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

Chapter 496 Promotion! Step on Portsmouth's corpse and advance to the sixth round of the FA Cup!

After winning the League One title, Southampton's celebrations continued late into the night.

At the end of the game, the crazy Southampton fans rushed into the stadium and almost all the players were stripped naked.

Even Luke Xiao, the little fanboy who rushed to protect Gu Ran, was stripped naked.

...He is still a child!

Southampton's players happily hid in the locker room and celebrated wildly in the locker room holding the championship trophy and medals.

That night, the players went to the bar to celebrate until the early hours of the morning.

Gu Ran naturally couldn't refuse. After all, this was a collective honor. Celebrating with his teammates was also part of integrating into the larger group.

Fortunately, nothing special happened that night.

It wasn't until the early morning of the next day that Gu Ran returned to the Sand Dune Villa to rest exhausted.

After a day's rest, at 2 pm on Saturday, February 19, Southampton's away game against rival Portsmouth in the fifth round of the FA Cup began.

This game is about honor, so coach Adkins naturally sent all the main players to play.

At the beginning of the game, Southampton's condition was obviously not getting hotter, but Portsmouth seized the opportunity and attacked like crazy.

If it weren't for the double midfielder pairing of Gu Ran and Mikel, who were running wildly to compensate, Southampton would have been defeated by Portsmouth.

After the last game against Pittsburg United, the Southampton team was too excited, which led to their poor state in this game, with repeated mistakes in both offense and defense.

In the 29th minute of the game, Portsmouth's long pass from the backcourt penetrated Southampton's defense from the right. Gu Ran quickly assisted in the defense, but Portsmouth's left winger did not rush in and took advantage of Gu Ran. However, before the defense came over, he quickly passed the ball to the forward player in a better position. Portsmouth's forward made it in one fell swoop and took the lead in breaking through Southampton's goal.

Southampton is temporarily 1 goal behind.

However, in less than 3 minutes, Mikel made a wonderful pass near the midline to Gu Ran, who had already cut into the front of the penalty area. Gu Ran pushed away the two players defending him, and then used Matthews to pass by the pursuit defender. The player who came up opened the gap and directly took a world-wide long shot!

Football was arrested!

The score on the big screen was immediately rewritten as Southampton 1:1 Portsmouth.

Portsmouth stepped up its offense, and Southampton, under the leadership of Gu Ran, finally regained its game form.

The two sides had a fierce close-quarters fight in the midfield.

In the injury time of the first half, in order to protect Gu Ran, Mikel roughly tackled the opponent's player who reached out to pull Gu Ran away, and received a yellow card.

Portsmouth also got a free kick, but this free kick was more than 40 meters away. Portsmouth could only drive the ball to the wall and let the taller players compete for the top.

Gu Ran jumped high and reached the first landing point. After receiving the ball, Chamberlain quickly broke through along the wing.

Portsmouth's players struggled to catch up, and Gu Ran took the opportunity to go straight into the middle.

After Chamberlain reached the bottom, he immediately stopped in an inverted triangle and passed back to the middle. Gu Ran forced a breakthrough under the defense of two Portsmouth players. After taking the ball, he made a fake move to shake off the oncoming goalkeeper and shot the ball in. Empty door!

The score on the big screen was immediately rewritten as Portsmouth 1:2 Southampton!

At the end of the first half, both sides returned to their respective locker rooms to rest. After a 15-minute break, the two sides came on stage again, changing sides and fighting again!

In the second half, Portsmouth continued to launch fierce attacks, but Southampton played steadily and jointly defended. Once they seize the opportunity, Gu Ran will organize the offense.

In the 64th minute, Mikel intercepted the ball in the backcourt and quickly passed it to Gu Ran, who was supporting him. Gu Ran passed the ball to Lallana, and then quickly crossed to the relatively weak right wing.

Portsmouth's defensive formation immediately tilted its center of gravity to the right, but their speed was obviously not as fast as Gu Ran's sprint speed.

Lallana took the opportunity to pass the ball to Gu Ran, who had already cut into the right side of the penalty area and was not offside. Gu Ran didn't even stop the ball and directly kicked the running scimitar, causing the football to draw an arc. Line, hit the goal dead center!

The score on the big screen was immediately rewritten as Portsmouth 1:3 Southampton!

In the 72nd minute, Portsmouth got a corner kick opportunity. The corner kick was sent to the midpoint of the penalty area. The two sides fought fiercely. No one took the first point. Jaidi did get the second point, but before he could clear it, He was held tightly by the Portsmouth players, and the Portsmouth forward took advantage of the chaos to turn around and shoot the ball into the net.

The goal also sparked protests from Southampton.

However, both the referee and the linesman insisted that the goal was valid.

The score on the big screen was immediately rewritten as Portsmouth 2:3 Southampton.

The next game will be full of tension between the two sides, but Coach Adkins has warned in advance that no one is allowed to receive a red card for a technical foul in this game. Otherwise, it will affect the schedule of the next game against Tottenham. Soldiers in formation.

Therefore, in terms of physical combat, Southampton is slightly at a disadvantage.

The Portsmouth team also seized on this and harassed Southampton with constant small moves, causing Southampton's offense to be repeatedly interrupted.

But even so, it still couldn't stop Gu Ran from scoring.

In the 86th minute of the game, Gu Ran dribbled the ball all the way through, and it was like no one was in the backcourt to the frontcourt. After attracting at least 6 Portsmouth players, Gu Ran sent a crotch-piercing pass. After receiving the ball, Lallana broke into the penalty area and faced the Portsmouth goalkeeper with a confident push!

Portsmouth's goalkeeper was unprepared and could only watch the goal being breached!

The score on the big screen was rewritten as Portsmouth 2:4 Southampton!

Time is running out for Portsmouth!

Portsmouth launched an even more crazy attack!

After all, this is a battle between mortal enemies. Portsmouth no longer intends to win, but only intends to destroy a few of Southampton's main players, so their tackling is very rough and fierce.

Fortunately, the game time has arrived and Southampton's players did not suffer too many injuries.

In the end, the referee blew the whistle for the whole game, and the score was fixed at Portsmouth 2:4 Southampton.

With Gu Ran's outstanding performance, Southampton successfully defeated their mortal enemy and advanced to the 6th round of the FA Cup.

After this game, Southampton Club's support among fans increased significantly.

Coach Adkins announced a three-day break to regain physical fitness.

2月23日周三晚上7点45分，英甲联赛第31轮南安普顿客场挑战斯温登城的比赛开始了。

In this game, Coach Adkins sent out a full substitute lineup. Even Ward Prowse, who had just been promoted from the reserve team, was sent to start. All the main players of Southampton, including captain Davis, , all stayed in the Staplewood base for secret training.

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(End of this chapter)