Soccer: The Road to Extraordinary

Chapter 132
The day after the match against the N Champion, Yan Feng followed the team back to Guangzhou on a plane.But this time I didn't go back to Guangzhou, but changed planes in Guangzhou to fly to Bangkok.After arriving in Bangkok, I changed another car to arrive at this destination - Buriram Province.

On May 5th, Guangzhou R&F will play the last match of the AFC Champions League group stage against Buriram United here.

After a long journey of ups and downs, even an iron man like Yan Feng began to feel tired.While Yan Feng was grateful for the opportunities brought by the intensive competition, he also felt the pain of constantly flying around.

Because of the tight schedule and the need to rest more and adapt to the hot climate in Thailand, Yan Feng regretted not being able to meet the famous Thai ladyboy.

Thailand in May is located in the tropics, and the climate is really too hot.Even people like Yan Feng who have been living in Guangdong with a hot and humid climate can't stand it.It is better for the R&F team to be from the south, and the other northern players can be said to have halved their direct combat power.

Because R&F has already qualified second in the group, Stojkovic decided not to send the main players in this game.Instead, a large number of young players must be dispatched.As for Yan Feng, Lao Si considered that he had played together in the main game and the reserve team before, so he was put on the bench for this game.

On May 5th, after entering the Buriram Telecom Stadium, Yan Feng was taken aback.In his impression, for a small country like Thailand, it would be nice to have a decent place to play football.Unexpectedly, Telecom Stadium changed his view.

This is a very modern English-style professional stadium, which is incomparable to R&F's home stadium, Yuexiushan Stadium.Only now did Yan Feng realize that he was a frog in a well.

Yan Feng put away his contempt, looked around, and found that there were many fans present today, and the entire stadium was full of blue crowds.It seems that Thailand's football is still full of foundation.Even this game, which is no longer very important to both sides, has so many fans. (Buriram United is currently at the bottom with 1 point.)
Yan Feng underestimated Thai football because of his ignorance of his opponents.In fact, over the years, Thailand's football has been doing very well, and the degree of professionalization has become higher and higher. In some aspects, it has surpassed some Chinese Super League teams.

And Buriram United is even more incredible. It is not only the overlord of Thailand, but also qualified for the AFC Champions League.In the AFC Champions League in 13, Buriram United defeated Guangzhou Evergrande, the winner of the AFC Champions League, in an away game in Guangzhou.In 15, Buriram United also defeated R&F at R&F's home court.Yan Feng didn't know about the fact that R&F had lost to an opponent.

Before the game started, Yan Feng was attracted by the scenery on the stand directly opposite the bench.At the very front of the stands, there was a group of girls dancing there with their big white legs shaking.

"I'll go, the scenery is nice. I just don't know if it's a shemale." That white thigh almost blinded Yan Feng's eyes.

After the starting players from both sides performed the entrance ceremony, Yan Feng was taken aback again. "I'm going, is this really a Thai team? Why are they so tall?"

Yan Feng couldn't accept what he saw.Looking at the players on the field shaking hands, Buriram United's players are generally much taller than R&F's.

"This is unscientific! Aren't South Asian players all black and thin?" In Yan Feng's impression, most of the South Asian players should be less than 170 cm, and there should be a small number of players over 180 cm.Who would have thought that as soon as he stood up, there were more than 5 players in the opponent with a height of about 190cm.On the contrary, R&F has sent many local young players from Guangdong, most of whom are around 175cm tall and are quite thin.For those who don't know, just looking at the height, they would think that the identities of the two teams are swapped.

Yan Feng looked at the heights of both sides on the field, and the corners of his mouth twitched.Among the R&F players on the field today, apart from the goalkeeper, the tallest defender is Korean foreign aid Jang Hyun-soo at 187cm.Most of the other players standing there are half a long short of their opponents.

Originally, Yan Feng thought that in this game, the R&F team would use their height to continuously bomb the opponent's goal.This time, it is estimated that the opponent will hit the goal with a header.

After the official start of the game, R&F did not show its superiority over its opponents.Instead, Buriram United frequently used the small quick-spirited players on the side to break through and pass from the bottom. Then, the tall player in the middle followed up with a header and hit the goal.

Because of this game, R&F sent a lot of small and fast players, so the football played was like the previous South Asian players' style of play-short pass penetration and quick counterattack.

So in the first 10 minutes of the game, the two teams played very distinct styles.R&F is a ground flow, while Buriram United is a rushing flow with more headers.

"Why does the opponent's style of play look so familiar? I'll go, I remembered, head the team!!" Yan Feng looked a little dazed.He vaguely remembered that the Chinese team used to be known as the header team, which used headers to abuse South Asian teams.Unexpectedly, the feng shui took turns today, and the Chinese team was bombarded by the South Asian team with a header.

Yan Feng is not the only one who has this kind of thinking, all Chinese people who saw Buriram United for the first time had this kind of bewildered expression at first.

"Is there any mistake, this height difference, is it because the two teams are wearing the wrong clothes?"

Wipe your eyes and look again, yes, it is true that R&F's height has fallen a lot.

In the first 10 minutes of the game, to everyone's surprise, Buriram United, which was at the bottom of the group, actually played against R&F.The excellent Buriram United on the field created a great threat to R&F's goal. If it weren't for the outstanding performance of goalkeeper Han Feng, it is estimated that they would have fallen behind 2:0.

This made Yan Feng anxious, and the head coach Stojkovic was even more anxious.In this match, he wanted to train his troops, but he didn't want to be swept away by his opponent like he was bullying a child.

Fortunately, after 10 minutes, R&F players began to adapt to the game on the field and the deadly temperature.After that, R&F began to show what Xiaokuailing's southern style of play is.With smooth coordination and flexible and fast running, they began to attack the penalty area of ​​Buriram United.

R&F started to pose a threat, but also failed to score.In this way, the two sides gradually became a balance of power.On this side, Buriram United strikes a forward with a pass from the bottom to follow up with a header, and R&F on the other side will use their cooperation to break through the defense and hit the goal.The two sides came and went, the game was very stalemate, and it was also very exciting.The audience at the scene enjoyed watching, and the cheering sound became even more enthusiastic.

In the first half, the two sides attacked and defended each other with their own characteristics, but they failed to score a goal.In the end, the first half ended with a score of 0:0.

A tie in the first half seems to be an acceptable result for R&F, who is a guest from afar.However, the truth is not so good for R&F.Because after 45 minutes of fierce fighting, in the sweltering temperature of Thailand, R&F players' physical energy wasted very quickly.

After the game restarted in the second half, the running ability of R&F players began to be inferior to that in the first half.On the other hand, Buriram United is more adaptable to this kind of weather, and it seems that their physical fitness is far less affected than R&F players.This caused Buriram United to play against R&F at the beginning of the second half.

After Buriram United turned over and bombarded consecutively, R&F's goal finally broke.At 7 minutes into the game, R&F fell behind 0:1.

This time, Stojkovic couldn't sit still.After seeing the team conceding a goal, Lao Si asked Yan Feng to warm up with a slightly angry face.He decided to make a substitution.

The conceded goal was that Hou Junjie had to foul after being held by the opponent's tall midfielder Shalacha during the fight, and finally the opponent took advantage of this set-piece opportunity to score with a header.

In this game, Hou Junjie's performance as a single midfielder was very average, and he suffered a lot physically.Then under the scorching temperature, his physical strength also dropped rapidly.With his physical strength declining and his body suffering, he alone could not build a protective barrier in front of the back line.

Five minutes later, Lao Si replaced Hou Junjie with Yan Feng.Before Yan Feng came on the field, he repeatedly emphasized that the task he gave was to defend, defend, and at the same time reduce fouls, so as not to be used by the opponent to take advantage of the header to set the ball.In the game against Luneng, although Yan Feng performed well after playing, he did not focus on defense.Although Lao Si didn't blame him at the time, he still had some opinions afterwards.

After Yan Feng came on the field, he focused on defense.This time, because the team is playing a single midfielder, the task of defense is very heavy.When no one can stay to fill the protection, Yan Feng absolutely dare not rush up privately.

Yan Feng, who focused on defense, began to show his terrifying defensive ability.Although Yan Feng is only 180CM tall, he weighs 81KG, and has good strength and speed.He won't suffer a loss against anyone in Buriram United. Even against a much taller player like Saracha, Yan Feng can use his strength and speed to prevent his opponent from losing his temper.

Soon, Yan Feng's strong resistance, the speed that surpassed the audience, and his abundant physical fitness made Buriram United's height advantage become air.Players with excellent height were eaten to death by Yan Feng's speed, and those little fast spirits couldn't run faster than Yan Feng, and then they would be hit by Yan Feng with strength.Yan Feng defended fiercely without hesitating his physical strength, and it didn't take long to suppress Buriram United's offense.

After Yan Feng played for 10 minutes, Buriram United could no longer break through R&F's defense from the midfield.There is no worry in the middle, and the players on the side, R&F are also small and fast, which makes Buriram United's tactics of switching to the side not effective.

In this way, the situation on the field turned to R&F's side.With Yan Feng sitting in the middle and backcourt, R&F's frontcourt attack group, without any worries, began to exert its real power.For example, winger Wang Xiaolong and winger Zeng Chao are fast and skilled players. They began to break through the frontcourt frequently and created many shooting opportunities for R&F.

"Well. Not bad!" After seeing the team pull back the scene, Stojkovic began to nod and sat back on the coach's bench.In fact, R&F has always had a problem, that is, there are too many offensive players in the frontcourt.In many games, there is no way to let them play to play a role, wasting in vain on the bench.

This is why he sent only one midfielder up today.He just wants the large frontcourt attack group to get more game time and use offense to suppress the opponent.However, Hou Junjie's defense in the midfield was not strong enough, so that R&F was overwhelmed by the opponent and did not have many opportunities to play the offensive power of the frontcourt.

Now that Yan Feng is replaced, the midfielder's defensive strength and hardness have increased.Now, the attack group in the frontcourt can attack wantonly.This made Lao Si very satisfied with the effect.

In the next game, although R&F had an absolute advantage, Buriram United began to retreat with all their strength, leaving no room for R&F's ground attack.On the other hand, due to the height difference and the absence of high center forward Xiao Zhi today, the pass from the wing could not play much role.

As time passed, R&F attacked more and more urgently, but they couldn't break through the defense of Buriram United.Seeing this situation, Yan Feng was so anxious that he wanted to rush forward several times.However, after seeing R&F's midfield players everywhere in the frontcourt, Yan Feng could only obediently carry out the defensive tasks given by Lao Si.

R&F gained power but could not score, and gradually began to lose their physical strength, and the offensive also stagnated.Seeing that R&F slowed down their offensive, Buriram United also tried to counterattack.However, under Yan Feng's mopping up, they quickly retreated again.Start to make up your mind to hold on to the lead.

Soon, the time entered overtime, with 3 minutes added.

Seeing that the game is about to lose.Finally, the R&F team got a corner kick.Now, Yan Feng couldn't stay behind anymore.Any task of focusing on defense is bullshit when the team is about to lose.

Yan Feng rushed to the front court and squeezed hard into the penalty area.Entering the restricted area, Shala Cha faced Yan Feng.He kept pushing Yan Feng hard, and wanted to use his height advantage to prevent Yan Feng from heading the ball.

However, Yan Feng, who had already risked his life and wanted to do his best, was not something that Shalacha could squeeze and push.Instead, Yan Feng used his strength to squeeze into position step by step.When he saw the corner kick, Yan Feng slammed into Shalacha with his body, then rushed forward and jumped.

Being hit hard by Yan Feng, Sha Lachai was blocked physically and failed to get stuck in time, but Yan Feng snatched him to the front.The ball flew over, and Shala jumped up hard, trying to use his height advantage to head the ball.But he didn't expect that although Yan Feng is not too tall, he can bounce very well.And under the condition that Shasha Yu couldn't interfere behind him, Yan Feng's jumping head was no shorter than Shala Qi.

Yan Feng shook his head violently in the air, just in time to hit the fast flying ball. "Bang!" With a sound, the ball changed direction and flew straight to the goal, and the speed was still very fast.

"Here's the ball!" Yan Feng saw the direction of the ball out of the corner of his eyes, and there was no goalkeeper there.

"The ball has been scored!!!" All the R&F staff on the sidelines shouted and jumped up.

After seeing the ball rolling in the goal, Yan Feng, who was about to run to celebrate, was surrounded by excited teammates, and a stack of arhats came to him.

"Ah! I scored a goal!" Yan Feng cheered excitedly after finally getting out of the pile of people who were about to be crushed.

(End of this chapter)