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

In the 55th minute of the second half, Gu Ran completed a world-leading hat trick!
  The score on the big screen at the Etihad Stadium was immediately rewritten as Manchester City 2:3 Southampton!
  Southampton's statistics are terrible, but they can score goals!
  The Blue Moon fans at the Etihad Stadium are about to collapse, and the Manchester City players on the field are going crazy.

I thought it was a game without any suspense, but until now, the Manchester City players have to try their best!
  In the game opportunities, Manchester City still continued to attack wildly.

In the 58th minute, Richardson fouled David Silva and was shown a yellow card by the referee.

David Silva got a good free kick opportunity on the right side of the Southampton penalty area.

David Silva made a Beckham-style scimitar arc, but he failed to control the height of the ball and the football flew over the crossbar.

David Silva also looked annoyed.

In the 63rd minute, Manchester City continued to create dangers in the midfield.

The right back Kolarov passed the ball through. David Silva had no chance to cut inside due to Gu Ran's blockage. He then dribbled the ball down to the bottom and then passed the inverted triangle back to the top of the penalty area. Yaya followed. Toure knocked away Lambert and forced a long shot with his left foot to hit the goal!

However, the football missed the post and missed the end line.

Manchester City fans howled!
  Manchester City's offense was a little impatient, and the Manchester City players were also eager to equalize the score. However, Southampton defended very well, and the defensive midfielder guarded by Gu Ran made the defense line have a very low error rate. Manchester City could never seize the opportunity.

As time went on, the situation became more and more favorable to Southampton, and the pressure on Manchester City increased.

Mancini, who was originally sitting on the bench with an elegant look on his face, could no longer sit still and was standing in the technical area yelling with an impatient look.

In the 70th minute of the game, Balotelli took the ball from 40 meters and took a long shot!

But this kick was too far away from Gu Ran's world-beating long-range shot, and Balotelli also looked depressed.

Fed up with his players' poor performance, Mancini returned to the bench to speak to Tevez.

Obviously, Mancini wanted to replace Tevez and save the situation.

Tevez looked a little displeased because Mancini had promised him that he would only sit on the bench to rest and not come on as a substitute.

But now, Mancini wants him to be Milner's substitute.

I, Carlos Tevez, played with Cristiano Ronaldo! What's your Milner level? Are you worthy of letting me be your substitute?
  However, Tevez finally nodded, stood up and took off his pants, ready to warm up.

At this time, Tevez and Mancini are still in the honeymoon period. Tevez is Mancini's appointed captain, so although Tevez is unhappy, he still does not disobey coach Mancini.

In the 72nd minute, Manchester City began to make substitutions.

Tevez came on, replacing midfielder No. 14 Arturo Vidal.

James Milner, who originally played as a right winger, retreated to Vidal's midfield position, while Tevez moved to the right winger position.

Manchester City's right winger position is also tailor-made for Tevez. Therefore, as long as Tevez plays, the entire Manchester City offensive mode will quickly switch to the right winger offensive mode, and all the ball rights will be fed to Tevez. Sri Lanka.

This is the privilege of the team's No. [-] star.

When Tevez came on the field, the entire Etihad Stadium was in a state of excitement, as if Tevez could save Manchester City as soon as he came on.

Kompany took the initiative to run up to Tevez and respectfully handed the captain's armband on his arm to Tevez.

The game continues.

Manchester City's basic tactics have not changed, they just changed a forward.

After replacing Arturo Vidal, Manchester City's waist strength has obviously weakened by a notch.

In fact, Milner's defense is also good, Milner is also an iron man, but in terms of confrontation, Milner is indeed not as good as Vidal.

The pressure on Gu Ran and Lambert has also weakened a lot.

Southampton's voice in the center began to increase.

In the 75th minute of the game, the physical fitness of both sides began to enter the fatigue window period.

Gu Ran intercepted Milner's pass to Tevez in the middle, and then hit the ball behind Tevez.

Tevez naturally would not chase the ball. After Chamberlain got the ball easily, he immediately broke forward along the wing.

Richards and Yaya Toure blocked Chamberlain at the same time. Richards used his own speed to suppress Chamberlain's speed. Yaya Toure followed immediately and fiercely shoveled Chamberlain out of the sideline, while Richards Zi took the opportunity to stop the ball and passed it long to Tevez who had penetrated within 30 meters of the Southampton half!

Chamberlain raised his hands to complain before he even got up!
  But the referee ignored it!

The referee's penalty today was very large! And the bias is very obvious!
  After Tevez got the ball, he dribbled at high speed into Southampton's penalty area and cut inside!
  Hammond went up to intercept Tevez, but Tevez changed the line with a spike and passed directly!

Seeing that Tevez was about to rush into the penalty area, Gu Ran rushed over with a violent aesthetic, and directed a death sliding tackle in front of Tevez!
  This sliding tackle is very sharp and very fast!
  Tevez had no time to react!

Bang!
  Gu Ran tackled the ball first and flew it out of the sideline. Then, while retracting his legs, he also tackled Tevez!

Tevez fell heavily to the ground and rolled continuously, unable to stand up for a long time.

And this is because Gu Ran consciously closed his feet. If he didn't close his feet, Tevez would be scrapped this season!
  All the Manchester City fans at the scene exclaimed in fear. The Southampton Saints fans at the scene were also worried - they were worried that Gu Ran would be injured, and they were also worried that Gu Ran would get a card.

Sure enough, the referee ran over with a frown on his face and involuntarily showed Gu Ran a yellow card!
  Gu Ran now has a total of 4 yellow cards. He needs to shuffle the cards later to avoid being suspended for accumulating 5 yellow cards in an important knockout match.

Facing the head coach's obviously biased yellow card, Gu Ran just accepted it with a smile and stood up from the turf.

Tevez is so sharp. Southampton's defense is almost exhausted when it is attacked by a world-class striker like Tevez. It is only a matter of time before it collapses.

Therefore, sending Tevez off the field is Southampton's best choice.

A yellow card and a free kick are a price Southampton can completely accept.

Manchester City's team doctor rushed to the scene. After determining that Tevez could not continue playing, he immediately summoned an ambulance and drove directly to the field.

Tevez was immediately put into an ambulance.

He came on for less than 3 minutes and left the game.

Coach Mancini on the sidelines was about to collapse emotionally!
  He originally wanted Tevez to help change the situation, but unexpectedly, he lost his wife and lost his troops!
  This League Cup knockout round is actually nothing. Mancini’s goal this season is to win the Premier League championship! Manchester City is currently ranked second in the Premier League, 6 points behind the first place Manchester United!
  The season is not even halfway through, and as long as Tevez, the last Premier League golden boot, is there, Manchester City will have a chance.

but now……

Tevez will have to be out injured for at least two or three months! He may even have to wait until long after the winter window before he can play again!
  How can we compete for the championship?

Unless... during the winter window, buy Gu Ran!

Now, Mancini didn't care so much and quickly ordered No. 11 winger Adam Johnson to take off his pants.

Adam Johnson is 23 years old and is known as the British Emperor Star.

He is fast, has good skills, and his playing style is like Giggs when he was young. Whether it was Manchester City or the Three Lions national team at that time, they all had high hopes for Adam Johnson.

But... this guy made the same mistake as Wu Dian in 2015 and was sentenced to 4 years in prison. From then on, he said goodbye to football completely.

The title "British Emperor Star" was made more and more stinky by people like Adam Johnson, and finally became a word that makes people complain.

While Adam Johnson was warming up on the sidelines, City began taking free kicks.

The ball was very close to the goal and in a good position. David Silva took the kick.

David Silva kicked a curve ball with backspin, bypassed the wall, and hit the far corner of the goal!
  Davis reacted a little slower and failed to touch the ball!
  The ball is in!
  Manchester City tied the score again with David Silva's set kick!

The entire Etihad Stadium was in a state of excitement, and the score on the big screen was immediately changed to Manchester City 3:3 Southampton!

The Southampton players on the field shook their heads helplessly.

David Silva's footwork is truly amazing.

But fortunately, it is still a draw, and the biggest threat Tevez has been injured and has been off the field. Southampton still has a chance!
  The game continues!

Adam Johnson comes on stage after warming up.

The captain's armband was returned to the head coach Kompany, and Manchester City's ball rights were redistributed to the three forwards.

Manchester City, which had used up two substitutions, continued to attack furiously.

When the Southampton team was approaching its physical limit, they changed their half-court pressing style and began to press full-court.

This change of pace will make the Southampton team exert more physical energy, but it will also make the opponent Manchester City extremely uncomfortable.

So far, the two sides are still tied, which also gives Coach Adkins the courage to try his best.

The two sides played back and forth in the midfield and frontcourt.

Although Manchester City was eager to attack, their offense seemed a bit disorganized under Southampton's high pressure.

The only offensive methods they can use are direct passes from the backcourt, scrambling in the frontcourt, and relying on the personal abilities of the three forwards to attack.

This kind of offensive method made many mistakes, especially in the second half when the physical fitness dropped significantly.

The offensive and defensive transitions between the two sides were extremely fast.

In the 85th minute, coach Adkins began to make substitutions - forward Gurley was replaced and vice-captain Walton was replaced.

Walton did not move to the central defender position, but to the defensive midfielder position - this position is also where Walton thrives.

Gu Ran, who was originally in the lower back position, directly pushed against the front waist.

The Southampton team defended for the vast majority of time, and in the final stage, they finally changed their tactics to attack!

... (end of this chapter)