, Everton would be a mess.

Now, the Everton team is more centered on the new Rodwell, who organizes the offense.

Gu Ran made more interspersed runs in the middle, teaming up with Lambert to assume the midfield defense.

Southampton's defense immediately became more three-dimensional, and the defensive structure in the half court was very solid and reasonable.

After nearly 10 minutes, the two sides played back and forth.

Although Southampton's on-the-spot tactics have not completely turned into offense, there have been several very exciting and deadly defensive counterattacks.

Any fan can see that the strength and weakness of the two teams is changing.

Arteta's injury and departure were really fatal for Everton.

In the 69th minute, Gu Ran made a long pass from the backcourt to the right diagonally.

Schneiderlin caught the ball and knocked back, and passed an inverted triangle pass to Guli who had inserted into the penalty area. Guli headed the ball...the ball went in!

Unfortunately, before the Southampton team could start celebrating, they found that the linesman had already raised the ball.

This ball was ruled offside for Gurley.

Guli looked innocent. He really didn't know where he was offside.

Is it because the body hair is too long?
Southampton fans and Liverpool fans immediately booed the linesman.

The Everton fans let out a breath of horror.

The game continues.

Although Southampton was whistled for an offside kick, Gu Ran was already passing the ball frequently in the middle, and Southampton's defensive counterattack gradually gained momentum.

... (end of this chapter)