Soccer: The Road to Extraordinary

Chapter 529 Return to La Liga
After obtaining the highest historical achievement for the Chinese team, Yan Feng did not enjoy the glory brought by it for too long.After two days of rest, Yan Feng joined hands with Lin Fan to return to La Liga.

Returning to Granada in such a hurry is also unacceptable.When Yan Feng and Lin Fan were playing in the Asian Cup with the national team, the situation of the Granada team was not very good.

The intensive schedule of La Liga has played here, and the main players of each team have experienced physical exhaustion to varying degrees.The Granada team, which only has a strong lineup, has long been exhausted after fighting on multiple fronts.

In order to bite the front Barcelona and Real Madrid in the league, Pirlo did not dare to let the main players rotate.Judging from this situation, it is inevitable to be eliminated by Paris Saint-Germain before.Even if you are lucky enough to advance, you will definitely not be able to go too far.It may even drag down the team's third line to collapse.

During the period when Yan Feng and Lin Fan were away, the Granada team played two games.One La Liga game, one Copa del Rey, but a bad result of one draw and one loss.In the league, it was tied 2:2 by the average Sporting Gijon team.In the first leg of the Copa del Rey quarterfinals, they lost 0:1 to Sevilla at home.

The situation reflected in these two games made Pirlo extremely pessimistic.This was also the reason why he was anxious to get Yan Feng and Lin Fan back to Granada.

After returning to Granada, Yan Feng rested for half a day, and was asked out by Pirlo for a cup of coffee that night.

After Yan Feng dressed up a bit, he came to the cafe that he had made an appointment with.

After entering the cafe, Yan Feng was immediately recognized by the waiter, but after Yan Feng put his finger on the scorpion, the other party nodded with a smile.Then guide Yan Feng to the box where he often stays with his teammates.

When he came to the door of the box, Yan Feng knocked on the door, but when there was no response, he pushed in directly.

As soon as Yan Feng entered, he saw Pirlo with more sleepy eyes.

"Coach, here I come."

Only then did Pirlo come back to his senses, squeezed out a smile and waved to Yan Feng. "Yan, sit down. I ordered the best coffee in this cafe. Try it."

"Okay." Yan Feng sat down, took a cup of coffee poured by Pirlo, and took a sip. "Sure enough, this coffee is delicious, and other places don't have this taste."

After Yan Feng put down the coffee, he found that the cup of coffee in front of Pirlo was still full, except that the latter was stirring gently, and there was no sign of being drunk.

"Coach, you have encountered difficulties!"

"Yes." If Pirlo hadn't lifted his eyelids slightly, Yan Feng would have thought he had fallen asleep. "No, it should be said that our team has encountered difficulties."

"Indeed." Yan Feng nodded, that's why he and Lin Fan hurried back to the team.

"Yan, seeing you come back, my heart is half relieved." Pirlo squeezed out a smile. "However, I think you should also know that our team can't afford to fight in more directions."

Yan Feng nodded.As the captain, he knows better than anyone.The current Granada team is just a set of people fighting.

"The coach means to give up one?"

Pirlo nodded heavily, and the whole person looked even less energetic.

"In fact, the bosses are not satisfied that the Champions League failed to go further." Pirlo thought for a while and said. "Bosses feel that after spending so much money, they must not give up what they can fight for."

Yan Feng fell silent.He understood that Boss Jiang and Ma Caishen would not support Pirlo's strategic abandonment.Pirlo is under great pressure now.

"We can't get nothing. If we continue to insist, we may not get anything." Pirlo said slowly.

"Yan, I need support."

"Okay. I support you." Yan Feng nodded without hesitation.The current situation of the team really cannot ask for too much.On the Copa del Rey side, they lost to Sevilla at home.In the away game of the second round, the Granada team must go all out to win if they want to advance.Even if the team has the strength to reverse the situation in an away game, what about after the fight?
You know, in the next league, Granada's opponent will be the league's direct competitor Real Madrid.It was a game that couldn't be missed.

"Then it's decided." Pirlo breathed a sigh of relief after receiving Yan Feng's support.

"Coach, come on, let's drink coffee. It's too wasteful not to drink such a good coffee." Yan Feng led the way and held up the coffee.

"Oh. Good." Pirlo then raised the coffee in front of him and took a sip. "It seems to be cold, I need another cup."

Next, in addition to asking Xia Yanfeng about his experience in winning the Asian Cup, Pirlo also revealed to Yan Feng his next arrangements for the team.

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Three days later, Granada went to Seville.After the game officially started, the outside world was in an uproar.Because almost all the main players, including Yan Feng, were sitting in the latent seats.

"Granada gave up the game and they sent all their subs."

"This is disrespect for the game, disrespect for the opponent. Where is the spirit of the Granada team?"

"A coward! A coward who only surrenders."

"I don't even have the heart to compete, how dare such a team make the sound of competing for the championship?"

~~~~~~ Numerous comments have drowned out the Granada team.Even a lot of Granada fans were offended.

The game was lost without any doubt, and it was not easy.A group of substitutes were directly poured three goals by the opponent.

Due to a strategic abandonment, this time both Gomez and Hamed were able to play in the second half.

Good friend Gomez finally got his first appearance in the first team, Yan Feng is also happy for him.Although he lost, he kept encouraging Gomez after the game.

In the interview with reporters after the game, Pirlo was unsurprisingly made things difficult by reporters.Yan Feng doesn't know how to make things difficult now, but that situation can be imagined.

Yan Feng thought that nothing would happen to him if he didn't appear on the stage, but the reporters still surrounded him.

"Yan, your team made a bad decision. You never give up easily. You must be very angry about the team's early surrender?"

"No! I have supported this decision from the very beginning!" After Yan Feng said affirmative words, he squeezed out reporters and boarded the team bus.

Giving up the Copa del Rey, the Granada team naturally encountered all kinds of bad reviews after the game.It is said that Boss Jiang smashed the red wine glass in his hand after seeing that the team did not send half of the main players to the field.

After returning to the Granada team, Yan Feng learned that Pirlo was indeed questioned by Boss Jiang, so he went to Jiang Lizhang alone.

Jiang Lizhang really looked very bad.But Yan Feng said: "You can't have both."

"The team invested so much money this year, President Ma and I have high expectations. What we want is the La Liga version of the Evergrande team."

Yan Feng felt that the bosses took things for granted.After that, Jiang Lizhang didn't say anything more.He only said one sentence: "There is only the league left, and there is no loss. I only want to see the victory against Real Madrid."

After talking with Jiang Lizhang, although Pirlo was not blamed again, Yan Feng could see how much pressure he was under.

(End of this chapter)