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

Chapter 518 Qualification for the Europa League qualifying rounds! One of the most awesome League of Nations trophies in history!

After the game officially ended, the 2011 EFL Cup podium was quickly set up in the venue.

Southampton's players put on the golden sports jackets they had prepared long ago, and under the introduction of the DJ on site, they all climbed onto the championship podium.

Tottenham, on the other hand, wore their white uniforms and stood glumly on the runner-up podium.

FA chairman David Bernstein smiled and awarded the runner-up team Tottenham a shiny silver medal.

Modric bowed to accept it, while Van der Vaart looked expressionless. After passing in front of David Bernstein, he took off the silver medal and put it in his pocket.

When it was Southampton's turn to accept the gold medal, the entire Wembley Stadium was erupting!

The person walking in the front was captain Davis, and the person walking second should have been vice-captain Wharton, but Wharton insisted on Gu Ran walking in front of him.

Gu Ran couldn't resist, so he could only walk in front of the deputy captain Wharton.

In this game, Southampton scored 7 goals, and Gu Ran scored 6 himself. He is definitely the big daddy.

Not to mention letting Gu Ran walk to the front, even if Gu Ran rode them on stage to receive the award, they were all willing!

When David Bernstein presented the award to Gu Ran, he said with a smile: "Gu, congratulations! It's such an honor to be able to give you the award!"

"Thank you, Mr. Bernstein!" Gu Ran, wearing the shiny gold medal, smiled so hard that even AK couldn't hold it back.

I thought that was the end of it, but I didn’t expect that David Bernstein still held Gu Ran’s hand and refused to let go, “Gu, your performance today is so wonderful. After receiving this award, your worth will definitely double and skyrocket. Yes! What are your plans for next season?"

Gu Ran smiled and said, "Mr. Bernstein, I plan to stay in Southampton and help Southampton reach the Premier League."

David Bernstein was stunned for a moment, then patted the back of Gu Ran's hand, "Haha, you are ambitious! Very good! Very good! However, with your ability, you should actually go to a higher club - such as Manchester City.”

Gu Ran cleared his throat, "Mr. Bernstein... this is the award ceremony in Southampton."

"Oh, yes!" David Bernstein laughed: "I was also excited for a moment and forgot the occasion! In short, congratulations, Gu! Congratulations!"

"Thank you Mr. Bernstein."

Gu Ran wore a gold medal and walked past Bernstein.

Immediately afterwards, other Southampton players also won the League Cup gold medal, including substitute players who had not played.

After the gold and silver medals are awarded, it’s time for the League Cup trophy!

The EFL Cup trophy is smaller than the FA Cup trophy and the League Cup trophy, because the EFL Cup itself was created to imitate the FA Cup, and its gold content is indeed not as high as the FA Cup.

The winner of the EFL Cup has the same qualifications for the European Cup as the winner of the FA Cup, but the EFL Cup winner must start from the third qualifying round of the Europa League.

But no matter what, next season, Southampton will not only be promoted to the English Championship, but also qualify for the Europa League.

Playing in the Europa League as a second-tier league is a rare occurrence in the history of football.

Wigan Athletic and Birmingham also once obtained Europa League qualifying cards as second-tier leagues, but they both failed in the qualifying rounds.

Southampton's situation is different than that of Wigan Athletic and Birmingham - to be precise, Southampton is actually in the third-tier league and has qualified for the Europa League.

As a third-tier league, Southampton's League Cup trophy is definitely one of the most impressive in history.

The name of the EFL Cup trophy is not fixed. This name is commercially named. From 2009 to 2012, the sponsor of the League Cup was Carling Beer, so the English League Cup was also called the Carling Cup. In 2012, the main sponsor was replaced by Capital One, which was called the Capital One Cup.

In 2016, Thai energy drink brand Carabao Energy Drinks signed a three-year contract with the English Football League and became its title sponsor starting from the 2017-18 season. The historic English League Cup was also renamed the "Carabao Cup" ( Carabao Cup).

The trophy is still presented by David Bernstein.

Captain Davis was supposed to take the stage to receive the award, but Davis insisted on letting Gu Ran take the stage.

Gu Ran did his part and walked up to David Bernstein.

David Bernstein handed the heavy trophy to Gu Ran, and Gu Ran immediately raised the trophy high in a domineering manner!

The ribbons are flying!

Suddenly, the entire Wembley Stadium fell into a carnival!

Southampton made club history!

This is the first time they have won the EFL Cup!

After the award ceremony, the Southampton team's farewell has just begun.

Southampton's players took turns holding the EFL Cup trophy and cheering in front of their fans, while the Saints fans were also jumping wildly and cheering in response.

The whole scene is more exciting than the most exciting nightclub!

The showdown lasted for more than half an hour, and the crazy fans still refused to leave!

Gu Ran took off his jacket and the jersey underneath, threw the jacket and jersey into the stands, then bowed deeply to the fans, and then returned to the players' tunnel.

Southampton fans still shouted "Chinese Dad" at Gu Ran's back.

Back in the locker room, the team's celebrations continued.

The players were all naked to the waist and sprayed each other with celebratory champagne. Gu Ran and Coach Adkins became the main targets of the champagne attack.

Fortunately, the dedicated team doctor Mai Fu rushed up and took Gu Ran away for physical therapy, otherwise half a bottle of champagne would have been wasted on Gu Ran.

After physiotherapy and showering, the Southampton bus took the champions back to Southampton.

Along the way, Southampton fans' vehicles took the initiative to escort the bus, and the scene was majestic.

On the bus, Coach Adkins couldn't wait to announce that the Southampton team won a championship bonus of 100 million pounds. The club's senior officials have decided that all the winning bonuses of 100 million pounds will be distributed to the players and coaching staff of the first team. , each person can probably get more than 3 pounds.

Of course, as the biggest contributor, Gu Ran alone enjoyed the bonus of 30 pounds.

The whole team was very convinced, and some even thought that Gu Ran received too little and should have received a bonus of 90 pounds.

In addition to the bonuses won in the previous knockout rounds, almost every player in the Southampton team received a bonus of about 8 pounds in this League Cup.

In addition, the club also used an additional part of the profits to repay each player with a bonus of 2 pounds, so that each player received a total bonus of at least 10 pounds!

Gu Ran's total bonus amount reached 50 pounds!

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(End of this chapter)