Soccer: The Road to Extraordinary

Chapter 260 The Battle for Negative Squad Leader
Because of a submerged performance, it once again received strong attention from the domestic media, and even since then Granada has had team reporters from China.To be honest, Yan Feng's performance in that game was just a small bright spot in a tragic defeat for people from other countries.Compared with the performance of those European players from China's neighbors Japan and South Korea, it is nothing.

From this point, it can be seen that Chinese football is sad.Tangtang China can't find a player who can make a difference in Europe.

Facing the enthusiastic attention from home, Yan Feng was not complacent about it.He is very self-aware of himself, and he understands that he is currently just a person who has not even been the main force of the relegation weak team.He has no right to be complacent.He needs to work harder than anyone else to improve himself.

Yan Feng didn't pay attention to how those reporters from China reported on him.He buried himself in training, hoping to keep up with the rhythm of the ball as much as possible.He immersed himself in special training, hoping to continuously improve his abilities.

I don't know whether to say that Yan Feng's talent is good, or that his long passing foundation is too low.In just a week or so, Yan Feng felt that his long pass ability had improved a lot.

Of course, this progress is only relative to himself.If compared with other people, let alone Modric, just take his teammate Samper, there is still a big gap.And such progress, Yan Feng himself is quite satisfied.As long as you can see hope, no matter how much you pay, you will be motivated.

The days of training passed quickly, and more than a week passed like this.

During this period of time, the national team actually had games.It's just that it's not a major event, but China's own China Cup.It may be that Lippi did not recruit Yan Feng to return to China this time out of consideration for training young players.

As for himself not being selected for the national team this time, Yan Feng actually breathed a sigh of relief.Now is the critical moment for him to gain a foothold in Granada. If he is called back to China, he will come back after the game.His goal of integrating into the team must have been delayed for a long time.

It's not that Yan Feng is unwilling to contribute to the country, but it's definitely a bad thing for his career to have him running back and forth in such an unimportant game.And the biggest lesson learned is Yao Ming.Even people like Yao Ming have been dragged down, and people like Yan Feng who are still in the adaptation stage may have to go back to the Chinese Super League.

Without these drags, Yan Feng's integration into the team is really getting better day by day.And all this makes coach Alcaraz very happy.Because of this, in the next La Liga game, Yan Feng was put into the squad again by him.

Yan Feng's entry into the big list this time is well deserved.Unlike last time, Alcaraz was only included in the roster to please the boss.

Compared with the last time the list was announced, teammates were surprised by Yan Feng's selection.When Yan Feng's name was announced this time, everyone took it for granted.

Yan Feng has great expectations for entering the big list this time.Although he is still submerged, he is full of enthusiastic expectations for his appearance this time.He is eager to perform better, and he also believes that he will perform better this time.The reason lies in the opponent of Granada this time.

In a round of La Liga, Granada's opponent is Osasuna.Osasuna is currently at the bottom of the La Liga standings.It is dried fish among dried fish like Granada.

In fact, Granada and Osasuna can be said to be a pair of difficult brothers, and other teams will be very happy to send points when they see each other, and the points of the two teams are almost the same.So, this is a veritable battle for negative squad leader.Whoever loses will be the last one.

"Boys, we must win this game. If we want to keep the hope of relegation, Osasuna must win. Moreover, today is our home court, and we can no longer disappoint the fans." Before the game , in Granada's locker room, Alcaraz was passionately boosting the team's morale.

"Win Osasuna." "Don't let the fans down!" The players expressed their desire to win.

"If I can play, I will definitely help the team win." Yan Feng secretly swears in his heart.

"I want your eyes like this. Eyes full of great desire for victory. Keep it, and then defeat any enemy that blocks our victory. Granada, we must win!" Alcaraz also clenched his fists and said.

"Granada must win!" the players shouted.

"Okay. My fighters, now go to fight!" Alcaraz waved the players out of the locker room.

Yan Feng followed a group of submersible players to the submersible bench, and then sat there watching others perform the entering ceremony, and watched the game blow in the referee's whistle.

Today, Granada's formation is 4231, a formation with balanced offense and defense.Such a formation at home just shows Granada's determination to win.

However, Osasuna in the away game played a formation of 532. With 5 defenders and a tower-shaped formation, a smart person can tell at a glance that they are going to defend to the death.And it is still the kind of defensive formation that is layered and not afraid of being besieged.

"I'm going, it's clear that we have to defend to the end! This is difficult!" Yan Feng looked at the opponent's formation and couldn't help shaking his head.The last thing you want to see in any game is this kind of opponent who has made it clear from the start that he will defend to the death.

Sure enough, as Yan Feng said, facing the Osasuna team that is blindly defending, Granada is like a mouse biting a turtle-nowhere to talk.

Facing such a defensive team, even Real Madrid and Barcelona will have a headache for a while.What's more, it is a team like Granada with a weaker defense and weaker offense.

Although Granada has some advantages on the scene, it just cannot pose any threat to Osasuna's goal.

"Sure enough. If we continue to play like this, it will be too difficult to win against them." After 20 minutes of the game, Yan Feng couldn't help but sighed.During this period, Granada was unable to break through Osasuna's defense at all except for a few long-range shots.

Granada wanted to attack, but there wasn't much to do.Osasuna only wanted to defend and counterattack, and the occasional counterattack also failed to bring much threat to Granada's goal.The two sides were like this, playing stalemate, but there was not much excitement to speak of.Unknowingly, the first half of the game ended in a dull draw.

Back in the locker room, Alcaraz frowned.Throughout the first half, Granada had tried various methods, but facing Osasuna who was blindly defending, there was still no way.

In fact, focusing on defense often means being beaten passively, but the problem is that Granada does not have the means to smash the opponent's turtle shell.Alcaraz seemed to see the game ending in a dull draw.

A draw is not what he wants.In his own home court, facing the weakest opponent in La Liga, if he fails to win the opponent.Wouldn't it be more miserable to face other stronger opponents?
Alcaraz thought hard, but couldn't think of a better way.It's not that he's not good enough, but that it's hard for a married woman to cook without rice.

Seeing the head coach frowning in thought, all the players also frowned.They also want to win their opponents, but they just can't do it due to their strength.

After thinking for a while, Alcaraz still couldn't think of any better way.Seeing the dull looks of the players, he knew he couldn't continue like this.So, he decided to break the silence: "Guys, we encountered a group of cowards in the first half. They can only hide and defend. They dare not even attack halftime."

"That's right, they are a bunch of cowards." "This group of useless guys." The players who played the game felt the deepest.They hate each other so much.So they all cursed out.

"They only want to be cowards, so we'll give them that. Let them be a group of cowards who have failed. We will use a stronger attack in the second half and tell them. When the cowards bury their heads, it will not protect their goal. Attack, use more shots. They can defend once, defend ten times, can they defend twenty times, or even more?" Alcaraz said more and more excited.

"That's right. If they want to defend, we'll attack until they can't defend." "Shoot them." "Smash this group of eggless cowards." The players also became excited.

"Fuck them!" Yan Feng thought the same way.He also knows that his team does not have a strong offensive ability.Apart from using more offense, there is no other good way to forcefully break the opponent's defense.

Encouraged by Alcaraz, Granada's players regained some morale.Although he couldn't come up with a better way, it might keep the team's spirit alive, which could still have some beneficial effects.

"It seems that our coach is full of skills. Especially in grasping people's hearts. He really is a relegation old fritter!" Yan Feng watched Alcaraz still try his best to improve the fighting spirit of the players, and he was full of appreciation in his heart.

Intermission was over soon.The game restarts.

Granada, who returned to the field, was full of desire to attack again.They began to attack Osasuna's defense with wave after wave of offensive.

Watching the home team launch a more violent offensive as soon as the second half came up, the home fans were also excited. "Come on, Granada." "Attack, break their turtle shells."

During Granada's offensive, Osasuna was like a reef constantly being hit by stormy waves, and was in danger of being swallowed at any time.But under such unfavorable circumstances, Osasuna just defended.

Today's Osasuna is really desperate.With clear goals and united will, they played very tenaciously.Their aggressive defense made Granada's attacks futile time and time again.

As the saying goes, go all out, do it again, again and again, and exhaust it three times.No matter how strong and fierce the offensive is, if it fails to achieve results for a long time, it will demoralize.But after 60 minutes of the game, Granada's offensive gradually flickered.Even after that, Alcaraz changed two forwards in succession to no avail.

One is discouraged, and the other is that most of the players on the field consumed a lot of physical energy in the previous continuous attack.This made Granada's overall strength gradually decline.

On the other hand, Osasuna, after withstood the fiercest attack of Granada, they began to become more active.Especially after they also adjusted some players, the intensity of the counterattack continued to increase.Even once almost broke the goal of Granada.

Time is passing, seeing that half of the goal of securing a tie set before the game has been achieved, Osasuna's coach Gracia showed a satisfied smile.

Seeing that his team gradually turned against Granada, Gracia shouted excitedly from the sidelines: "Good job. That's it, keep it up. Don't worry, attack if you can. Attack if you can't." , A tie means that we have completely achieved our goal.”

And now, it was Alcaraz's turn to be anxious.Seeing the reversal of the situation on the court, his brows almost knit together.

If the head coach is anxious, the players on the field are even more anxious.And this urgency often leads to problems.When the game came to 73 minutes, the midfielder Uche was sent off directly by a red card in a defense.

For Granada, it is really a disaster.In the case of at least one player, let alone want to win, it is not bad to be able to defend.

Seeing the situation on the field turned upside down due to the change in numbers, Alcaraz knew it was time to make a decision.

A few minutes later, but after Pereira was forced to foul and received a yellow card, Alcaraz finally decided to give up the idea of ​​​​winning.

"The only thing left is to keep the home game without losing. But how to do it well?" Alcaraz began to think about who to replace.

Alcaraz's eyes scanned back and forth in the warm-up dive.After watching for a while, his upward movement remained on Yan Feng's body.He remembered, the last game, Yan Feng's super single defense ability after he came on the field. "Maybe, let him go up, it should be able to ensure that we don't lose."

"Well, it's decided like this." Alcaraz made up his mind, and then shouted: "Yan, come here."

"Yes." Yan Feng hurried over.

"Oh, Yan Feng is going to play." "Great, finally Yan Feng is going to play." "Haha, it's time to play. You must have performed well."

In fact, the country has been paying attention to this game.But the boring game, coupled with the not-so-good situation in Granada, made those who followed Yan Feng very quiet.And when they saw Yan Feng standing next to the coach from the camera, they all cheered.In the eyes of domestic fans who love Yan Feng, it doesn't matter whether Granada wins or loses.The important thing is that Yan Feng can play.

In the anticipation of many domestic fans, Yan Feng finally stepped onto the court.For his playing, the opponent didn't care much.The people at home only know that the team has lost hope of winning.

Although Yan Feng replaced a striker, his position is still a midfielder.It is equivalent to the position of Uche who was sent off before the top dive.The entire Granada formation has become a 423 without front formation.

Seeing this situation, Osasuna is of course aggressively attacking.They will not let go of such a rare opportunity.Although they only wanted to take one point at first, but now they have the opportunity to take all three points, how could they let it go?

Osasuna's offensive was unprecedentedly fierce, and they thought that Granada, which had lost one player, would definitely be beaten by them and could not fight back.But soon, they discovered that the truth was not that simple.Because Granada's defense has become tougher and more aggressive.

Granada is unwilling to miss this opportunity, because they have more troops to attack.They were almost all over the half.They are going to lay siege to Granada.

Osasuna once again organized an attack, and No. 8 Kausic took the ball in the middle.After he took the ball, he didn't pass it out immediately, but observed the position of his teammates on the field.Granada's defense is very solid, he can only slowly look for opportunities.

And just as he was looking for an opportunity, just when his gaze was turned to one side to observe, a figure suddenly appeared in front of him.Then when he couldn't react in time, he poked the ball away.

The person who stabbed the ball was Yan Feng. He took advantage of Kashiqi's negligence and suddenly rushed to kick.The ball was not poked very far, and Kausch came back to his senses, and quickly tried to get in place to take the ball down again.But Yan Feng's unexpected strength caused him to be carried away.

"Attack!" After Yan Feng squeezed Kaoshiqi away, he touched the ball first.Then he sped up and rushed in, waving forward and shouting.

(End of this chapter)