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

Chapter 413 Wandering Seagull!Rising upstart!It is destined to be a tough knockout match!
On the match day of Tuesday, October 10, Gu Ran got up early and drove to the Staplewood training base.

——Last night, the little diva Taylor coiled around Gu Ran like a snake, but Gu Ran withstood the test and endured it.

Of course, this is not because Gu Ran is tired of playing. No matter how much he carries 2.4 million, he will never get tired of it. This is really just because Gu Ran is professional enough. Even if he is full of physical fitness and strong, Gu Ran will never mess around before the game.

After having a customized breakfast in the morning, there was still some time before departure, so Gu Ran warmed up and practiced for a while on the training ground.

At 9:[-] in the morning, all the Southampton players arrived. Lallana, who had returned from injury, even came to the bus in advance to occupy a seat for Gu Ran.

The Southampton Club bus carried the players slowly out of Staplewood and headed to Brighton and Hove Albion, 110 kilometers away.

As of today, Gu Ran has not allocated talent points for two consecutive games.

During this period of time, Gu Ran got 12 talent point bubbles for free from the little queen Taylor, and also bought a lot of white training bubbles for free during daily training. These white training bubbles were automatically exchanged for 4 special talent point bubbles.

Gu Ran has accumulated a total of 16 talent points in his hand.

It’s so cool to have the little diva Taylor, a magic tool for masturbation, here!

Gu Ran felt that he had never been so wealthy.

It's a pity that after today's game is over, Taylor will leave tomorrow.

So, be sure to do a good job today!Let Taylor feel great!
Of course, Gu Ran is a serious person, and when I talk about having a good job and having a good time, I am referring to the competition...

The previous two games were against weak teams. Today's game is the second knockout round of the Southern Division of the British Championship. It is an away game against the Seagulls. Therefore, Gu Ran does not dare to be careless and prepares to target the weak points before the game. Improve the attributes.

In addition, Gu Ran also learned many practical skills in previous competitions and trainings.

Step turn increased from +4 to +5.

Personal defense has been increased from +5 to +6.

Pursuit and counterattack has been increased from +3 to +5.

Quick short pass increased from +3 to +4.

Cycling increased from +3 to +4.

The upper limit of fancy ball has been raised from +4 to +6.

One touch increased from +3 to +4.

These improvements in football skills have also allowed Gu Ran's strength to grow to a new level.

If we continue to grow like this, after finishing this season and playing in the English Championship + Europa League next season, we will be very confident.

Brighton and Hove is not far from Southampton. They are both cities in southern England. It only takes more than an hour to drive at most.

To be honest, apart from Gu Ran himself, who attached great importance to this knockout match, the other Southampton players were all laughing and joking and did not take Brighton too seriously at all.

Even Adkins, the always "magical" head coach, didn't take Brighton too seriously during the pre-game tactical analysis class.

This is also excusable.

Who would have thought that Brighton, a club with a weak presence and a history that has never been wealthy, could become a popular player in the Premier League in the next few years?

Brighton is a very small city. The entire city is only 87.54 square kilometers and the total population is only 30. Not to mention football, there is no good soil for the development of other sports.

Also as a southern city, Southampton has various halo bonuses. It is not only the earliest international and intercontinental port, but also the earliest industrial port. The fishery and shipbuilding industries are quite developed, the population is large, especially the industrial population, and football started early. , the ancestors are also rich, winning the English top league championship once, runner-up 3 times, 6 Southern League championships, 1 FA Cup champion, 3 FA Cup runner-up, 1 League Cup runner-up, 1 Second British Championship champion.

Brighton has only won the FA Cup runner-up once in its history - that time it was the 82/83 season when it competed with Manchester United for the championship. The whole game ended in 2:2, but according to the rules at the time, a draw would have to be chosen. In the rematch on the same day, Brighton lost to Manchester United 0:4 at home and only finished second.

This is the most glorious moment in Brighton's history.

Historically, Southampton was an aristocratic city-state of the York faction, and even the club crest had a white rose on it, while Brighton... only had seagulls.

Brighton's development in terms of economy, humanities and sports is very poor. Before the 18th century, it was still a small fishing village.

However, the gears of fate began to turn in 1815——

George IV, who was still a prince at the time, built a magnificent palace, the Royal Pavilion, in Brighton for a tryst with his mistress Maria Fitzherbert.

This is what Brightonians are most proud of.

Brighton is also known as the best city for a classic tryst.

This city has a very beautiful coastline, well-protected natural scenery, no industrial pollution, and not too many people, so the tourism industry has always been very good.

Many world celebrities are rushing to buy real estate in Brighton to experience aristocratic debauchery, such as domestic Li Moujie, Fan Moubing, and the leather pants Wang who never makes headlines.

The pace of life in Brighton is very slow. The locals like to go fishing and look at bikinis when they have nothing to do. They are not very enthusiastic about football.

Brighton Club began to sink since they were runners-up in the FA Cup. After the FA Cup ended, they were relegated from the top English League One at the time and did not appear in the Premier League again for the next 34 years. In the top league. When the Premier League was established in 1992, Brighton could not even maintain qualifications for the second tier and was directly relegated to the third tier. Then in the 97 season, it was relegated to the fourth tier.

But these are actually nothing.

What really makes the Brighton club feel doubly painful is that... they don't have their own stadium, and their die-hard Seagulls can only wander around with them.

In fact, Brighton did not have its own stadium from the beginning. When the club was founded in 1901, one of the major directors was the owner of the Goldstone Stadium. This stadium was used for 90 years until the death of the major director and his son. The grandson also died. The great-grandson did not like football and only liked fishing. So the great-grandson changed hands and sold the Jinshi Stadium to a local real estate developer for 40 pounds.

Real estate developers are ready to push up Goldstone Farm and build a beautiful shopping mall.

Brighton fans who knew the news angrily stormed the stadium to protest during a certain game. Finally, under pressure, the real estate developer could only tearfully lease the stadium back to Brighton for £48. .

Brighton felt that they were being played by both hands, so after less than a year on loan, Brighton switched to Kent, 100 kilometers away from home, and shared the Priestfield Stadium with Gillingham Club.

During that time, Brighton playing at home was no different than playing away from home, and the Seagulls also lost a lot of die-hard fans.

At the worst time, less than 500 Seagulls fans came to watch Brighton's "home" game.

Until the team's ticket revenue could not even afford the cheapest office cleaner, Brighton had no choice but to move back to the local area.

With little money and no performance support to attract sponsors, Brighton chose to rent the local Westin Stadium as their home stadium.

Strictly speaking, the Westin Stadium is not a football field, but a track and field with a track, and it is an all-open-air structure. The artificial turf in the field is also very poor.

Moreover, the Westin Stadium has only 7500 seats, and even after expansion, it only reaches 9000 seats.

Only the main stand of the Westin Stadium is fixed, and the other three stands are iron frame structures.

What's even worse is that this stadium doesn't even have a locker room, so you can only change clothes and rest on the club's own bus.

It really is as simple as you want, and as hard as you want.

However, local Brighton fans are very happy because they can finally see the "Seagulls" playing football on their doorstep.

Brighton couldn't even afford a cleaner to clean the ground after the game. For a while, club staff acted as cleaners, picking up rubbish on the ground after the game.

Brighton stayed at the Westin Stadium like this for 10 years, and finally, they were waiting for their right man - super gambling god Tony Bloom.

Tony Bloom purchased 2009% of the club's shares in 75 and has since become the voice of the Seagulls.

In 2010, the "American Express Community Stadium", also known as the Farma Stadium project, was completed in May 2011. At the beginning of the new season on 5/11, Brighton moved into its own new stadium, ending more than 12 years of wandering. course.

A small club like Brighton has persisted until the dawn of time. During this period, no matter how bad their performance was, they never gave up and disbanded. This tenacious spirit of survival is indeed remarkable.

Therefore, when this club, which has never been wealthy in its ancestors, met their true destiny, it was already in the process of transformation.

The 2010 season was the first season of Brighton's transformation.

Last season they were still in relegation status in English League One, but this season they have been a strong team in English League One, standing behind Southampton.

What's really awesome about Brighton is that they don't believe in any big-name players or coaches. They completely rely on the spinach intelligent algorithm owned by the big boss Tony Bloom, and use this to select the Mavericks.

The players they bought were all cheap, but they all had unlimited potential.

Therefore, today's knockout match of the British Championship is destined to be a tough battle.

But the Southampton players couldn't understand this. Most of the players still had a relaxed mentality, which really made Gu Ran a little worried.

After more than an hour's drive, Southampton's bus arrived at Brighton's current rental stadium, the Weston Stadium.

It started to rain lightly today. Although it is still summer, the temperature has dropped to 7 degrees Celsius.

Most of Southampton's players huddled in the bus to rest.

Gu Ran took Lallana and Chamberlain to warm up and adapt to the venue.

I have to say, the venue is indeed terrible.

This is also the worst stadium Gu Ran has played in since entering the professional league.

But Gu Ran still trained seriously in the light rain.

The field is artificial turf. Although there is very little rain, it accumulates on the turf and cannot penetrate. It is easy to slip and fall when running. It is also difficult to control the ball and stop it. If we do not adapt to this objective situation as soon as possible, we will inevitably fall. Suffered a loss in the game.

Seeing that Gu Ran and Lallana Chamberlain were warming up in the rain, other players reluctantly entered the field to adapt to training.

But after training for a while, most of the players came back and were waiting to eat their lunches.

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(End of this chapter)