Chapter 590 The first time in club history! Community Shield Champion! Great 5-time winner!
Chapter 590 The first time in club history! Community Shield Champion! Great five-time winner!
In the final stage of injury time, Manchester United launched a crazy attack, and almost all players were pressed near Southampton's penalty area.
Southampton, on the other hand, broke through Manchester United's deadly attacks again and again under the full defensive blocking of Gu Ran, Mikel, Rudiger, Luke Shaw, and Van Dijk.
As the injury time ran out minute by minute, the referee finally blew the whistle to end the game!
Manchester United failed to tie the score in the final injury time!
The score on the big screen is fixed at Southampton 3:2 Manchester United!
Southampton defeated the mighty Manchester United again!
When the halftime whistle sounded, the players and staff on the Southampton bench rushed onto the field to celebrate!
The faces of Manchester United's players were full of pain and despair.
They were deprived of the FA Cup by Southampton and the Community Shield...
Their Champions League title was also taken away by Barcelona with Messi.
Fortunately, they still won the Premier League championship with difficulty, so they didn't lose everything.
The Southampton fans at the scene happily sang "There is a handsome oriental man named Gu Ran". With Gu Ran here, Southampton can create miracles.
This season, Gu Ran helped the Southampton team, which was originally in the middle of English League One, win five championships and achieve the club's only five crowns!
Although the gold content of this five-time crown is not too high, being able to win the championship in all the events he participated in is already amazing in itself!
The players on the field happily lifted Gu Ran high and walked around the field to celebrate!
All the Southampton fans at the scene were caught up in the carnival.
After the grand award ceremony, Southampton players took the bus and returned to the club in glory.
That night, Old Rice took the initiative and booked the Orange Bar to celebrate the club's great five-time crown.
Two players, however, did not attend the bar rave.
One is Gu Ran. In order to "repay" Taylor Swift for holding a concert in Germany, Gu Ran is going to spend time with Taylor Swift tonight.
The other is new player Mane.
Although Mane did not appear today, as a substitute, he also received winning bonuses and medals.
Mane immediately sent his winnings back to his home country to support domestic infrastructure.
On August 8, while the Southampton club was still on holiday, the draw for the fourth round of the Europa League qualifying rounds began.
Since Southampton won the English League Cup last season, Southampton does not need to participate in the first three rounds of the Europa League qualifying rounds, and only needs to participate in the final knockout round of the qualifying rounds.
And if Southampton can win in the fourth round of qualifying, then the Southampton team will also be able to qualify for the Europa League group stage. If they advance to the group stage, they will be able to enter the Europa League. Only by entering the main draw can you have a chance to enter the quarter-finals, quarter-finals, quarter-finals, and finally the Europa League finals.
It can be said that the Europa League competition is still quite large, and the qualifying rounds are only the lowest level.
The gold content of the EFL Cup championship can only allow Southampton to avoid the first three rounds of qualifying, but it must play in the fourth round.
After a draw, Southampton drew the "Midtjylland" team.
The two sides will play the first leg of the Europa League fourth round qualifying match at Southampton's home stadium, St. Mary's Stadium, at 8:16 pm on Tuesday, August 7.
Then on Thursday, August 8, at 25:7 pm, the second leg of the Europa League fourth qualifying round will be played at the MCH Arena in Midtjylland.
The two sides will win or lose based on the total number of goals scored in the two rounds. If the number of goals is the same, then the number of away goals will be compared. If the number of away goals is also the same, then there will be a play-off.
Midtjylland is a veteran team in the Danish Super League, and its strength cannot be underestimated. When the draw came out, the Midtjylland clubhouse was filled with jubilation.
After all, as a Danish Super League team, they drew a team that had just been promoted to the English Championship - this is simply a top-notch configuration.
The only unpleasant thing for the Midtjylland team is that they have to visit Southampton in the first game.
The day before the game, the Midtjylland team arrived in Southampton early and stayed in a five-star hotel near St. Mary's Stadium.
It can be seen that they attach great importance to this qualifying round. As long as they can win Southampton, they can enter the Europa League group stage.
The entire Midtjylland team showed great confidence.
On game day, St. Mary's Stadium was packed.
Only less than 1000 Midtjylland fans came, and these are die-hard fans of their club. Southampton fans only grabbed 4 of the more than tickets left. .
There are also 20,000 tickets, which have been snapped up by fans of other clubs in England.
There is no other reason. Fans of other wealthy clubs know that Gu Ran cannot stay in Southampton Club for the rest of his life. Therefore, fans of other wealthy clubs have long regarded YY Gu Ran as a member of their clubs.
Including Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United, etc., fans of these clubs put up slogans to welcome Gu Ran's transfer.
The Southampton fans were so angry that they yelled and cursed, and they didn't have the courage of the host at all.
The fans of Midtjylland were trembling in the scuffle among the wealthy fans, and they were very suspicious that they had entered the wrong stadium.
At 7:45 pm, with the whistle of the Europa League referee, the first leg of the fourth round of qualifying officially began.
Midtjylland sent out a 433 lineup to play pass-and-control football.
The Southampton team has a quite satisfactory 442 formation.
The two forwards are Sturridge and Salah, the four midfielders are Chamberlain, Gu Ran, Mikel, and Henderson, and the four defenders are Luke Shaw, Jaidi, Rudiger, and Fan Dyke, the goalkeeper is Davis.
Just 3 minutes into the game, Mikel made a fierce shovel from the side and rear, kicking the opponent's midfielder and rolling all over the floor.
The referee on duty immediately rushed over and gave Mikel a topaz card.
Mikel was shocked and kept complaining.
In fact, this shoveling action is not a big deal in the Premier League. After all, the ball is tackled. At most, a verbal warning will be given, but the law enforcement style of the Europa League is different from that of the Premier League.
Mikel's appeal was fruitless, so he could only helplessly shake his head and smile to express his acceptance.
However, although Mikel received a yellow card early, the Southampton team did not receive much pressure in the midfield and frontcourt at all.
Although the Midtjylland team is physically strong as a Nordic team, it does not emphasize confrontation. Instead, it blindly pursues the passing triangle.
And this kind of passing and connecting is easiest to deal with through high pressure.
What's more, Midtjylland doesn't have any big stars, and they can't support passing tactics.
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(End of this chapter)
