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

Gu Ran, who was moved to the midfielder position, immediately unleashed his offensive power.

Not only at the offensive level, but also at the midfield level of Southampton, because the attacking midfielder and defensive midfielder have become full of three-dimensionality!
  In the 88th minute, Gu Ran cooperated with Lambert and Lallana in the frontcourt, strangled in a triangle, and stole the ball from David Silva's feet.

After Gu Ran stole the ball, he immediately passed the ball to Lallana, and then he quickly rushed towards Manchester City's penalty area.

Lallana followed Gu Ran with the ball, and immediately handed the ball to Lambert who was supporting from the side after encountering an interception.

Lambert touched the ball and lobbed the ball into Manchester City's penalty area!

Yaya Toure, Lescott and Kompany all ran towards the football together.

But Gu Ran was faster!

In an extremely confrontational situation, Gu Ran's physical fitness and explosive power were still almost at full strength!
  Gu Ran took the lead and jumped high!

Yaya Toure reached out to pull Gu Ran, but it was too late!

Gu Ran used a Crouch-style high-orbit bombing and slammed the ball towards the goal!

This time! Joe Hart's positioning is great! There is no aggressive element, just standing in the middle of the goal line!

Joe Hart's reaction was also extremely fast. When Gu Ran jumped up, Joe Hart had already judged the angle of Gu Ran's header!
  Joe Hart's legs seemed to be equipped with springs, he jumped hard, and his hands stretched to the extreme!
  Bang!
  The football was so powerful and heavy that it hit Joe Hart's finger like a cannonball!

Joe Hart... missed the ball!

The football almost staggered and rolled towards the goal!

Joe Hart turned around and looked back at the football, with despair on his face!
  Joe Hart once again serves as a goal backdrop!

The ball is in!
  Gu Ran is very happy!
  This game is Gu Ran's performance alone!
  The Manchester City fans at the scene were stunned! incredible!
  The Southampton Saints fans, who had long been accustomed to miracles, were so excited that they forgot all about it, roaring and cheering crazily!

The score on the big screen at the Etihad Stadium was immediately rewritten as Manchester City 3:4 Southampton!
  Southampton took the lead again before the end of the game!

The level of competition has far exceeded everyone's expectations! Even if the Southampton team is tied and eliminated, Southampton's performance today is enough to make the fans convinced and proud!
  After this game, no matter what the result is, Gu Ran's net worth will double and skyrocket!
  Coach Adkins immediately used the rules to make substitutions!

The leading forward Lallana was replaced and midfielder Dixon was replaced!

Southampton started to play the iron bucket formation with 0 forwards and 6 midfielders again!

There are 5 minutes of injury time. As long as they can hold on to these last 5 minutes, Southampton can create a miracle, eliminate Manchester City, which is full of big names, and advance to the League Cup semi-finals!

At this moment, all the Saints fans stood up and cheered for their team non-stop!

After the game restarted, Manchester City's offense became even more crazy and the physical confrontation became more brutal!

But apart from physical problems, Manchester City has no advantage at all in the midfield. Southampton's midfielders may not be big names, but Southampton's six midfielders press the whole court and are full of three-dimensionality!
  It is almost difficult for Manchester City's pass to penetrate Southampton's midfield. Even if it can penetrate, the forward line is completely separated and it is impossible to get the ball!

At this time, the Manchester City team should be calmer and the more timely they can change their formation and style of play, but Manchester City's head coach Mancini has already suffered an emotional breakdown! Mancini did not want to accept the result that he was going to be eliminated by a English League One team!

An emotionally broken Mancini stood in the technical area and kept yelling!

The Manchester City players on the field were also anxious and didn't know how to play!
  If any audience turns on the TV to watch the game now, they may think that the one wearing red and white jerseys is the Premier League team, and the one wearing sky blue jerseys is Manchester City!
  In the 5 minutes of stoppage time, Manchester City did not create a chance. On the contrary, Southampton almost expanded the score through Gu Ran's personal breakthrough!
  Beep, beep, beep—

The referee blew the whistle for the end of the game!
  The players on the Southampton bench rushed into the field frantically, scrambling to hug the hero Gu Ran!

The Saints fans in the stands also went crazy and cried with joy!

This is the third time in club history that they have reached the semi-finals of the EFL Cup since they were runners-up in the EFL Cup in 1978 and reached the semi-finals of the EFL Cup in 1986!

After 25 years!
  The pursuit and dream of a generation!

Southampton fans are all excited and can't contain themselves!
  The Manchester City fans were completely shattered!
  They all thought this was a game without any suspense. Many people even placed heavy bets on Manchester City winning 2 goals. As a result... they all lost it!

Manchester City's players also lay on the turf frustrated one by one.

They tried their best in this game, and their physical fitness has reached its limit.

Although it is embarrassing to say that they were eliminated by the English League One team... but in fact, only those who have watched this game will understand that Southampton with Gu Ran is really strong. David Silva took the initiative to walk up to Gu Ran and said, "Hey, Gu, congratulations, you played great, especially your world hat trick, it's really amazing."

Gu Ran quickly held David Silva's hand, "Thank you, your performance was great too! It's a pleasure to be able to compete with you!"

David Silva smiled and said: "The atmosphere of the Manchester City team is good. The most important thing is that they have money. After this game, your value will be even more valued by Manchester City. I believe that during this winter window, Manchester City will spend all their money." Buy it from you, if you can come to Manchester City, we can cooperate. I can’t even imagine how powerful the Manchester City team will be with you as the midfield organizer.”

"Hahaha!" Gu Ran said with a smile: "Thank you for the compliment, David! However, I am very satisfied with my current training and life in Southampton. I will not consider the transfer for the time being."

David Silva shrugged, "Who can say for sure what will happen in the future? Let me tell you, when I was in Valencia in La Liga in 08, I had the highest salary in the team. I once thought I would die of old age. In Valencia, so when Manchester City gave me an offer in 08, I didn’t even read it. However, it was different in 10 years. In 10, Manchester City directly paid my minimum termination fee and gave me The price is 08 times higher than the weekly salary quoted in 10. I really can't refuse Manchester City's sincerity - Gu, when full sincerity is placed in front of you, you will find that your previous ideas are actually ridiculous. "

Gu Ran smiled and said: "Maybe, David, let's talk about it at that time."

David Silva smiled and said: "I am looking forward to you coming to Manchester City. We can conquer the Premier League together."

Actually...I can do it myself.

Gu Ran thought so in his heart, but he just smiled.

David Silva pointed to Gu Ran's jersey again, "Since we are friends now, can we exchange jerseys?"

"Of course!"

Gu Ran readily took off his jersey and exchanged it with David Silva.

The Saints fans at the scene suddenly burst into mourning.

You know, the jersey from this victory over Manchester City is worth a lot of money!

After David Silva got Gu Ran's jersey, he exchanged a few words with Gu Ran, left each other's contact information, and then walked away contentedly.

Southampton, led by captain Davis, paid tribute to the Saints fans who came from afar to support the team.

Ten minutes later, the post-match press conference was held in the media hall of the Etihad Stadium.

Coach Adkins brought Chamberlain to attend - Chamberlain also performed very well today, scoring two assists.

Coach Mancini attended with David Silva.

After the two coaches met, Coach Mancini seemed very polite and lost the disdainful attitude he had during the pre-match press conference.

The reporter's question session began, and a reporter asked Coach Mancini about Tevez's injury.

Coach Mancini immediately announced the latest news about Tevez's injury - a knee injury and a suspension of at least 3 months.

Mancini said that this is obviously a huge blow to Manchester City, which is aiming to compete for the Premier League championship, but Manchester City still has Balotelli and David Silva, and we are already very sure that we will win the Premier League title. We bought Gu Ran during the winter window, so we can get through this difficulty and continue to aim to win the Premier League championship.

Reporters asked questions about buying Gu Ran.

Mancini said: "Gu Ran is the target that our Manchester City has been preparing to acquire from the beginning of this season. Considering our friendly relationship with Southampton, we were not too proactive during the summer window, but , in today’s game, Gu Ran fully proved his value to the Blue Moon fans, so we will directly pay the minimum termination fee at the beginning of the winter window, and in addition, we will increase Gu Ran’s weekly salary by five More than twice that, come and lure him to Manchester City. I believe that when the winter window is over, Gu Ran will put on a sky blue shirt."

As soon as these words came out, the entire media hall exploded.

No one was pursuing the matter of Manchester City being eliminated. Everyone was focusing on the news that Gu Ran was about to join Manchester City.

By paying the minimum termination fee plus more than five times the weekly salary, isn't the transfer a sure thing?

Coach Adkins immediately countered this statement. Coach Adkins claimed that Gu Ran was not for sale by the Southampton Club. Any direct payment of the minimum termination fee would be rough and disrespectful to the Southampton Club. Southampton Club will severely condemn the respectful behavior and reserve all means of retaliation.

Mancini said that they respect Southampton Club very much, but Southampton Club should also be self-aware. Southampton Club cannot retain future superstars like Gu Ran.

Coach Adkins left the meeting angrily.

The post-match press conference between the two sides ended in extremely unfriendly circumstances.

... (end of this chapter)