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

As soon as the referee's whistle sounded, Crouch knocked the ball back to Van der Vaart.

Van der Vaart immediately dribbled the ball towards Southampton's half. Lallana and Lambert in the front row immediately formed a double-team and took the initiative to press Van der Vaart.

Van der Vaart did not tangle with Lallana and Lambert. Instead, he cleverly knocked the ball horizontally to Modric, who was supporting and protecting him during the movement.

After Modric got the ball, he immediately accelerated.

Tottenham's two magic wings, Bell and Lennon, immediately followed suit and crossed into Southampton's penalty area.

The entire Tottenham team's offense is extremely fast, their movements are extremely changeable, and almost everyone in the frontcourt is a forward!

Southampton's formation shrunk to the outside edge of their own penalty area and defended cautiously.

But Gu Ran pushed forward and confronted Modric head-on.

Modric had also watched Gu Ran's short video. Seeing Gu Ran rushing towards him, Modric naturally did not dare to neglect. He immediately stopped to step on the ball, and then changed the line to pass——

Gu Ran predicted Modric's extraordinary intention in advance and immediately stopped quickly, blocking the route Modric wanted to break through.

Modric quickly reversed the line and dribbled the ball through.

Gu Ran didn't even pause, and directly squeezed Modric's body!

Modric felt like he was being pushed away by a heavy bulldozer, and he couldn't control his center of gravity at all!

Although Modric looks thin, he is actually very capable of confrontation and has stronger adaptability. However, in front of the heavy bulldozer Gu Ran, Modric had no room for resistance at all, and was just forcibly beaten. Gu Ran squeezed from the middle to the right!

Schneiderlin and Lambert also pressed towards Modric at the same time.

In this case, Modric had no way to protect the ball and could only forcefully kick the ball into the no-man's land ahead.

According to Tottenham's cooperation during training, at this time, Bell should be able to speed up and catch up with the ball, and then cut in and cross.

Sure enough, Bell was like a bolt of lightning, sprinting towards the football crazily.

But just when Bell was about to touch the football, defensive midfielder Mikel appeared in time and made a fierce side tackle directly at the rolling football!

Bell was shocked and quickly slowed down!

Mikel shoveled the ball out of the sideline without any scruples.

Tottenham's first wave of offense was destroyed by Southampton's double midfielder.

Tottenham's offensive style is to chop melons and vegetables, but this one obviously didn't do it well.

This is not to blame Modric for not passing the ball. It can only be said that Southampton's approach of focusing on the midfielder and the front is really good.

Modric is Tottenham's metronome, so as long as Modric is restricted, Tottenham's offensive rhythm will be greatly reduced.

Of course, just restricting Modric is not effective. After all, Tottenham has too many points where it can explode.

Southampton's defensive players shrank into the penalty area.

Tottenham's left back Hector threw a throw-in. Bell was marked by three people and kicked the ball, passing the ball to Van der Vaart who came up to support him.

Van der Vaart immediately turned around and accelerated after taking the ball. Mikel immediately followed Van der Vaart, while Gu Ran continued to mark Modric who was running without the ball.

Van der Vaart was one-on-one with Mikel. Van der Vaart's physical strength was obviously not as good as Mikel's. Seeing that Mikel was about to suppress Van der Vaart and steal the ball, Van der Vaart suddenly dodged with a fake move and relied on his own feet. With his dribbling skills, he easily shook off Mikel!

Mikel also reacted very quickly and immediately reached out to pull Van der Vaart's arm!

Strictly speaking, this was a foul, but Mikel pulled it very quickly and the referee did not react.

Seeing that he was about to lose his balance, Van der Vaart used his left foot to pick the ball over Jaidi who was rushing to help defend.

A gap appeared behind Jaidi!

This gap is not an opportunity for ordinary teams, but for Tottenham with Bell, it is a huge opportunity!

Bell, who had been prepared for a long time, quickly overtook on the outside lane and cut inside on a diagonal line! Richardson, who was responsible for defending Bell, desperately pursued the interception, but couldn't catch up at all!

Bell cut into Southampton's penalty area almost instantly, as if he was in no one's land!

It seems that Bell is about to get the ball and shoot!

And at this moment, another even more exaggerated "lightning" overtook the car from further outside the penalty area, a sliding tackle of death!

Bell didn’t give in!

Because in the penalty area, even if you are really knocked down, you can at least earn a red card and a penalty kick!

Both of them accelerated crazily at the last moment!

Bang!

Gu Ran's legs were long and he took the lead in knocking down the football with half a beat, then went to shovel out the bottom line!

And Bell's sneakers hit Gu Ran's shin guards!

Bell lay on the ground in pain, holding his toes and rolling around, while Gu Ran also lay on the grass and grinned.

All the fans at the scene couldn't help but exclaimed.

Less than two minutes into this game, the "outside overtakers" of the two teams collided.

Obviously, Gu Ran's distance was longer and his speed was faster.

However, the Saints fans were not in the mood to celebrate. Each of them was worried about Gu Ran's injury.

This is the League Cup finals!

Gu Ran is the absolute core of Southampton. If Gu Ran is injured and comes off the field, then there will be no need to watch Southampton's game again.

The referee urgently summoned the team doctors from both sides to come in.

Mai Fu and another team doctor ran to Gu Ran's side at a sprint speed of 100 meters, and carefully took off Gu Ran's socks.

The shin guard was already cracked, but fortunately it was protected by the shin guard. Coupled with Gu Ran's physique and Tin Woodman attributes, Gu Ran's calf was only slightly red and swollen, and was not a serious problem.

Mai Fu pinched Gu Ran's calf and did a detailed bone inspection, and then confirmed that no bones were injured.

Mai Fu sprayed some painkiller on Gu Ran's calf, then replaced a pair of shin guards, then packed up his things and ran off the field.

Bell on the other side seemed to be injured more seriously than Gu Ran. He was still sitting on the ground and allowed Tottenham's team doctor to help treat his toe.

Gu Ran endured the pain in his calf and limped to Bell, "Hi, Gareth, are you okay?"

Bell looked up helplessly and smiled: "It's not a big problem, but... I was supposed to be the one to comfort you, but I didn't expect you to be more okay than me. But anyway, thank you!"

Gu Ran smiled and said: "You're welcome, so what, please leave the field for treatment, don't delay the game."

Bell: ...

The referee thought it made sense and immediately asked Bell to go to the sidelines for treatment.

Bell could only hop on one foot and leave the field for treatment.

The game continues.

Spurs were awarded a corner kick.

Although Tottenham only has 10 people on the field, Tottenham has no shortage of attack points when it comes to attacking corner kicks.

Van der Vaart fired a very fast curve ball from the left, and Crouch jumped high to meet the ball, preparing for a high-orbit bombing!

Gu Ran still had some pain in his calf, so he stopped Crouch and took off——

Crouch, who looked like a telegraph pole, had an unstable center of gravity during the aerial confrontation. Although his head touched the ball, he was unable to exert any force at all. The high-orbit bombing was more like a header pass.

Davis saw the right moment and jumped up high, confiscating the ball in his arms.

...(End of chapter)