Chapter 603: 110 slaughtered the third round of the EFL Cup! Southampton FC shares soar!

At the dinner that night, Gu Ran and Ronaldo chatted for a long time. Finally, they finished a glass of red wine, and the friendship between the two greatly improved.

When the dinner was over, Ronaldo took the initiative to put his arm around Gu Ran's shoulders, took photos with his cell phone, and left each other's contact information.

After the two chatted in the parking lot for a while, Ronaldo drove away.

Mendes also sent a driver to take Gu Ran to a seven-star hotel specially reserved for Gu Ran by Real Madrid Club.

It has to be said that Real Madrid's operation is far more clever than Barcelona's.

After all, a world-class club like Real Madrid could have been more arrogant than Barcelona, but Real Madrid did not do that. Instead, they carefully sent Cristiano Ronaldo, a fellow player, and Mendes, at a friendly dinner. , by the way, he brought up the matter of transferring to Real Madrid.

This actually means that Real Madrid has not officially ended.

In this way, if Gu Ran really intends to join Real Madrid, then Real Madrid will naturally end up in an official capacity and start negotiating transfer matters. If Gu Ran does not agree to join Real Madrid, then at least for the sake of Ronaldo, he will not completely refuse. , there is still room for change in the transfer matter.

Compared with Barcelona, which only sent a scout disguised as a staff member to contact Gu Ran, Real Madrid's operation was a big success.

Of course, Gu Ran had his own ideas.

Real Madrid or Barcelona, even though they are one of the top clubs, are not Gu Ran's first target.

After the meeting with Ronaldo, Gu Ran took Ronaldo's special plane back to Southampton the next day.

After taking a day off at home, Gu Ran returned to the Staplewood training ground to train with Salah and other newcomers.

On September 9, the English League Cup war resumed.

Southampton was seeded due to their performance in the last EFL Cup, so they did not need to participate in the first two knockout rounds. On the 20th, they directly played the EFL Cup with Ipswich Town as a visiting team. Round three.

Ipswich Town's strength is very poor. Southampton did not start conservatively, but set up a 4231 offensive formation. Gu Ran's position has also reached the central midfielder position, lagging with Salah Chamberlain. Provide in-depth cooperation.

In the end, in this game, Southampton beat Ipswich Town with a score of 11:0.

Among them, Gu Ran completed the Double Four, scoring 4 goals and assisting 4 times.

Salah completed the double blast, Chamberlain also scored a goal, Henderson scored a goal, Mane, who came on as a substitute in the second half, also scored a goal, Ward Prowse also scored a goal, and Lu Digg also scored a header from a corner kick.

This massacre-like score also made Southampton fans cheer and encourage, convinced that the team can be promoted back to the Premier League after this season.

Southampton Club's share price in the secondary market also skyrocketed with this victory.

Three days later, on September 3, the British Championship kicked off, and Southampton faced Crystal Palace at home.

In this game, Southampton sent out a reincarnation lineup. Gu Ran sat on the bench and did not play. Mikel and Van Dijk took on most of Southampton's defense, and Henderson was also considered half a Gu. Of course, there is a thread between the midfield and the frontcourt.

In the end, the Southampton team narrowly defeated the visiting Crystal Palace team with a score of 2:1.

Southampton's Henderson performed very well, scoring a game-high 7.9 points and having an assist. Lallana and Mane each scored a goal.

On September 9, the second round of the Europa League group stage begins.

Southampton plays at home against the Polish team Lech Poznan.

Lech Poznan is the strongest team in Poland, and Lewandowski was the former star of Lech Poznan. However, before the start of this season, Lewandowski was poached by Bayern, so Lech Poznan's threat is greatly lacking.

However, Lech Poznan's overall strength is still there, and the Polish team has always been tenacious and tough, with plenty of physical fitness and strong confrontation.

From this point alone, the competition between Southampton and Lech Poznan cannot take advantage of physical fitness and confrontation.

In this game, Coach Adkins carefully arranged a 442 defensive formation.

Lech Poznan, on the other hand, played high and high, constantly attacking Southampton's flanks.

Soon, in the 14th minute of the first half, Southampton found an opportunity to counterattack. Van Dijk accurately intercepted Lech Poznan's cross on the right, and then without even looking, Directly send a big foot to the open area near the midline.

Gu Ran started half a beat in advance and sprinted to the football with the speed of the Son of the Wind and the King of Highbury. He first stopped and passed a midfield defender, then continued to sprint and used his body to Two tall Eastern European players attacked Lech Poznan. They forced a long shot from outside the top of the penalty area and changed the score to Southampton 1:0 Lech Poznan.

Lech Poznan, which conceded a goal first, immediately accelerated the pace of attack and intensity of confrontation.

However, Southampton is a defensive and counterattack team, and the team not only has world-class Mavericks players, but also Gu Ran, a B2B midfielder.

As long as Lech Poznan makes an offensive error, Southampton can launch a sharp and passionate counterattack.

At the end of the first half, Southampton used counterattacks to score 3 consecutive goals against Lech Poznan.

Among them, Gu Ran scored one goal and assisted one, Salah assisted one, Mane scored one, and Chamberlain also scored one.

Southampton blossomed more in the first half.

In the second half, the game changed sides again. Rudiger had an unconscious handball in the penalty area and was awarded a penalty kick by the referee.

Lech Poznan finally seized the opportunity and scored a face-saving goal.

However, after this goal, Lech Poznan ushered in a crazy counterattack by Southampton.

Lech Poznan has always been known for its offense, but its defense is actually not very good.

At the end of the second half, the score was fixed at 7:1.

Gu Ran completed his fourth goal, and Salah also scored.

After the second round of the Europa League, Southampton scored 3 points, with a total of 6 points, ranking first in Group G.

In another match in Group G, Atletico Madrid used a clean defensive counterattack in the away game and easily won the Ligue 3 Lille team 0:.

In this way, the points situation of Group G has changed.

Southampton ranks first with 6 points, Atletico Madrid jumps to second with 3 points, Lech Poznan and Lille lost the game, each with 1 point, ranking third and fourth at the bottom.

Southampton's qualifying situation is bright.

This game also allowed Southampton Club's stock price to continue to soar in the stock market, and Southampton's stock has become a hard-to-find thing in the stock market.

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