Chapter 620 Bloodline comes first! The strangest club in football, Athletic Bilbao!

Chapter 620 Bloodline comes first! The strangest club in football - Athletic Bilbao!

In the end, Southampton defeated Sporting Lisbon with a score of 5:2 at their home court, and the total score of the two sides reached 10:3.

Sporting Lisbon tried their best, but in the end they were convinced of their defeat.

After this game, Southampton successfully entered the Europa League quarter-finals.

The quarter-finals are also played over two rounds. Southampton’s opponent is La Liga’s traditional strong team - Athletic Bilbao, whose pedigree comes first.

Two days after the match against Sporting Lisbon, on March 3, the English Championship match day began, with Southampton playing against Preston at home.

Because it was at home, Coach Adkins sent Gu Ran and Van Dyke Luke Shaw as the main players, and the others were substitutes.

In the end, under the leadership of Gu Ran, Southampton narrowly defeated Preston 4:1.

Then, on March 3, the English Championship match day, Southampton played against their archrival Portsmouth at home.

Coach Adkins sent out the entire main lineup.

The two sides were full of tension from the beginning, and the players on both sides played without reservation.

At the end of the first half, Southampton led 4:2. Gu Ran scored two long-range shots, two magic lamps passed and assisted. Salah and Lallana each scored a goal.

In the second half, the game changed sides again. Gu Ran was kicked to the ground and his calf was bleeding profusely. However, Gu Ran was slightly injured and could not get out of the firing line. After a simple bandage, he took the free kick and used a superb full-moon scimitar kick. Adding a fatal elevator ball, the score was rewritten to 5:2.

Portsmouth had one man sent off and could only adopt a conservative defensive strategy.

The Southampton team took advantage of your illness to kill you, and launched a series of fatal attacks under Gu Ran's running organization.

Finally, when the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the score on the big screen was fixed at Southampton 7:2 Portsmouth.

Portsmouth's two matches in the Championship this season both ended in disastrous defeats.

And Southampton fans have never been so proud.

After this game, Southampton's main players took three days off to rest completely.

On March 3, the sixth round of the FA Cup resumed, with Southampton challenging Aston Villa away.

Aston Villa is also a strong team in the Premier League, so Coach Adkins also sent out the entire main lineup for this game.

At the beginning of the game, the two sides played very stalemate, and Aston Villa once occupied the ball possession and offensive advantage on the field.

However, in the 17th minute, after Aston Villa's wing breakthrough was broken by Van Dijk, Southampton immediately launched a quick counterattack.

Gu Ran ran out of space in the middle. After receiving the pass from Van Dijk, Henderson immediately passed the ball to Gu Ran while running. Gu Ran didn't even stop the ball and directly hit it 45 meters away from the goal. Meters away, a flying kick from the sky!
Aston Villa's goalkeeper was positioned too far forward, and by the time he reacted, it was already too late!

Football lob into the net!

The Villa fans watching the game were all stunned.

This ball is so beautiful!

Even Villa fans couldn't help but give a thumbs up in their hearts.

Southampton took the lead.

Aston Villa continued to strengthen their attack after conceding a goal. Southampton still focuses on defensive counterattacks.

At the end of the first half, Southampton relied on Gu Ran's counterattack assist and Chamberlain scored a goal.

In the second half, the game changed sides again. Gu Ran dribbled the ball back and forth outside Aston Villa's penalty area and was tripped to the ground by an Aston Villa defensive player. The referee decisively showed a yellow card and awarded Southampton a yellow card. A free kick outside the penalty area.

Gu Ran scored twice easily with a full-moon scimitar kick and a deadly elevator.

Aston Villa began to change their tactics to a full-court press and defensive counterattack.

After the offensive and defensive changes, the Southampton team began to press hard and use physical strength to fight Aston Villa.

Aston Villa didn't expect Southampton to be so strong. Aston Villa's defense was very difficult.

Before the end of the second half, Gu Ran cooperated with Chamberlain and Salah to score a very beautiful long-range shot in the "Gu Ran area", completing a hat trick.

At the end of the game, the score was Aston Villa 0:4 Southampton.

Southampton undoubtedly eliminated Aston Villa and advanced to the FA Cup semi-finals.

Southampton's opponent in the FA Cup semi-finals is Manchester United, and the two sides will play in the near future on April 4.

After the FA Cup game, all Southampton's main players took turns.

On March 3, the English Championship match day started, and Southampton challenged Swindon City away from home.

The Southampton team, which had an all-substitute lineup, performed very actively. In the end, Southampton defeated Swindon City 1:0.

On March 3, the Europa League war reignited. In the first leg of the Europa League quarter-finals, Southampton challenged Athletic Bilbao away.

Athletic Bilbao is a veteran team in La Liga, and its mortal enemy is Real Sociedad in the same city.

Speaking of which, Athletic Bilbao is also the most special team in the history of football.

The biggest feature of this team is that there are no foreign players. All players, including the coach, are of "Basque" descent.

Like Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​Athletic Bilbao, founded in 1898, is also a well-known team in Spain. They are the second oldest team in Spain and the oldest team in the top league besides Real Madrid. The only La Liga team other than Barcelona that has not been relegated, it is the fourth-highest team in La Liga history.

What fans are even talking about is that since its establishment more than 100 years ago, this team has always insisted on using local players, that is, players from the Basque region or with Basque ancestry. This is unique in the whole of Europe and can be called a strange flower.

Speaking of which, the establishment of Athletic Bilbao has a lot to do with the British.

Before the Industrial Revolution, Bilbao was still an inconspicuous small town in the Basque Country. Later, the British came to the city with machinery and equipment, and the small town gradually began the process of industrialization.

In 1894, a young man in Bilbao published a challenge to the local British people in the newspaper: Do you dare to have a football match?
The British accepted it gladly, and the final result of that game was Bilbao 0:6 British.

Although the Bilbao people lost the first football match, the fire of football was already burning in Bilbao.

Bilbao Club and Royal Peace Club were established in this small town one after another.

Club Bilbao and Real Sociedad are also known as the "Basque duo".

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(End of this chapter)