Soccer: The Road to Extraordinary

Chapter 273 What to do if the front is weak?
Another draw!

The game against Athletic Bilbao ended up being 1:1, which was unexpected but reasonable.

Another point, not bad for Granada.Although there is a saying in football, three draws are not as good as one victory.But every point is precious for Granada.Because they can continue to stay in the 17th place, so they have not slipped into the relegation zone.

But such a position and points are actually very unsafe.It is possible to fall into the relegation zone at any time because of a defeat.So, under that pressure, Granada realized they needed to win.

But victory requires goals. Looking back at the last six games, I suddenly found that the Granada team has achieved an amazing result of 1 win and 5 draws.However, although they only conceded one goal in these six games, they only scored two goals.

And these situations fully show that while their defense has become stronger, their offensive ability has been extremely weak.Such a situation of strong defense and weak attack will make it difficult for them to make more progress.

Need to strengthen the offensive ability!This became the consensus of the Granada team.However, during the period when the winter transfer window opened, Granada's poor funds did not bring them good offensive players.The team's offense still can only rely on Kravitz alone.

In desperation, Alcaraz can only improve the offensive tactics of some teams in order to better exert Kravitz's firepower.

And the team's tactical improvement is still quite useful.In the next game against Alaves at home, the new offensive tactics brought Granada 2 goals.In the final game, Granada defeated Alaves 2:1.

A long-lost victory is definitely a happy event for the Granada team to celebrate.But the fly in the ointment is that in this game, the offensive core of the player Kravitz who kicked and scored two goals was injured.And the injury was not serious. According to the team doctor's estimate, he will have to rest for at least 2 months before returning.

The team's firepower will have to rest for 2 months, which is simply worse for the Granada team, which is already pitifully weak in offensive ability.

And so it is.in the next round.Granada had no choice but to draw 1:1 with Leganes.

You must know that Leganes is not only the direct relegation opponent of the Granada team, but also the weakest opponent that the Granada team has encountered in the last seven rounds.

The teams I faced before were all mid-tier teams with around 10 players, so a tie is still acceptable.But failing to win against Leganes was quite a blow to the Granada team, which has become more upbeat recently.

Kravitz was recovering from injuries, and his players did not bring much fire support to the team.This makes Granada seem to have little to do when facing Leganes, who has a poor defense.If it weren't for Yan Feng scoring a goal with a heavy artillery bombarding more than 30 meters away at the last moment.In this game, they will lose 1 away.The consequences of that are even more unbearable.

The offense is weak, and no one is available on the front line.Faced with such a situation, Alcaraz's hair turned gray.In desperation, he began to rely heavily on Yan Feng's long-range shooting ability, and specially formulated a tactic for Yan Feng to hit the goal from the back row.Just like the R&F team did in the Super League.

Yan Feng was asked by Alcaraz to step forward and participate in the offense more often. In this way, Granada's defense would inevitably be weakened.After all, no matter how fast Yan Feng is, he can't come back in time every time he attacks.

In the 27th round of La Liga, the Granada team ushered in Atletico Madrid, the most powerful opponent since Yan Feng was transferred back to the first team and became the main force.

Atletico Madrid, currently ranked No.3 in La Liga, is so strong, needless to say, you can understand it just by looking at the ranking.

Facing such a strong team, even if it is their own home court, the Granada team does not have much confidence to defend it.

That's right, they don't even have much confidence in defending their home court.

And it is true.At the beginning of the game, Atletico Madrid turned away and completely suppressed the Granada team.

Facing Atletico Madrid, Granada had no choice but to stick to the backcourt.

Atlético de Madrid has Griezmann and the "golden boy" Torres, who are affectionately called "Grid" by Chinese fans.And there is another top star Koke in the midfield.

Facing the Atletico Madrid attacking formation led by these three, it is difficult for the Granada team to defend it no matter how hard they try.

Yan Feng also tried his best this time, but no matter how strong his defense is, he is only alone. He can barely follow one person, but he can't take care of other places at the same time.Yan Feng withstood the attack on his own defense area, but the flanks and the back line could only be left to Griezmann, Torres, and Cork to wreak havoc.

Only in the first half, with the home court defending the backcourt, Atletico Madrid still scored twice by Griezmann and Torres.

Two goals behind, this is basically a death sentence for the Granada team.They want to change, try to strengthen the offense with a fluke mentality.

But when Granada stepped up their offensive in the second half, they were hit hard by Atletico Madrid.In the 50th minute, Cork cut in from the wing and hit the goal successfully.

3:0, the failure was irretrievable.In the next game, the Granada team had nothing to think about other than holding on to the score and not letting more goals be conceded.

"Three goals have been conceded. We can't concede more goals." The total number of conceded goals in this game exceeded the previous several games, which made it difficult for Yan Feng to accept.Looking at his teammates with low morale, Yan Feng had to say this to everyone.

"This is our home court. Even if we lose, we can't lose too badly. Brothers, we must hold on to this final game time. We must never lose the ball again! Look, those who are still supporting us in the stands Fans. We can't embarrass them!" Yan Feng felt that you can't lose when you lose.The overall strength gap is too large, which has to be admitted.But we must hold our breath, and we cannot let the fans present watch the team being massacred by their opponents.

"No, for the fans. We can't lose face."

"For the fans, we can lose the ball, but not the people!"

Looking at the fans who were still cheering and shouting in the stands, everyone in the Granada team ignited their fighting spirit.

Afterwards, the Granada team, which rekindled their fighting spirit, defended even harder.They started to grow fiercer and more dangerous.Facing the desperate Granada team, Atletico Madrid, who had won the game, had to restrain themselves.They don't want unnecessary loss of personnel when victory is achieved.

Under such ebb and flow, Atletico Madrid's offense was contained.They are no longer determined to attack, and the threat of attack is constantly decreasing.Gradually, the attack power dropped a lot. After trying a strong attack to no avail, Atletico Madrid completely slowed down their offensive.

Granada finally withstood the onslaught of Atletico Madrid, and they managed not to concede a goal.

The rhythm of the game began to slow down, and the situation began to calm down.Atlético de Madrid also began to make large-scale personnel adjustments, replacing all the main offensive players, and instead sent young teenagers to practice.

With the replacement of young players, Granada's defensive pressure dropped sharply.After seeing those new young opponents who were only devoted to their personal performance, Yan Feng felt a desire to fight back.

It has never been Yan Feng's style to just be beaten and not fight back.Before facing an opponent who was too strong to fight back, he could only accept being beaten passively.As long as it is possible now, Yan Feng will never miss the opportunity to ruthlessly attack his opponent.

Soon, Yan Feng waited for such an opportunity.The young midfielder Juan Moreno, who was newly replaced in the opponent's team, wanted to attack Yan Feng's defense alone.

Watching Xiao Sui dribble the ball forward, Moreno's face looked eager to try.Yan Feng was depressed for a while. "Tao! Do you want to use me as a shadow board?"

"Boy, do you have that strength? See, I have to teach you to be a man. Not everyone can single out my defense zone."

Yan Feng began to feel ruthless.He narrowed his eyes slightly, staring coldly at Moreno who was doing all kinds of flashy moves.

Xiao Mian, your tricks are too tender!Yan Feng thought to himself, but then deliberately exposed a flaw.

And the young Moreno was really fooled, smashing the ball in the direction Yan Feng wanted him to break through.

"The opponent showed a flaw, Moreno seized the opportunity, rushed over, go~ um, failed?"

Cork, who was sitting on the bench watching the show, was about to applaud the young player Moreno, but immediately became ugly.

"Counterattack. Brothers. We have to show them some color!" After successfully stealing the ball, Yan Feng shouted to his teammates.

"Counterattack!" The soldiers of the Granada team, who had been beaten for almost the whole game, were also determined to attack at this time.

At this time, because Atletico Madrid was too relaxed, they did not organize a complete line of defense for a while.Soon, Yan Feng, Samper, Pereira, etc. formed an offensive team to attack the edge of the penalty area.

Atletico Madrid's carelessness caused Yan Feng and others to rush their defense line to pieces.However, after all, their personal strength is still very strong. Sandel was trying to break through with the ball but failed to find a chance.

"Sampel!" Yan Feng shouted, and suddenly accelerated to throw away the opponent who wanted to follow.

Yan Feng is very familiar with the tactics after the inverted triangle.This is also a tactic that the Granada team has often practiced recently.Sandor knew that too.So as soon as he heard the words, he passed the ball accurately to Yan Feng's way without raising his head.

"Bang!" Just like what he did many times in the past, Yan Feng shot with all his strength.

"GOAL!!!!!!"

The goal came like this!Yan Feng pursed his lips and clenched his fists, and then stopped celebrating.Just taking advantage of the opportunity to score some face-saving goals, the loss is already set, Yan Feng feels that there is not much to be too happy about.

"Pretty! Yan!" Samper and others were about to be much happier.Although they also know that just scoring a goal, they still can't change their fate of losing.But being able to score the opponent's goal makes them feel better.

"Thank you! Half of the credit for this goal is yours." Yan Feng replied with a chuckle, and then hugged Sandor.

After congratulating briefly with other teammates who came to celebrate, Yan Feng said: "Now we have to go back and defend well. Don't be careless."

Sure enough, Atletico Madrid, who had been scored a goal, became a little annoyed.They began to launch a more ferocious attack than before.

Atletico Madrid, once again fully committed to attack, continued to pose a threat to Granada's team.But the Granada players who have recovered a lot of morale are also desperately defending.

Since there was not much time left, no matter how hard Atletico Madrid attacked, they were still resisted by the tenacious Granada team.

In the end the game ended like this. 3:1, lost at home.But facing Atletico Madrid like this is not a shame for Granada.

Only after losing this game, Granada's relegation situation became severe again.In this round, the direct relegation opponent Leganes won miraculously.This makes the gap between them and Granada only one point.

Relegation has not been successful, Yan Feng and his teammates still need to work hard.

(End of this chapter)