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

Facing the future Arsenal head coach, Gu Ran was merciless and firmly pressed his crotch against Arteta, preventing Arteta from having the chance to turn around and get rid of the ball.

Arteta's skills at his feet are indeed very good. Even when he is about to lose his balance, he can still calmly control the ball at his feet.

However, he doesn't want to have the ball now, he wants to pass the ball now.

Arteta very much hopes that Gu Ran can stretch out his feet to steal, so that Arteta can use his skills with his feet to find the gap and pass the ball out.

Gu Ran's golf quotient is extremely high!

Gu Ran predicted Arteta's prediction!

Gu Ran was not in any hurry to take action!
At this time, Lambert quickly followed up. Gu Ran and Lambert teamed up to double-team and strangle Arteta!

Lambert stretched out his foot first to steal the ball. Arteta could only avoid Lambert's shot and force the pass into Southampton's penalty area.

Gu Ran made a precise interception and easily intercepted Arteta's pass.

Arteta immediately counterattacked on the spot.

Gu Ran clicked his toes, avoided Arteta's steal, and directly passed the ball over the top to Chamberlain who was connecting on the left wing.

Chamberlain immediately took the ball and attacked along the left wing!
As soon as the football passed the halfway line, Everton's Fellaini rushed over like a raging bull. With a domineering side collision, Chamberlain was knocked out of the sideline with the ball.

Chamberlain's physical confrontation is not bad at all!
But in front of Fellaini, he was as weak as a piece of paper.

Chamberlain jumped up angrily, looked at Fellaini's afro, and silently closed his mouth that wanted to curse.

Southampton wins a throw-in.

Judging from the first wave of competition at the beginning, Southampton's defense was remarkable, and Everton's competitive state was also very online.

After the foul ball was taken, the two sides engaged in hand-to-hand confrontation on both wings.

Arteta's movements were very erratic, and Southampton's defense was always on high alert.

Southampton's strategy throughout the first half was very clear, which was to defend, defend, and defend again.

The game progressed to the 9th minute.

Everton's No. 7 right midfielder Villaletinov crossed into the midfield and played an exquisite two-and-three with Arteta, directly breaking through Southampton's central defense. Arteta got the ball again. Teta didn't pause and quickly drove straight through the middle!
Gu Ran had already started from the left wing, but Arteta touched the ball so fast that Gu Ran could only retreat into the penalty area.

——It has to be said that playing with a strong Premier League team like Everton, it is impossible to be slow.

Arteta's through ball went to No. 16 center Jermaine Beckford at the top of the arc.

Facing the closed defense of Jaidi and Fonte, Beckford clicked his toe and then shot an overhead kick!
Overhead lobs are also Beckford's best shot!
Fortunately, Southampton goalkeeper Davis is in a good position and reacts very quickly.

Davis jumped high and lifted Beckford's goal over the crossbar with one hand.

Everton then received a corner kick.

Everton's tall players were all crowded into Southampton's penalty area, and Southampton's own players were also crowded into the penalty area. There was almost no space in the penalty area.

Arteta takes the corner kick.

Arteta took a tactical short corner kick and handed the ball to left back Leighton Baines on the outside of the penalty area.

The unmarked Baynes immediately violently swung his legs, like a set kick, and slammed the ball into the upper right corner!

This tactical corner kick made all the Southampton defensive players panic!
Davis's position was at the left goal. At this time, it was too late to save at the right goal!

The football is like a cannonball, hitting the dead center of the goal!

At the moment when the football was about to cross the goal line, Gu Ran sprinted over with a violent aesthetic, and with an extreme header, he pushed the ball over the baseline!

All the Everton fans at the scene covered their heads and exclaimed.

The Southampton fans and Liverpool fans all cheered and shouted excitedly!
This ball was a wonderful combination of offensive tactics and wonderful shooting from the outside, but Gu Ran's defense was even better and more passionate!

This was a must-goal, but Gu Ran guarded it tightly!
Everton's players shook their heads and sighed, and many players even had blue skill bubbles generated under their feet.

Everton gets another corner kick.

This time it was Arteta who took the penalty.

Arteta kicked a curve ball, and the football landed accurately at the midpoint of Fellaini.

Fellaini jumped high and hit the football hard with his explosive head.

This header is very powerful!
But the angle is too straight!
Davis calmly confiscated the ball with both hands amid the chaos.

Everton's strong attack was neutralized again.

Southampton also got some breathing space.

The game continues.

The Southampton team still adopts the strategy of full defense in the half court. Even if there is a chance to attack, they will not rashly expose the defensive loopholes. At most, they will pass the ball directly from the backcourt and rely on the two forwards to fight.

When Gurley and Connelly couldn't get the ball, they retreated and followed Arteta.

Although the two of them really didn't want to do this, and it was difficult for them to keep up with Arteta's ghostly movements, they also knew that this game was unusual, so they still chose to obey the orders of head coach Adkins. .

Therefore, on the surface, Gurley and Connelly are two forwards, but in fact, their role is more like an avant-garde.

On the surface, Lallana appears to be the attacking midfielder, but in fact Lallana is the forward.

On the surface, Gu Ran has been in the left back position, but in fact, Gu Ran is just reading the game and waiting for opportunities.The game went to the 15th minute.

After receiving the ball from Arteta, Everton's No. 21 quick-footed right midfielder Leon Osman played with Chamberlain in an extremely deft way, then crossed into the middle and passed the ball to the center of Southampton's penalty area. .

The ball was passed very well, right behind Jaidi and Font, and in the open area between them and Davis.

Everton's shadow forward Jose Baxter cut in and outflanked the ball, but the ball missed the right position and hit the left post and bounced out of the baseline.

This was the closest Everton came to scoring a goal in the first 15 minutes.

Everton fans lamented.

Liverpool fans happily sang the song "I Have an Ugly Big Cousin".

The lyrics were so satirical that even the Saints fans watching the show felt they were going too far.

Of course, if it was against Portsmouth, Saints fans would sing even more outrageously than this.

The game continues.

In the 20th minute of the game, Everton's offensive came back.

When Arteta was interfered by Gurley and Connolly, he distributed the ball to left back Leighton Baines who had already set up the side.

Baynes cooperated with Villaletinov on the wing and passed Schneiderlin, Lambert and Richardson. Baynes quickly dribbled the ball down and made a cross from the bottom line!

Center Jermaine Beckford reached the back point and jumped high. Gu Ran made up the position in time and jammed Beckford's body.

Under Gu Ran's strong physical confrontation, Beckford, who is 188cm tall and weighs 83kg, did not take any advantage.

The football was lifted up by Beckford who lost his balance and flew towards the south stand.

Everton continued to attack, but missed consecutively.

Everton's Toffees fans are starting to get a little dissatisfied.

After all, Southampton is obviously a League One team, there are no big-name stars, and this is Everton's home ground.

Under the high pressure of Everton, they actually wasted so many opportunities and failed to score. This is really inappropriate.

The game continues.

The Southampton team still retreated with all its strength to defend in the half-court.

Everton began to step up their offensive, with the back line pressing into the half-court area and leaving plenty of space behind them.

Gu Ran's eyes also began to brighten.

In the 26th minute of the game, Arteta once again made a ghostly move to the center.

After Fellaini received the pass from the wing, he immediately passed the ball to Arteta.

As soon as Arteta stopped the ball, Gu Ran sprinted over with violent aesthetics.

Arteta immediately sent the ball between Gu Ran's legs——

Arteta wants to score with a crotch-piercing ball!

But, is Gu Ran's crotch so easy to wear?

As a crotch-piercing maniac, Gu Ran already predicted what Arteta wanted to do as soon as he saw the movement of Arteta's ankle!
Gu Ran quickly retracted his legs and easily stopped the ball through his crotch.

Arteta was stunned!
This is almost like passing the ball to Gu Ran!

Gu Ran didn't hesitate, and with a flash of his body, he got rid of Arteta's hand and directly made a precise long pass to the attacking midfielder Lallana more than 40 meters away!
Lallana immediately dribbled the ball forward after stopping the ball!

The ball was in our own half, so it was not offside!
Everton's defense line was pressed close to the center line. With such a fast attack, Everton's Heitinga and Jacqui Uka had no time to pursue!

Heitinga made a fatal sliding tackle behind Lallana!
But Lallana changed his line early and avoided Heitinga's sliding tackle 1
Lallana advances with the ball extremely fast!

In the blink of an eye, Lallana penetrated Everton's penalty area with a single sword!

This is also Southampton's first decent defensive counterattack so far in the first half!

Southampton fans and Liverpool fans all shouted wildly.

However, Lallana will face the world-class goalkeeper, Tim Howard!

What Tim Howard is best at is one-on-one saves and penalty kicks!

Facing Lallana's one-on-one goal, Howard looked very calm and composed.

Lallana broke into the penalty area and continued to dribble the ball. It was not until he was approaching the small penalty area that Howard pounced to block the angle!
It was difficult to shoot from both sides. In desperation, Lallana directly shot the goal!
The football... hit the crossbar and bounced off the baseline!

Howard made a great save on this one-on-one ball!Everton fans also gave Howard thunderous applause and cheers for his performance!
Lallana knelt on the turf, covered his face and sighed!

In fact, he cannot be entirely blamed for this ball. Lallana's single-handed performance is already very good, but Howard is more experienced and has stronger pressure in one-on-one duels.

The game continues.

The two sides are still 0:0 for now.

... (end of this chapter)