Soccer: The Road to Extraordinary

Chapter 158 Fighting the FA Cup

"In this game, our goal is to win and advance to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup." Stojkovic said loudly to his players in the locker room.

"The championship of the FA Cup is our biggest goal this season."

That's right, Guangzhou R&F has set its goal to win the FA Cup.Because in the Chinese Super League, Guangzhou Evergrande leads them by as much as 9 points.In addition, Guangzhou R&F does not have the strength to challenge Guangzhou Evergrande in the league, so even Stojkovic has no confidence.But the FA Cup champion can give it a go.

"On the surface, it seems that Shanghai SIPG is stronger than us, but they are not without weaknesses. First of all, their entire operation and offense rely on the core Kongka alone. As long as he is restricted, SIPG's offense will have to be Paralyzed."

Yes, the entire Chinese Super League knows that Kongka is the absolute core of SIPG.Without him, SIPG's overall strength would have to drop a notch.But the question is, who can limit Kongka?

"Yan, your task today is to mark Kongka, follow him, restrain him, and prevent him from linking up the team."

"Yes." Yan Feng replied loudly.

Let me go, this is the former king of celestial bodies, Kongka who led Evergrande to win the AFC Champions League.While Yan Feng was excited, he also felt the pressure for the first time.

"Secondly, SIPG's recent schedule is very intensive, and the physical strength of the whole team has been affected. In the last round of the Chinese Super League, they were generally in a bad state``````"

"This is our home court. Whether it is physical fitness or state, we have an advantage. We want to attack, and we want to beat them!" Stojkovic said with a final shout.

"Defeat them!" R&F players also echoed with high morale.

After making sufficient preparations and analysis, the R&F team walked into the stadium with confidence.

Today is R&F's home game.Although this is only a match in the FA Cup, but because the opponent is Shanghai SIPG, the local tycoon of the Chinese Super League, many fans flooded into the scene.

The number of fans entering the stadium this time is no less than the last time they played against Guoan.Under the cheers of the blue ocean, Yan Feng followed his teammates into the field slowly.

Listening to the cheering sound of the fans, Yan Feng felt very excited and excited.I just like this feeling!
Another reason for Yan Feng's excitement is from his opponent.Look at the names of the players that are familiar to Chinese fans: Kongka, Elkeson Cubs, Wu Lei, Yu Hai, Sun Xiang, and Cai Huikang who plays in the same position as Yan Feng (the reason why Yan Feng cares about Cai Huikang) The reason is that the two slaves have the same type and position, and Cai Huikang is a national player. If Yan Feng wants to realize his dream of entering the national team, he must step on him.)

One by one, well-known and powerful players in Chinese football, competed with this ordinary opponent.Thinking about it, Yan Feng felt that the blood in his whole body was boiling.Such an opponent is cool enough!strong enough!

You know, in the fifth round of the Chinese Super League, Yan Feng watched these opponents finally defeat R&F from the stands.At that time, Yan Feng wished he could rush up to compete with them.

Now that this opportunity is here, how can Yan Feng not be excited?Maybe because he was too excited, when Yan Feng laughed and shook hands with Kongka, Kongka was a little puzzled.

After shaking hands, Yan Feng still thought in his heart: Kongka's body is very ordinary.However, he can dominate the Chinese Super League with such a physical condition, it seems that his other abilities must be very strong.It seems that when we wait for the next game, we should pay more attention.

"Today, the task that Lao Si gave me was to kill Kongka, so how can I kill him?" Yan Feng thought of the task on him, and the pressure was not ordinary.Everyone knows that Kongka's physical condition is average, but how many people in the Chinese Super League can restrain him?
"Konka's body is average, but he is very strong in holding and passing the ball, and the strongest thing is that he has a very high ball quotient." Yan Feng recalled the video of Kongka's game and found that Kongka has always played very smartly.Conca rarely allows opponents to take advantage of his physical disadvantages, and those who try to steal the ball from his feet are usually turned around by his dribbling.

"Fortunately, I have a body and speed far superior to his. If I want to guard him, then I can't think about breaking his ball. I should use my body and speed to keep up with him, and keep using my body to touch him." It consumes his physical strength and prevents him from taking and passing the ball easily." Yan Feng kept thinking about the advantages and disadvantages of himself and Kongka in his mind.After some thinking, Yan Feng decided on a strategy to defend Kongka.

"That's right. That's it for hole jamming."

Today's PPTV commentators for this game are Tang Hui and Qiu'er.

"The match has begun. For this match, my personal opinion should be a close match. Qiu'er, who do you prefer?" Tang Hui said.

"I think so too. However, I have some conflicts about which team I like more. R&F has Yan Feng who is very MAN, and SIPG Wu Lei and Elkeson are here, so it's hard to choose." Qiu'er was a little embarrassed Do it.

"Hehe, actually I think Cai Huikang from SIPG is more MAN." Tang Hui said with a smile.

"Um, I'm not interested in big guys." Qiu'er said with a smile.

"Haha, by the way, Yan Feng and Cai Huikang really have similar styles. They play the same position and are also defensive midfielders. I don't know who will perform better in today's game?" Tang Hui said.

"I think it must be Yan Feng."

"why?"

"Because Yan Feng looks better."

"Haha, there seems to be nothing wrong with that."

Could it be that Yan Feng really just looks better as Qiuer said?

The answer is of course not.Although Cai Huikang did a good job defensively after the start of the game.But Yan Feng did better, he really restricted Kongka.

In fact, SIPG has long expected that Stojkovic may send Yan Feng to defend Kongka.Because of his mental preparation and having studied Yan Feng's game, Kongka didn't pay much attention to Yan Feng at first.

There are too many people who specifically target Kongka in the Chinese Super League. Which green onion is Yan Feng?Kongka thinks that Yan Feng is at most similar to his teammate Cai Huikang.In the simulated training, Kongka still faced Cai Huikang with ease.

After Kongka and Yan Feng faced each other, he realized that he was wrong.Yan Feng not only has the strength of his teammate Cai Huikang, but also has a much faster speed.This made it impossible for Kongka to get rid of Yan Feng's defense.Even if he used the skills of his feet to get rid of Yan Feng for a while, Yan Feng often entangled him again before he could make any further moves.

Well, Konka has encountered many times when he is closely watched by the opponent when he takes the ball.What annoys him is that if you have the ball, the opponent is entangled, and if you don't have the ball, you are still entangled.

You are still pestering without the ball, so can I just run?But the problem is that with Yan Feng's speed, no matter where Kongka goes, he can follow within one meter of Kongka in time.

From the beginning of the game, Yan Feng stuck to Kongka like a candy.This made Kongka very uncomfortable. It was difficult for him to even turn around with the ball in the midfielder position.

After playing for 10 minutes in the first half, it was difficult for Conca to even get the ball, let alone pass the through ball that he has always been good at.This made Kongka so aggrieved that he wanted to curse.

Well, you are so sticky in front, then I will retreat.

Forced into desperation, Kongka began to retreat, and retreated deeper and deeper, and finally retreated to the midfield.But what made Kongka angry was that even if he retreated to the midfield, Yan Feng still followed him every step of the way.

"Oh Megga, are you going to follow me like this for the whole game?" Konka, who was so uncomfortable being followed, almost went crazy in the end.After being forced by Yan Feng from behind to pass the ball back, Kongka couldn't help but say this to Yan Feng.

It's a pity that Yan Feng couldn't understand what Kongka was talking about at all.Yan Feng couldn't understand anyway, so he kept looking at Kongka expressionlessly.Make up your mind that no matter what the opponent is thinking, all he needs to do is follow the opponent and follow the opponent until the end of the game.

Of course, as a recognized super foreign aid, it is impossible for Kongka to admit defeat so easily.He began to think of a way, constantly running and changing positions with his teammates.But no matter how Kongka ran, Yan Feng still followed closely, and squeezed his body against each other from time to time.

If this is not enough, Kongka will find another way.Lure Yan Feng to take a shot and then look for opportunities to break through, or lure Yan Feng to foul.Yan Feng's foul is a foul, but he usually pushes Kongka down with his body behind his back.

In this way, Kongka has been trying to find a way to fight Yan Feng's wits and courage.Concentrate on getting rid of close defense, and Kongka, who cannot pass the ball freely, is equal to being crippled by half of his skills.In the end, throughout the first half, Conca did not pass any threatening balls.

Kongka was restrained, making Shanghai SIPG's organization and offensive and defensive transition speed appear slow and chaotic.If Shanghai SIPG didn't rely on Elkeson's personal ability, then they probably would have difficulty even threatening R&F's goals.

Don't look at Shanghai SIPG and the martial arts king Wu Lei, but in fact Wu Lei is just a forward who relies on running positions to grab points.Without Kongka to deliver him a steady stream of shells, Wu Lei can only run around and struggle in the muscles of R&F defenders.

On the other hand, for R&F, although Yan Feng hardly participated in the offense, because their offensive has never been initiated by Yan Feng, they played very well in terms of offense.If it weren't for R&F's frontcourt that has been lacking players who can make a final decision, Shanghai SIPG would definitely not be able to retreat in the first half.

"The first half is over, and the two sides played to a tie. However, judging from the situation in the first half, Guangzhou R&F still has the upper hand." Tang Hui began to summarize the game in the first half.

"Yeah. It is true that Guangzhou R&F has the advantage. They even surpassed Shanghai SIPG, which has a master of ball control, 55% to 45% in possession rate. Although this is R&F's home court, it can achieve such I still can't believe my advantage in possession of the ball." Qiu'er said.

"Speaking of Konka, he almost disappeared throughout the first half. We didn't see him make a threatening pass at all. This is not the Konka we usually see." Tang Hui said with a sigh.

"It seems that Yan Feng didn't show much." Qiu'er also remembered that Yan Feng seemed to be invisible in the first half.

"It's not that Yan Feng didn't perform well. It's that he performed very well."

"How to say?"

"Did you prevent Kongka from being invisible without seeing Yan Feng?"

As Tang Hui said, Yan Feng, who was invisible with Kongka, performed very well.At least Stojkovic thinks so.

"You did a great job in the first half! Yan. You restricted SIPG's playmaker very well. The task I gave you, you did a great job! In the second half, you still have to do it!"

When Yan Feng received Lao Si's praise, Kongka was sitting in the locker room of Shanghai SIPG with a depressed face.

"In the first half, we played really badly. I couldn't see the coordination I wanted, I only saw chaos. I need you to play smoothly and play as a team." Coach Eriksson Obviously very dissatisfied with the first half of the game.

Conca knew that the head coach was saying that he had failed to play the role of organizing and connecting the whole team.He didn't want to do this either, but there was nothing he could do.The little-known defensive player on the other side just stalked and gave himself to the pair.

Next, Eriksson continued to encourage the players and arranged for his teammates to respond to Konka, hoping to liberate Konka in the next game.

But after the start of the second half, Eriksson's wish came true.Regardless of whether Kongka moved to drag Yan Feng down by himself, or his teammates came to support him, there was no way for Kongka to get rid of Yan Feng's entanglement.

Yan Feng is not the core of R&F's midfield. Without him, R&F's offense has not been greatly affected.Without the organization of Kongka in SIPG, Elkeson, Wu Lei and others could not break through R&F's defense line built by five defenders.

When the game came to 70 minutes, Conca, who had been able to play the whole game in other games, was out of breath.In the entanglement and anti-entanglement with Yan Feng, Kongka exhausted his physical energy unconsciously.Kongka, who was exhausted without any performance today, looked at Yan Feng who was panting, but didn't see much fatigue.Conca felt defeated for the first time.It is a sense of frustration that there is no place to use it, and there is no way to serve the country if you want to serve the country.

At this time, Eriksson finally had no choice but to send someone to replace Kongka.Seeing that he was about to be replaced, Kongka felt a sense of relief.If this was another game and he was replaced at this point in time, Konka would definitely be very angry.

"SIPG finally replaced Kongka, who was doing nothing on the court today. I wonder if this can improve the situation on the court?"

After replacing Kongka, SIPG's situation on the field has indeed improved.Because the person replaced this time does not need Yan Feng's pairing.The midfielder is equivalent to returning one more person, and SIPG's organization has at least stabilized.

As for R&F, because Yan Feng returned to normal style of play, Swensen as a defender was submerged by Wang Song, and the formation became 451.

With a more balanced offensive and defensive formation, coupled with the return of Yan Feng's strong defense, SIPG's better offense was once again swept to pieces.In the end, Elkeson, who was forced to play as a center, had to retreat to the midfield to get the ball.

Elkeson, who was trying to organize the attack by himself, faced Yan Feng.But under Yan Feng's tough and sticky defense, apart from allowing Yan Feng to take a few more fouls, it did not bring more threats to R&F's goal.

In the end, in the 83rd minute of the game, Giannu succeeded in grabbing a point in front of the goal, allowing R&F to beat SIPG by 1 goal.

Guangzhou R & F successfully advanced to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup. Although Yan Feng did not score or assist in this game, he also contributed a lot.

After the game, Kongka was interviewed and said helplessly: "The number 44 of the other party has almost become my shadow. No, it should be that he has become a big stone on my body. It made me unable to perform as I should. Some level. He is really difficult!"

(End of this chapter)