Soccer: The Road to Extraordinary

Chapter 536 The second half will belong to us
It's over!lost!We crashed!
Such thoughts continued to echo in the minds of every Granada player who returned to the dressing room.

Frustration filled the locker room.Yan Feng also felt confused and a little irritable.

Pirlo entered the locker room behind, and when he entered the locker room, he frowned when he saw the players' depression.Then it turned into a raging lion and roared:
"Look at you, all of you looking downcast. Have we lost?"

With this question, some players nodded subconsciously.This made Pirlo frown deeper, and anger rose on his face.

"That's right. We lost. You guys acted like cowards in the first half, this game has already been lost."

"Look at you guys, what the hell are you playing? Is this still the tenacious Granada team that intends to win the championship? No, you are so unfamiliar that it scares me. I don't think the team I lead now is worthy of it." The name Granada is even more sorry for the fans who have been supporting."

"Your performance is not worthy of talking about a championship, and you don't have to play in the second half. If you continue to play, it will only be more embarrassing. You will lose three, four, five, or even more."

"I won't go back to the stadium again, just give up the game from now on. You look like you, you don't deserve to compete with Barcelona!"

Pirlo's roar, every word beat the player's heart like a heavy hammer.No one has ever seen Pirlo make such a big fire.Since joining the Granada team in the past two seasons, he has rarely lost his temper, let alone such a rage.

Everyone was stunned, and even Benkovic, who had been in a daze when he returned to the locker room, looked at Pirlo with shame and remorse.

"I'm sorry, coach. It's all my fault. If I hadn't made a mistake, we wouldn't have scored that goal, and we wouldn't have been so passive." Benkovic apologized guiltily.

"That's not the case. I was the most responsible for how we played like this in the first half. As the captain, I didn't lead everyone well. I didn't set an example." Yan Feng also stood in front of Pirlo without waiting for Pirlo to say anything about Benkovic Take the responsibility one step further.

"The responsibility should be mine. I am the core of the team, but I did not organize everyone. I failed to make the team play an effective offense. I put the team at a disadvantage that they have no strength to fight back." When Modric saw that Yan Feng was taking the blame, he also stood up and apologized.

"I am also responsible, I did not play ```"

"I am also responsible. I didn't break through and conceded the ball```"

"I```" Other players on the field also expressed their responsibilities.

After seeing the players stand up to take responsibility, Pirlo's anger slowed down, and his brows relaxed in seconds. "I have a responsibility too, and it's the biggest one."

Pirlo's words surprised the players.The head coach, who was furiously accusing the players just now, even said that he is also responsible, and it is the biggest one.

"I'm the head coach. In any unfavorable situation, the responsibility is on me first." Pirlo's tone completely eased, as if it was someone else who was furious before.

Pirlo's anger was not because he was angry that the team fell behind by two goals in the first half.It's the lack of fighting spirit of the angry players, and if the depression continues to pervade, losing the game will only be the only result.Now that the players come out to admit their mistakes, it's not that he wants to put all the blame on the players, but that the players should come out of their pessimistic emotions, and then be brave enough to regroup and fight back in the second half after knowing their shame.

"I just said we lost."

Upon hearing this, the players who were still admitting their mistakes before all bowed their heads in shame.

"Yes, we lost the first half. Two goals behind, no doubt, we couldn't lose the first half. But, it's over. Now, y'all, keep your heads up." In a word, Pirlo's voice raised in vain.

The players raised their heads upon hearing this.

"Put your chest up like a man."

The players subconsciously raised their chests and stood up straight.

"From now on, forget about the first half, it's over. Let's start over and make the second half ours."

"We beat Real Madrid, we can beat any other team, and Barcelona can also beat. Show your fighting spirit, show your confidence. We can beat anyone, we can beat the opponent Barcelona in front of us."

"You guys have to remember this, when you play at your real level, there's no one to fight against. Also, you're all younger and more dynamic than those guys in Barcelona. Messi, Spockets, Pique When everyone is over 30, Iniesta is very old. Our opponents, they are old. No matter how strong they are, they will not be able to dominate the game."

"The second half will be ours. The game will be in our hands!"

Can faith alone beat anyone?

The second half of the game will be ours?
Messi are they old?

Will we master the second half of the game?
Pirlo's rare passionate speech brought the players into his emotions.Especially the latter words made the players' blood boil with enthusiasm.

Yes.We are younger.Our average is not even 24 years old, and they are almost 29 years old.Even Messi is in his 30s.

Old opponents, they can't control the audience at all.They are no longer the dreaded dream team of a few years ago.

Once the 70 minutes passed, we were never to be messed with.And what about the opponent?After 70 minutes, they will not be our opponents!
In the second half, they were not our opponents!
Yan Feng's eyes lit up, he didn't think too much about the bad situation and pressure before.Now, he suddenly remembered the comparison of the pros and cons of these two teams.In terms of skills and tactics and the personal strength of the stars, the Granada team is definitely not as good as the Barcelona team, but their biggest advantage is that they are younger and their physical fitness is much better.In a football game, no matter how good the technique is, it needs physical support.

Yan Feng turned his head and found that there was a look in the eyes of other teammates.It seems that the teammates also thought of this.

"That's right. Our advantage is youth and better physical fitness. In the second half, we only had one adjustment, and that was to strictly guard against dead defense. Use your running and your body to carry all their offensives. When they are unable to continue attacking , When we want to slow down the rhythm and intensity, it is the time for us to attack aggressively."

"Once the attack starts, don't have any reservations. All those who can participate in the attack will join the attack. Speed ​​up the pace, strengthen the confrontation, and don't give them time to rest. Use our youth to consume, consume them to death!"

"Three and 10 minutes is enough for us to score two goals, or even more! I believe in you, and I believe that you can do this from the beginning." Pirlo said passionately.

"Yes. We can do it."

"We can do it!" The players' emotions were completely mobilized by Pirlo.Whatever you must lose, and whatever you can't win against your opponent, get out of here!

Seeing that the players' emotions have risen, they are no longer as dead as before.Pirlo breathed a sigh of relief.This risky speech finally succeeded.

"I don't need to say any more about other tactics. What should be done has been prepared in the previous preparations. Now everyone drinks water and rests. When we go out from here and come back, we must bring come back victorious."

"Yes, coach!"

After a few minutes of rest, the intermission will be over.Everyone clenched their fists and left the locker room with firm eyes.

Pirlo went to the end.Don't look at what he just said impassionedly, in fact he still has no idea.

He said before that his responsibility is the greatest, but he was not wrong.There will be such a one-sided situation in the first half, and the biggest responsibility is indeed on him.It was he who underestimated Barcelona and the horrors they could show at Camp Nou.

And the biggest mistake was to hope to maintain a confrontation with Barcelona from the beginning.If he puts the turning point of winning after 70 minutes as he just said, then the team should take the initiative to retreat in the first half instead of being forced to defend in the backcourt.If he had been pragmatic earlier, he would not be so passive now.

The one against Real Madrid, he escaped.Now, the situation is even worse, will the players perform miracles for him again?
Pirlo doesn't know.However, after some bewitching by him, the players were more confident than him.Especially Yan Feng, he has always grown up from adversity.To be honest, he is more adaptable to this kind of headwind battle, and it can even stimulate his unyielding fighting spirit.

"Granada, never give up!" After returning to the field, Yan Feng and his teammates formed a circle and cheered loudly together.

"The second half is about to start. Guess how many more goals we will score?"

"At least two more goals. But I think it's going to be three."

"Without scoring more than five goals, how can we teach these peasants to learn their lesson?"

"Shoot their goals like a sieve. Let them go back crying haha~~~~"

The self-encouragement of Yan Feng and others did not make the audience at Camp Nou feel touched.In their eyes, the Granada team is already a dead chicken and cannot fly away.All that remains is to see how the Barcelona team concocts this feast.

The fans didn't notice the mood change in Granada, nor did the Barcelona players.Who cares about an opponent who behaved like a underdog in the first half?

Soon, the second half of the game began under the cheers of the home crowd.

The kick-off in the second half was for Granada. Modric kicked Yan Feng instead after getting the ball from Sandel.After Yan Feng caught the ball, he kicked Ingarson backwards.

Barcelona's players rushed across the half with brisk footsteps, and Granada kept passing the ball backwards, making them feel that their opponents were still timid in the second half.

Unlike the first half, the retreat now was initiated by the Granada team.They don't want to lose the ball to their opponents quickly, but try to control it as much as possible, and use the mentality of the Barcelona team to make them rush up without paying attention to physical fitness.

Naturally, Granada's pass control cannot be compared with Barcelona's, but with Modric's control and Yan Feng's fearlessness of pressing, they will not be robbed of the ball in a short time.

When Barcelona's formation is close and the press is urgent, Yan Feng, Modric or Lin Fan will directly drive the ball across the half with a big kick and hit behind the opponent's back line.The main thing is to let Martial or Mahrez on the wing fight with the opponent and fight for speed.

The speed of Martial and Mahrez is still very good. When they devote themselves to the game, they can often force the Barcelona team to retreat quickly.

The Granada team played a long pass, and only put in the three players on the front line, and the others stayed behind and stuck to it with all their strength.The use of three attackers is to drive the opponent's team. When the ball cannot be grabbed, the integrity of the defense will not give the Barcelona team a chance to counterattack; People drink a pot, and often force most of Barcelona's quick return defense.In this way, the overall consumption of the Barcelona team will be far greater than that of the Granada team.

The Granada team's approach of placing a bus made the Barcelona team feel uncomfortable.However, in view of the fact that the entire Granada team was beaten in the backcourt in the first half, the Barcelona team did not think much.I just feel that if I work harder, I can score a goal.

The method of defensive counterattack naturally gave up the initiative to the opponent, which naturally made the Barcelona team achieve a suppression effect similar to that in the first half.The only difference is that the current Granada team is not chaotic.

The unchaotic Granada team, under the leadership of Yan Feng, began to show their strongest defensive strength in La Liga.The specially compressed space, the extremely fast filling ability, plus the desperate fighting of everyone.The Barcelona team has an absolute advantage on the scene, but they have been unable to open the goal of the Granada team again.

"Come on. If you work harder, you can score a goal!"

With this in mind, Barcelona continued to storm Granada's defense.However, under the tenacious defense of the Granada team and the continuous personal confrontation and pressure, it is difficult for the Barcelona team to achieve the same offensive effect as in the first half.Especially when the space is compressed to the extreme, if Messi breaks through the streets and alleys, he can pass two or three, but he can't go on forever.

The breakthrough can't be brought to break through, and the pass has no room to display, which makes Barcelona feel uncomfortable.If it is about KITI-KATA, the Granada team will not be moved, which makes them feel powerless.

Are you behind?Shouldn't you come out?

Are you ready to admit defeat?

Come out of the fast break, come to grab the ball after halftime, grab a little bit more.

Your sister, if you don't come out again, how can I score a goal?The fans who didn't look at us were shouting 'one more! ', '4:0.', '5:0.'?
Come out quickly, pull out the formation quickly, and die early and overtake your body.Anyway, you are going to lose this game, so let us score the ball to have fun.

The abnormal patience of the Granada team made the Barcelona team feel a little uncomfortable, and some didn't know what to do.This practice of admitting defeat without simply surrendering made them itchy.

In fact, it wasn't that the Granada team didn't press, but it was only half the ball. They only had three attackers, including Sandor, making a show.But after halftime, the Barcelona players were actually stared at tightly.Moreover, people like Messi and others will also receive personal care, and it will be personal care without the ball.

Barcelona is caught in an emotional dilemma.With two goals in hand, they controlled the victory.But under the eyes of tens of thousands of fans at the Nou Camp, they naturally want to continue to score goals.If the game is not offensive, it is definitely not enough to make trouble in the backcourt.This is sorry for the fans' ticket money.

Hateful and gutless Granada team!
(End of this chapter)