Soccer: The Road to Extraordinary

Chapter 523

"Okay!" Pirlo, who never seemed to wake up, threw his fist excitedly this time.It's not that he didn't celebrate when players scored goals in the past, but it just gave people a relatively flat feeling.And today he looks more engaged than ever.

Being able to take the lead, although it is at home, it feels different when the opponent is a team like Paris Saint-Germain.Especially with Paris Saint-Germain looking bigger and more aggressive.

"Take the lead. Now the situation has become favorable." After celebrating with his teammates for a while, Yan Feng finally smiled.From the game to the present, the pressure he feels is almost the greatest this season to be honest.Yan Feng believes that the threat posed by Paris Saint-Germain's offensive firepower will surpass that of Real Madrid.

The situation is favorable, but it does not mean that the game is in control.In fact, on the contrary, Paris Saint-Germain's real firepower is fully fired in the face of falling behind.

Increased offensive investment, making the Paris Saint-Germain team look fierce when they are behind.

With Paris Saint-Germain's offensive, Granada failed to take advantage of the goal to control the game, but was forced to increase its defense.Under the opponent's wave after wave of attacks, Modric and others had to join in the defense.

"Defend! Take this position." Faced with the increasing defensive pressure, Yan Feng kept yelling and directing his teammates to defend.The few superstars in the opponent's team cannot be easily restricted by one or two people.This makes it impossible for him to cover everything, and he will always see his teammates being broken by opponents and bringing real threats.

Another Neymar dribble attack.Neymar moved left and right, broke out from the pincers of Vidal and Ingarsen, cut inside, and kicked.Neymar's foot hit the ball smoothly, but this time the ball didn't fly out, instead it made him feel like he was kicking against a soft wall and almost didn't fall down.

This is Yan Feng's deliberate preparation, and he rushed to stop the ball in time.The thin Neymar is naturally not Yan Feng's opponent in a head-to-head opponent.In the end, Neymar almost fell, but Yan Feng stopped the ball very steadily.

"Counterattack!" Yan Feng shouted to his teammates to attack.

Paris Saint-Germain, who had lost the ball, immediately turned to counter-grab on the spot, but Draxler, who was the first to grab the ball, got rid of it with a dunk by Yan Feng.

Paris Saint-Germain continued to press high, and Yan Feng quickly handed the ball to Modric to organize.

Then, under the organization of Modric, the Granada team played a threatening attack.

Although the offense that created a big threat this time did not score, it also effectively contained the Paris Saint-Germain team, making the latter dare not press too high.

After the defensive counterattack tactics were kicked out this time, the defensive pressure faced by the Granada team has also been greatly reduced.Next, until the end of the first half of the game, they still maintained a one-goal lead.

Played well in the first half.During the intermission, Pirlo commented on the first half.

Leading by only one goal, although it is not perfect, it will give Granada a great advantage in the second half.The initiative of this game is in their hands.

"Keep up the performance of the first half, the victory is ours."

The lead in the first half gave the Granada team great confidence up and down.

And this confidence, after the start of the second half, made them play very calmly.

After 5 minutes, the score was still 1:0.
10 minutes, still 1:0.
After 20 minutes, the score remained unchanged.

For a full 20 minutes after the start of the second half, the score did not change at all.

The unchanged score does not mean that the game has become dull and ugly.On the contrary, the game was going on at a more intense and faster pace than in the first half.

No more goals were scored, but the two sides fought each other for more than a dozen kicks.Both goalkeepers performed extremely well in the second half, and many saves made the game very exciting and thrilling.

"It's been 65 minutes of the whole game, and in another 5 minutes, the game will be completely under our control. The outcome of the game will be more beneficial to me." On the sub bench beside the court, assistant coach Aras's face glowed red said.

"Just win this game. This time we have to go further in the Champions League and it will become more realistic."

Aras seemed a little excited, but his words were agreed by the entire coaching staff.Even Pirlo, who didn't have much expression, nodded.

Facing an opponent like Paris Saint-Germain, the pressure on the coaching staff is far beyond the imagination of the players.No aspiring team can ignore the power and influence brought by the current Paris Saint-Germain team.

It's not just the coaching staff who have this kind of optimistic thinking, but almost all the Granada players on the field are like this.In such a stalemate game, as long as the ball is not conceded, 70 minutes of the game will pass.The physical fitness of both sides will drop sharply, and at that time, the physical advantage of the Granada team will be revealed.Then, the game will not have too much suspense.

Soon, 70 minutes passed in the whole game.The Granada team still maintains a one-goal lead, and the physical fitness of both sides is indeed declining at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The most obvious is that the pace of the game has dropped a notch.Although both sides maintain a positive and aggressive posture, the overall rhythm has indeed slowed down a lot.

'The game is stable, and then we will enter our rhythm. '

Yan Feng thought about it and showed a relaxed smile.

Even Yan Feng has some ideas, and the other Granada players are naturally similar, just look at the relaxed expressions of everyone.

Granada after 70 minutes is not to be offended, even Real Madrid and Barcelona.

"Granada will win! This game seems to be stable." The fans seemed to be the same, and many people cheered.It seems that the game is really a sure thing.

The cheers of the fans resonated with the players, and everyone felt a lot lighter.Then, they got more aggressive into the game again.

Use our advantage to crush the opponent and kill the game.That's what the Granada players think.

Granada's momentum continued to rise, which made them play even better.The situation of the game also gradually shifted from a stalemate to the Granada team gaining the upper hand.

The Paris Saint-Germain team did not raise their hands to surrender. They immediately made substitution adjustments and replaced Di Maria.

After Di Maria came up, his performance was very active, which made the Paris Saint-Germain team's offense improved, but it was not easy to break the goal of the Granada team, which is united as one.

After parrying Paris Saint-Germain's brief counterattack, the situation of the game really seemed to slide into the track that Granada wanted.It seems that the game is indeed getting more and more favorable for the Granada team.No, even Neymar had an expression of anxiety and frustration on his face.

The development of the situation is as optimistic as imagined.The game looked really suspenseless.But at this time, the Granada team made a mistake that was full of joy and sorrow.The coaching staff forgot to make necessary personnel adjustments.

The Granada team does have a physical advantage, but after playing most of the game, there are still some people who are not fit to continue the game.Especially the defensive players, under the impact of Neymar, Cavani and others, among them, the Granada defenders consume far more energy than usual.

An attack that looked hard to threaten the goal.After receiving Neymar's helpless pass, Di Maria tried to cut inside.But there are at least two defenders in front of him.The chances of him wanting to drive into the paint or take a long shot are slim.

But it happened that an accident occurred under such seemingly insignificant circumstances.When Di Maria barely made a kick, Longban blocked it.Under normal circumstances, Longban would definitely be able to block it, but his physical fitness has declined greatly, and his kick movement is a bit deformed, half a beat slower, and he kicked Di Maria's foot.

Di Maria's shot missed, but Longban kicked him, knocking him to the ground.What followed him to the ground was the sound of the referee's whistle.

foul!Longban made a foul. Not only did he get a yellow card, he also gave his opponent a free kick in an excellent position.

"Oh, no." Longban looked annoyed and blamed himself.He was very stable today, but he made a big mistake at this time.

"Longban, it's not your fault. You've tried your best." Yan Feng came to comfort Longban.Yan Feng could see that Long Ban really tried his best, but his lack of physical fitness made him helpless to make such a foul.

Pirlo on the sidelines slammed his palm hard.Longban's foul made him realize that his coach made a big mistake.He even forgot to make early personnel adjustments to maintain a more adaptable physical state on the court.

Knowing that he made a mistake, Pirlo immediately made personnel adjustments.Longban, who was obviously physically weak, was replaced with Benkovich.After Longban left the field, Pirlo comforted: "You performed well in this game, and you fulfilled all your responsibilities. This foul cannot be blamed on you. Now go and rest well, we still have a lot of games to come you."

Pirlo knew that his mistakes could be corrected, so he immediately made a substitution when he realized it.However, once some mistakes are made, the consequences will not appear according to human will.

Pirlo completed the substitution adjustment, but then, Paris Saint-Germain seized this rare free kick opportunity.Neymar blasted away the goal guarded by Ochoa with all the beautiful curve balls.

"1:1. The game was equalized."

Neymar's free kick saves Paris Saint-Germain.

The score of the game has been changed, but the situation on the court has not changed.

This goal cannot change the situation on the field, but it can change the final outcome of the game.

After being tied, the Granada team pushed forward aggressively, trying to overtake the score again, but under the tenacious confrontation of the morale-boosted Paris Saint-Germain team, all attacks failed.In the end, the game ended in a draw.

But when the whistle sounded at the end of the game, Yan Feng sighed deeply unwillingly.

"It's a loss!"

The victory in hand flew away, Yan Feng was really not reconciled.But the fact is, he can only accept it.And this loss of success also made him realize: In a football match, there is never any game that will belong to anyone after 70 minutes; some will only be the battle to the last second of the game.

(End of this chapter)