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

After entering November, Gu Ran trained and competed step by step.

In the 15th round of the English League One, Southampton hosted Oldham, which is currently ranked 17th.

Most of Southampton's main players remain on rotation, with Gu Ran, Lallana and Hammond taking the lead. Captain Davis is still recovering from injury, and vice-captain Walton remains on the bench.

Gu Ran wore the Southampton captain's armband for the first time!

Riding on the excitement of becoming captain for the first time, Gu Ran led half of the Southampton team as substitutes and slaughtered Oldham for 7 goals in one breath.

Southampton's total points reached 42 points and continued to dominate the list.

At 11 pm on November 6, the first knockout round of the FA Cup begins. Southampton challenges Torquay United away.

Gu Ran was on the bench in this game, and Southampton had a clear advantage.

In the end, Gu Ran did not get a chance to play, and Southampton easily eliminated Torquay United 4:1 and qualified for the second round of the FA Cup.

Immediately afterwards, at 11:10 pm on Wednesday, November 7th, the quarter-finals of the South Division of the British Championship Pioneer Cup Winners' Cup began. Southampton faced the English second team Dagenham at home.

Gu Ran made his debut as the captain and led the Southampton substitute team to eliminate Dagenham with a score of 5:2 and advance to the quarter-finals of the Southern Division.

At 11 pm on Saturday, November 13th, the 3th round of the English League One began with Southampton's away game against Milton Keynes.

Milton Keynes is not a weak team, and its performance in recent rounds has been very eye-catching. It has risen to 6th in the League One rankings.

In this game, Coach Adkins also sent out most of his main players.

Captain Davis also returned from injury.

Gu Ran appeared directly in the midfielder position.

The game ended with Southampton defeating Milton Keynes 2:0.

Southampton's total points reached 45 points, 2 points ahead of No. 12 Brighton.

After this game, the Southampton team took three days off in order to have sufficient physical fitness to face the 3th round of the English League One week later, which was also the home game against Brighton.

Gu Ran took advantage of this short vacation to go horse riding at Hayden Manor to relax.

After all, only by combining work and rest can we be more efficient.

At 11 pm on Saturday, November 20, in the 3th round of the English League One, the game between the first-place Southampton team and the second-place Brighton team started.

This game is also the focus of the English League One. All major media and major scouts came to watch the game.

The odds given by William Hill are 1.85 for a home win, 3.75 for a draw, and 4.25 for a loss.

Judging from this handicap, bookmakers still prefer Southampton to take all three points at home, but Brighton is not totally without a chance.

All the main players of the Southampton team started. Gu Ran still appeared in the midfielder position, and the previous midfielder Hammond has been practicing at the new position of left back during this period. Hammond is currently practicing pretty well, so Hammond played at left back in this game.

The Southampton team is also very familiar with Brighton's playing style. After the start, the two sides directly started attacking without much testing.

The pace of both sides is very fast and the physical confrontation is very strong. Of course, each other also makes a lot of mistakes.

In the first 7 minutes, Gu Ran went straight towards Lallana near the midline. Lallana stopped the ball and turned around to take a long shot.

The kick was very sudden, but not powerful enough. Brighton's goalkeeper Casper Ankergren dived across and missed the ball.

Connery stepped forward to create chaos in the small penalty area, and Gurley followed up with a supplementary shot to score the ball!

However, the linesman raised his flag to indicate that the ball was offside.

Brighton also escaped disaster.

In the 20th minute, Gu intercepted the ball from Brighton midfielder Craig Nunn in the backcourt. Gu Ran immediately sprinted with violent aesthetics and dribbled the ball straight into Brighton's penalty area!
After growing up in a series of games, especially the game against Everton, Gu Ran's burst of speed, physical confrontation, and foot skills have obviously improved to a higher level. Moreover, Gu Ran's direct threat from the midfielder position was originally The threat on the left was greater before. Brighton's midfielders tried their best but couldn't intercept Gu Ran.

This is absolutely terrifying for the Brighton team.

You know, Brighton's 41212 formation focuses on controlling the center. In their last game against Southampton, they used such tactics to press the Southampton team and they couldn't breathe.

But it was only a month later. Southampton put Gu Ran on the back midfielder, and Brighton's central axis was penetrated by Gu Ran in one breath.

When Gu Ran dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, Brighton's two defenders Adam Elabboud and Gordon Gill could only foul Gu Ran and bring him to the ground.

The referee took out a yellow card and awarded Southampton a free kick in the frontcourt. Gu Ran took the free kick, and the football drew an arc like a full-moon scimitar, followed by a fatal elevator drop and changed line, falling straight to the left side of the goal!

The ball is in!
Southampton leads 1:0 at home!

Then, in the 24th minute, Brighton continued to attack along the central road that they were proud of.

Gu Ran directly stepped forward and made a death sliding tackle between No. 10 Matt Sparrow and No. 7 Conor Clifford, accurately destroying the pass between the two.

After Lambert picked up the ball, he immediately gave the ball to the weakly defended left wing.

Chamberlain sprinted with the ball and cut inside.

Gu Ran and Lallana followed behind to provide support.

Facing Brighton's intensive defense, Chamberlain couldn't cut in and could only half-turn and knock the ball back to Gu Ran, who quickly followed up.

Gu Ran didn't hesitate and volleyed the ball in front of him!
The football then shot cleanly into the net!
Southampton scored two goals in 5 minutes!
Brighton's central axis has been completely destroyed by Gu Ran alone!

However, Brighton's offense remained unabated. Even though they were two goals behind, Brighton still dared to attack Southampton.

In the 38th minute of the game, Brighton's Matt Sparrow made a pass from the right. Southampton's young defender Aaron Martin jumped up to defend with a header, but the ball landed just on the little demon Chris. At Wood's feet, Chris Wood shot a long shot from outside the penalty area!
Goalkeeper Davis jumped up but had no time to intercept...the ball went in!

Brighton fought back tenaciously to get a goal!
The score on the big screen was rewritten as Southampton 2:1 Brighton.

In the stoppage time of the first half, Brighton took a corner kick from the left side of the frontcourt, and the front point was rubbed by Inig Calderon. The football line changed strangely, and Brighton forward Christian Bar was in front of the goal. I took advantage of the situation and raised my foot. Davis couldn't react in time, and the football rushed into the Southampton goal!

Southampton's defensive players immediately raised their hands to appeal to the referee and linesman!
This goal was obviously an offside goal. Christian Baz was at least half offside!

However, after some exchanges between the linesman and the referee, they upheld the original decision and determined that the goal was valid!
The score between the two sides immediately became a 2:2 tie!
I have to say that the competition between the top brother and the second brother is really fierce and full of suspense.

After the start of the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

At the beginning of the second half, Gu Ran dribbled the ball from his own backcourt to near the midline. Before Augustin Batipidi could come up to fight for it, Gu Ran fired a lob shot from outside!
Brighton goalkeeper Casper Ankergren was clearly unprepared!
Football lob into the net!

All Southampton fans were excited instantly!

Owning Gu Ran is equivalent to owning nuclear weapons!
Brighton worked hard to equalize the score, but at the beginning of the second half, Gu Ran took the lead again with a super long shot!
The Brighton team, which fell behind again, continued to strengthen its offensive, especially the breakthrough on the central axis.

However, with Gu Ran guarding the center and Lambert's support, Southampton's central axis is as stable as a rock.

Brighton's successive waves of fierce offensives eventually came to nothing.

In the 76th minute of the game, Brighton's midfielder Agustin Batipidi was injured and fell to the ground during a confrontation with Gu Ran and was unable to continue the game.

As a South American player whose advantage is confrontation, Batipidi has hit the wall this time.

Southampton took advantage of Badipidi's injury and before the new players had time to come on as a substitute, they launched a quick counterattack.

Gu Ran made a wonderful pass to Chamberlain. Chamberlain cut inside the penalty area and passed the low ball across to Gurley who was in the back row. Gurley pushed the ball and the score became Southampton 4:2 Brighton.

Brighton continued their onslaught and used offside tactics.

It is very dangerous to create offside tactics, and it is easy to play with fire and burn yourself, but Southampton's forward is indeed not smart enough and fell into the offside trap three times in a row.

Seeing this situation, Gu Ran no longer sent unnecessary shells to the forward line, but directly dribbled the ball forward and looked for opportunities to shoot.

In the 85th minute, Gu Ran dribbled the ball all the way to the top of the penalty area. Matthews opened the gap with a heavy shoulder, and then scored with a violent shot!
The score was immediately rewritten as Southampton 5:2 Brighton!

There is no suspense in this match between the No. [-] brother on the list and the No. [-] brother on the list! The Brighton team is gone!

In the end, the referee blew the whistle to end the game, and Southampton scored all three points!

After the game, Gu Ran and his opponent Chris Wood exchanged jerseys in a friendly manner.

After the 17th round of the English League One, Southampton's total points reached 48 points. Although Brighton is still No. 2, it is already 15 points behind Southampton.

After the game, the main players of the Southampton team took a day off and then returned to the Staplewood training ground to prepare for the 1th round of the English League One away to Leyton Orient.

On this day, the draw results for the second round of the FA Cup have also been announced:

At 11:27 pm on Saturday, November 5, in the second knockout round of the FA Cup, Southampton will face fellow League One team Swindon City at home.

... (end of this chapter)